Well, whew! As a result of Reddit’s recent spark of genius, the number of users looking for a new home has been growing at quite a brisk pace. In the last 12 hours, over 30 new membership applications were received. This has never happened before in Sopuli’s short history. It’s a bit like what happened to Mastodon when Twitter had its own spark of genius. I’m surprised and also excited.

Anyway, welcome to new users! Feel free to check out Sopuli and Lemmy in general. If you have any questions, you should first check FAQ if the question has already been answered. A list of communities, both on Sopuli and on other instances, is conveniently displayed in Communities and here. If you are planning to create a new community for a topic, you should check there to see if one has already been created and if the topic is fitting for it.

No huh huh! Redditin viimeaikaisten neronleimauksien seurauksena uutta kotia etsiviä käyttäjiä on tullut varsin reippaalla tahdilla. Viimeisen 12 tunnin aikana tuli yli 30 uutta käyttäjähakemusta. Tällaista ei ole Sopulin lyhyen historian aikana tapahtunut aiemmin. Tämä on vähän sama asia kuin mitä vuorostaan Mastodonille kävi Twitterin neronleimausten takia. Olen yllättynyt ja myös innostunut.

Joka tapauksessa, tervetuloa uusille käyttäjille! Tutustukaa Sopuliin ja Lemmyyn ylipäänsä vapaasti. Jos on kysyttävää, kannattaa ensiksi katsoa UKK:sta, jos kysymykseen on jo vastattu. Listan yhteisöistä sekä Sopulissa että muilla instansseilla näkee kätevästi Yhteisöt-näkymän kautta ja täältä. Mikäli aikoo perustaa uuden yhteisön jollekin aiheelle, kannattaa katsoa, onko sellainen jo perustettu ja sopiiko aihe siihen.

  • Grimmnir@sopuli.xyz
    11·
    1 year ago

    First time on a Lemmy instance, and I though Sopuli looked inviting. I appreciate you taking me, and some of my fellow supporters of the Reddit blackout, in during these dark days. So far, enjoying my time here and learning about Lemmy and federated services! I hope I can learn to do more than lurk.

  • RegEx@sopuli.xyz
    10·
    1 year ago

    Moro kaikille / Hi everyone!

    I just created Lemmy’s first (as far as I can tell) Black metal community. If you want to join please head over to !black_metal@sopuli.xyz and post something! Let’s get the ball rolling on here as well!

    @QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyz laitathan viestii jos voi auttaa. Tiedän, ettet pyytänyt lahjoituksia mutta tää sun yhteisö kasvaa nopeasti. Kaikenlaisesta tuesta voidaan keskustella.

  • lobster@sopuli.xyz
    10·
    1 year ago

    Dear ex-friends of creddit

    … used riddit only occasionally but I am glad to be here, or anywhere on the fediverse …

    Thank you admins for your kind efforts. … like all fish, so was keen to join anything with fins

    FIN

  • Ninmi@sopuli.xyz
    8·
    1 year ago

    Welcome, Tervetuloa!

    Signup approval waiting sucks, but we will approve them within 24h!

    About Sopuli

    Sopuli and other Lemmy servers like beehaw.org offer an alternative to link aggregation social media sites like Reddit (which is no doubt the reason for this influx of new users). All these servers communicate together, so it doesn’t actually matter which of them you register at as long as the rules and admins suit you. You can post to beehaw communities from Sopuli and vice versa.

    More detailed info will be compiled in the FAQ.

    What is Lemmy?

    Lemmy is the software that powers the websites.

    Why Sopuli/Lemmy instead of the other Reddit alternatives?

    With Lemmy, you can choose your administrator or choose to administrate yourself, and still be connected to the same overall network. An inherent benefit for this is that no one corporation, entity or person can own the network and you will not be under the whims of one corporate leadership.

    • baltakatei@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thank you for allowing me to participate in the greater community from this instance. I’d be interested to help pay for server costs since I know they’re not free. The forum is dead, long live the forum!

      Kiitos, että sallit minun osallistua suurempaan yhteisöön tästä instanssista. Olisin kiinnostunut auttamaan palvelinkustannuksissa, koska tiedän, että ne eivät ole ilmaisia. Foorumi on kuollut, eläköön foorumi!

        • reksas@sopuli.xyz
          1·
          1 year ago

          Please dont refresh spam on websites. When multiple users are doing that its effectively a ddos attack.

          • Ninmi@sopuli.xyz
            7·
            1 year ago

            You either take my wording too seriously or you didn’t realize I’m talking about the administrator’s sign up application page (which only me an QuentinCallaghan have access to anyway). Or both. Don’t worry, the more we refresh, the faster you guys get in :).

  • timkenhan@sopuli.xyz
    8·
    1 year ago

    I guess I should post in here to express my gratitude!

    Thank you for running this thing, and more importantly for having us :')

    Also, what is it like living in Finland?

  • perso@sopuli.xyz
    7·
    1 year ago

    Hello! Did my part and moved here from Reddit. Interesting to see what the future holds for Reddit.

  • TiredTarsier@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    1 year ago

    Hello and thank you for new home! This seems to be a rather nice place without too many zero effort posts/ comments so far, and people are nice to each other. I really look forward to contribute to communities in here.

    There is just one thing I wonder while getting to know this platform and were peeking the create communities page: why would someone want to make a community with setting “Only moderators can post to this community”? For announcements? FAQ did not have an answer.

    Jos tänne päätyy muita uusia suomalaisia käyttäjiä pyörimään niin oletan, että osaavat sen verran englantia ymmärtääkseen kysymyksen :-D Ajattelin, että jos joku muukin pohtii samaa niin saapi kenties tiedon ja englanti tavoittaa useammat.

    • QuentinCallaghan@sopuli.xyzOPM
      5·
      1 year ago

      “Only moderators can post to this community”? For announcements? FAQ did not have an answer.

      Sellainen yhteisö voidaan luoda vaikka tiedotusta tai jotain muuta erityistarkoitusta varten. Tämä tulee ainakin mieleen.

  • ChiliThief@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    1 year ago

    Thank you for this community! I am a long time redditor and quite sad that it all turned the way it did in Reddit. At the same time I am grateful that there is this community. I am looking forward spending my time here.

  • Zer0Rank@sopuli.xyz
    5·
    1 year ago

    One question for the admin; I see an instance hasn’t been federated with sopuli (it’s not blocked either), what should be done to be able to subscribe to the unfederated instance communities? I just get community_not_found error when trying to access the community URL via sopuli.xyz. Search doesn’t find it either.

    • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve been seeing this a lot when looking for interesting communities. Is there a reason why certain instances aren’t federated?