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Lemmy faces the same expectations problems as every free/libre software (feddit.de)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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It's the same as with Linux, GIMP, LibreOffice or OnlyOffice. Some people are so used to their routines that they expect everything to work the same and get easily pissed when not.

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[–] 82 points 3 years ago (6 children)

This is why I have 4 different apps to surf Lemmy. When one app is acting up I just switch to another. For example I was just barely scrolling in Jerboa but getting a bunch of network errors so I switched to Connect which is where I'm posting this comment. I'm totally down with being patient with Lemmy for the time being. Anything to get away from R*****

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  • [–] 37 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Have you tried Liftoff? I think it's the best one so far for Android.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago

    Liftoff is what I'm using and probably what I'll stick with until Boost or Sync for Lemmy is released. Hell, I might stick with it even after that. Development is progressing quickly and it's the smoothest out of any of the apps I've tried.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm personally waiting for Slide for Lemmy to be released

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I am also waiting, but for Boost for Lemmy.

    In the meantime wefwef works well.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    I keep switching between Liftoff and Connect because they both have some issues that are resolved in the other.

    Connect seems to work better with showing all federated content than Liftoff, but Liftoff allows multiple instances to be logged in at once. Connect has notifications, and Liftoff does not. Liftoff has more user-centered features like actual profile pages that show a background image, bio, and avatar; connect does not.

    Neither one have any tools for moderation, though. I am now a mod for Humor (BTW, come post! Let's make it better than /r/funny ever was!) and I've only been able to do actual mod things on the website itself, which is tedious to do on mobile.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I still can’t figure out why I can upvote posts in Memmy but not in Liftoff. I’m Liftoff it keeps responding that I need to be logged into the server but Memmy just lets me upvote. It’s definitely something I am doing wrong but showcases the immense value of app choice.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Probably due to the version of Lemmy on the server. I think it's because Memmy works with 0.17 but Liftoff doesn't (fully).

    The Lemmy devs made some fundamental changes in how just about everything works in 0.18. Since a lot of apps started development right around 0.18 came out they might not support "the new way" just yet.

    It's another one of those things where you just have to "give it time". The Lemmy server operators need to upgrade (many were holding off because of missing CAPTCHA support in 0.18) and the app developers still have a lot of kinks to work out. Liftoff has only been out for what? A week now? LOL

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I still can’t figure out why I can upvote posts in Memmy but not in Liftoff. I’m Liftoff it keeps responding that I need to be logged into the server but Memmy just lets me upvote. It’s definitely something I am doing wrong but showcases the immense value of app choice.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Have you checked that you're browsing from your instance? Liftoff has different feeds for different instances and if you go to a post through an instance you don't have an account on, you won't be able to vote.

    Just go to the homepage and select the feed from the drop-down at the top on an instance you have an account in. I used to face the same problem until I realised what's going wrong.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Have you checked that you're browsing from your instance? Liftoff has different feeds for different instances and if you go to a post through an instance you don't have an account on, you won't be able to vote.

    Just go to the homepage and select the feed from the drop-down at the top on an instance you have an account in. I used to face the same problem until I realised what's going wrong.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm doing the same thing. I have no allegiance like I did with RiF. If one isn't working, I'll just move. Give them some time to work out the kinks.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Hey, some of us like kinks.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Its gonna take some time for the apps to become more polished, the network just got a good boost in users and if the project is able to maintain those users I'm decently sure the platform will also be maturing at an accelerated rate.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Literally here posting from Connect because of constant issues with Jerboa lately.

    I have four apps installed just for this. Reminds me of when I first played around with a bunch of Reddit apps before I honed in on my favorite.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I also currently have accounts on two different instances (one being kbin and one a lemmy instance) to better be able to switch to whatever features I most want (right now, Lemmy gets pretty much all the apps and has collapsible comments, so I'm leaning towards it) and also to switch between during downtime. The small size of individual instances means downtime is inevitible.

    (Though I sure hope we get a better way to do this in the future -- even just syncing your subscriptions is currently a pain.)

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