As a result, our instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/ got 625 new user registrations (of which 536 where accepted) in the past 24 hours! And the registrations are not abating even now. We still get like 10 new ones per hour!

I suspect this is probably the largest advertisement, for lemmy specifically, since the main reddit blackouts 1.5 years ago.

Have your own instances also seen an influx of new users?

  • UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.mlEnglish
    441·
    24 hours ago

    My advice to newbies is to just sign up for whatever, then change later if ya need to. I think I tried 2 other instances before i found the one that fit best for me

    • werefreeatlast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      91·
      18 hours ago

      But not .world or .ml? I got an account in both and I didn’t know those places were disliked until I started getting automatic bans only for being in those instances.

      Anyway, that’s why Lemmy is so good, just figure out later where you wanna go. The first thing to really understand is that one Lemmy instance is similar to Reddit while another instance is also similar to reddit but all instances are independent of each other and Lemmy is not reddit at all.

      You can have a Lemmy purely focused on sex stuff while another might be about painting or maybe another is owned by a church or a bakery. The Bakery might like the church and the sex stuff. The church one might only be federated to the bakery and painting one. Its not just that an instances can have many different channels, but each instance can have channels with specific focus. Or even an instances for your local diy business or a 18 year old who rally wants us to see what’s in between his legs. Lemmy is definitely far from what reddit is.

    • VitoRobles@lemmy.todayEnglish
      8·
      19 hours ago

      Yep! Took two tries as well. I got banned from one because literally my second comment pissed off the mod! Im already loving Lemmy.

    • Master@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      22 hours ago

      I make like 10 accounts before i found one that worked for me. Luckily i can log them all into sync for lemmy and switch between them when im doom scrolling so i can doom scroll the same content 10 times before bed!

      • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        61·
        10 hours ago

        Nobody is forcing you but you should really consider investing 20 minutes in learning how lemmy is different. You may think it’s not that serious but look at where popular centralized platforms are heading to, now that bad actors are taking full control the problem cannot be ignored

          • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            2 hours ago

            I’m simply suggesting new comers to learn how this place works. If people get scared over how a software works it’s even more evidence that we need to help them understand.

        • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          5 hours ago

          If I had to read a 20 minute post just to doomscroll Elon and Linux, I’d just stick to Reddit. Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

          • index@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            2·
            5 hours ago

            Whatever nefarious stuff they’re doing isn’t more valuable than 20 minutes of my real world time.

            I’m not sure if you are trolling. 20 minutes is a random number we pick up it probably take even less and 20 minutes is not really much time, we waste more time doing more useless things

    • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      1 day ago

      Especially important to understand decentralization when it comes to topics like piracy. Unlike Reddit, a non-commercial Lemmy instance isn’t going to be shut down by a CEO who is worried about how it might affect their ability to sell ads. But, admins can get threatened, they can get overwhelmed, they can get hit by a bus. It’s good to know how how to find other communities on other servers, etc.

    • EchoSpire@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      23 hours ago

      It’s a bit of a mixed experience. Overall, federation has its benefits, but it also tends to encourage cliquish behavior among groups. Sometimes, entire servers get blacklisted for various reasons. Reddit has a lot of corners that don’t violate its current ToS but are generally ignored by the community at large. These are NSFW spaces usually. In federation the ToS isn’t usually about pleasing the most people and pulling them into your platform, it’s more about the ideals of your server admin team. That’s a good thing, I suppose. It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

      • IronKrill@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        7 hours ago

        It’ll be interesting to see how things play out with Lemmy instances when Reddit bans porn.

        Especially as many Lemmy instances don’t want to host or moderate NSFW content. I don’t blame them, but I’m also doubtful pornlemmy alone could handle the load (pun intended).

        • EchoSpire@lemmy.mlEnglish
          2·
          6 hours ago

          Having looked at the NSFW Lemmy instance, I 100% expect the Reddit refugees will try to host their own instances. Some of them. I also expect them to be defederated pretty quickly.

  • smeg@feddit.ukEnglish
    384·
    1 day ago

    Everyone remember to be kind to the newbies, not assume that they immediately understand how the fediverse works, and not to talk about your favourite Linux distro until the second date

  • merc@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    17·
    24 hours ago

    Is this really just the “backup site”? Boo, I say. Boooooo.

    Also, wasn’t Reddit banning links to Lemmy or something? Maybe that was only in the run-up to the IPO?

