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Buy European

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The community to discuss buying European goods and services.

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Local investment, job creation, innovation, increased competition, more redundancy.

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!buycanadian@lemmy.ca

!buyafrican@baraza.africa

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First of all,welcome to Lemmy!

Here are a few pointers to help you settle in

Feel free if you have any questions!

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[–] spriddleriddle@feddit.org 1 points 1 minute ago

Love the responsiveness, everything feels so much faster and quicker. Feels like I lost a lot of weight :-D Really like it so far, I just hope that more people make the switch, so that more sub-lemmis? or don't know how to call them, get filled and have more life. Will try to do my part in some sub-lemmis and post stuff be active and so on. :-) Love you all!

[–] Tenc@lemm.ee 5 points 2 hours ago

Joined yesterday, I'm loving the gestures of the voyager app

[–] Coffeegrinder@feddit.nl 3 points 1 hour ago

Fine, and how are you?

[–] RambaZamba@feddit.org 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

Still not sure about the best Android App, I've tried Interstellar, what seemed kind of unfinished. Now I have Voyager, what seems better so far.

Furthermore I miss some Sub..Lemmis? like r/bida (am i the asshole), r/Staiy, r/LeopardsAteMyFace .

[–] enkity@lemm.ee 13 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Not only Lemmy i also joined Mastodon lol. I find this expirience to be refreshing, maybe thats because this platform has less users or maybe because its not under someones control but i feel as if i moved from big, overpopulated city to a countryside. Its like breathing fresh air, i feel myself free, and i love reading comments here, they look like real conversations between humans. Although im not from European Union but im your neighbor from Ukraine and i totally support this movement or its better to call an idea, i dunno. I replaced a lot of stuff already but thats only the first step. Also im really glad to be here.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago
[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

A few unwritten rules I've found useful over the last couple of years since moving to Lemmy :)

  1. If you're missing a particular smaller or niche community - be the change and create it!
  2. If someone is challenging you in a thread in good faith, respond in the same way
  3. If they're just being a dick, don't waste any sort of mental energy on them - just block them, forget them and move on.
  4. If you're the one being a dick (and be honest, we all know when we are) walk away for a bit
  5. Don't be too proud to ask for guidance but do it in the right communities :) e.g. don;t ask for tech help in a community thats not about tech help.
  6. Be prepared to see a lot of Star Trek memes and Nicole spam.
  7. Bask in the warm glow of an open source, privacy respecting, non-corporately controlled environment.
[–] Jivebunny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

You forgot the beans and five days no shit

[–] leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago

You're right, I did. Dammit.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago

you’re missing a particular smaller or niche community - be the change and create it!

Also consider discussing it on !fedigrow@lemm.ee

[–] yaksuu@feddit.nl 5 points 3 hours ago (4 children)

A question,

How when and where does the money come from to keep lemmy running?

Since nothing is free in life who pays for lemmy?

[–] flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Divide by zero (the instance I'm on) takes donations. People who donate get a nifty flair in the governance threads, but you don't have to donate to vote on issues the server faces. (We also allow non-members to vote, though since they're not as impacted by decisions made for the instance, their votes are given lower weights.)

[–] Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

The server admins pay for it. Or people donate to the instance to keep it running

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 hours ago

And on that note, consider donating to the instance and/or the Lemmy devs (and any other open-source project you find useful). I also need to make a round of donations soon!

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)
[–] Mobster@feddit.uk 14 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Came over from Reddit as part of plan to divest from US-based products. Happy to be here, and plan to explore. Mainly lurked over on Reddit - hope to contribute more actively over here!

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 hours ago

I almost never posted on Reddit. Partly because someone has usually already said something close to what I wanted to say. With the smaller community here I feel like I can make a unique contribution more often.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 hours ago
[–] Jivebunny@lemmy.world 17 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Yay to all the fresh lemmings. Welcome welcome! Just don't be a dipshit please.

