You mean someone with a 2 year old account? You know what instances existed 2 years ago?

Reddit 2.0. Always has been.

Think they still are but maybe that’s on hold with the strike?

It is incredibly typical.

My reaction to the sponsor list would be the shocked Pikachu meme.

After you scroll through active, use hot, use new, use new comments.

It’s not going to be a direct Reddit replacement after just growing its userbase to that of a small subreddit.

Might as well say Beetlejuice three times

The benefits of Linux is that older hardware may have strong driver support.

I have a Razer Blade. It used to have issues waking from suspend. When I’ve tried to use integrated graphics instead of Nvidia to try to squeeze more battery life, that issue returned and the old fix doesn’t seem to work.I also have had problems where it was getting frozen on the lock screen.

I’d like it if my next laptop had better Linux support. Good drivers, good battery life.

How is the battery life?

I don’t think I’m in the market for a new laptop for a while, but when I next am, I think my main requirements are going to be Linux compatibility (no or near zero issues) and battery life.

The fediverse gets me excited about the Internet for the first time in a long while, warts and all.

Instance admins should really nip that in the bud, IMO

Reading criticisms of Lemmy from Reddit and other platforms like HackerNews reminds me of reading criticisms of Reddit from Digg back in 2007-2010, except they’re more based on architecture instead of “it looks ugly”.

Now there are things that will turn away users. There’s obviously a strong leftist culture here, there are less users so less content, and obviously federation is a stumbling block for many people.

But I really think that’s ok similar to what people are saying in that Hacker News thread. I wouldn’t want all of Reddit to come over, and I think it’s better for the culture and growth here to get a self selected trickle/stream of users instead of a deluge.

I don’t think Lemmy will necessarily have the same issues as Mastodon because Twitter/Mastodon requires you to know people or know accounts to follow to be useful. Lemmy just requires communities you’re interested in and a critical mass of users to drive posting and engagement. We’re already seeing greater activity as more users arrive