    Edit: elsewhere in this thread people are saying that trying to link to lemmy.world fails, and trying to link to lemmy.ml fails, but you can still link to other lemmy instances?

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      54·
      24 hours ago

      It’s not really the backup since last year, but the primary, but reddit won’t let me shut down /r/piracy and the other mods who took over my top spot after reddit removed me still believe in reddit, so they refuse to leave and call lemmy still the backup.

  • Insecurity_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
    85·
    1 day ago

    I migrated from reddit today. Thanks to r/piracy post. So far it’s amazing. I am using the Eternity app for Android which is the same as the Infinity app for reddit so UI is similar

    • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      59·
      1 day ago

      Just a heads up, I see you joined lemmy.world , the dbzer0 piracy community that I think you may have come for is blocked there, so may not be able to access it from where you are.

      I know it’s kinda confusing.

      • gccalvin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        1 day ago

        This is because lemmy.world defederated, right? So at this point would we recommend people to make a different account on an alternative server? Not a problem for those that have just joined, just delete and make a new account. But have there been any recent developments on migration tools for moving accounts to a new server while preserving account data?

        • acockworkorange@mander.xyzEnglish
          2·
          3 hours ago

          I mean, it’s good opsec to have a separate account to talk about dicey subjects anyway. You’re leaving less breadcrumbs in the same place.

        • BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          25·
          1 day ago

          No, we’re all on lemmy.world and we’re here, not fully defederated. You can get to most communities on dbzer0, it’s just that specific /c/piracy community that is blocked on world.

        • OpenStars@piefed.socialEnglish
          9·
          1 day ago

          Account Settings (not Profile), Import/Export Settings, Export to file then repeat with Import on new instance. It transfers subscribed communities and block lists, so if none yet then no need to bother. Edit: there is currently no way to transfer over your actual content (posts, comments, likes & dislikes) and DMs sent to your old account will not follow you over to the new. The only thing you can really do then is transfer your settings to help you start over more quickly in the new place.

          For piracy, lemmy.dbzer0.com might be the best, for leftist politics definitely slrpnk.net, for science mander.xyz, and so many other themes but there’s a ton of hidden factors there like uptime stats, stability via number of admins, etc.

          For simplicity’s sake: a USA general instance I highly recommend is Discuss.Online, or for European sopuli.xyz.

    • Resonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Welcome! If you have any questions about the fediverse or piracy in general, feel free to post or shoot the community some questions in this thread. We’re glad you made the switch!!!

    • wit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      82·
      2 days ago

      Guess I am one of the 536 newbies hahahaha!

      Welcome my friend! Spread the word around. Be part of the resistance!

      • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
        11·
        1 day ago

        We’d use Branston beans, but not gonna lie that looks shit hot. Would scran with a bottle of 8% cider.

        • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 day ago

          I thought Heinz was the gold standard in the UK. I must try the Branston ones. Flippin’ love that pickle.

          Don’t think I’ve ever seen them in the supermarket in Ireland but my sister’s visiting from the UK on Sunday so I think I’ll place an order.

          • Gort@lemm.eeEnglish
            3·
            10 hours ago

            I find Heinz beans a bit watery. I prefer the supermarket own brands to Heinz… Branston’s are much better and tastier, with a thicker sauce. Still, YMMV and all that jazz.

            Oh, I forgot an annoying trivial issue: the Heinz cans don’t stack up well (lock into place with one can on top of another).

            • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              6 hours ago

              That non stacking thing annoys the piss out of me haha. It’s such a small thing and it’s deliberate to make the tin look bigger but it just means they’re taking up more space in the cupboard for lack of stacking or falling over if you do.

              Also not a huge Heinz fan. Like they’re not bad don’t get me wrong but definitely agree on the watery-ness.

              The most popular one here is probably Bachelor’s which has a thicker, richer sauce though I’m fond enough of the Lidl own brand one. That is definitely partly down to price. They’re ridiculously cheap and very decent with a fry especially if you warm them slowly to soften them.

              • Gort@lemm.eeEnglish
                2·
                2 hours ago

                I’ll have to try Bachelor’s beans the next time I see them, as well as Lidl’s own when I’m near their store.

                Now, what’s this thread about? Oh, yeah, pirating beans. That’s it. ;)

                • khannie@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  2 hours ago

                  There are two Lidl beans. The extra 10p for the ring pull one gets you more than just the convenience. :) Worth trying both though.

