Reddit is fun croaked for me last week, now I’m all Lemmy!
Unless lemmy crashes, then I lurk reddit signed out with browser.
As the crashes and maintenance here become less frequent and the platform is more reliable I’m ready to leave reddit in the dust entirely
Lemmy doesn’t crash, the .world server does. Just use a smaller instance like lemmy.zip or lemm.ee
I’m clearly not understanding this platform as well as I thought, I should probably watch a video or something!
The memes and boobs are great, but I’d love to get more reliable news and local information, seems like every Canadian one dies or is unpopular (fair enough given the limited user base which is still kind of nice)
And the news + politics seems to crash, but that’s because I’m still using .World …I think?
It’s more like email than a regular platform. Each insurance is a Lemmy “provider” but from any instance you can reach every other instance. It even used the @server for user names and communities like email. It also means you have a [email protected], [email protected], …
think of all of this like email, you get data from other providers and interact with people and posts using an “email address”. im oversimplifying it, but that’s how i started to wrap my head around all of this
Only reason I use lemmy.world is for community discoverability. Until subscriber counts are federated, it only shows the amount of subs on your instance, and on average the most subs are on lemmy.world. I have a backup alt for when lemmy.world is down
Discoverability is definitely one of the biggest hurdles in using Lemmy right now.
Jerboa, the official lemmy app, crashes in a new way every update.
Since when is Jerboa the “official Lemmy app”? It’s not even the only FOSS app and I’m not aware of any connection between the Jerboa and Lemmy developers, let alone the various admins of the lemmy communities that Jerboa accesses. Use a different app if Jerboa isn’t working for you
Edit: I was wrong, just looked at github and it looks like there is an affiliation between lemmy developers and Jerboa. But it’s still not the official app of any of the instances, so it’s not like Reddit where the devs and admins are the same entity
Then don’t use it? Lol
Isn’t the freedom to use whatever app we like a large part of why we’re on Lemmy now?
Sync is amazing. Voyager and Thunder are also great if you only want foss.
I second Thunder. Scrolling up is a little glitchy but otherwise it’s pretty good.
Haven’t visited reddit since the API gate. Deleted my account instantly, I miss nothing
I went back to reddit out of boredom a couple of days ago while lemmy.world was doing it’s thing. It dawned on me how shitty things have gotten there over the years. It’s more active, sure but the comments sections are full of hot garbage 99% of the time unless you’re in a small community. And the sheer quantity of comments basically guarantees you won’t be seen or responded to unless you appeal to lowest common denominator bs.
The engagement you get here is much higher quality. It isn’t nearly impossible to have a real conversation and get deep about any given topic. I miss my hobby subs and go back every now and then for those but I’m otherwise all in on lemmy
I’ve made my choice
I even tried being a good little product and subjected myself to using the official reddit app.
Absolute worst experience with an all I’ve ever had. Honestly couldn’t even use reddit now even if I wanted to.
Same. I went back for r/place and to comment a few more “fuck u/spez” in posts, and it’s hilarious how bad the app still is. Still slow. Videos randomly won’t play. There are even times when all you can do when tapping the video is see a still image of it and can’t even get into the post/thread. They just really don’t give a fuck about the app except as a vehicle for ads. Smh.
Relay for reddit works. It’s what I’m using to browse reddit.
I mean, old.reddit.com exists… for now anyways.
Yeah the Lemmy apps are lightning fast compared to the official Reddit app. I’m really giving up on Reddit soon.
What is your preferred lemmy app?
Sync is so smooth and responsive… and also the one only one with proper tablet support afaik
Voyager is also great. Was using that earlier.
Infinity for lemmy
For iOS memmy, for android voyager, connect, or sync. Mlem and voyager are also good on iOS but neither are developed as fast as memmy
I use Thunder :)
Use Lemmy and third party Reddit app while waiting for third party Reddit app to go dark. Then just use Lemmy
Which 3fd party Reddit App is still working?
Last I knew, Relay was switching to a subscription model, though I don’t know if that’s the one they were referring to.
Still using Joey. It works if you’re a mod and anyone can be a mod. Not sure how long it will last though
I just uninstalled RIF, I was keeping it just because. I tried to open it and nothing loaded, anyway, it has been lemmy only for me since july.
I don’t know what happened to my rif app, but mine disappeared from my phone without me deleting It.
Choose wisely
Preaching to the choir
When the jerboa was crashing right after opening it. That was a better experience than using the official Reddit app. And since 99% of my time on Reddit was spent on mobile devices, I‘m not going back there.
Oh look it’s this tired meme that was just posted 15 minutes earlier
Yes, it is.
Sync made the switch so much more bearable!
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=XCqLuEAmNW8&
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Here, here!
YE XD
Lemmy: “Use Lemmy”
Me: Uses Sync or any other non FOSS app
Lemmy: “No not like that!”Are the lemmy police coming to your house and confiscating your apps? If you hadn’t said anything about using sync, no one here would know or care. People complain and get elitist about everything. I’m sure there’s someone out there who looks down on others for not using the “right” brand of q-tips. Does it matter? No. Will the fact that it doesn’t matter shut the q-tips elitist up? Also no
There’s only one brand of Q-Tip. It’s a trademark of the Unilever corporation. The rest are cotton swabs.
There is only one Q-Tip! And if aren’t using them then you are doing it wrong!!
🙃
It’s equate or nothing baby! Anything else entering your earhole is sinful and immoral. I will commit acts of violence to enforce this
One thing I won’t stand for is plastic sticks. Does the equate brand have cardboard?
“LEMMY POLICE, FREEZE! Sir/Ma’am and or otherwise, you are under arrest for the following crimes against lemmy. Use of an unapproved app, 2 counts. Pointing out elitism, 5 counts. Making comparisons between lemmy and reddit, 10 counts. Criminally bad meming, 5 counts. And expecting better of lemmy, 1 count. You have the right to stfu.”
Uh?
I just use both. The official reddit app isnt even that bad, hate me all you want. Still is a shit company though
