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You'll be surprised by how many redditors you can convince to join lemmy by just mentioning Sync.
It's very effective. Understandably so; I've always browsed Reddit with Sync and it's probably the single best app I've ever used.
Here's a quick summary of Lemmy/kbin that mentions Sync and Artemis I find to be very effective to copy/paste to threads with confused redditors. I suggest others to do the same.
Upcoming Sync is why I'm here on lem in the first place....just had my 15th cakeday on reddit real bummer to see it go the same way digg did...
Remember it's just an account on some website and the person behind it is what actually bought it to life.
Yeah, that's what I keep telling myself.
I was actually surprised by how much karma I had accrued when I deleted my account the other day, given that the majority of my comments were deep down in threads or niche communities. Often, I was happier to have 10 upvotes than 500, because the comments that got hundreds (or thousands) of points were generally short and quippy. I much preferred the sincere, expansive discussions though, and that was apparent when scrolling through my history.
Edit (Forgot to finish my point): And that kind of stuff is available in oodles on Lemmy. Hell, if anything, it's easier here, because I feel like it's way more likely anything I write will be seen and responded to. Maybe in a few years, we'll be nostalgic for these times.
I've been using the Lemmy app and finding myself quite unhappy with it, but stopping to ask "Is this app actually deserving of my ire, or am I just grumpy because it's not what I'm used to (i.e. not Sync)?". I think it's mostly the latter. Don't get me wrong, Jerboa is nowhere near the level of polish or functionality of pretty much any of the main 3rd party Reddit apps (yet?), it's just that I'm a creature of habit (and so are many others)
Nah, I agree, Jerboa is just not there right now.
I prefer the webview over Jerboa on mobile at the moment; the higher flexibility outweighs the lower mobile-friendliness for me
I can definitely see it getting great though! With more contribution.
Edit: After using the new latest version of Jerboa (0.0.35), I think I do prefer it over the webview now.
I had never heard of Sync, but with the way people are talking about it and it's features, I think it could replace Bacon Reader for me (RIP) and this is coming from someone who uses reddit a moderate amount for niche subreddits, but isn't going to stand for this anti capitalist BS that Spez is pulling, so how I'm here. It wasn't hard, but I appreciate the fact not everyone is as plugged in or aware of social causes such as this or more importantly thst not everyone has the free time to put in a minimal amount of research to figure out how to move to an alternative.
Ditto, I'm a Bacon Reader man myself but have heard enough good stuff about Sync over the years that I'm pretty confident it'll be a solid replacement.
absolutely agree, get them here and make this community even more vibrant
For sure, we are still chronically starved of users. Need to play our cards right in the next few months.
In addition to OP's idea, all of us who still have our reddit accounts should be going over there and letting people know about Lemmy in a helpful way, like ASAP. It's really easy now because all the threads are about reddit sucking and how there is no alternative. But in a few weeks when reddit forgets, it's going to be viewed more as spam to constantly keep bringing up Lemmy on reddit.
If we can make people aware of Lemmy before the app shutdown, it's much more likely that they decide to actually try Sync for Lemmy.
I've noticed myself and others getting downvoted for mentioning lemmy. Other posts mentioning discord or whatever just get ignored.
I don't think it helps to go looking for arguments though. Some people will stay on Reddit. Some will leave. Que sera, sera.
all of us who still have our reddit accounts should be going over there and letting people know about Lemmy in a helpful way
Oh I've been trying to, hopefully got a few converts so far. Trying to tiptoe the line between informative and pushy since "horses water and drinking bla bla"
Yeah, good point. I just to go super enthusiastic and positive with it usually. The main problem is I don't feel like I'm getting enough eyes on my comments. The migration/alternative subreddits are weirdly quiet.
I just to go super enthusiastic and positive with it usually
Honestly the best way to pitch it IMO. It's been such a great experience here I almost feel compelled to proselytize the glory of the fediverse, but if I can't keep it in my pants a bit I'm certain to put people off the message.
The migration/alternative subreddits are weirdly quiet
I've noticed that too the few times I've checked. I wonder how many people there are still regularly tying to do outreach. I've had some luck on the selfhosted sub, of course you'd expect that lot would be more eager to jump on a self-hostable platform anyway. Piracy subs too for obvious reasons lol
Yeah the Piracy community seems like it could become an anchor on this platform, which I would love.
Pirates are generally aligned against capitalism and corporatism, but they are not all in the same boat, politically speaking.
Such a diverse yet similar group could prove very helpful in charting a middle course amongst some of the more opinionated instances.
Arggh!
Yeah the Piracy community seems like it could become an anchor on this platform, which I would love.
Oh yeah, I think this will be a great platform for the Piracy minded amongst us. Not beholden to a central authority, censorship resistant, no legal liability encompassing the network of discrete nodes. Lots of upsides.
Such a diverse yet similar group could prove very helpful in charting a middle course
I hope this will be the case as well. Those that want to Pirate aren't going to be sticking around long on instances whose owners are defederating the pirate horde I think.
