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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's a lot better than the last time I was here. Last time a week later the top few posts were the same lol

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's great! Definitely satisfies the urges to scroll through a bunch of silly crap. And the Memmy for Lemmy app on iOS feels a lot like Apollo. Very happy to be part of this community, despite it's intimate size

[–] EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like it enough to host an instance. It's pretty legit, to be honest. If I can find and join more of the same types of communities I was a part of on Reddit, I can easily see myself spending more time here. Even now, I feel like my time on my phone is an even split between Lemmy and Reddit.

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[–] Gargoyle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Decent so far, I do want a redditisfun type app for it, and it could use more people, but other than that good

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[–] udunadan@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago

The content is really bounded by tech stuff, but I guess that's due to migration being important for tech-savvy users. It is true that appending "reddit" to search queries and following the results is still inevitable (but hey, libreddit and teddit still work). But vibe is completely different, very organic, very active, I like it a lot. I think there is a lot of potential in this feeling of authentic communication. Let's hope it grows.

Lemmy is much better replacement for Reddit than Mastodon is for Twitter.

[–] ZTabs@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Never used 3rd party apps on reddit but was tired of the main app so I tried alternatives. Not disappointed with the current state of Lemmy and really want it to grow

[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still don't know what instance to use or if it matters. But I like it, the community is similar enough to reedits. I'm looking forward to using Sync for lemmy though. I miss sync for reddit lol

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[–] faladorable@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I like it better so im using it as much as i can and just hoping its not a fad and people actually move over enough to unseat reddit

[–] s_v@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I've been spending more time here than reddit since they killed 3rd party apps. I'm liking it so far

[–] Atiran@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I like it and I’m optimistic that it will only continue to grow and get better. I also really like the fediverse as a concept. It feels more like the old internet, where you had lots of smaller communities, rather than everything centralized into one huge space.

[–] Ktheone@vlemmy.net 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Leaving that toxic s-hole feels great. Reddits userbase had gone pretty horendous in the recent years and don't even get me started over the mods so I always begged for alternatives to be formed, I jumped ship the moment I found lemmy which is today.

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[–] hitagi@ani.social 6 points 1 year ago

I like it. Been spending a lot more time here than Reddit. That's for sure.

[–] calhoon2005@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I'm slowly figuring out things and slowly finding communities. There seems like there's a lot more genuine engagement. It's rad.

[–] UnperfectOne@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not particularly impressed, to be honest.

Aside from the performance issues (which I'm sure will be sorted out), the UI is awful. Seriously, how the hell am I supposed to join a community on desktop? The "subscribe" button is just a bit of text!

I understand the idea of the fediverse is to be decentralised, but it just doesn't make for a great user-experience. The whole thing doesn't really "click" in the same way reddit does. On top of that, it doesn't really have a big enough userbase yet. On reddit, big subs like gaming and movies a packed full of users, yet their equivalents seem pretty dead here.

I'm never going to install the official reddit app so I'm sure I'll be fine with Lemmy on mobile when the performance issues are sorted out, but I'll probably stick to reddit on desktop.

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[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah the content isn't quite as niche yet, but I way prefer it

[–] CheeseAndCrepes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Definitely a learning curve but WefWef has solved a lot of my initial issues. Also seems like a lot less obvious bots and garbage than Reddit, which was getting pretty bad.

But so far I’m glad to be on something decentralized and excited to see what this looks like a year from now.

[–] Darc@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just posted this in another unrelated thread, but relevant here as well: https://wefwef.app was the key for me. It's nearly EXACTLY like Apollo. Installed on my Home Screen and put where the Apollo icon was. (Apollo moved to a special folder to commemorate its memory.) You guys, I've got to be honest, I didn't think Lemmy was going to work out for me, but with wefwef, I don't feel like I'm missing a beat. Looking forward to Lemmy and the fediverse continuing to grow!

