this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 76 points 2 years ago (30 children)

The big user experience problem is everyone is getting funneled into Lemmy.world and Lemmy.ml, and they can’t scare fast enough.

But Lemmy is federated. So signup for a smaller instance. You’ll still be able to subscribe and post to communities on other instances.

[–] kobra@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (11 children)

Ha, I applied to two smaller instances and have heard nothing but radio silence. The smaller instances are of no help if they don’t let anyone in.

[–] OtakuAltair@vlemmy.net 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Use and recommend lemm.ee, lemmy.one, and vlemmy.net to others

Seriously, stop recommending large servers when lemmy hasn't been optimized for that yet. The point of decentralization is spreading out and still being connected; let's not waste that advantage.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I run https://thelemmy.club - people are always welcome here :)

[–] NoRodent@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Ok, but what if the instance I choose just ends suddenly? Do I understand it correctly that on each one I have to create a new account and re-subscribe to all the communities etc,?

[–] Coelacanth@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

That's correct though account migration is planned for some point in the future, or at least noted as a desirable feature by the Devs. Maybe even linking accounts across instances?

Having to resubscribe to all your communities is annoying but I imagine third party apps could streamline that process when they get released/refined.

[–] Chickerino@feddit.nl 6 points 1 year ago

well this just happened with vlemmy.net, i was affected by this and had to manually resubscribe to 50 communities and recreate one, because of this someone made a tool to download your data off of lemmy and upload it to another instance https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim

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[–] hemmes@vlemmy.net 6 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Where my VLemmy peeps at?!? 🙌

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[–] mykl@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s where join-lemmy really missed out. They should have introduced a set of rules like join-mastodon where instances must have at least two admins, a clear code of conduct, and clear rules as to how they manage closedown. That way users would be reasonably safe in picking an instance at random. But they didn’t so everyone should go to safe choices like lemmy.world.

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[–] Nies221@lemmy.world 64 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Still better than the official reddit app.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Smoke signals would be better than the official app.

[–] troublecat@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I've considered switching to carrier pigeons

[–] fullcircle@vlemmy.net 12 points 2 years ago

Do I have the proposal for you! RFC2549

[–] Clown_Tempura@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

All you need are two tin cans joined by string.

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[–] henfredemars@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just not using the app is better than using the app.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't fathom how they bought a good app, put a dev "team" on it for 7 years, and still don't have half the features some neckbeards in their mom's basements without access to the backeng still managed to put into their apps.

What a pack of incompetent fucks.

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[–] Poe@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

A surprisingly low bar

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[–] Darkwatch00@lemmy.fmhy.ml 38 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's great to be here. All part of the fun of being apart of something new.

[–] sparky678348@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago

I feel much as I did 12 years ago when I created my reddit account. I feel the winds of change in my bones.

[–] aslaii@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Petter1@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You gotta use lemmy.world for the OG experience 😂

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[–] Moonwalk@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

yeah just made an account here, it's so much faster

[–] DrSanta@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

I'm dumb about this whole fediverse thing. Do I need to make an account on the lemm.ee instance to enjoy that sweet stability?

Or can I just "swap to a new instance" and keep my incredibly tiny comment history?

Using lemmy.world and constantly getting gateway errors.

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[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

If you're on one of the bigger instances (lemmy.world for example) use https://lemmyverse.net/ to pick a smaller, less crowded instanceto call home.

I created an account on reddthat.com earlier today, and it's way less laggy than lemmy.world (my initial instance).

Hopefully in time lemmy gains functionality thatmakis account backup/porting easy so moving instances in nbd.

[–] elfin8er@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

Lemmy at least needs a feature like Mastodon to allow you to migrate your accounts to another instance.

[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Or even simpler, a feature that lets you aggregate history, posts, comments and subscriptions from multiple instances in a transparent way.

Sort of a meta-account / fedacount that tells all Lemmy instances that accounts a, b, c, and d are all the same user.

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[–] AnObscureTenet@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I want to be mad but FFS Reddit had Conde Nast money for most of its shittery so they had NO excuse except incompetence.

At least Fediverse servers are typically Steve's old laptop or some shit so it's understandable.

[–] ShittyKopper@lemmy.w.on-t.work 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (25 children)

It's generally more like "Steve's 10 eur/mo cloud server in which they run ten other things next to Lemmy, which is written by two devs and barely held together by duct tape and prayers"

But that doesn't change the overall point.

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[–] Xylight@programming.dev 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The instances are volunteer-ran and make no profit, give them some time to iron everything out

[–] SMT42@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] PCChipsM922U@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 years ago

Look at the sidebar info on your instance, there should be links for donations.

[–] Nerii@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is taking me back to 2013 reddit. Really enjoying it here. I'm hoping it continues to walk down this path.

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[–] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Gotta start somewhere...

[–] pspat@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would upvote but I keep getting server-side errors

[–] pizzaiolo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

That's interesting but have you considered that Value of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject?

[–] liontigerwings@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

To be fair, it worked well right before reddit cut off api access. This will probably happen everytime reddit does something stupid to drive away users. In other words, it could happen every two week based on how spez is lately.

[–] rockettaco37@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's early days here. Give it some time...

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[–] CataclysmZA@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Given the... frankly absurd rate at which people are signing up to servers, and subscribing to other servers, and posting and commenting and upvoting and...

I mean it's getting a bit hairy, and user growth was already following a very steep growth curve. Reddifugees are hugging all instances to death.

[–] ouluntoripoliisi@sopuli.xyz 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Well, if its too slow, you can just self-host it.

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It just feels so weird to have big threads with good fresh discussions going on hours after the post.

Not to say there isn't an occasional asshole here and there during this wave, but I don't think reddit has ever felt like this at any point.

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[–] Reken@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, every time I try to upvote something, it'll take like 10-15 seconds to register

[–] normalmighty@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I hear that it depends heavily on the instance you're on. Personally I'm thinking of making a programming.dev account and seeing how that works.

[–] Labotomized@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Not sure if this is meant to be negative or positive but I for one like all the growing pains and issues. It makes the whole experience a little more engaging for me. I really like reading up on what problems are happening and how the teams are working towards solutions. I especially like the technical details that are just a little over my head because it’s fun to learn about!

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[–] Riktastic@laguna.chat 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The top three instances a currently overcrowded. I recommend checking out a smaller instance (for example https://laguna.chat).

Smaller instances are still able to access to same content. But it is just a different server that processes the content.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

But are they ? I posted a comment a couple of days ago via lemmy.world on a 'remotely hosted' community, and then viewed the same post via its 'native' instance, and my comment never showed up, even days later.

[–] dot20@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Lemmy.world is having some performance issues, so perhaps the comment just didn't get pushed out

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[–] Virgo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I’m worried about the search function. Every post ever made?

[–] Anonymau5@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I forgive it. It has tremendous potential

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