We’ve had plenty of questions about what people miss from reddit that Lemmy had, or what they hope doesn’t come to Lemmy from reddit in future, but do you miss from the earlier days, before reddit that you would like to come back?

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    1 year ago

    Being part of a smaller community.

    I had even stopped reading usernames. No subreddit has ever felt like a community to me. The only online places that did were my WoW guild, some other guild-based games, a brief period on Crunchyroll a long time ago, and more recently a Discord anime group which is all but inactive now.

    The internet has changed in such a way. But so have I. Making friends online used to be super easy (talking 15-20 years ago). Nowadays, I can only do it in person.

    I always miss many of the online friends I used to have and regret deeply how I didn’t put more effort into keeping them. I see a lot of people make the same mistake. I suppose friendship loss is something most of us need to go through to learn to value it.