submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
 

I don't know any Lemmy users IRL. I have nudged my friends towards it. My partner has asked me to post things a few times. Just curious.

Edit: running total including the commenter: 32.5 people

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[–] 45 points 2 years ago

None. Although I've never asked

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago

    0 and I hope I never meet any of you.

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  • [–] 25 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Lemmy? I can’t even get them off the goddamned Facebook.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Trick question. I'm the only real user on the internet. Nice try.

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    I've never met anyone in person who's even heard of Lemmy. Well, at least whenever it's brought up πŸ˜…

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    [–] 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    2 in my local area. It's how I found out about it. We have been slowly growing the community.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Any time I’ve brought it up everybody glazes over the first time I say the words β€œinstance” or β€œfederated.” I’ve tried the email analogy, but they lose interest immediately.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah it's an annoying stumbling block. Blue Sky "fixed" that by only having one instance.

    It feels like there should be a sign up page that just gives users a default instance (randomly selected from the top 10 maybe), to avoid the problem.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    Blue Sky "fixed" that by only having one instance.

    I suppose we could "fix" it in a similar way by inviting people to a specific instance instead of pointing them at join-lemmy.org.(Although that site has improved massively since the last time I saw it.)

    Don't even mention instances or federation, just say "hey you should join me on ".

    Once they are using it, that's the first hurdle, and they'll notice pretty quickly that there are other servers that all (mostly) talk to each other.

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    [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Oh God I would never admit this to anyone IRL

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Buddy, I don't even know myself.

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  • [+] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
    [–] 10 points 2 years ago*

    Zero. I think one lives near me based on some posts they made (as in near the same major city, could still be hours away). Another mentioned going to the same convention I go to every year but it's a massive convention that brings in people from all over the world. The two friends I have that used RIF is fun for Reddit back in the day switched to the official app instead of trying alternatives.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    No. No one else, which is too bad.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    No. No one else, which is great.

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  • one of my friends uses lemmy

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Zero. I know a couple of you nerds live in Philly and that terrifies me. I also know the reverse is true. This is the game we have agreed too.

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    [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    None. I normally don't give out my social media to people IRL, so there's no way they'd know I'm on Lemmy not I know they're on here either.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    None, and that's probably a good thing. And also really not unexpected given how small the platform is.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I convinced one person to make an account but they don't use it. I do know another person IRL who uses Mastodon, so i send them Lemmy stuff there

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Not a single one.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    None, as far as I know.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    I have had people who I know from other platforms come across me on Lemmy. Just got a DM the other day saying "Found you", we had a good laugh about it since we didn't know we both used Lemmy. However IRL I don't think anyone I know is nerd enough to be on Lemmy.

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  • Zero. However I would be interested in seeing anyone in real life. I feel like it would go do in Lemmy history.

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    There seems to be 3 forum platforms.

    1. Lemmy
    2. Reddit
    3. Gab

    I hear about reddit on the radio and people talk about reddit. No one talks about the other two.

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    [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    None here, had never thought about that. Now I feel lonely.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I tell many people about it, probably none have signed up but it's not my business to know their username if they have. Might be fun to meet some of you.

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    My partner was on it for like a minute but I don't think they use it anymore. Certainly not as much as I do.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago
    [–] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Seen with my own eyeballs?

    2

    But I'm pretty sure they post to Mastadon and it is visible here on Lemmy. Or maybe they have accounts on Lemmy.

    Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I have one friend that suggested him to use it, he tried it, he doesn't use it a lot, does it count?

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    [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just one, the only relatively tech-savvy person I know irl

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    None. Even trying to suggest Mastodon, still no luck which I just stopped as I'm just exhausted of hearing the answer "no".

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