• Teeks@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    You are correct, but it at least shows that we are attracting more users (albeit, that doesn’t mean quality).

    I believe its a positive thing though, as it shows that the “normies” are seriously considering alternatives; outside of us niche, nerds here for the tech and the anti-corpo mindset.

    • go_spurs_go@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      Just showed up here. We’ll see how long I stay, but hoping this will be my social media fix each morning. If there are enough folks who feel the same, it will be.

      • XYZinferno@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’ve been using it for about a week now, and it already is.

        Of course, there’s a handful of subreddits that I miss and feel the urge to go back to every now and then, but I realize that there is enough content on Lemmy to satisfy me during my coffee breaks. And it’s enough to keep me from going back.

        • TrontheTechie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Same here. I go to Reddit for a specific thing and forget I’m not on lemmy, see some promoted post or whatever, and wonder who would even dare post that shit here, then remember and switch back.

          It’s been nice to be able to reclaim yet another part of my life from advertisements and incessant tracking.

    • MicroWave@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Well said. A month ago, I couldn’t even imagine leaving reddit because there was hardly a viable alternative.

    • Thesongthatneverends@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      I am decidedly not a niche nerd here for tech reasons. I just got pretty fed up with Reddit and it’s ridiculousness. I’m a 40 year old mom just here to cruise around the internet and find interesting things. So you are correct - the “normies” are starting to look for alternatives!