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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s being ok, specially after I found Wefwef (love it, but needs a better name).

But about content, I still miss a lot of the subs I was subscribed to (Oddly satisfying, TechnicalPrint, and many other specific ones). But I know that it’s only a matter of time.

Voting and posting is a bit annoying because servers are overwhelmed but I totally understand it and can wait, no problem.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's worth migrating to a smaller Lemmy instance, you'll find that voting and posting is much more responsive. I had a similar experience on lemmy.world.

Also, it looks like all your other post attempts on this thread actually went through, so I can see 4 other duplicate responses from you.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It's really good for tech, news, and memes - but anything related to sports or culture is pretty much non-existent. Sure sport news make it through into the NBA community for example, but no one is actually engaging - pretty much feels like an RSS reader in there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So far I'm enjoying it! There have been a few hiccups, but things have been coming together, especially since Memmy and wefwef have taken over the void that Apollo left.

I've also got a Squabbles account, which is I guess where the people who got mad at Reddit but insist the Fediverse is too confusing ended up, but Lemmy seems to be advancing faster in features and app functionality. At this point, between Reddit and Twitter's bullshit, I'm trying it all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Creating an account was hell. Between making requests, confirmations going to my spam folder, and the system just straight up not working it was super unfun. Not a huge fan of the UI either. I basically just want old.reddit back. Oh well, hopefully Sync for Lemmy makes it more palatable.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss some nicher subs, but I really appreciate it. It's a lot less janky than I expected, and it doesn't feel empty.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm really liking it. It's still missing a few of my old reddit communities but feels very much like reddit used to, it at least feels like I'm getting my fix. I'm using Connect to navigate Lemmy and it reminds me a little of my dear old Baconreader.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I like it most because I can't and don't feel the need to doom scroll. I just check in every once in a while during the day and post here and there and upvote bunches of posts and comments and then I am out. Plus I don't feel that my comments will be attacked and downvoted for no good reason.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Liking it so far. It's like stepping into another reality (or instance? am I doing this correctly) where people are just decent and not all the time spiteful. It's such a breath of fresh air. I kinda feel more at ease here. I noticed that I have shared more of my feelings here than the long time I spent on rexxit. Maybe it's cuz I share the same experience with my co-refugees. Maybe it's also the upvotes that makes me feel that people are actually reading lol

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Less active just due to lower user population but great vibe nonetheless.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

It definitely was a rough start. Mastodon was already a bit more mature and the app ecosystem was way more vibrant. However I discovered the wefwef PWA and since it’s almost an Apollo clone it feels like home.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I miss the niche subs I used to follow

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It’s great! I’m not banned here so I can participate.

Got banned from reddit last summer because I mocked someone’s plan to solve the housing crisis by vandalizing houses.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I like it. Been spending a lot more time here than Reddit. That's for sure.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

So far so good. The main reason I bailed on Reddit was the loss of RiF. I hardly ever used desktop. I'm using Connect for Lemmy and I'm still getting used to it, but it seems like a decent enough replacement.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I love that it exists. I don't visit Reddit anymore, although I miss some communities, especially AskHistorians and AskScience. Otherwise, I can tolerate the teething problems of Lemmy (and kbin) in order to support a free internet. The latter is far more important, to me, than "better functionality"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's great! Definitely satisfies the urges to scroll through a bunch of silly crap. And the Memmy for Lemmy app on iOS feels a lot like Apollo. Very happy to be part of this community, despite it's intimate size

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Everyone's nice and there activity, but I miss some subs. I could make them them all, but creating content for all of them would be too much work... I already do that outside reddit/lemmy. 😣

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Honestly, I'm kind of hating it... everything feels like it is in the wrong place, everything has just enough friction in interacting with Lemmy to irritate me as I try and get realigned, and nothing feels like it is at my fingertips. The signup process alone was adamant that it was incredibly straightforward and that instances don't matter... but is also very variable based on the instance you choose... I had to wait until morning because my instance's email verification didn't work and had to be done manually. Then when I look to turn on 2FA, it just doesn't work at all, very unappealing.

Maybe once Boost for Lemmy is out, that will have some quality of life, but currently I am not actively liking anything about Lemmy at all, beside just the basic principle of it.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am opening Lemmy daily... Most of the posts I see are circlejerking beans post and posts that are still celebrating the death of Reddit while Reddit has posts of real quality. I open Reddit in Firefox mobile now... Still way better than Lemmy... Hope that will change but I am sceptical.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I was legitimately, saddened and upset when I heard that Apollo was going away and that I would never be able to use Reddit again I am actually quite pleased with Lemmy. I love it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

After I took the time to understand it, I love it. Just need my favorite communities to migrate/become more active (yes I’ve thought of starting at least one myself and might do so).

I especially enjoy that I feel good about contributing to a conversation here. I didn’t comment much on Reddit because the mob seemed relentless at times.

I’ve joined two instances and I think I need to do more to understand their differences (Lemmy.world vs discuss.online) before I settle on a β€œmain.”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's a learning curve. I think it'll be great in the long run though. Not sure which app I'm going to stick with. Using jerboa currently.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I enjoy it so far, but I am noticing that the userbase is currently a lot smaller and thus there are fewer posts and comments. Also, the niche interests are very thinly represented. For instance, I enjoyed following the valheim subreddit to get up to speed with updates and see fun creations. Lemmy has basically no community for valheim. The same goes for other narrow subjects. I expect this to grow along with the popularity of Lemmy, but it's currently a bit shallow.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Leaving that toxic s-hole feels great. Reddits userbase had gone pretty horendous in the recent years and don't even get me started over the mods so I always begged for alternatives to be formed, I jumped ship the moment I found lemmy which is today.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

It's a lot better than the last time I was here. Last time a week later the top few posts were the same lol

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