                  Yaaarrrrns.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldEnglish
      473·
      2 days ago

      So, what’s your take on all the Lemmy.ml drama? What do you MEAN you don’t know what I’m talking about??? Is this your first day on Lemmy or something? Oh, it is? Oh.

      Ignore me. I’m making bad jokes.

    • cevn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      23·
      1 day ago

      Welcome to Lemmy!! We are called Lemmings over here! Or whatever you want really. I may have drank too much beer.

      • CodexArcanum@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        251·
        1 day ago

        I switched fully over and am in the process of degoogling and de-microsofting my life. No more easy defaults of VS Code, back to custom configuring my emacs. No more surveillance, self-hosting and encryption. No more shitty windows gaming, Linux and Proton for gaming bliss!

      • tankfox@midwest.socialEnglish
        131·
        1 day ago

        With the advent of the steamOS console, you’re actually correct! If it’s anything like my deck it’s trivial to launch it in desktop mode and use it like a normal linux desktop. This is the gateway to putting linux in front of bored kids everywhere.

      • Novaling@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2·
        1 day ago

        I’ve been dual-booting for about 2 weeks now, and I’ve been spending so much time in Fedora Silverblue because it’s just so nice. I mean, most of the shit I do is browser stuff, so I have no issues there. Most of the time I can get apps to work, but my only gripe is not being able to use NextDNS alongside Proton VPN like I did on my windows computer 😭. I just don’t know how to get it to work, and idk how to revert my DNS settings in terminal back to default instead of NextDNS.

        But like everything else is fine, and I can still do my schoolwork.

    • scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      91·
      1 day ago

      the year of the snake lemming

      On a more serious note: I wonder if the year of Lemmy will never come. Constant de-federation and churn might splinter it again, much like distros did kinda splinter the Linux desktop.

      • Die4Ever@programming.devEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        I don’t think defed has been that bad, and I think over time we’ll get more features to avoid having to defed (aside from illegal content or spam).

        Like users being able to block users and/or communities by instance, or admins being able to set default block lists for new users, or users being able to easily share block lists.

      • Kichae@lemmy.caEnglish
        261·
        1 day ago

        There will never be “a lemmy”. There’s no canonical “lemmy” out there. There is only 1000 independent websites, sharing select content with select neighbours.

        We either accept this, or we return to corporate social media.

        • scratsearcher 🔍🔮📊🎲@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          2·
          1 day ago

          Yeah conflicting ideologies may lead to a splinter-net… but this also can be just a matter of an instance users taste. This is part of the federated nature of lemmy that allows this to happen.

    • Rob Bos@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      1 day ago

      I’ve noticed that every different social media medium/site has its own Eternal September moment. I think, optimistically, that we’re still before that point. If we get popular and the general population arrives, it’ll also attract the predatory ecosystem of state actors and corporate bullshit.

      I think Lemmy and the Fediverse in general is resistant to that, but not immune. I expect an effort to create One Big Instance that most people use, or an oligarchy of large instances working together, like Microsoft and Gmail and co do with email.

      • ✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        1 day ago

        Lemmy has a long way to go before eternal September to be sure. It’s once people don’t know individual commenters across the entire platform we might get there, but as is the regular users are unlikely to get drowned out anytime soon.

      • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
        16·
        1 day ago

        For the past thirty two years, and counting.

        I was there at the beginning. Just a wee Luser. Such fun and wonderful times for eleven year old me to be punted into.

          • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
            15·
            1 day ago

            Eternal September: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September September was traditionally the time of new admissions in US collages and universitie. As a result of these institutes often being the first time many would gain access to Usenet September had areputation of clueless newbies flailing around until they either self selected out or adapted. In 1993 AOL gave their userbase Usenet access. Thus the term ‘Eternal September’ or ‘The September that never Ends.’

            Luser: Portmantu of Loser and User. Used Derisively in some online communities in the 90’s to refer to new, and often clueless, users.

            • drthunder@midwest.socialEnglish
              5·
              21 hours ago

              I didn’t realize Weird Al’s line about “me too’ing like some brain-dead AOL’er” was referencing Eternal September, he would make that reference.

    • pseudo@jlai.luEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      If you’ve got a question about any of the Lemmy culture don’t hesitate to ask. We will gladly answer (^_^)