this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2025
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While I've been enjoying Lemmy for quite some time now, my girlfriend is (was) a pretty active Reddit user and had always been hesitant to switch, mainly because she's active on many niche communities and couldn't decide on an instance.

Was because I just got her to sign up on Lemmy! We picked an instance for her together and she ended up on sh.itjust.works. We then created a list of subreddits that currently don't exist as communities on Lemmy in order of importance to her that she can create over time.

Felt good to be able to share something you like, can recommend ;) Also, giving your loved ones a hands-on introduction (in contrast to just "like e-mail...", cause where is the fun in that?) and picking a server together seems to help as well.

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[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago

Considering the choice of SJW, I see your GF is a person of culture.

[–] Noir@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

*second sentence, sixth word: her (sorry the girlfriend in question happens to be a grammar nazi)

[–] pipes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Noir@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)
[–] Quik@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago
[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Hello and welcome to OPs girlfriend 👋

Many of us are former R*ddit users!
You'll find that Lemmy is much smaller, for better and for worse. I'm sure OP has told you.