I was talking with my friend about this last night and his biggest gripe was that he didn’t know which communities to join. IE there are communities of similar names and intents on different servers, and that choice was annoying. I’m guessing that as the fediverse expands this will be less of an issue, thoughts?

I'm getting comfy. It feels right to be away from Reddit.

I tried to reply to another thread but for some reason it never showed. So trying on this thread to see if I can actually post something at all. Ok that worked this time👍😀 Early days at the mo since the Reddit collapse but as more users join I'm expecting the variety of content to pick up.

I'm liking it, and anticipating its growth -- with both trepidation and excitement. It's unpolished but I don't mind that all too much. Trying to engage as much as I can.

So far Lemmy is snappier than Reddit is in it's current state which is hilarious. There's some QOL stuff we'll need like a proper mobile app (Mlem is making serious progress) but even on iPhone adding the page as a Home Screen shortcut works really well -it even hides the navigation bar and feels like an app. (How come other sites aren't like this?? Is it built to be a web app?)

The communities are gaining traction. I started star_wars and hopefully that can be a friendly place for nerd stuff.

When it comes to growth there are major pros and cons. Right now Reddit's biggest attraction to me is finding historical posts for very specific information. I think we all add Reddit to the end of our google searches for various reasons, not using that feature is a major loss and there's no way to make up for that without years/decades of engagement. However the small community feel is really nice, feels like moving from a big city to a growing small down in the burbs. That's part of the reason I like federated instances because Lemmy can be as big or small as you'd like. The more popular it gets however, the more it attracts low grade content and influencers which is a big turn off for me. Right now is a precious time so don't take it for granted :)

Yeah, I'm enjoying it outside of the small bugs. They're not breaking the platform so I can live with them until they're smoothed out. But the smaller communities are kind of a nice change of pace to be honest, it's definitely like old Reddit before it got a case of the capitalisms. Terminal case, unfortunately.

But with the decentralized nature of it, we don't have to worry about that happening again!

The text box you get when creating a new post is ridiculously tiny

I've honestly been pleasantly surprised so far.

Like, the communities over here are clearly tiny compared to the ones we've been used to over on Reddit, but they're also large enough that they have enough interesting content to keep you browsing. In some ways, the environment here feels a bit more welcoming right now than a lot of Reddit due to there being a lot of pretty high-quality content from folks that clearly want this place to succeed.

That said, there's still some growing pains. Some of the instances are pretty sluggish, there are bugs that need to be worked out (this isn't to knock on the devs - I'm thankful this works at all!), and the number of niche communities is still vanishingly small.

I am loving this. I don't think I'll be using reddit as much as I did previously.

This is my first post here! I've subscribed to a bunch of communities I'm interested in, some of them that have come over from Reddit and some new ones. I'm already familiar with the concept of Federated communication apps through Matrix and Mastodon.

Let's make this community a great place to be, talk, share information, and enjoy the things we love.

I dont really like UI, its one of the things that will make me go back to Reddit

The registration process for an account is annoying: Having to look into email and having to explain how you are not a bot ... I guess? Also I can not imagine this scale well, if every registration request is checked by a human. Is there no better solution?

It took sometime getting used to, but I am really enjoying this and just waiting to see how many people will stay here.

I like the simple, 'clean' looking format. I wouldn't say no to a dark mode option but otherwise I think it's ideal. It's restful because it's not too visually busy.

Edit: Found the dark mode option, yay!

The UI is just a bit janky and buggy on mobile. The amount up votes is constantly changing as I type this comment. I also think I might of reported this post twice just while trying to scroll.

I do like the size of the communities through.

I'm not used to the light mode, haha. I hope there's a dark version soon. But overall, it seems like a nice site so far. Edit: Found it, lol. So now it's easier on the eyes!

As an iOS user on safari, where is the damn “back” button!? I end up reading then having to return to the main menu and re-scroll down. Is this a lacking feature or am I just an idiot?