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I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, mostly on Friendica. It's okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I'm testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It's in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it's coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration spurs adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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[–] bquintb@midwest.social 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I like it. I can see myself being a long-term user here, in fact I plan to be. However, I'm experiencing a lot of timeouts and lag, I know it's not on my end. I'm not techie enough to know the reason this happens, but Im pretty sure that it won't adopt mainstream users until it runs smoother.

[–] dracul104@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 year ago

I signed up as a lemmy.ml user before they started getting hammered and ended up making a new account at a smaller server. I think a lot of the lag yesterday was a result of droves of redditors heading over to the bigger lemmy servers.

[–] DonnieNarco@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a solid feeling that your lag and timeouts are due to the influx of users signing up to the Lemmy-verse....it will likely get better soon.

[–] Pogonax@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

I think it is mainly because of the large amount of new users who are migrating from reddit.

[–] gospelofjohnny@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm the same way. The good news is that when I joined Mastodon a few months ago, the same thing happened. Now, it's one of the most stable websites/apps I use!