I haven’t looked to the Lemmy equivalent of r/trees yet, but I hope the rate of conversion from effing reddit to there is better than it is here… I really miss the large involvement. Were it not for r/vaporents, I’d have made many costly mistakes when I first discovered the joys of vaping.
It will take time to grow. Make posts and share to help
Yep, that’s the plan!
I left vaporents back during the boycott. Now I’m here to dispense knowledge for novice users.
I actually see a lot of vaporizer posts in the /m/trees group which makes me happy haha
But yeah I’d love to see more ents on vaporents. Maybe some day!
I’m not too active on here, but I’ll comment when I see something pop up. Like you r/vaporents kept me from burning through too much money at the beginning of my journey. I only bought one novelty vape, fortunately. Fucking shit garbage bubbler thing looked neat. Never worked right once. But the recommendations of the subreddit steered me to the Firefly and the Firewood and those have kept me happy and healthy.
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r/trees was the largest sub dedicated to cannabis in general. It is the habit of referring to those that frequented the trees as “ents” that morphed into “vaporents” as a discrete sub-community of weed enthusiasts who eschew combustion.
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Need to? Of course not. I’d even venture to say that a great many who vape also like bongs or joints. Not me personally; I tried several times after going full on to vaping and I have to say the taste made me gag. It is like what I imagine licking a dirty ashtray might taste like.
EDIT: Re-reading this, it came off somehow “elitist”-sounding, and that’s about the last impression I want to give. I started smoking herb in 1974 and did so to one degree or another (or ANOTHER, lol) until 4 or 5 years ago. I’d had a heart attack and getting the smoke out was a big consideration for me. Edible forms are decidedly NOT MY FRIENDS, unfortunately. I recalled once having used a Volcano owned by my daughter’s friend and being pretty impressed, until I was told the price. Upon getting my first vape, I was a quickly a convert. I’ll admit to “proselytizing” a bit as I firmly believe in the difference in health risk between burning it and vaporizing. I’ve also known a lot of people for whom vaping just does not do it. Given I feel that way about edibles, I’m thinking the differing ways we react to the stuff may not only involve the particulars about the herb your are consuming, but how you consume it as well.
tl;dr: Sorry if that sounded snooty or something. [7] if that means anything to you :)
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I’m thinking there’s an inverse relationship between the size of the userbase for a social media platform, and the level of specialization of the communities. The Old Place, having millions of users, had lots of little specialized communities - r/trees, r/vaporents, r/oilpen, r/dynavap, etc.
Here on Lemmy, the userbase is smaller, so there’s not enough activity on super-specialized communities, so people hang out in c/trees mostly - less specialized, but more users that way.
I completely agree with you! It’s been hard to watch as the conversion to Lemmy/Fediverse hasn’t been as swift as I had hoped. Reddit really fucked up and I would love to see them tank. Hopefully more and more people will find their way over! I’m just glad to see more and more of my favorites here.
I did find an iOS app that has changed my Lemmy experience called Memmy. Hope it helps!
