Same here. Created a account out of curiosity when the API changes got announced. The last two weeks showed insane growth and completely convinced me that Lemmy (and Kbin) will succeed. Probably not as big as reddit but big enough to be alternative.
I made mine the day some mods got locked out of there accounts…and posted about it with a link here lol. Seemed like nothing was getting better “by the end of the month”
I’ve been here for over a year. Thankful to finally see a lot more content.
Same here!! I guess we’re Lemmy veterans (Lemerans?)
Lumerians
Oh, there are such people 😁
I’ve been here for a week and I absolutely love it. Reminds me of Reddit when I joined in 2013.
Hell yeah it does! My engagement is off the hook compared to that other site. I actually enjoy “All” now, finding new communities, and engaging with friendly people.
Just like when I (we?) left Digg for reddit.
5 weeks!
Personally I think lemmy.world was key in driving momentum. After realizing a couple days before the protests started that reddit was not going to change, I started looking for real alternatives. When I found lemmy, I thought I had to join the biggest instance to get a shot at seeing enough content, not understanding how the fediverse worked yet. I imagine it was the same for a lot of people. And the bigger userbase lemmy.world got, the more appealing it was for reddit refugees. Once we got here we now know we can branch out to other instances if needed, but lemmy.world’s awesome handling of the user influx absolutely looked appealing to people looking to make the jump, and we shouldn’t discount that. Awesome work to @ruud and all the admins he has brought on the team. We appreciate you all.
I first joined June 18th, so 18 days ago. Then I got curious enough with self-hosting an instance and now I’m at 10 days with my new cake day.
I tried to detox and avoid Reddit during the protest period. After finding out about how all the subreddits were being forced open, I decided to eject from that ecosystem altogether.
Am I the only one who is worried about that candle getting tipped over and lighting the couch on fire?
Almost 2 years here
No, I was late to the party… Only 26 days, but it feels like a month!
Me too, Lemmy birthday twins!
Gonna be a lot of cake days next June
Indeed!
raises hand
Thoroughly enjoying it.
My first Lemmy account on ML is over 3 years old.
Truly ancient!
A Forerunner
I’ve heard stories of your kind, but I thought you’d all passed into legend.
Originally joined 1 month ago on beehaw . Recently joined reddthat because beehaw has blacklisted lemmy.world which got the most amount of users and communities .
Not quite, but coming up on it.
Four years on my other account 🎉
Show us
It’s in my bio
Only two weeks but please let me stay…please. In all seriousness it’s kind of fun watching this place develop. Kind of an old internet vibe.
