Last night, I finally made the switch from Reddit to Lemmy. Honestly it was something I should have done a long time ago. I’d been hearing about Lemmy for a while, but I kept brushing it off because it seemed complicated or too niche or too techy. But after one too many encounters with power-hungry mods, desperate upvote chasers, and a flood of obvious bots, I hit my breaking point. I actually ended up learning more about Lemmy from people venting on Reddit itself, which was kind of ironic!!
I set up an account here, took a last look around Reddit, and bailed. Reddit used to feel like a genuine community, but now it’s just a money-hungry platform, clearly trying to squeeze out every dollar as it spirals down. Lemmy might be new to me, but at least here, it feels like voices still matter. I know you guys already know this, but I want to throw it out there: You all are right!
Normally I welcome people with different opinions, but I truly believe that people still following Trump are absolutely in the wrong. He is a foul, broken, weird human, and his goals are to fuck up all of our lives (yes, yours too) so that he and a dozen others can have money and power. This is as clear, proven, and obvious as it is reading the history books about prior dictators, so I have zero sympathy or respect for seemingly intelligent people who still support him.
So uh, welcome I guess, you do you, but I don’t think we are gonna be your crowd.
Well, welcome to Lemmy! I don’t think you’re going to make a whole lot of friends around here based on your comment history… but I’m glad for you that you left that crap factory. I’ve been here for a little over a year now, no regrets.
FYI - your mod history of banning people left and right and not being able to take the slightest criticism of the Orange Shit Flinging Gibbon is why you got banned from Politics:
Done forget Reddit now run by donkey (admin) keep banning people without any reason. It is a garbage platform.
Welcome! Don’t feel shy to check out other instances than .ml or .world. Like dbzero, solarpunk and many more.
Thank you!
Welcome to lemmy.
*Sees your posts
Lmao, blocked.
Oof. Thanks for pointing that out.
Can’t see any posts by OP other rhan this one.
What are you referring to?
Incredibly pro trump to the point of starting The Donald style communities and posting old school cool style photos of the weirdo pedo.
Just wanted to let you know you’re wrong, and that your fetish for fascist father figures will only result in you consistently disappointing everyone around you. Your ideology is backwards and antithetical to basic empathy. Welcome to Lemmy.
Wow that’s a lot. Probably need to work on ur welcoming committee skills tho.
Nah, seems appropriate to me for what you’re promoting. Cya never.
The new Donald? Fuck off
The guy you like praises Hitler for fucks sake. Wake up.
This thread is so interesting.
a little more interesting than I thought it would be
You’re not welcome here. Go away.
You’re right. Trains are more sexy than Lemmy. Lemmy stinks.
Hmmm… I mean, you won’t fit in with Lemmy proper any more than Reddit proper (perhaps worse, lol), but it raises a question to other lemmings: are there any conservative instances?
I’m torn, as on the one hand I’d prefer you not have an echo chamber, but on the other hand I’d like to see Lemmy prosper. There’s a reason instances defederate from one another, and radical idiology is one. Look at Hexbear for an example.
Btw, Lemmy was created by genuine communists (not the hyperbole ones, I mean actual ones) and run the Lemmy.ml instance. While it’s FOSS and therefore plenty of others have run and moderate their own instances, keep in mind that’s our starting point.
Yeah, I would like to find a good conservative instance to go on in case I get banned here for having a community called The Donald. lol
Truth Social.
Replied to the top comment here just so others know what they’re getting into with @I Voted For Goldwater
OP started a Lemmy Community with, I’ll say, a divisive subject. I did ask for clarification on their position:
I never once insulted them, only asked for more information on their position. This went on cordially for 4 or 5 exchanges, and then I returned and found this:
I wonder if Lemmy.world is interested in supporting a community that actually isn’t interested in any posts from Lemmy.world users.
If you choose to engage with @I Voted For Goldwater, you should expect the same.
“Views were discussed in the post?” I’m a bit lost here
🤣
But after one too many encounters with power-hungry mods
Oh boy… Who’s gonna tell them?
He’s doing the same thing right now in his Trump cult sub anyway. Incredible lack of self awareness
lol I’m sure as a Trumpanzee he’s gonna have a good time in the Fediverse.
I’m somewhat looking forward to seeing the outcome when the resident tankies come across this guy. It’s going to be an entertaining shitshow.
They’ll just bond over hating libs.
Yeah man the apps are tight and I still get the most important news. The community is the kinda weirdos I like - Linux nerds, oss purists, cutting edge. I haven’t missed reddit in the last ~year of lemmy
Kamala zealots and a heavy tankie presence.
I think you may be mistaking hatred of Trump with fervor for Harris.
I’m not thrilled with Harris, but if it’s going to be between her and that orange shitstain, it’s an easy choice.
Say anything about her less than favorable on news and politics subs and watch the downvotes.
That is not organic behaviour imho
Lemmy’s false positive rate on right wingers and their rhetoric is high but, as far as goal oriented ostracization goes, it’s fairly reasonable. I understand very well where it comes from. My friend has an extra kid on the way. Neither she nor her husband want the kid, but they’ve been turned away by several out of state doctors. (No, not Christian “medical” offices, actual doctors)
Congrats, republicans. You managed to funnel another kid into the foster system you also refuse to fund. Jfc
I’ve found that out. I started a Trump community today and I’ve already had to block two people! but I think Lemmy has room for some other voices than just lefty. i hope.
I don’t think you’re gonna find much support on Lemmy for that. The kind of people on Lemmy are the kind of people that read books and tend to skew more to the intellectual side, even the ones I don’t agree with. Generally that doesn’t really describe Trump supporters.
There are other instances that align better with your views than lemmy.world
Of course, they’re all defederated by most others, for good reason.Trump is a fascist, and anyone in favor of Trump, too.
Goodluck, you will very likely get downvoted because there’s a lot of lefties here but downvotes don’t fuck your account up like they do on reddit so don’t worry to much about them. Your posts will still showup and be seen.
Thank you!
While i dont supoort either puppet. We do need some trump idiots to balance this place out. Endless kamala shilling is tiring.
We had a guy try to run conservative sub it just got turned into him getting brigaded and abused. Not usre if thats still around.
But if people want to discuss their shiti politics in good faith, then fedi must be able to accommodate everyone if it is to become defacto internet front page.
Fuck reddit. Only decentralized social media makes sense since companies cant be trusted.
I did notice that the c/republican sub has no mod and that the c/conservative one seems to be filled with pro-democrats people who just downvote every post that’s not pro-dem lol i think there’s room for more voices. We’ll see.
More power to you, maybe some closeted conservatives will come out. Pretty sure the linux subs got them lol
Either way. There is room for everybody and dnc zealots chasing people is annoying.
