Thanks to everyone who left reddit because they killed the useful mobile apps, lemmy is becoming a viable alternative.
I've been waiting for a viable alternative that isn't as toxic as reddit for some time now. I hope they kill off old.reddit soon.
this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2023
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I mostly left because I saw an abundance of bootlicking posts and comments, people dunking on mods for continuing the protest and saying that it doesn't concern them cause they don't use third-party apps. Granted, some of them might've been bots or payed, but a lot of frustration seemed genuine and fron real accounts, and it rubbed me the wrong way.
I really don't get it. I also used official app for years now and now I'm here and reddit is becoming a memory because how they treated it.
Same. I hadn't used a 3rd party reddit app in years, and I slowly watched as my reddit experience got worse and worse, but when they mishandled the whole situation it made me wonder why I'm sticking around.
Same. The app was shit, but I didn't want to bother with finding something else. I supported the protest but it was not enough for me to leave - their reaponse though, the strongarming of the mods and all the shitshow around me just made me snap. I was aware reddit is going down a bad path, but I was a frog being boiled. This made me realize it and thank god for that one guy on r/lotrmemes mentioning Lemmy as an alternative.
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Reddit on mobile no longer exists for me now that Sync for Reddit's gone.
Can't wait to try Sync for Lemmy and see it grow.
Welcome! For me, it was Apollo (try WefWef). I love it here except for the server issues. All in due time.
Edit: I just tried all kinds of gestures for closing image preview, and apparently swiping up now works! The update today said something about this, so wefwef all the way for me. It also just added top day (and top hour!) the best app on all fronts so far.
Wefwef is the best in many respects - but the inability to press images to close them is almost a deal breaker for me. The back button takes me out of the feed and into the side bar, with the image still opened on top.
I'm not gonna press the x in the top right corner every single time, it's bad UX, my phone's too tall.
Connect for lemmy has this functionality right, it's just ugly looking in my phone (the images in the play store look so nice, I suspect it's a bug with my specific phone)
Looking forward to Sync - it showed me UI with UX I hadn't even considered requesting. Sync just got everything right for me.
I’m using wef wef now. I saw some bugs but I feel that eventually it would get better
Be sure to use different servers! Experiencing server issues (with your server or choice) is a pretty sure sign to spread out and try somewhere else.
It would be nice if users were federated as well, something to make moving to another server easier. I specifically avoided creating my user on one of the wefwaf default servers
Won’t I need to subscribe to all the channels all over again? It’s the main reason I haven’t.
Unfortunately yeah :(
There's an export type functionally to make it easier but the server needs to be functional in the first place.
More viable for new users who don't have an account yet or very few subscriptions.
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Fediverse New User Orientation
Reddit Migration
Here from reddit? Find your new home.
Fediverse
The "network" of instances that uses ActivityPub
- fediverse.info
- A 5-min Tour of the Fediverse
- Fediverse Guide
- Fediverse App List
- Fediverse Observer
- Fedi DB
- to the Fediverse
Lemmy
The Reddit-like federated forum app that runs on ActivityPub within the Fediverse
- Lemmy Intro
- Guide to finding Lemmy Communities
- Lemmymap
- Lemmyverse Explorer
- lemmy the-federation.info
- Lemmy Community Browser
- Lemmy/Fediverse Mod Openings
Instance Lists
Lists of Instances
Communities
Communities for getting started in the fediverse
For instance Admins
Tools and info for admins and admins-to-be
For Devs
Building or contributing?
I’m sure this “welcome kit” is meant as a helpful thing but I have to wonder if it is exactly the problem that prevents Lemmy from being adopted.
When someone joins Reddit, they don’t need to read a literal plethora of guides on how to use Reddit. It’s obvious.
What looks like a helpful thing to do is instead going to intimidate and confuse new people.
So ultimately the question is: why isn’t Lemmy obvious to use, and how do we make it so?
Reddit wasn't easy to understand either when I joined 13 years ago. I guess discovery is part of the fun.
With time. Reddit is 18 years old I heard. Lemmy few months old
Lemmy is like 3 years old. But yes, it's only really gotten attention for a few weeks and development has ramped up considerably in that time.
Thing it though, you don't really need to read any of it.
The experience is pretty similar for the end user. However the guide is very useful if you want to get to the back end stuff.
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Same, I heard about Lemmy from Sync. I'm just waiting for them to roll out Sync Pro for Lemmy
I think Sync for Lemmy is being fast tracked.
Six weeks out, last I heard. Can't wait!
And that was like a week ago so now its 5-ish! Also: https://syncapps.io/
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I'm using Connect for Lemmy. It's no Sync but it'll do in the meantime.
I'm using Jerboa. It does the job but looking forward to Sync!
Connect, Thunder and Liftoff are all great alternatives so far.
Connect is barebones now but it is the closest in rendition to Sync.
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Same here. Such a fantastic app. Sync for Lemmy is in development, and I can't wait!
I feel the same but I've also had reddit mods who do not like anyone having a different opinion. So yeah I was done with reddit quite a while ago.
I once was banned from all of reddit for saying I suspected a love Island contestant acted like he was gay. I didn't even do it maliciously it was just an honest opinion and I stated as much.
Same
Well. Judging by my world feed, the porn is coming.
We really should have the ability to block entire instances as users.
You can turn off NSFW content. I suppose if I'm browsing all then I should expect it.
While that is reasonable, its really just the porn I want to filter, most people won't really give you too much trouble for a lot of the non-porn things that get labeled nsfw, some won't even really register it, but porn always catches peoples eyes.
Mine has the blur filter on it.
Reminds me off the day Reddit removed porn from its all feed and everyone was upset. Lol
I'd wager most people who want to see NSFW don't want to see it in all. NSFW seems like it's more of a thing you search for at specific times rather then something you want popping up while you're browsing for the other kind of entertainment. Not that I'm speaking from experience of course.
Also, as others have mentioned, the more gorey or profanity filled style NSFW isn't something I'd like to have blocked from all, but it is something I don't want to autoplay or be uncensored in case I'm actually at work.
That's not good enough. Some NSFW users may want to see that isn't porn. Being able to block instances like "lemmynsfw" is way more effective.
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Agreed, but they are working to get the federation scaling issues resolved, first.
We'll have to make do with blocking communities.
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Same here but for RIF is fun. I've had that app for a decade and when it finally closed I moved straight to lemmy.
One of the best apps I ever used, reddit related or not. RIP RIF.
Same here. I don't want to use reddit's official app given how spez spelled out he will do everything he can to squeeze every penny out of that place. I want to browse interesting communities, not endless ads.
Try out Thunder while you wait for Sync, it has similar qualities.
Thunder or liftoff have been the most similar ones from the ones I have tested as well.
Reddit's bad decisions brought me to Kbin and Lemmy.
I'm using Connect for Lemmy, and its okay. Very impressive for how fast its come out, but its no sync. It's like diet sync, which is good enough.
Can't wait to see what ljdawson comes out with.
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