Best way is just to express excitement that development of reddit app for Android is continuing on a different platform, since many people in /r/Android use third party apps probably due to the demographic that even bothers to subscribe to /r/Android to begin with. All other subs might be more casual users who use stuff like reddit redesigned and don't use adblockers, so this whole confusing cumbersome process is not something they care about. They just go API? What? Third party apps? Uh I don't use that I don't care. Ads? I'm used to it.
Apple is one that has nothing really that feels organic. There's no like hey Apollo for Lemmy is coming out. And Apollo is kind of the only app that Apple users even care about compared to Android where there's so many loved Reddit third party apps. Apple users are very used to subscriptions being sold on Apps too, so having to pay to remove ads and using official apps isn't as big of a concern.
Plus, I don't know that it even really matters going over to reddit to try to mention anything until the app comes out and it turns out to streamline the whole process of signing up and subscribing to different communities outside your instance as opposed to doing the weird !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world entry then wait for it to show up.
State of lemmy right now is something that people who weren't deterred by the research they had to do ended up using. Apps have an opportunity to make it so none of that is necessary, but until then there is no selling point. People who wanted to move have moved, and those that didn't stayed. Ones who are upset are shitposting, but I doubt they actually want to leave reddit since shitposting is also a sign they still want to stay on Reddit and wishing Reddit would roll back changes.
I think grabbing more users right now is of utmost importance. If the fediverse needs to grow, now is the chance.
Mastodon had a big spike when Twitter went awol. And nows the chance for lemmy.
referencing users on Lemmy is not at all the same as reddit, since there are multiple instances.
there's no automagic function for it (at least not on the web there isn't - that's probably why you couldn't find one), you just have to do it by hand.
ie. [@foreverwinter@lemmy.world](http://lemmy.world/u/foreverwinter) becomes: @foreverwinter@lemmy.world
Imagine if it just seamlessly continued working after a short account signup and translated your Reddit subs to various Lemmy ones where it could.
That'd be magical, but isn't easily feasible.
Those fuckers
Funny thing is that I don't see this popup in sync.
It only happens when you access a reddit link from mobile without a default app to open reddit. They are trying to force the shite app on everyone, which is amusing b/c all it does is make me give LJ more energy
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It should just ask if you want to continue in [browser], but I think reddit flagged any posts about apps to have this popup/last ditch attempt.
PSA: get past it by clicking "desktop view".
Or old.reddit
Right?!
That's the point. The mods are passing to NSFW because it's a pain to view such content on Reddit
This is a great idea, smart recommendation
Since we're only talking about a week timeline here, would it be possible to update the sync app with a list of popular Lemmy instances and a way to view your favorite one from a web view within the app? That way people could still use sync in the meantime while native features gradually get rolled out.
I don't think it's a bad idea to say that Sync for Reddit is shutting down, if you would like to follow new projects by LJ, please click here for Patreon or here for Lemmy or something along those lines.
Honestly, I think it needs to be more aggressive than that, as bad as that may sound.
Something like:
"Reddit's new API policies has made it impossible for Sync for Reddit to continue.
Click here for Sync for Lemmy, an alternative to Reddit, instead. You will be notified when it is out in [estimated time for prototype]."
Would probably be more effective if the app remained the same, and you didn't need to download a separate Sync for Lemmy from the playstore; do we know which one's happening yet?
I wonder if this would even be legal though.
I think it would actually be pretty cool if somehow you could link configured subreddits that people have saved or subscribed to into a search for Lemmy communities.
Obviously we want to minimize time that distracts you from the Lemmy version, but I do think it would help people pivot into Lemmy communities away from their favorite subreddits.
I would respectfully disagree.
The people who were susceptible to coming over to lemmy as it is are already here. Those who think its too complicated or whatever will stay on reddit.
I think the key to wider lemmy adoption is by focusing on the product, not so much the marketing. While it obviously helps for people to know about it, which many people now do, it doesn't matter if they come check it out and its a confusing ghost town.
Getting these apps out and filling the platform with communities and content is, I think, much more important than trying to drag people here kicking and screaming.
As the platform becomes better, the people will come.
I disagree the more people that know about it the better. My friend is an avid reddit user but uses the basic app and regular reddit (not old.reddit) and he never heard of lemmy.world until I told him yesterday. If people know about its existence they will know its an option. He is considering switching as well after telling him.
Not sure why you're getting downvoted (or at least mixed votes) for this. I appreciate you bringing diversity of thought to the argument and doing it in a constructive way. This is how we get the best possible outcome: by hearing, and actually contemplating, viewpoints different than our own.
Cheers.
I don't think people will be dragged kicking and screaming. They've seen the turmoil with Reddit over the past few weeks and are looking for alternatives. This could be good education for them, especially as Lemmy is a bit more confusing compared to Reddit.
This is brilliant idea
YES!!
I feel like the communication from reddit was done on purpose so that the 3rd party app devs didn't have the time to put things in place, how cool would it have been if come 1st July the app just points to a different service, with a note saying the app is being renamed and using a different website for content