YSK: how to painlessly migrate you and us from reddit - eviltoast

Signing up

Pick an interface. Do you prefer to browse Reddit with:

Flip a coin, pick an instance. Are you:

Building momentuum

  • Jumpstart your subscription list using https://redditmigration.com
  • Try commenting or posting. Just try it! Many people who stopped engaging on reddit find the community more rewarding here.
  • Try sticking with Lemmy / Kbin for a few days. Until your fingers learn to get their fix a new way, and you get your subscription list built up a bit.

What next?

Many people are happy at this point… but what to do if you want to help the switch to fediverse but you’re still jonesing for reddit after a few days? A few ideas….

  • Its OK! Reddit simply has more volume and a bigger stack of communities as of Jun 30, 2023. Its /probably/ (?) not going to disappear overnight. Its not an either/or, you can use lemmy / kbin more and more over time.
  • Start your internet browsing time on lemmy / kbin first. If you’re “still hungry”, supplement with reddit.
  • Consider instituting a “read only reddit” policy: no posts, comments, or upvotes. Its MUCH easier to stop adding to Reddit than it is to quit cold turkey. If you don’t like reddit’s behavior, this is a good way to collectively switch momentum toward the fediverse without making big personal sacrifices.
  • StrikingBanana@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Is there a short video introduction for first timers looking to join? Trying to explain this to a friend is difficult, much easier to just send a video to them.

    • orientalsniper@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Short version:

      lemmy: some sort of opensource type of Reddit

      instances: can also be called servers, anyone can host a lemmy code.

      community: synonym for subreddit

      federation: instances can federate (connect) to each other and their users can interact with the connected instances, they can also defederate (disconnect).