Like others have said I'm going to miss the niche subreddits and the thousand different cat subs lol
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2023
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It's generally ok. Though its tougher to use than reddit. To be honest I really wish that it did a better job of merging similar communities or something like that?
Like almost like a multi-reddit of cats to include all cats communities with dedups.. similar idea for other categories.
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First day of browsing Lemmy. So far so good. It took me a while to grasp the concept of an instance, but it seems to make sense to me now. I'm just hoping more communities start filling up and that the iOS app can get more development. Mlem is functional but veeery barebones right now. The browser works fine though!
This feels a lot like Reddit did 15 years ago, when they first introduced subreddits-- like I'm seeing something brand new for the first time, but it's somehow comfortable and innocent.
I'm still hoping some of the subs I frequent will migrate here. That's my only concern, tbh. If even 90% of the subs I'm following on reddit move here, I can quit reddit altogether. I'm also concerned about nsfw content (not just porn), but reddit is killing that too.
Can't start my own subs because, 1) I have no time, experience, nor patience to mod, and 2) idk of many of the people from those subs are already here.
Overall, though, lemmy/fediverse has been nice to me.
Seems interesting, UX could be a lot better (Logging in via jerboa app is hidden behind 2 seperate menus for example).
Main issue is lack of content so far but honestly that is probably just me learning how to use it and subscribe to what I want. 3 pages deep into "Hot" and about 2 of those pages consist of posts from one....instance? Sub Instance? whatever we call them :D
Also probably my own limitation for now, but the constant refreshing of pages is annoying, if I stop to read a post and go back, everything scrolls automatically, depending on time spent on post I could completely lose where I was.
Overall, I unfortunately think its not a threat to Reddit in its current state, it takes too much effort to understand what is going on for most people and even if the features I complained about above are avoidable it should not take effort or experience to figure out how, but I will stick around anyway, as it seems fun. I would think a lot of users will migrate back to Reddit after the blackout.
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It reminds me of old reddit, so I'm pretty happy with it. I hope we aren't going to completely ruin whatever the Lemmy old guard had going on, though.
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I'm very impressed with the federation here. Kept thinking each instance was on its own but you can post across different instances. Kind of neat.
Absolutely, I actually downloaded a lemmy app then deleted it because I thought I had to create another account for each instance. So glad to see that I was wrong. Happy to be here as a reddit refugee!
Fairly good actually. Im using the italian instance Feddit and its quick and easy to use. The actual issue is the lack of good clients
just got my signup approved, the ui is awesome and the dark mode this place has won't destroy my eyes during night shift. it's a bit slower than reddit but that's fine
Sorry if this is a stupid question (and it does sound like something that was answered already), but is there an app for Android that works for Lemmy.world?
The ones I've seen (Jerboa, Lemmur) seem to only work for Lemmy.ml and a few others.
I'm using Jerboa on slrpnk.net
You just have to type in the server name
Thanks! I'm getting an incorrect login, though.
I'm using Jebora with Lemmy.world. I just typed in the server name with the login details and it seemed to work!
Likewise I'm on Lemmy.world, and using Jerboa, no problem.
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First comment :) Researching about self-hosting a personal instance now...
You're not the first, you just don't get the full list of comments until you subscribe from your home instance... and I'm unsure if you get earlier comments than when you did that. It's a bit of a pain point
You don't need to just search, you need to have at least one member subscribed
Well, I'm here !
I have removed my Reddit account after 10yrs + 100k + karma and more hours invested than I would like to admit.
This time, I'm legit done with the place. I don't like where they are headed and decided to give Lemmy a go.
So far, so good :)
I got my account approved and I'm good to go. This is my first comment of many, many more to come.
Good to be here folks...
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So far it is mostly fine, but confusing at times. Especially navigating and finding things. But so was reddit in the begining.
Besides this, there are a lot of communities missing. I hope there is a way to extract post-histories from subreddit so we don't loose the accumulated knowledge. Especially for troubleshooting and programming, reddit it a valuable source. I hope we will keep those and transition to lemmy (or another alternative) smoothly
A bit tougher than Reddit but so far so good.
Still learning how to use this but I think I will be good
My main lemmy instance went down, and I had to go to three because so many people are creating accounts. So bad; but, for a good reason.