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?”
No, and I cannot fix your PC
Does just using Arch Linux and ricing DE for fun count as computer savy?, I don’t even know how to code in any languages
Oh, definitely. I always forget how non-tech savvy people generally are. You install a package and they think you’re an Anonymous-level hacker
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! 😊
reddit is a cesspit, 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.
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.
I like doing tech stuff as a hobby yeah. Don’t remember why I signed up for Lemmy but I have been aware of it for years before I signed up. I think I wanted to have a place to talk about FOSS but also in a community that was generally aligned with my political views (hence my decision to sign up for lemmy.ml)
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 was formally studying Software Development before I came here, and yeah, I’ve been a sort of techie for the better part of 24 years. Been a LiGNUx user for probably a combined 18 years. If it wasn’t for FOSS I probably would have lost interest long ago, because when I recently tried out some new hobbies I was shocked as I was reminded how much other basic activities cost to seriously engage in. I also happened to migrate from that other website you mentioned, but that’s not important. I really wanted to simply find other forums that weren’t based on one centralized website. Lemmy is kind of a compromise with that for me.
i never heard someone using the term LiGNUx, is it some new way of saying GNU/Linux?
it’s an alternative to GNU/Linux proposed by Richard Stallman. I use it because I don’t want to write out as much and I still want to differentiate from my use of Android’s OS which is also technically Linux but it’s not GNU.
What would you call Alpine Linux?
Yes. I’ve worked in tech ever since I was able to teach myself enough to hold a job amongst people with CS degrees. I hadn’t been on Reddit for a lot of years up until six months before the exodus. I had no account and only consumed. Here feels worth submitting links and discussing things.
Yes. It’s a tech/ nerd bubble here.
I’m techie enough to be interested in federated social media networks. I’m techie enough to start using Linux. Ain’t that enough techie?
*crawls out of a gutter and sneers*
where’s your collection of broken calculator watches that you swear you’ll fix some day?
*scuttles back into sewer*Never had a calculator watch, let alone a collection of broken ones.
*sneers further, revealing blackened teeth*
Like most people on this site, I’m a happy consumer who rejects FOSS (McIBM is enough for me thank you), hates moderation (spicy pickles on icecream is my breakfast), and routinely walks the neighbourhood naked because I think privacy is for prudes. I’m only here as a spy for Reddit and routinely report all activity to Sir Zuckerberg since I hope to start a romantic endeavour with him one day…
…what kind of answers were you hoping to get?
Yup. Techie, but with other interests. There are dozens of us.
Edit: gave up on Twitter and Reddit after being early adopter of both. Moved over to Fediverse and not regretting it one bit. All good.
yes i am partially computer
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.
