Do your significant others use Lemmy/the Fediverse?

(You don’t have to put their @, just say yes or no if you want.)

I got permission from her, so my GF is @PieInTheSky@feddit.online

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43 Comments

cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 37 pts · 347d (1 reply)

Nope, my wife uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Discord.

Can't get her to adopt Fediverse equivalents.

I'd say I choose quality over quantity, but she mostly is in artist communities that don't want to move off the old platforms. They say they were there before the crazies, they aren't the problem, so they're not gonna move, even if the people who own those platforms are straight up fascists. I couldn't do it.

danciestlobster@lemmy.zip · 25 pts · 347d

Yep. My partner is basically the same as yours here. Too many niche communities on other social media and unwilling to give it up in spite of the ideological issues.

I think it's just harder for some than others. I was never THAT attached to social media anyway so...this is fine for me. If I run out of content on my feed for the day its probably time to log off anyway

200ok@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 347d (1 reply)

Significant other?

Ladislawgrowlo@lemy.lol · 0 pts · 345d

no.

ada@piefed.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 347d (1 reply)

We run quite a few fediverse instances together, so yes :)

crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 345d

omg it's ada from matrix

PieInTheSky@feddit.online · 14 pts · 347d (3 replies)

💓❤️💞

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 4 pts · 347d (2 replies)

Welcome!

PieInTheSky@feddit.online · 2 pts · 347d (1 reply)

Thank you!

200ok@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 347d
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Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 347d

wife followed me to signal, reddit -> lemmy, and linux.

She got there on linux before me when her win 7 computer broke down and I reanimated her old laptop with linux (although a light version of ubuntu) I'll be joining her soon; if you want me to use something debian based that isn't Ubuntu studio, hit me up with recs in this thread : https://lemmy.world/post/35450797?scrollToComments=true

xpey@piefed.social · 8 pts · 347d (1 reply)

He got an account just to spy me on here from time to time (I mean it in a cute way), but I don't think he has any interest of actually using it, for now at least. He's not really a "social media" person, Instagram is like his "main platform" but only because all his friends are there lol

He has shown interest in my "decentralization journey" (for lack of a better term, I guess) because we share similar values and he recognizes that moving traffic to popular social media websites like Instagram or Twitter is harmful because the parent companies are awful (less focus on privacy, more focus on environmental impact and political issues). Got him to use Bluesky instead of Twitter because of this.

appropriateghost@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 347d

keep being a good influence; get anyone and all that you can in the good fight against centralized corporate control.

balsoft@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 346d

Yes, she actually joined recently - I hope she starts posting too, her art is great and more people should see it. Not giving a handle for now because she's shy.

ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 347d

No, but she "stalks" me here sometimes to see what I'm up to and I appreciate it, lol.

RabbitMix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 347d

No, she doesn't use any kind of social media anymore, which is kinda ironic considering we met on Twitter.

Twakyr@feddit.org · 5 pts · 346d

They totally do, that’s how I became a user :3

Flamekebab@piefed.social · 5 pts · 347d

Yep, but not on Lemmy. She uses Mastodon.

victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 347d

I got her on Reddit ages ago but I think she stopped using it because the official app sucks so much. I don't think she's interested anymore though. Instagram mostly.

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 4 pts · 347d (2 replies)

How do you guys manage to make a relationship work on different instances?

Everyone that isn’t on piefed.world is a fascist commie far-right tankie heathen.

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 5 pts · 346d

Just reading your comments I know what the user name will be, keep it up my good fellow

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 345d

What?
Can't say my instance is any of that.
Honestly I rarely found any fellow instance user to be pretty logical

mesamunefire@piefed.social · 4 pts · 347d

Yep

TORFdot0@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 347d (2 replies)

No, the fedi is still mostly tech/privacy enthusiasts which doesn’t really describe her.

crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 345d (1 reply)

Is it though? I see a lot more non-tech people there day by day. Lemmy might be more niche cause of network effects

Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 345d

You're right. They forgot (US-)politics

RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 346d (2 replies)

My husband is the PC gamer and I am the Nintendo lady but I am the only one here. I am also his tech support somehow.

cheloxin@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 346d (1 reply)

somehow.

The barrier for entry between consoles and PC is basically identical at this point, and they're both easy enough that anyone but infants and late stage dementia sufferers can access these days. I imagine only those with an interest in the actual hardware would be relegated to family tech support

pineapple@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 346d

Not sure if I agree with you. consol os's are so much more simple than full a full desktop os, everything makes much more intuative sense and there are less complications you need to worry about. And of course you don't need to spend any time learning about the different types of hardware and all the compatibility issues or if your buying prebuilt it can be overwhelming with all the different companies and selections. In the consol market there are 4 options really: ps5, ps5 pro, xbox s and xbox x.

0x01@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 347d

Nah our ideals are very different

nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 345d (1 reply)

my wife doesn't have any questions about my behavior on the internet unfortunately

AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 345d

Maybe she should. Does she know about your username.

Delusion6903@discuss.online · 3 pts · 345d

No. Wife and kids only use the Big tech apps. I think ads and tracking don't bother them as much as they do me.

Yeahigotskills2@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 346d

My wife still uses reddit now and then, but I can't because I'm banned :-/

Sal@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 345d

Lemmy, but very rarely

Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 346d

Nope, she tunes out when I start talking about federated services. Just not something that captures her interest/she gives any real thought about.

BlueEther@no.lastname.nz · 3 pts · 346d (1 reply)

Not on lemmy, but she has moved to BlueSky

crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 345d

Hope she's at least bridging to fedi!

DJDarren@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 345d

My partner uses Mastodon, but not Lemmy.

frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 344d

Cries in doesn't have a significant other

HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 347d

Nope. I can't even get her off windows although the steamdeck did impress her.

scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech · 2 pts · 347d

Spouse is on Linux, but because one by one her devices started to switch. Setting up a new gaming pc, oh that's weird it has Linux. Setting up the new gaming console, and it has bazzite. Suddenly they're only using linux

moopet@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 345d

No. Doesn't use any social media really, but did make a little-used account on bluesky after closing their twitter down.

crmsnbleyd@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 345d

Nah, I got them to make an account but they don't actually use it