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For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by hllywluis@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!

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[–] possum@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like there is an r/technology and an r/tech with only small differences. Hopefully they'll either become more different or somehow merge

[–] Gray@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is what I think people need to understand. This problem also occurred on Reddit frequently. In the early days there were multiple subreddits for a single topic and over time with growth, one of them won out. I doubt lemmy.ml and beehaw.org's technology communities are both going to grow at the same rate. Eventually one will get bigger faster and become the de facto tech community.

[–] croobat@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only problem I find with this approach is that it will favour the "main" instances, thus recentralizing the app.

[–] Gray@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't even think it's an approach so much as an inevitability that certain communities will grow and develop into the de facto ones for their respective subjects. Especially because people are attracted to communities where they can find more discussions. But yeah, I really hope the communities don't all just end up pooling in the largest instance. Hopefully they grow and develop across many smaller instances.