My reaction to this post
Honestly I just jumped to Lemmy after dndmemes sent me this way and it feels like I’m delving into early internet forums back in the day, fresh and new and full of excitement for the future
I know exactly what you mean. Fresh optimism. For fun, not for money or algorithms.
Fresh optimism for the communities and the new apps all being furiously worked on right now. I’ve got Memmy, Mlem, and Voyager all installed currently and watching the rapid development of each is a hell of a lot more interesting than the one Reddit app that’s been dogshit since they bought it and stuffed it full of ads and is only getting worse.
I should just probably try them all but do you have a preferred one so far? Currently using Memmy but honestly I finally dove back into something like this after a proper year without Reddit, to see how this community is doing and to see what the vibe is like.
Remember when forums would let you put unsanitized HTML in your signature and people exploited it to flood them with pop ups and redirects? Lemmy’s bringing that back, too!
Came for the decentralization, stayed for the nonconsensual lemon party redirects.
Reddit just nuked all my accounts, nice to back to a more open community!
(first post)
Wait what, how
They only alternate theory I have is I use a VPN and that IP was flagged from another users abuse. But since there is no way to talk to the admins its all said and done. Also I bounce accounts (not to evade) as I have been doxxed on reddit more than once I keep my posting compartmentalized. They would all come back to that IP and would be seen as multiple ban evasions or an excuse to kick me. I’m pretty vocal on, well was vocal, about where the site was heading…
RIP Aaron
Shit sorry I have another thread going on this and I’m getting crossed up. More info:
This image brought to you by the time-period when anything with young people had to have skateboarding, surfing, or roller blading.
It was the law.
Don’t forget your dual-wheel, 4D+ mouse!
Ngl this probably would make it easier to scroll websites without fixed widths, as well as diagrams.
I would play minecraft with that
Two eyes … Two scroll wheels
Makes sense to me
I wonder if this works under Microsoft ® Windows ®
Does it really feel like the old web though? I’m a zoomie (22) and I kinda developed a rose tinted nostalgia for the old web (Windows 98 era) where I didn’t even live in (tbf apparently a lot of zoomers have some nostalgia obsession with some sort of era).
Veteran lads, can Lemmy capture the old web feeling?
Hard to believe our hover-keyboards used to have wires!
I was told it was weird to use the phrase “surfing the web” the other day. I am not even that old.
It beats doomscrolling. Surfs up, dude! 🤟
Velcro shoes were the best
Nice to meet you, fellow explorers of cyberspace!
Did you guys know that lemmy is a series of tubes
For th uninitiated:
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=_cZC67wXUTs&t=0
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
I love you guys. Lemmy is seriously the most fun I’ve had online in a long while. Also loving the serious posts and comments.
Hold on to your butts - we’re gonna surf the web
This picture makes me nostalgic for an era I barely remember being alive for.
sorry if i made anyone feel oldI feel like I’m back playing Ultima Online. Corp Por?
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