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[–] 17 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I’m loving it too- I miss a lot of subreddits and the sheer volume of content from the other site, but it feels quite special here at the moment. Also I am loving how quickly Lemmy and all of the supporting apps are developing! I am using Mlem and am very impressed. I want to like wefwef and agree that it is very similar to Apollo, but I just can’t cope with web apps.

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

    I think the content level has gotten better even in the past few days.

    I predict at ~200,000 users, there will be a good enough flow of posts and comments that it won’t feel as empty compared to Reddit.

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

    If you are on iOS try Mlem (if you can get on the TestFligh). It’s a much better, native experience.

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

    Another one worth a shot is Memmy, which I’ve settled of personally, as a prior Apollo user.

    I’d describe it as being halfway the two, but to me, it just feels best to use.

    As far as these beta apps go, I’m pretty surprised it’s this smooth to explore and use Lemmy today!

    For mastodon, I just found an incredible FOSS app for iOS too; Ice Cubes. It’s mind blowing, really, how far fediverse has got in these past years since I last actively used it!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    It's fine but way too much talk about reddit.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I'm having an easier time sticking to it and not visiting reddit than I thought I would. The first day was pretty sketchy with 90% of the posts being about Lemmy, reddit, or twitter - but since then it's been giving a more enjoyable experience.

    It probably helps that I'm making an effort to post and comment, which I never really did on reddit.

    As Lemmy grows I'd like to see more niche communities take off, similar to how there was "a subreddit for everything".

    I do have a big wishlist for site functionality changes though. A big sore spot is that youtube videos and text posts can't open in-line on the front page.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Lemmy is really good. It's not perfect, but obviously has great potential.

    My only issue has been telling other people (in real life) about it, or convincing anyone to try it. The whole concept of the fediverse and related platfoms is too technical for the commoner to understand why it's so important in the first place.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    The servers (instances) aspect and different communities (forums on topics) on different servers and servers blocking others, is a mess if I'm being honest. It's the biggest flaw. I still find it hard to find communities of topics I want..

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I think my main problem with the fediverse in general is that if I click a link to something on a different instance from an external site, I can't instantly interact with it on my account (subscribe, vote, comment etc). I have to go back to the instance my account is on, then search for that post and hope that the fediverse has connected those two servers, then hope I'm actually able to find it, then I can interact with it. This could probably be best mitigated by some sort of solution like an app or browser extension that does those steps automatically.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    There's tons of memes and stuff, but I was never into that, so meh. My thing was specialized nerd groups and they are mostly not here yet. With time, maybe they will come.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I've been lurking for a few weeks now but finally made an account and I'm really liking it here. Less content but higher quality is preferable to tons of content but most of it is garbage like on reddit.

    My main complaint is the fediverse isn't big enough to have a lot of activity on the more niche communities so I find myself going to reddit for a few of those subs still but only on my desktop so I can use old reddit and block ads.

    Gonna try and contribute more here since it's much less toxic and noisy than reddit is.

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

    LOVE the username. Tenye wa diye gut, beltalowda.

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

    I finished the whole show, worth reading the book series?

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  • YES PLEASE READ ALL THE BOOKS! They're absolutely amazing and I'll go to my grave holding the opinion that The Expanse(book AND tv show) is the greatest piece of media ever created. A bit hyperbolic for most people but it's my genuine opinion. There's also shorter 100ish page novellas in between each main book that are absolutely worth reading and give more backstory to the characters and universe, but it's not strictly necessary. I've read through the series twice, first time was just main books and the second time was with all the books and novellas as well.

    If you do start the books, make sure to start from book 1, the shows and books follow the same general plotline but there's definitely some differences between the two such as multiple characters being combined into one character for the tv show, or characters being introduced later or earlier etc. The books will be mostly the same but different enough to be a thoroughly entertaining read. I've heard of others that finished the show and picked up right from book 7 and had a good time so that is a viable option, but I strongly recommend going through the whole series. It's so worth it.

    There's also audiobooks, and the narrator Jefferson Mays does a top tier job, that's how I went through the series for my 2nd time since I had a job that allowed me to use earbuds while working. A ship in the show was named after him which was a nice little homage to him.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    6 of my most lurked subreddits have no equivalent over here. I have no hope as they are niche and it will take a lot of momentum for them to migrate over here

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I like it, definitely more politically aligned than reddit, but I still find it a bit empty. On one hand, I like that my comments don’t drown in a sea of similar comments, on the other there is rarely a lively discussion. So: mostly good, still hoping for a bit of growth

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I love it tbh. Just wish my niche communities had more people. But that just takes time

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago*

    It's reminding me a lot of when I first joined Reddit (nearly 15 years ago). Not too much is happening day-to-day so I'm checking in every couple of days or so.

    I think this is a much healthier relationship than checking a site compulsively every couple of hours. I'm liking it so far, also a crazy repercussion is that I'm using the internet like the early days again. I think of a topic and I do a deep dive on my own, researching into it and going down weird rabbit holes.

    I feel like Reddit discouraged this behavior by having a non-stop flow of communities that "mostly" interested me enough to not go "browsing the web"

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    As a long time reddit lurker. Loving it here so far.

    When I heard about it I was kind of expecting it to be contentless and bare. Oh boy was I wrong and so pleasantly surprised.

    The amount and the quality of the posts and comments is very high. The people super friendly and I'm loving the sense of community and respect. Bonding over something new and exciting also enchances this feeling.

    I also visit reddit now and then but I noticed my browsing sessions leave me more satisfied here on Lemmy, than on Reddit.

    Obviously there are some communities that I miss, but I'm sure with time replacement tor those will start to appear.

    Lemmy and the community not only fills the "gap", but for me, it also stands by itself providing something that reddit didn't .

    Super excited about what is being created here.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I'm new to lemmy, but I'm using both in moderation. It's kinda hard for me to leave reddit, because I've made a few online friends there, but I like how little spam there is here.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Loving it so far. Only joined today and looking forward to seeing this grow and more content.

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    [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    honestly I just want boost for lemmy to come out sooner so I can mindlessly scroll lemmy instead of reddit, been figuring the place out just fine

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

    I've noticed that I come across the same posts more frequently on my front page here than on Reddit. Perhaps it would be solved as the userbase continues to grow. Other than that, I have no complaints. This platform is a perfect substitute for Reddit, if not better.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago

    I your profile settings you can make it so you don't see posts you've already viewed before. It really helps. It doesn't automatically count something as viewed just scrolling past though. You have to interact somehow. This could be opening it, or it could be up or down voting it.

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

    Still not enough content. I already feel the slow down in activities. I'm in a weird spot rn. I go back to reddit because there's more interesting stuff to see, but the official apps is so bad, that I come back here. Also People here seems more intelligent on avg.

    I like lemmy because there is no ads and no gold and premium stupid stuff like NFTs and 50$ awards. I liked the awards ideas ,but damn paying up to 100$ for digital emojis that everyone will forget in a day?

    The big downside is the lack of embedded videos. Of course videos takes a lot of server power compared to text. But I hope we find a way to implement this in the future.

    I think we should have a public board that shows the instance hardware spec and the finance. So we can set donations goals to upgrade servers or keep them afloat.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago*

    I really like it, except I'm still constantly getting "network error" messages. Not sure if it's a Jerboa app glitch or if the networks are still incredibly overloaded.

    For example, every comment I post will buffer for a bit then tell me there's a network error, as if my comment didn't get posted. But if I refresh the post, my comment shows up. It's going to happen this time, too.

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