I didnt really use social media much before trying out fediverse alternatives.
Mainly just reddit, with occasional Instagram. When considering the switch, Instagram was easy to consider letting go of, Reddit not so much.
But then around the same time I got into photography, and wanted insta as a way to present my portfolio. So then I put off fediverse again, because life was also really chaotic.
After a while, life got less chaotic, and I looked into everything again.
I didn’t end up using insta for photos, and to my friends’ dismay, I hadn’t gotten any better at using it to see their lives either. I don’t find the app addictive, although I can see why it is. I found it annoying. I think the chaos of my life(grad school) meant I never really got sucked into the whole short form content like everyone else.
Reddit was still tough to consider letting go of. But ultimately I found Lemmy and Pixelfed and thought “wth why not”
Fucking hell I love the fediverse. It may be smaller, but it’s growing. But even if it stopped growing, all the platforms feel “lived in” to use words that could describe an open world rpg.
And it’s fun, and it feels safe in a way. There’s a relief knowing that I don’t have some company I have to worry about that curates the world it wants me to see, rather than the world I want to see. I’m finding myself doom scrolling a bit less and focusing more on my hobbyist circles. But uncensored world news is available when I feel like keeping myself up to date with the happenings of the world rn.
It’s amazing, a breath of fresh air and gives me hope in a world where hope is feeling less and less common.
I also have a lot of sway with friends and family, they trust my opinions on things. And so I’m excited to get some converts too. I like sharing my life with friends and family and seeing there’s. I look forward to doing so on free platforms.
I plan on donating money to fediverse contributors as well, because they are doing amazing work.
Okay, done rambling now. I just feel lighter a little, like I can enjoy being on the internet again, even if it’s just one small corner of that internet.
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it’s a good place. just needs better porn and we’d be golden
I believe many instances defederate lemmynsfw.com simply because instance admins don’t want that legal responsibility and don’t have tools to keep an eye on it.
It’s been there for quite a long time though, just incase people here were not aware.
Hey, we’re happy to have you! ❤️
There’s never the perfect moment, there will always be one more post, or picture, or question you need to post on either Instagram or Reddit. It felt like an addiction for me. When I deleted IG three years ago, I didn’t know what to do with my time for weeks. I started taking up old hobbies and reading books again. I never looked back.
Reddit was harder for me too, I was just getting feeds on things I was really interested in, whilst exchanging ideas with others. I like Lemmy because of it’s not as large user base - less distractions.
Anyways, welcome to the Fediverse! It’ll take some adjusting at first, but guarantee you’ll overcome it!
Yeah, I just had to decide I’m not giving them my energy anymore.
It’s like leaving an abusive relationship.
Welcome!
👋 Hi, and welcome! I ditched a 12 year old Reddit account when spez killed 3rd party API access, bounced around various federated platforms for a bit until I settled here.
It’s sparse compared to the old site, but that’s also part of the fun: we get to do to Reddit what redditors did to Digg. Lemmy’s home for now, at least, and I’m better off for it.
Have fun!
Very cool, i would recommand Piefed over Lemmy. There is a special grid view if you enjoy picture and the ability to create your own multi-commu. :)
Welcome! I like to think of Lemmy as how Reddit was like 15 years ago lol, though, it has its “darker corner” just like then too. Here, that’s the tankies, beware the Tankie Triad of .ml, Hex and grad.
