Ask Lemmy

I'm not sure I know anyone in real life

That would imply that they know it even exists

Let me stop you before you suggest a narwhal bacons at midnight equivalent for lemmy

My spouse. But that's it.

Nah. My brother, wife, my two best friends and one co-worker are the only ones who even know it exists, and that's because they know I use it as an alternative to reddit since the API fiasco. It's honestly pretty obscure, but I like it that way. I'd love to see larger niche communities, especially since r/stalker was one of the only places I could actively talk about my favorite game series, but Lemmy has been a far better experience overall.

There's no way to know

No

I didn't know a single redditor either, some ppl who had seen my name (my dumbass doxed my full unique name as my username when I was a kid and I didnt change it forever) irl had mentioned it to me, but they didn't use it past google, they weren't posting, commenting, or signing up

Of course I know him, it's me!.jpg

My immediate meat-space circles are aware of it and have stopped asking me WTH is wrong with my meme links in the group chats.

I do not believe anyone else has an account.

I've only actively converted one person so far, but there is one other person whom I suspect of using lemmy but have not confirmed.

I don't know anyone besides myself that even uses social media IRL.

It's easy to find other Lemmy users IRL. Show up to any Linux meet up, and roughly 5-10% seem to use Lemmy.

I do not know and will never try to find out.

Probably a couple people but it has never actually come up in conversation. I'll ask next time I see them.

No, I'd be extremely suspicious of such person.

Bold of you to assume that I know anybody in real life.

I thought we were all bots.

Yes I have been a Lemmy advocate since I joined, but I have only ever gotten one person to use Lemmy. I told one of my daughters friends mom about Lemmy. She does not allow her daughter to use social media. Except for Lemmy.

So that is it. My one conversion. I have kind of given up on trying to convert people. I still love Lemmy and the Fediverse, but the year of Lemmy mainstream has yet to come.

It took 10 years to meet anyone that used Reddit. I assume it's gonna take another 10 to meet anyone on this platform.

Yes my sibling uses Lemmy. It was them that prompted me to join.

no and i don't think anyone here is real. every account is a russian psyop bot trying to make leftists appear insane and stupid

Yes. I shared a Star Trek meme with a coworker and they asked me where I got it. I told them about Lemmy and Tenforward and another coworker chimed in with "where every Vulcan knows your name"

Other way around, I know people in rl through lemmy.

Really, this amounts to a question of who has recommended lemmy to others. Which is an interesting question.

I do. But despite my best efforts at explaining and advertising this platform, none of my friends seem to care 🥲.