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Thank you so much! + minor issue with app icon (unilem.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
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First of all, thank you so much for doing Boost for Lemmy. Boost was what made reddit nice, while their app and web ui went down the drain. I am super happy to now be able to use Boost to access lemmy! The app already seems to be quite solid (haven't seen a bug, yet). The only minor issue I have is that Boost for Reddit and Boost for Lemmy have the same set of icons and are quite difficult to distinguish: Though, that can be easily worked around by changing the icon for one of them via settings. Maybe the default icons + a small super imposed logo/mascot of the respective platform would be a nice idea (there might be copyright issues).

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[โ€“] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does boost for Reddit still work? I quit Reddit and deleted my account and moved to lemmy. I assumed boost for Reddit no longer functioned.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think it only works if you are a community moderator.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Can confirm it works for mods... at least for now

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I'm surprised how long that's still been a working option. I made a subreddit with zero activity just to be a mod and keep using Boost.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago*

    I guess it's to placate mods in the short term whist they build out their own app. The average redditor is ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™€๏ธ and moved across to the official app, so 3rd party app usage will be way down. Also means app Devs won't bother to keep developing if it's only a handful of people still using their app so the apps get killed off either way.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My wife still uses it and tells me that nothing has changed with its functionality. It quit working on my phone ages ago and I have been here since. How are folks getting Boost for Lemmy? Play store still shows it as a prereg. I'm on Voyager at the moment.

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  • [โ€“] [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You have to sign up for the early access. There's a link in a pinned post in the boost for lemmy community.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I prereged before the reddit app quit working

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    • [โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Please don't clutter up the beautiful icon. I changed the reddit boost icon to the grey version as a reminder that Reddit killed it.

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    • [โ€“] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I was wondering about this when somebody mentioned it in the other thread, so I hope you don't mind me asking here, why would you still have the Reddit application still installed?

    It doesn't work since the API was shut down, and there's no other reason to keep it installed.

    If you simply remove it, there won't be any confusion around the icons any more :-D

    I haven't seen any bugs either! Though I seem to be missing the hide post feature, which I use when I'm scrolling and I see something that's very triggering, and I want to ensure I don't see it again ๐Ÿ˜Ÿ

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  • [โ€“] [S] 3 points 2 years ago

    I was wondering about this when somebody mentioned it in the other thread, so I hope you don't mind me asking here, why would you still have the Reddit application still installed?

    Because the official app sucks.

    It doesn't work since the API was shut down, and there's no other reason to keep it installed.

    That's not entirely true. It still works if you're a moderator of at least one sub.

    If you simply remove it, there won't be any confusion around the icons any more :-D

    Then I'd have no bearable way to access reddit, though. Which I rarely do anymore, but still.

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    • [+] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
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