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The Buy-European movement is bringing people to Lemmy (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by AnonomousWolf@lemmy.world to c/fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Subs like r/BuyFromEU have exploded in Reddit, with 140k users and many more eyes on it, the movement has even made news in many countries.

This is a great place to make people aware of the existence of Lemmy.

On popular posts of people switching away from a US product, I like to comment variants of

While you're at it

Try out the European-Hosted Reddit alternative, Lemmy
It also has a Mobile-App

I use it alongside Reddit, and I'm enjoying it more and more, slowly switching over

Lemmy already has a growing c/buyEuropean community.

r/BoycottUnitedStates is also and option and so is r/BuyCanadian with 285k users, this is a big audience that wants to move away from US products like Reddit.

Spread the awareness of Lemmy.

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[–] kingie_d@feddit.uk 6 points 14 hours ago

There was a post on r/Europe the other day for swapping away from US products, and that is how I found out about this place. I'm now Reddit free

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

420 Blaze it

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit, you can visit https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content, and install an app using https://vger.app/settings/install.

For a more detailed explanation: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/ "

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you.

A detailed explanation on the r/BuyCanadian sub could be impactful given they have ~300k subs.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@Sunshine@lemmy.ca , how do the mods over there react to this kind of posts?

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

They seem pretty friendly to the Lemmy idea as I saw one post reach the front page of the subreddit without being taken down.

[–] AnonomousWolf@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is the "Best" instance for Canadians to join on Lemmy?

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

https://lemmy.ca/ , very well managed

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I never see anything but good vibes coming from lemmy.ca. It's like the positive stereotype of Canada embodied in a Fediverse server. Two thumbs up.

[–] sevan@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

I'm not Canadian, but I'm on lemmy.ca and like it very much.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Also, I don't get why !buyfromeu@feddit.org refuses to consolidate with !buyeuropean@feddit.uk given the metrics

!buyeuropean@feddit.uk

  • 4.57K users / day
  • 6.13K users / week
  • 6.72K users / month
  • 6.78K users / 6 months
  • 1.9K subscribers
  • 276 Posts
  • 3.72K Comments

!buyfromeu@feddit.org

  • 556 users / day
  • 1.7K users / week
  • 2.31K users / month
  • 2.31K users / 6 months
  • 1.5K subscribers
  • 97 Posts
  • 944 Comments

People finding the less active community first think it's the community they are looking for, while most of the activity happens in the other one

[–] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 6 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

Have you tried messaging the mods of either subreddit for the possibility of a merger?

imo the problem isn't fragmentation, but the fact that most of the !buyfromeu@feddit.org people probably aren't even aware of !buyeuropean@feddit.uk.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

I have, they reaction is

Hey, this discussion obsolete. Both communities are here to stay. Please carry on.

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/39447394/17153419

They also banned me for "siphoning users" https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/modlog/1309153

[–] coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I understand the former reaction, but the ban seems PTB.

[–] DonAntonioMagino 1 points 14 hours ago

To be honest, they have been posting links to that other community under pretty much every post. It did get a bit annoying in my opinion (as a normal user) too.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Very well written guide. We possibly could repost this in other subreddits with similar issues.