Very pleased with the growth of our communities since the move to crazypeople.online almost 2 weeks ago.

[email protected] is leading the way with just over 100 subscribers again. All kinds of new people have been posting music and leaving comments, it’s great to see.

[email protected] isn’t far behind with just under 100 subscribers. Lazy stoners, come on already! 💚

[email protected] has also been active since the move. With a little over 60 subscribers we’re seeing active posting and trading which is awesome! I’m hopeful the community will continue to grow as more people become hopelessly addicted to this game.

[email protected] is seeing similar subscriber numbers. We were fortunate to have @[email protected] lead us off with some bangers to get things started. Awesome to see community members take the lead when a new place needs some love!

[email protected] hasn’t seen much activity but it also didn’t see much at it’s old home either. For now it’s mostly my space to post random racing videos I find on YouTube lol. More people are definitely invited though!

And on a more generic note the instance as a whole has been doing well. Some new members added and no stability issues, good times. Hopefully everyone is doing well with their projects.

My personal favorite is Boost but it hasn’t seen an update in quite awhile. Thunder is the leading contender to replace Boost if it doesn’t update soon. Thunder is seeing very active development and has a ton of customization options to suit your needs. There are several options out there now though. Probably worth trying them all.

The honest answer usually isn’t what people want to hear.

Many people come to Lemmy thinking they can maintain whatever their habits were on reddit. For most people that means lurking and voting, not much else. Lemmy isn’t really big enough yet for that to work unless you’re only interested in the dominant topics here like linux and star trek, so people quickly get discouraged because Lemmy is “empty.” As if every social media site hasn’t started the same way…

For many/most of us the communities we were used to loitering in on reddit don’t exsist or aren’t active enough to lurk in without getting bored. That means we need to shift towards content generation/creation/sharing rather than just consumption. Not everyone is going to be comfortable doing that. It also isn’t going to happen over night.

The only way Lemmy will grow and become what you/we want it to be is by sticking around and participating. For many of us that means doing different things than we were used to on reddit. Lemmy is still very much in the early stages of it’s development and culture and it’s up to the users to decide what kind of place it’s going to be. It takes time and effort, and understanding that Lemmy is not and will never be reddit.

If people want reddit, it’s still there for them. Lemmy is still forming an identity and we’re all a part of it.

The initial move feels a bit like you’re giving up on an old friend imo. Many of us hoped reddit would change course or stop sliding towards what they’ve become but it’s obvious now that there will be no turn around. The enshitification will continue until nothing recognizable is left.

With Lemmy and the fediverse you have the chance to make it your own and help shape it as it grows, hopefully avoiding the missteps of reddit.

Welcome to Lemmy mate. Have fun settling in to your new home.

Thank you all for the continued work.

If only they’d programmed the AI to tell them this sooner.

It made me happy to see several of the transplanted communities on [email protected] today. It’s also awesome to see @[email protected] back in action again. Shoutout @[email protected] for maintaining it for all of us. Thank you!