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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 49 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

Nope, but I have had the thought that small-scale regional meet-ups could be fun.

On the one hand, smaller old-school forums do/did that sometimes and it can be really cool, if thinking in the spirit of the old internet.

ON THE OTHER HAND, I remember the infamous pictures from the Reddit meetup and good God, maybe not?

[–] null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 hour ago

I wouldn't know because I've never mentioned it to anyone.

[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Sadly no. Ive recommended the fediverse to a couple dudes, one of them is too much of a normie to care (i will lecture him again soon xD) and the other doesnt like the fediverse😐 chose bsky instead of mastodon.. (oh and a third guy just said fuck u and fuck all this stuff alltogether, he was fed up with me complaining ab big tech lmaooo at least he uses matrix to chat w me now)

[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Me and my friend both switched from Reddit at the same time when the apps died.

[–] ehpolitical@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 hours ago

Not yet, but it seems to be growing.

[–] bestbry@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago

I don’t even know anyone that uses Reddit 🫠

[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

That would require me to actually know someone.

[–] Geodad@lemm.ee 1 points 35 minutes ago

I envy you. You’ve reached what I desire.

[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world 11 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Real person alert 🤖

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 points 3 hours ago

I know one guy, but I know him from a IRC (now Matric) channel, but we are offline friends too and visited each other often.

[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

But even for reddit I only know a person in real life that uses it. I tried to convert him, he said "there are too many Linux apologists" 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

See? Tankies aren't a problem at all. What're yall worried about?

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 11 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure I know anyone in real life

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

They are all robots and NPCs.

[–] baatliwala@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago

That would imply that they know it even exists

My spouse. But that's it.

[–] passiveaggressivesonar@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Let me stop you before you suggest a narwhal bacons at midnight equivalent for lemmy

[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

YOU SHOULD INSTALL LINUX

[–] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 10 points 10 hours ago

Nah. My brother, wife, my two best friends and one co-worker are the only ones who even know it exists, and that's because they know I use it as an alternative to reddit since the API fiasco. It's honestly pretty obscure, but I like it that way. I'd love to see larger niche communities, especially since r/stalker was one of the only places I could actively talk about my favorite game series, but Lemmy has been a far better experience overall.

[–] mvirts@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

There's no way to know

[–] Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 3 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I didn't know a single redditor either, some ppl who had seen my name (my dumbass doxed my full unique name as my username when I was a kid and I didnt change it forever) irl had mentioned it to me, but they didn't use it past google, they weren't posting, commenting, or signing up

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[–] Outdated4134@lemmy.zip 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)
[–] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Same. Everyone that i know of that once used Reddit is still over there.

If, for whatever reason, Reddit allows third party apps to be usable again over there like before the fallout then i might go back. But until then i am here.

[–] Outdated4134@lemmy.zip 5 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't really miss reddit itself, just the breadth of content that was there

[–] the_grass_trainer@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

I agree. The Blender community here seems very small in comparison :'(

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 21 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Of course I know him, it's me!.jpg

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)


"This is the man you are looking for."

[–] TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 hours ago

Don't look into the O, or you'll get poked.

[–] Bahnd@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

My immediate meat-space circles are aware of it and have stopped asking me WTH is wrong with my meme links in the group chats.

I do not believe anyone else has an account.

I've only actively converted one person so far, but there is one other person whom I suspect of using lemmy but have not confirmed.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago

Probably a couple people but it has never actually come up in conversation. I'll ask next time I see them.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 38 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't know anyone besides myself that even uses social media IRL.

[–] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 1 points 7 hours ago

...what? Nobody you know IRL uses Facebook, Linkedin, Insragram, Bluesky, Twitter, or That Google Thing?

How is that possible? I don't think I could find anyone here in Finland who could say what you're saying. Need more data about this case of yours!

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 16 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

It's easy to find other Lemmy users IRL. Show up to any Linux meet up, and roughly 5-10% seem to use Lemmy.

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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 points 23 hours ago

I do not know and will never try to find out.

[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 18 points 1 day ago

No, I'd be extremely suspicious of such person.

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