  • No affiliation with wefwef, just hoping other Apollo users who came from Reddit can find this because it's honestly helped to heal the hole left by Apollo.
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[–] sethal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It’s decent, has a lot of room to grow though. I really miss the nicheοΏΌ subreddits.

[–] thesanewriter@vlemmy.net 5 points 1 year ago

I think it's really cool here. The people have been mostly friendly, the communities I'm following are decently active, and new features are being added every day. I honestly have very few complaints.

[–] Sigma@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

loving it so far aside from comments randomly disappearing after i submit them, but im assuming that bug will eventually be worked out. i miss the big card interface reddit switched to but im currently using a custom css that makes lemmy look like old.reddit.com (modified to be amoled black) and it feels great.

[–] 3991pa@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm liking it so far, but a couple of things confuse me about the multiple instances thing.

I've made an account in lemmy.world and for the most part, have found my favorite communities are on the grow here.

However, I know there are other popular instances like lemmy.ml and such. Do our accounts not work cross compatible across the various lemmy instances?

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[–] NumericBiconditional@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the fediverse has done a great job replacing reddit for my scrolling-though-random-stuff needs! as for more niche stuff, it's still not there yet (as has been pointed out many, many times already), but i'm trying to help! i'm posting and commenting regularly on !kirby@lemmy.world. "be the change you want to see" and all that. i encourage everyone else to do the same with their niche communities!

edit: though at this point i have 4 accounts across different instances (here, lemmy.world, kbin.social, feddit.online), thanks to various things. so it's not entirely smooth sailing for me right now

[–] TronnaRaps@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

So far it's good.I think over time it'll keep growing on me

[–] Kettellkorn@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

The only thing I miss is my smaller subs is that I really enjoyed for my specific interests. Hopefully they grow here. For general content I enjoy Lemmy much more

[–] awttech@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago

I’m certainly enjoying it. As others have mentioned it’s a lot slower content wise and the smaller subreddits I was in aren’t here. Lots of niche content is missing, but things like news, politics, gaming, tech, security, are all here and doing fine.

[–] MaxMouseOCX@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems OK, hoping Sync for Lemmy client adds a bit more polish, most current clients seem unfinished or a bit janky in some ways.

Ultimately, it'll just take me time to adjust to the new way of things and more users/content.

The only way I'll be going back to reddit is if I can use Sync, and that definitely isn't happening so I'll have to adjust.

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[–] mobley@ani.social 5 points 1 year ago

Its great! I was on pleroma before and didn't even know Lemmy was a thing u til recently. Love federated social media.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I really like it, except I'm still constantly getting "network error" messages. Not sure if it's a Jerboa app glitch or if the networks are still incredibly overloaded.

For example, every comment I post will buffer for a bit then tell me there's a network error, as if my comment didn't get posted. But if I refresh the post, my comment shows up. It's going to happen this time, too.

[–] quadrotiles@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I think I sort of understand in theory how instances and the communities work, but I am confused about how it works in practice. I'll hopefully figure it out in time. I signed up via reddthat, so as long as they stay federated... I should still be able to see everything and do everything and have my comments be seen by everyone? Right?

I signed my mum up for Reddit 6 years ago and she's a daily user of that (lmao I help her with subreddits and try to help her not fall into weird rabbit holes, but over all she just looks at cat pictures and fun things) but I don't think she'd manage Lemmy. Maybe, if there were already more communities and more posts related to her interests, and I set Lemmy up for her, and nothing ever changed about how she would learn to use Lemmy. But I think just the nature of Lemmy - it's too new and the idea of instances and how they are federated is too confusing for now. Or maybe I just need to understand it better myself.

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[–] BorgDrone@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

Liking it so far. It feels a bit like the early days of the internet. You know the potential is there and can’t wait to see this grow.

[–] evistre@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's fine, but I don't enjoy having to deal with federation stuff. It's doable, but it's not intuitive, and everything is a bit too disorganized.

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[–] oldfart@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Very little content here. But I'm glad the crowd is more diverse than on Mastodon

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