I wouldnt tell anyone i use Reddit irl let alone Lemmy
I never told anyone I used Reddit, but I’ve def told many about Lemmy (within my foss propaganda I regularly administer upon the unsuspecting, if need be at the urinals).
(Still won’t ever share my username, I don’t like people like that)
I started using Reddit in 2008 (kill me). One of the of the defining traits of the site at the time was the fact everything was anonymous. It was considered taboo to expose your Reddit persona to your irl circles. Hell, I still don’t have an email associated with my Reddit account.
It’s been interesting, and a little tragic, to watch that attitude erode over the years and then see Reddit itself encourage the idea of creating a unique identity to cash in.
Lemmy is way more like the original Reddit & I’ll actually admit to using Lemmy, even though no one knows wtf I’m on about.
Yeah, was on Reddit almost daily since prob around 2008 too, up till only a bit over two years ago.
The anonymity within one account(name) is great, don’t need or want more for interaction online.
It’s great for introverted social interaction.
(Still won’t ever share my username, I don’t like people like that)
someone in IRL asked me my username once, and I thought it was so weird. Of course, I didn’t tell them.
I one tolk them they can find me as the top poster on r/clopclop
We’re concerned about privacy but we’re still posting on these aged accounts… I’ll start anew if you do! :)
I only mention Lemmy as a caution, like what to avoid, while I’m mentioning other fediverse social media…
Because I’m a woman and most of the people I know who want social media alternatives are also women, and I’m not subjecting them to this shitshow. I like them too much to bring them here.
Is there an equivalent to TwoXChromo here?
There used to be, but it was mostly men commenting, and mostly men upvoting, which drowns out any actual women’s voices that may have been there.
Pretty sure all the woman-focused subs have shut down.
Perhaps I am so conditioned to concealing my gender online that I haven’t experienced misogyny here, but I felt like most the community are feminists.
I’ve heard people say, “I saw X on Reddit” I don’t think it’s stigmatized.
I just say i saw it online
Someone never saw the Boston reddit meetup photo.
Ironic
Reddit is entirely a “normie” platform now. 6 years ago I was actually made fun of for using it, but now even my grandparents talk about it.
Remember the whole secret code involving narwhals and bacon that some of Reddit leaned into while others cringed? And a good portion weren’t even aware of it despite using Reddit.
Though that’s more like 16 years ago now I think.
For a good reason
Fuck reddit
My issue was them asking what social media I used.
I sometimes said Reddit cause saying nothing sometimes got me perplexed looks.
Bragging about Lemmy is just a vessel for bragging about Linux.
Bragging about Linux is just a vessel for bragging about your sick gaming PC.
More often than not when I mention Lemmy to someone, it’s after they’ve told me about something they saw on reddit and their reply is invariably, “what the fuck is Lemmy?”
“Lemmy is reddit methadone.” Is my go-to answer.
I sent someone a screenshot and they asked what wefwef was because it showed the name in the top left of the screen shot as like a ‘go back to your last app’ link. Turned into a short painful discussion that I was happy to be over. Sometimes I think people are purposefully obtuse though and it reminded me why I don’t talk about technology with most everybody I know IRL.
At least he’s not using the same urinal.
His urinal is on a different instance.
Me in the yellow shirt: … (turning towards you suddenly in surprise without thinking) … LEMMY! … ME TOO!!! … (as I’m smiling and spraying you with urine)
It’s rare to see a meme taken with a camera. This one’s gotta be a collectors item.
I’m going to add this comment to my scrap journal.
Love it. I’m in the history books!
Hi mom!
Its probably a screenshot taken from an app that adds a fade to black at the top
This is why I quit competitive urinal Lemmy propoganda, too many sweats
That’s totally not believable.
Blue shirt didn’t even mention Arch!
I wish I had friends.
Me too, thanks.
The paintshop job with the letters is awesome.
Thank you for noticing 🥰
G A Y
No but I might be like that with self hosting stuff.
People care about Spotify, but not their own private Spotify, does not compute!
