It really feels like Lemmy is alive because of you.

When I first checked out Lemmy, I wasn’t expecting there to be so much content, so much discussion, and so much community. But I’ve spent the better part of two days glued to my screen, browsing content all day. I’ve seen so many posts, so many interesting discussions about the fediverse, and of course, plenty of memes. It really feels like the start of something incredible.

I’ve gotta get back to work soon, but wow. I think this whole fediverse thing really is the next step for social media. If I find some extra time, I’ll definitely consider contributing to Lemmy’s source code to help this project and the FOSS ecosystem grow.

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    I honestly doubted I’d be able to stay away from reddit. I’ve tried many times before. I’ve deleted 5 major accounts since 2012.

    But Lemmy seems to have been the nicotine patch I’ve needed. Haven’t been on Reddit outside google searching for info, which isn’t going away for me personally.

    Only thing I actually miss is baseball and my team sub.

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      1 year ago

      You should create a community for your team so when people come here looking they’ll find a community ready to welcome them

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        1 year ago

        I’ve tried to do this but can’t seem to find a clear and concise guide. From what I read, only admins can create communities?

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          It varies from instance to instance. Some restrict community creation to admins, others don’t. I also believe you can only create communities on your home instance.

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            This kind of confusion is why Lemmy will not be even a minor successor to Reddit IMHO. It’s fun though, and I’m glad it exists.

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              It’s unlikely to topple Reddit regardless, but so long as the scalability proves functional enough to support recommending lemmy.world to non tech-savvy newbies I don’t see this particular issue becoming problematic. Most of the larger recommended instances have open community creation anyway. I guess BeeHaw doesn’t but people aren’t really recommending it to newbies either.

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          Check out our baseball community’s sidebar for your favorite team. Try searching [email protected] (and give it a minute if someone on your instance hasn’t already found us).

          Fanaticus is a sports-only instance. We’ve ported over a game bot and have created communities for all the major sports teams. If you’re interested in moderating one of the communities, just ask!

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      Wow this is me exactly. Finding Lemmy to be a breath of fresh air, but the main thing I’m fiending for is my Mariners community. Really hoping [email protected] gets some traction. I was a Sync for Android user and the developer is shifting to Lemmy and that is exciting. I still have not caved and downloaded the Reddit app, so that’s a win.

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      Who’s your team? Check out the sidebar on [email protected] Fanaticus is a sports-only instance which helps keep us insulated from any defederation drama. We’ve got all the communities set up just waiting for our fellow fans to join us! We also have game bots and are actively developing new features.

      If you’re interesting in modding your team’s community, just post in there asking. The community may seem bare right now but why a little TLC you can make it a home for your favorite team.