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Redditors, how do you like Lemmy? (beehaw.org)

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I run a few groups, like @[email protected], 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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Weirdly enough the fact that it’s written in rust is why I am using it instead of kbin (PHP)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

PHP!? They're writing the shiny new thing in the joke language from r/ProgrammerHumor?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Exactly right?

To the average Redditor I guess its fine, but to me its unacceptable haha.

Repo link: https://github.com/ernestwisniewski/kbin

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Welp, I guess I chose right after all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

There is:

The right choice
The other choice (PHP)
The wrong choice (PHP)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What makes rust so special?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

God damn! Okay now I'm fully behind it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Fast because it's pointer-based like C/C++, but better because it's memory safe, which means it won't crash, leak or mysteriously overwrite it's own data constantly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'd say that it's fast because it's compiled to machine code and doesn't use garbage collection. But I see what you mean with "pointer-based".

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Rust is a very good language but is relatively new on the scene so it has to compete against other languages that fit the same niche(primarily C++) that have been around a lot longer.

Rust has been very popular for hobby projects for a while but it's still pretty rare to see it for larger projects, and you still almost never see it for enterprise projects. So it's cool seeing an app that uses it blow up.