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[–] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's good. You get accustomed to something, so there's still a little loss there, but this platform has a lot of promise and I appreciate all of you who make it what it is!

[–] Sinker1345@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Is actually really nice, I like the separated servers. I can generally filter the amount of communities I see from just my interests, to my local server and then wider. One I found out I could search for and join communities I realized I could stay here

[–] Lord_Logjam@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I'm enjoying the discovery phase a lot more than I did with Mastodon, which I've largely abandoned now. It still has a way to go but it's fun seeing it grow.

[–] Joe@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I haven't been able to find an answer for this, so here goes... How many accounts on different instances does everyone have?

I have three and have started subscribing to different stuff to try and curate my experience (I'm missing multi-reddits), but I'm not sure what's the optimal experience as my all timelines often show very similar content on each account

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[–] 0235@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It is OK. Performance is a bit bumpy (expected) and communities are a lot quieter, but it is much much nicer here. Reddit is filled with absolute morons who scream SOURCE!!!!!! every time they see a joke or opinion which doesn't allign with their belief that children standing 8na. School yard deserved to die because they have the right to drive angiant car

[–] richyawyingtmv@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pretty good actually, android app is neat.

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[–] FunnyFondue576@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago
[–] beum@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As a former reddit sync app user, finding "liftoff" helped make the transition a smoother experience. I've been enjoying hunting for new communities to join and watching them grow.

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[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

#LemmyRules

[–] tehcpengsiudai@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Not gonna lie it was really confusing to begin with, even with a guide. Partially because I dropped by kbin first.

[–] AvoidMyRage@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm honest, I still don't get the universe concept. I am going on the site via feddit, which is the German version, I guess? If I want to see everything, I need to go to lemmy.world? If I get an app for it, what would it route me to?

It should be fine after a while if people stay here, but for now it's still in its infancy when it comes to user friendliness, I think.

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

Meh it's missing a lot of QoL. It would have been nice if Lemmy had 'default subs' just as reddit did. Perhaps there are some Lemmy instances that do this?

I find it very hard to find subs to subscribe to (overview of existing subs is terrible), and the subs I did find are much less active than on reddit (even compared to smaller subreddits)

Plus the app I am using (wefwef) is clunky in its design; collapsing comments is clunky, downvoting is somehow ridiculously hard to figure out, and there is no consistant 'back' navigation item (switching between the android back-button in the bottom, and a cancel button at the top, without any consistency or logic)

Overall: if reddit would come back online tomorrow, I'd go back in a heartbeat. It's like the Lemmy developers are filled with IT people and lacking in psychologists, sociologists and UX experts.

[–] elskertesla@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Jerboa is a pretty good app for Android. Can't wait for sync for lemmmy to come out though.

[–] signofzeta@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Loving it! The iPhone apps are still rough or buggy, but even in the few weeks I’ve been here, they’ve come a long way. I expect great things X

Also, the beans were a nice touch. I needed some good laughs.

[–] tryagain@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I'm really unironically loving it. The range and depth of topics and discussions is growing by the day and it's a wonderful feeling to realise that these communities are, by design, safer from the clutches of Silicon Valley capitalists than they ever were on Reddit. I'll pitch in, I'll donate, shit I'll even try host stuff if needs be. I can contribute to this project and I find that immensely exciting.

I wish it hadn't taken me so long to realise what was going on here but I have only spez to thank for making me see the light. Attaboy, Steve.

[–] forklifted@geddit.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pretty damn confusing. So far I’m not liking it. I can’t find the type of subs I followed on Reddit and yeah idk man

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[–] TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I am using one of the top iPhone apps, that is openly being feverishly upgraded, and wow do I still miss Apollo.

Lemmy is OK, just not a lot of niche subs yet. If there were more people active here it would be fine.

[–] rustyriffs@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is really good. It's not perfect, but obviously has great potential.

My only issue has been telling other people (in real life) about it, or convincing anyone to try it. The whole concept of the fediverse and related platfoms is too technical for the commoner to understand why it's so important in the first place.

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