New around here? Want to introduce yourself? Here’s a thread! Or if that whole practice makes you want to disappear, uh…Make someone up, or introduce your pet instead!

Whatever floats your boat, and hey, if you have a boat, introduce that boat!

Oh, and before I forget (again), I’ve written a relatively brief FAQ to help folks find their way around here.

  • @[email protected]
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    Oh hey there. Reddit user of 9 years, migrating for obvious reasons. Just want to introduce my little community, if any of y’all enjoy playing old-school forum games:

    [email protected]

    I’m really liking the friendly vibe here and hope it continues as the community grows!

  • A Chilean Cyborg
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    12 years ago

    hello! first year engineering student from chile!

    on the spectrum and really love SciFi 🖖

  • @[email protected]
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    42 years ago

    Hi! I’m both a Reddfugee and genuinely curious about the fediverse / Lemmy.

    But enough about me, I wanted to introduce my pet boat…uh… Boaty McBoatface. She’s pretty cool, especially since she’s floating in some water in some location.

  • @[email protected]
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    42 years ago

    I’m new here and just wanted to try to post something to see if I understand the process. (I’m an old man who thinks and moves slowly)

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        Thanks for the feedback. When I tried to post that first comment I got a “Failed to post “ notification in red at the bottom of my screen, so I had thought I had failed. So, good to know that it did work. Thank you.

  • @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    Hello Lemmy! I have joined this community due to the current API crisis and the increasingly worse experience I’ve been having on Reddit recently. I hope I can permanently settle down in this place and call it home from now on! Too bad there aren’t any communities for some of my niche interests atm though. 😢

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      It’s time to create those communities! Be the change you want to see!

      Edit: remembered

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    👋 - Have mostly been lurking various lemmy instances (beehaw, lemmy.world, …) and finally decided on creating an account here! Looks like I will need to create multiple accounts though due to defederation on some instances. No biggie, lol.

    Hope to contribute content here and keep lemmy alive and well even as Reddit management is threatening many subreddits to open back up.

    • The Giant Korean
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      22 years ago

      I’m on here and Beehaw as well. I like both places! Plus it gives me twice as many places to waste time on.

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    Hi I’m a guy with four cats who’s just here to see cat pictures mostly. My cats just want to sleep, so I get on here to watch other people’s cats do fun stuff.

    • Wyrdletini
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      Hello Mostly_Frogs, I am the slave owner of five cats and I am also here for the cats! I haven’t quite figured out posting cats quite yet. I mean, I have posted, but the pic either turns out sideways or it posts as a link instead of a pic… I’ll figure it out.

      I’m not sure about Lemmy yet. But it sure felt nice to post a cat photo after a couple weeks of Reddit chaos

  • VelvetVessel
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    52 years ago

    Hey everyone, velvet here :) I am a developer with a revolving door of interests and hobbies. Lately I’ve been interested in true crime/horror, the Sims, aerial sports, and hanging out with my cat and two aussie pups! This is my first time joining the Fediverse after 12 years on Reddit, nice to meet you all!

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    Canadian girl from the prairies here! Glad to have found Lemmy as my new home. Telling everyone and anyone about it! Love how small and new it feels. I actually feel I can post and comment without too much negativity so am slowly getting out of my lurker mode. Not so much on this account but you can find me trying to be chatty on both mander.xyz and sh.itjust.works (my main).

    Happy to meet other Lemmies!

  • @[email protected]
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    12 years ago

    Hey, I’m Tobor. Migrated from another instance and I like it here! My interests are all over the place, but at the moment: Zelda, drawing, poetry and plants. Nice to meet you all 🍃

  • @[email protected]
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    22 years ago

    Hello. I’m a a Reddit refugee, I mostly lurked though. I’m in my mid 20s. Here are my birds.

  • Oh_FFS_NowWhat
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    12 years ago

    Count me as another Reddit refugee! Happy to have found Lemmy and hope to support a growing and vibrant community. I’ll likely be in lurker mode (we introverts are good at that) as I learn my way around. Thank you for the FAQ - very helpful! I don’t have a boat but do have a couple of cats and dogs. I enjoy art, books, music, humor, nature and technology. And yes, I’ve been around since the days of dial-up (who can forget that sound, right?) Grateful to be here.

  • Cat Atomic
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    Hello!! I just signed up! I’m still trying to figure everything out over here. Been on reddit for 10 years or so and thought I’d check out all this.

    Not much to say about myself really… I’m quite boring.

  • SocialSpirit
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    12 years ago

    Hey there! I’m another Reddit refugee looking to make a new home here. After a couple of false starts (not with Lemmy) I finally looked at this site for ease of use. I’m hoping to bring over a few other Reddit refugees from my favourite subs in the near future and expect to be settling in quite soon. I’m also wanting to create a community for my special interest - just not sure how I’ll go about that at the moment since there’ll be a couple of decisions to be made. Now for a proper look around.