Influx of Lemmy brothers and sisters incoming. Already 3K and growing deep, we may as well rebuild together. Let’s do this! 🤝
Edit : Yes there are workarounds using Revanced. Check the comments for some awesome help on how to do this if you wish! Just know, in the future it will most likely end up being patched annoyingly and I therefore recommend looking forward to the future with us here.
Switched yesterday and so far, really liking it. Might even say, it’s better than Reddit at the moment already.
No heavy echo-chamber/ toxicity (yet). Just waiting that it becomes more active with more communities.
I just switch a couple of days ago and I feel more willing to post and comment
My last day on Reddit I shared an excited post about a fun thing in a hobby sub of mine and I got such awful negative responses and people telling me I was attention seeking. It was really ugly. So that was pretty much when I decided to uninstall my Boost app and switch to Lemmy full time
I’m the same way!
What app are you using? So far I’ve tried Liftoff, but I’m looking for something closer to Relay
On Android, I’ve tried all of them that are out so far. Summit for Lemmy is pretty good but I’m liking Connect for Lemmy the best so far. I was a Joey for Reddit user.
I’m using Jerboa and have been testing Thunder since yesterday, not bad, but still a bit limited, we need to be patient and give the developers some time, there are already like 10 apps and a couple of forks of third party Reddit apps in active development.
I hope dbrady considers creating a lemmy version of relay. I’d be happy to pay for another pro version.
I’ve tried most of the android apps available so far. Summit and Connect for Lemmy are my favorites so far. I was a Joey for Reddit user.
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The echo chambers are here, they’re just not quite as obvious. And, there are competing echo chambers so sometimes the whiplash between posts is a bit intense lol.
It’s probably because of the instances that some of the subs I’m subscribed to are in lol.
Rif refugee reporting in
Rest in Power RiF. Time to figure out Lemmy
There’s a ton of awesome apps in development, it’s only gonna get better! Here’s a sneak peek of one I’m working on:
UI looks good, looking forward to it.
That looks tidy AF, looking forward to it. Is it Android/iOS/cross platform?
It’ll be starting out as a web app, and then I’ll be releasing it on iOS/Android when the web app is stable.
The main goal with this project is to create a friendly, high-quality, public-facing website that aggregates all Lemmy instances, posts, communities, etc. so that Google and other search engines will be able to index the content easily. It’ll also make Lemmy more inviting to the average person on the Internet. Beyond that, I just want to build something that’s accessible by default, supports moderators with good tools, makes community discovery easier, and just makes the whole Lemmy experience more fun in general.
It’s gonna take a lot of work, but I think it’ll be worth it!
Nice! It’s exciting having so many options coming our way.
Reddit was fun, now it’s Lemmy’s turn
Yeah I’m trying to figure out Lemmy as well!
wefwef.app, Thunder, Connect, and Liftoff are already amazing btw. Boost for Lemmy and Sync for Lemmy are in the works.
Jerboa actually gives off RiF vibes for me, though it’s definitely still its own thing.
On pc use this to make it look a bit more like old.reddit. I hope tweaks like this get combined into a single extension later like RES
I used snyc for Reddit and would absolutely buy it again for lemmy.
Mlem and Memmy are in the works for iOS as well and these apps seem promising. So much better than using Lemmy in a mobile browser.
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Liftoff is awesome, I just couldn’t find it when searching the name on the Play Store. Opening this link worked: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liftoffapp.liftoff
I ended up sideloading the APK from GitHub, since my Aurora store installation doesn’t intercept play store links 😥
iirc you should be able to set it to open play store links. I know this because when i click on one it asks me what app i want to use with an option of the playstore, aurora store and fdroid.
Wefwef is amazing
I found Connect yesterday, I was using Liftoff but I’ve configured Connect to be as similar to Relay as possible and barring a few small issues I’m very happy so far
Summit and wefwef.app too
I’m using Liftoff which is the best one I’ve found so far, but I can’t figure out how to look up communities which is actually a huge UX issue. Also I have a hard time separating posts on the front page, the cards need a visible border or something.
I’m looking forward to boost. Already in queue to install once it comes out.
In Liftoff, click the magnifying glass at the bottom of the app.
Enter the term you want to search for in the top box.
You can then pick which server/instance you would like to search.
Tap the search button, then tap “Communities” at the top of the app.
I’m using Memmy (https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy) and even though it’s still in testflight I’m socked with the vast amount of updates, you get pretty much one a day and features are building up very quickly. It gives me a similar experience as Apollo used to. RIP Apollo
Yes Memmy is nice. I liked wefwef obviously for its UI but it lack one big thing, being able to save a post.
But on Memmy I can save stuff so it’s my new Apollo.
Ah man, I was like this is not a very big deal but in a way I felt a little sad when it actually stopped working. They should rename the app to, reddit is not fun.
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It’s time to teach them we can actually build a free, open source and popular alternative to their dystopian monopoly!
Apollo refugee here. Wefwef and Lemmy are very nice :)
As a former Apollo user, using wefwef for lemmy has made adoption so easy. 10/10, it’s basically an Apollo clone in-browser and has been working great. https://wefwef.app/
I found wefwef and it was the only thing making me less sad when I deleted Apollo. Basically feels like Reddit in 2010-2011 but with a modern third party Reddit interface. Better experience and I don’t have to support /u/spez? Sign me up.