[–] WokkySong@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

A facebook friend who is transgender posted a list of alternate platforms to use instead of (ironically) Facebook, Google, Insta etc. And since I had recently been perma banned from reddit for twice quoting from The Godfather (I guess their algorithm hasn't seen it) and various djt related insults, I thought I'd give this a try.

[–] bent@lemm.ee 25 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

This is my first comment, just joined during the weekend. It took about half a day to get used to the lower amount of stuff and the slower pace here. And I really like it! The quality of discourse here seems so much higher and with the lower amount of posts I find that I can take my time and not get overwhelmed. Should have joined years ago :-)

[–] superkret@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Years ago, it was just a safe haven for half a dozen communists.

[–] curbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 hours ago

2 years ago it was already pretty well spread out IMO, that was just before the API fiasco. Now add some years before that and I'd say yeah, a much smaller community.

But even a couple years ago Lemmy was beginning to thrive.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 hours ago

Welcome, glad to hear you like it!

[–] Bosh_MCCIV@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 hours ago

Still looking around 😬

[–] mihaella@feddit.uk 22 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

i do miss my niche communities on reddit, maybe i'll start some here,other than that lemmy is a good alternative to replace the popular feed on reddit.

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[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 8 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

Thanks.

I do like that the sub-lemmy is focused on Europe as a whole, the one on Reddit was labelled as EU

[–] matelt@feddit.uk 14 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Great, I've made myself right at home. As another user said I miss the smaller communities but it can only get better from here.

[–] cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 hours ago

Make them and try to convince the members for the corresponding subreddits to join you :) And welcome!

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 hours ago
[–] Dogil_saram@feddit.uk 27 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

Still learning where to find stuff, and unfortunately most of "my" subreds aren't here (yet), but it looks promising and will continue to support.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 hours ago

You can use the universal https://lemmyverse.net/ to see if your favourite communities exist.

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[–] bndkt@lemm.ee 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Very nice here so far 🙂

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 hours ago
[–] Mechazawa@jlai.lu 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I just joined and i'm exploring right now. It's looking good ! Of course it will be easier in a few days but i'm honestly pleasantly surprised !

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Welcome! For French speaking communities, !forumlibre@jlai.lu and !support@jlai.lu should be useful

[–] Mechazawa@jlai.lu 3 points 2 hours ago

Thank you, i will make sure to check these ones !

[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 6 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

I’m a little bit confused still but haven’t had the time to read through any FAQs. I don’t know how to access my account in a web browser for example (I’m using an iPhone app now).

So thank you for those links! Will have a look.

[–] End0fLine@midwest.social 6 points 5 hours ago

The website you would go to in your desktop browser is feddit.nu.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Figure which server you are on then go to that url

So feddit.nu for u

[–] DreasNil@feddit.nu 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Ok, that was almost embarrassingly easy 🙈😅 Thanks!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 3 points 5 hours ago

Welcome to fedi!

[–] Sados@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I like it so far :) Bit confusing sometimes and I'm still trying to find communities that I like and are active.

I hope that many more make the switch from reddit, but I can also see why some people might find the Initial setup confusing or anoying. I think it just takes some time to get used to Lemmy, so I hope a lot of people try it out and stay

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 7 hours ago
[–] yaksuu@feddit.nl 7 points 6 hours ago

New world to explore, keep clicking and wil see where I end up!

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 12 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Haven't checked Reddit much since creating this account. Thought I might use both but Lemmy is genuinely much better. The only thing I haven't figured out is how to visit the original instance from within voyager and how to make my feed more diverse. Currently it's very politics heavy and I don't wanna unsub from those communities but other stuff kinda gets burried.

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[–] MrRain19@feddit.it 21 points 8 hours ago

I like how Lemmy actually grew in size after i left it after the Reddit moderation problem of a couple years ago. All in all, it's all kind of overwhelming but maybe I'm too emotional.

[–] Monoi@feddit.it 4 points 5 hours ago

Just arrived. It seams great.

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