• TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    19·
    2 months ago

    no. It’s difficult to recommend it, “no it’s good trust me, there’s like none of the subs you like, and also you should go to the settings and block this list of words, also block these instances, and also do you know what a Tankie is?”

    • yonder@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      2 months ago

      If I talk with people about Lemmy, I’ll usually replace “lemmy” with “this social media I use, kinda like Mastodon, but for Reddit instead of Twitter” as to avoid them joining lemmy.ml and thinking that that’s the entirety of Lemmy.

    • Laser@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I’m fairly new to lemmy and have no idea what you’re talking about. Could you give a little breakdown?

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        It depends on what you’re peddling.

        MAGA gets paid in lies, and progressives in disappointment. Liberals and conservatives get a weekly stock tip call from Pelosi or Tuberville, respectively. Tankies get paid in vodka and cigarettes, and libertarians in crypto.

        • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          0·
          2 months ago

          Tankies get paid in vodka and cigarettes

          I choose to believe this is literally true. Like Russia or China is running this really, really weird international psyop. They find depressed edgy American teenagers online, and literally send them shipments of vodka and cigarettes, on the explicit bargain that they have to post Russian or CCP propaganda. Or Hell, maybe it’s North Korea doing it. You know, it has to be North Korea. This feels like their type of weird. Regardless of the source, it’s a vast shill/edge lord army literally paid for in vodka and cigarettes smuggled over the border. I know it’s ridiculous and completely impractical logistically. But damn it, I do not care. From now on this will be my internal image of tankies. American teenagers literally paid in North Korean vodka and cigarettes.

  • win95@lemmy.zipEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    My husband recently rediscovered Lenny again and a friend joined. They both find it hard to stay since it’s pretty quiet and don’t have many active niches.

  • TeddE@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    I have a few friends that are fed up with Microsoft and Google and other big tech. We’ve been degoogling and trying Linux together (errr, they have - I’m the grizzled Linux junkie they all reached out to for advice).

    Most of them have tried all the different fediverse products and they’ve found homes here and there.

    Some of them have graduated into self-hosting even. I find this bit wonderful, if it’s unfortunate how far the industry had to rot before they considered the move.

  • Saltarello@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    No. Should I ever mention enshittification or reducing exposure to “big tech” then usually tinfoil hat jokes at my expense ensue

  • Geth@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    2 months ago

    It took 10 years to meet anyone that used Reddit. I assume it’s gonna take another 10 to meet anyone on this platform.

  • Wispy2891@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 months ago

    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” 🤷🏻‍♂️