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I'm having an easier time sticking to it and not visiting reddit than I thought I would. The first day was pretty sketchy with 90% of the posts being about Lemmy, reddit, or twitter - but since then it's been giving a more enjoyable experience.
It probably helps that I'm making an effort to post and comment, which I never really did on reddit.
As Lemmy grows I'd like to see more niche communities take off, similar to how there was "a subreddit for everything".
I do have a big wishlist for site functionality changes though. A big sore spot is that youtube videos and text posts can't open in-line on the front page.
Yes, posting and interacting is essential to help our communities grow. I used to only lurk but have been trying to post more on here.
I see a book icon under posts that does this when browsing through my instance's website. Most of the mobile apps are early in development and may not have this feature yet though.
I just use the desktop site - not really a fan of mobile anything. Didn't even do reddit on mobile. Hopefully what you're describing will roll out to more instances sooner rather than later though.
Edit: I do actually have a button to expand text posts - it's a small square that appears on the right side of titles. Not sure if it's brand new or if I just never noticed it until now. Cool.
Edit again: Youtube videos also can open in-line now, plus some videos from other places. Awesome. Guessing it's related to this update