I’m a huge nerd, so the reason I joined Lemmy is because I was looking for a social media platform that conforms with my views on FOSS, moderation, and internet privacy. I would assume many other people are in the same boat, but is that accurate? Who’s just here because they looked up “Reddit alternatives?”
Not exactly. I’m kind of a “learn what I need to to get by” person. I’m not really a Linux person… but my old laptop took 15 minutes to boot up, and the hardware obsoleted out of windows updates, so now I have Linux.
I ran out of space in Google Photos. I would’ve happily bought more space but they told me I’d have free backup space forever if I compressed my photos. When they changed that policy I realized I was being jerked around. So then I got a raspberry pi, and learned how to (barely) set up a server to run Immich.
I liked browsing reddit, but, again, I don’t like being jerked around, so here I am.
Not a tech person. I’m a seamstress/tailor who will make you feel like the smartest person in the room when I ask questions about computers. Never knew so much about internet privacy before Lemmy, either. It’s been eye-opening to learn about tech-stuff on Lemmy!
I left R×ddit out of spite, then found out youtubers made videos reading out my posts and said goodbye to it forever. It became a free content farm ripe for mishandling, astroturfing, and paid propaganda.
My stubborn ass will learn something beyond simple navigation because I’m always wanting to skirt injustice and do what little I can to not support rampant capitalism (I have no money!)
I mean… I learned Blender. I’m capable of pretty much everything!
We’re happy you’re here! 😊
Yes. It’s a tech/ nerd bubble here.
Yes, I am and before you ask: no, I will not help you fix your grandma’s PC.
Negative, I am a meat Popsicle.
Smoke you!!
Gimme da cash!
Compared to most people in my IRL, yes. Compared to lots of people on Lemmy who work in industry or are much more serious hobbyists than me, no.
Me too, know my way around a computer but have never setup a linux distro or anything like that… yet.
I left in one of the mass exodus waves of reddit (during the api changes) and i feel like its not that consequential to be one person less on one of the biggest sites on the internet, but every person counts. Especially when what is becoming increasingly apparent is that all reddit will soon have is bots and ‘normies’ who use reddit instead of facebook/whatever.
yes i am partially computer
I like how this platform works, I’m actually active here unlike the garbage fire that was and is reddit
Yes, I am in networking and cybersecurity so it was a matter of time before I found out there was a better alternative to reddit
I only used reddit through an app so when they closed the api that was the day reddit shut down for me, I came looking for meme pages. I forget about reddit, I have my memes and shitposts. Sure, fewer than the before times but I also see less guerilla marketing so that’s nice.
I’m just here for the Reddit alternative. Being FOSS is a bonus.
I’d say I’m more of a computer person than the average person, but less so than the average Lemmy user.
Same here. Reminds me that Reddit was mostly techy posts for the first while too.
I’m a water engineer with a PhD, so not a tech nerd but definitely a nerd :) I came here mostly because I find the Reddit app annoying and the app I was using came here.
reddit is a cesspit, on reddit it used to be that misinformation or incompetency cope would be promptly identified, now its the top 5 comments on any thread…and the next 5 are circle jerks.
in other words: welcome reddit refugees. please please feel free to leave the reddit mindset at the door on your way in :)
I started using reddit just for the memes and would use some 3rd party frontend to get rid of the ads and nake the interface way cleaner. When the API pricing was announced, I serched for a better source of memes and somehow found lemmy. No ads, no bullshit, and there are some cool communities here that I actually want to participate in.
I came to Lemmy just looking for a Reddit alternative. I think this is a superior forum system with user scoring and nested comments. But I do love that it is open and federated and I’m glad to be rid of Reddit completely.
I am a huge tech nerd and love doing these things as side projects (but I prefer making hardware). I like making stuff so the things I’ve been making/setting up are:
- Setting up a R.Pi as a retro gaming console
- R.Pi Kodi media player
- Putting together a hotswap keyboard from a kit
- Migrating to privacy alternatives and degoogling my life
- Migrating to Linux
- Making a fight game controller from scratch
- Making a custom keyboard with soldering and custom layout (and then again for having the same keyboard at work)
- Building a new gaming PC
- Getting a synology NAS and going down the Docker rabbit hole
- Making another fight game controller…or 3
Now I’m planning making a DIY microphone for MS Teams meetings
I’m a techie and left reddit after the api-desaster. I won’t use things when they have ads. Period. And I’m glad I found lemmy.
