Pretty depressing thread tbh, still the same old misconceptions and that sentiment that anything they have to do is a huge roadblock and means Lemmy is doomed to failure, like picking a server is such a huuuuge hurdle…
still the same old misconceptions
Another interpretation is that these threads are reaching users who haven’t heard of Lemmy yet. That would be a positive thing.
On the other hand, there’s a strong survivor bias as people genuinely interested in moving are probably already here and left Reddit.
The people still on /r/RedditAlternatives now do probably all have an issue with Lemmy at this point.
That’s why the work you and a couple other lemmings do is so important.
It is some kind of hurdle, and on Mastodon is WAY worse. I just chose mine because it was promoted in a subreddit related to my country.
Doing a very good job as usual @TORFdot0@lemmy.world, @threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works and @Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com
“Just keep on Lemmy. It feels like Reddit did 14 years ago.”
For better or worse this really nails it. I also think it’s a good reminder that when Reddit conquered Digg it happened over a six month period because there was like 100k users maybe total. There are so many more people involved with Reddit these days it’s going to take literal years before Lemmy is anywhere near the same level in terms of MAU.
Reddit shadowbans all new accounts. So new users have no idea why nobody replies to them for the first 3 months.
They think every little thing is some overcomplex hurdle lol, whats the education level of ppl on reddit looking like these days, like you cant remember a website, seeing ppls instances next to their usernames is too confusing? They never used email before? It took me a milisecond to memorize 3dmvr@lemm.ee, and my lemmy.world, lemmy.dbzer0.com (hardest to rememeber dont reccomend) and sh.itjust.works, fedia, piefed, and kbin also I think
They think every little thing is some overcomplex hurdle lol
okay man sure that’s 100% the case.
I was quoting a comment from that thread saying “overcomplex hurdle” I think idr
For me personally, I think it might be for the best that a portion of them can’t be bothered. I’ve watched the quality of Reddit posts and comments erode over the past decade or so. I think one reason is from the user base trending younger. Lemmy feels a bit more like what Reddit was back in the day.
Be careful, someone will be along shortly to tell you how horrible of a person you are for saying you don’t think everyone on Reddit should move over.
(I agree, and would say that if we capture the good 5% of the Reddit user base and not the people who clearly have cognitive issues, we’re going to have the best thing since uh, Reddit.)
“Oh No! I have to remember an instance url?! I guess I must stay a slave to master Reddit”
If someone won’t put in the effort to understand federation even the slightest amount, then they will never make the switch and they are just complaining to hear their keyboard tap.
You don’t even have to understand federation to use lemmy. Just pick a big server and use lemmy like you would reddit and it works fine.
It’s a wonder they remember Gmail to get their email.
False equivalence.
/u/deeleelee once again penning my exact thoughts
If I ever come across you here, man I owe you some Lemmy Silver
I popped in there to encourage some having trouble. One seemed pretty grumpy about not remembering an old account as a roadblock for some reason, but hopefully someday they head over here regardless.
grumpy
Yes, that one was a bit surprising. Let’s hope indeed!
There’s potential in this meme 😄
