My journey with Lemmy started in 2022 out of interest in the fediverse and paranoia around how much control social media companies have, and how little choice common people are left with over the Internet.
Lemmy was much smaller back then. I really wanted it go get bigger, and tried to contribute to it. But it was small enough to be unsatisfying, so I would go back and forth between lemmy and Reddit.
After the Reddit fiasco, I shifted more and more towards lemmy and less towards Reddit. I finally abandoned Reddit when third party apps broke. I only go there for specific questions in communities that aren’t active on lemmy.
What about you?
I moved over after the Reddit API with third party apps thing. Needed to voice my opinion with action
Lemmy is great, I spend way less time with it, it’s a nicer and generally more respectful community, and I’ve learnt a lot more about computers/OSS.
I realised that all my time with Reddit wasn’t actually teaching me anything valuable. I’m now more conscious of my internet usage
This happened to me too. I’m more conscious, I feel like I have more free time and am more creative. It’s a life upgrade somehow.