As a former Apollo user, wefwef is a god send. Absolutely love it.
I’m using wefwef too, but it doesn’t keep me logged in for some reason.
Since it’s browser-based, do you have a setting that auto refreshes your cookies, or are you using a privacy mode browser?
I’m really liking wefwef, much like Apollo it’s made the experience of the platform much better by smoothing out the interaction. Web apps really are coming quite a ways from what I remember them being.
Let’s go.
Reddit is dead to me anyways.
Yeah, but I do think a lot of clueless folks won’t leave. Honestly, I wonder if reddit is undergoing a massive brain-drain right now. I rather hope so, because it would mean Lemmy is getting some high-grade folks.
This is pretty much why I’m here… It feels like the folks who left are going to be good company.
Mods are leaving first, their tools have been neutered, and they’d rather move to lenmy, kbin or anything else where they don’t have to fight the admins. Users will follow
Hey, don’t discount morons like myself who also lucked into bumbling my way out of reddit lol
Hi, fellow imbecile. I’m glad we made it out
Moron is my middle name!
The way I see it, the people that don’t want to leave reddit can keep whatever is left of it. The people willing to leave and find something better are the reason I originally signed up. I spent twelve years over there and think it’s time for something better.
Time for a change. The “improvements” made to reddit over the 12 years were honestly laughable and I think lemmy will be a vast improvement to reddit. We’ll look back on Reddit like we did to digg
Same here 👍
Seconded.
I dont want everyone to leave reddit and come over to lemmy. One of the joys of lemmy is not being overwhelmed with meh.
Sync refugee here, RIP Sync. I can’t wait for Sync for Lemmy.
Hopefully we can help create new communities on Lemmy. Nothing will truly replace Reddit but new groups will be created and over time they will become great.
everything will be replaced eventually in time but whether lemmy will replace reddit (in this case) is the question.
I don’t think Lemmy will replace Reddit, just like Mastodon didn’t replace Twitter. But I think we can build them into great alternatives for people who want to avoid using the big corporate originals (like me).
I personally don’t want lemmy to end up as a reddit replacement. I’m scared the discussions will get worse like it did in reddit. Nowadays, people in lemmy actually discuss with you and not downvote-bomb or make a snarky comment for karma. I do hope we grow, though.
Yeah, the discourse on Reddit hasn’t been good in years and years. Normies using it was good for numbers, but the content suffered greatly. I like reading sentences that have at least a semblance of structure.
When I first joined Reddit I remember thinking the conversations on there were more insightful than on other sites. Recently it’s been the exact same poor quality of content. and since the exodus (in the couple of threads I’ve lurked) I’ve noticed it’s got FAR worse in such a short period of time.
Yesterday I checked in on Reddit and read some comments under a video of an older man getting called out for taking creep shots of a girl in public. A good ~50% of the comments were saying he’s allowed to take photos in public ??? It was honestly disgusting.
Much like Reddit was in the early days. I think bots are a real problem and presumably nobody is making bots for Lemmy yet if that is even possible.
Lemmy has a massive botswarm problem right now
However they are simple and stopped by captchas and easily detected with email verifications.
I’m a new convert to Lemmy. It feels a lot like old reddit before it hit the mainstream and the digg exodus. I hope it stays like this.
Lemmy us only superficially similar to Reddit. In fact it is much more, or so much less, depending on what you need in your social networking.
That level of control makes it more complicated for some people.
But… does Lemmy HAVE to replace reddit? Why not just… enjoy it and forget reddit even exists?
It’s been a very chill and peaceful switch, once I get used to the change I plan on helping any way I can to help the community grow. We can rebuild together 🖖
Digg refuge reporting in.
I’m using WefWef.app for Lemmy and it’s awesome.
It’s a straight-up Apollo clone as a web app.
I am floored.
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Wefwef is amazing. Only thing that I’ve noticed I’m missing so far is the endless moving back and forward by swiping to right/left.
That’s been my favorite part! Best accidental find
It’s crazy to me that this is a web app. I usually prefer native apps, but this thing? Wow.
I’m impressed how good is wefwef.
I’ve installed jerboa but I’m now considering switching again.
Just tried it and am liking it more than the Jerboa app. Any other webapp solutions?
Thanks, I am switching from Jerboa now.
The popularity of this community might finally get me into pirating, lol. I subbed out of curiosity.
I like that this community is dedicated to the concept of piracy based on their principals. I’m not involved, but I appreciate it
I’m not involved either. I definitely would never do anything so abhorrent and inconsiderate of rights holders who purchased their copyrights fair and square.
Never.
Ever.
What principals? That we’re selfish? I pirate shit all the time but it’s not out of any sort of righteousness, I’d just rather get something for free than pay for it if the option is there.
For me this REALLY depends on the thing in question. If I want to support the creators then I pay for it. I basically only pirate stuff that I already own, or have otherwise paid for in some other way.
Can see clearly, this server is much slower than yesterday, like if thousands of users are switching here
I’m very glad my instance is small in comparison… Noticed lemmyworld and lemmyml were unresponsive for a while just after the apps started getting cut off
Beehaw has been riddled with crashes. Its a growing pain, but kind of a good thing
