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[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Reddit is fun croaked for me last week, now I'm all Lemmy!

Unless lemmy crashes, then I lurk reddit signed out with browser.

As the crashes and maintenance here become less frequent and the platform is more reliable I'm ready to leave reddit in the dust entirely

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Lemmy doesn't crash, the .world server does. Just use a smaller instance like lemmy.zip or lemm.ee

[–] ChocoboRocket@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm clearly not understanding this platform as well as I thought, I should probably watch a video or something!

The memes and boobs are great, but I'd love to get more reliable news and local information, seems like every Canadian one dies or is unpopular (fair enough given the limited user base which is still kind of nice)

And the news + politics seems to crash, but that's because I'm still using .World ...I think?

It's more like email than a regular platform. Each insurance is a Lemmy "provider" but from any instance you can reach every other instance. It even used the @server for user names and communities like email. It also means you have a technology@lemmy.world, technology@lemmy.ml, ...

[–] big_slap@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

think of all of this like email, you get data from other providers and interact with people and posts using an "email address". im oversimplifying it, but that's how i started to wrap my head around all of this

[–] Hikiru@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only reason I use lemmy.world is for community discoverability. Until subscriber counts are federated, it only shows the amount of subs on your instance, and on average the most subs are on lemmy.world. I have a backup alt for when lemmy.world is down

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Discoverability is definitely one of the biggest hurdles in using Lemmy right now.

[–] RoosterBoy@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jerboa, the official lemmy app, crashes in a new way every update.

[–] Sconrad122@dmv.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Since when is Jerboa the "official Lemmy app"? It's not even the only FOSS app and I'm not aware of any connection between the Jerboa and Lemmy developers, let alone the various admins of the lemmy communities that Jerboa accesses. Use a different app if Jerboa isn't working for you

Edit: I was wrong, just looked at github and it looks like there is an affiliation between lemmy developers and Jerboa. But it's still not the official app of any of the instances, so it's not like Reddit where the devs and admins are the same entity

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the information

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Then don't use it? Lol

Isn't the freedom to use whatever app we like a large part of why we're on Lemmy now?

Sync is amazing. Voyager and Thunder are also great if you only want foss.

[–] BarrelAgedBoredom@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I went back to reddit out of boredom a couple of days ago while lemmy.world was doing it's thing. It dawned on me how shitty things have gotten there over the years. It's more active, sure but the comments sections are full of hot garbage 99% of the time unless you're in a small community. And the sheer quantity of comments basically guarantees you won't be seen or responded to unless you appeal to lowest common denominator bs.

The engagement you get here is much higher quality. It isn't nearly impossible to have a real conversation and get deep about any given topic. I miss my hobby subs and go back every now and then for those but I'm otherwise all in on lemmy

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This.

Username checks out

Based.

Sorry I don't have gold to give (Vintage)

[–] this_is_router@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

Haven't visited reddit since the API gate. Deleted my account instantly, I miss nothing

[–] Holodeck_Moriarty@lemm.ee 21 points 1 year ago

I've made my choice

[–] Pickle_Jr@midwest.social 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I even tried being a good little product and subjected myself to using the official reddit app.

Absolute worst experience with an app I've ever had. Honestly couldn't even use reddit now even if I wanted to.

[–] CheshireSnake@lemdit.com 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Same. I went back for r/place and to comment a few more "fuck u/spez" in posts, and it's hilarious how bad the app still is. Still slow. Videos randomly won't play. There are even times when all you can do when tapping the video is see a still image of it and can't even get into the post/thread. They just really don't give a fuck about the app except as a vehicle for ads. Smh.

[–] bumblebrainbee@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Relay for reddit works. It's what I'm using to browse reddit.

[–] Kiosade@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I mean, old.reddit.com exists… for now anyways.

[–] koyo@ani.social 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah the Lemmy apps are lightning fast compared to the official Reddit app. I'm really giving up on Reddit soon.

[–] NerdyApex@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What is your preferred lemmy app?

[–] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Sync is so smooth and responsive... and also the one only one with proper tablet support afaik

Voyager is also great. Was using that earlier.

[–] Albinjose7257@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Infinity for lemmy

[–] Hikiru@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

For iOS memmy, for android voyager, connect, or sync. Mlem and voyager are also good on iOS but neither are developed as fast as memmy

[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I use Thunder :)

[–] koyo@ani.social 1 points 1 year ago

im liking voyager rn

[–] original_ish_name@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Choose wisely

Preaching to the choir

[–] z3k3lon 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just uninstalled RIF, I was keeping it just because. I tried to open it and nothing loaded, anyway, it has been lemmy only for me since july.

[–] TheGregorianKnight@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know what happened to my rif app, but mine disappeared from my phone without me deleting It.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you have a Samsung, their OS will remove apps after so long without being used. There's an option to turn that off, which I do after it cleans out all the Samsung junk that I won't use.

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

Sync made the switch so much more bearable!

[–] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh look it's this tired meme that was just posted 15 minutes earlier

[–] mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, it is.

[–] HIGHinthehills@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Use Lemmy and third party Reddit app while waiting for third party Reddit app to go dark. Then just use Lemmy

[–] Krachsterben@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which 3fd party Reddit App is still working?

[–] HIGHinthehills@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Still using Joey. It works if you're a mod and anyone can be a mod. Not sure how long it will last though

[–] SternburgExport@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

When the jerboa was crashing right after opening it. That was a better experience than using the official Reddit app. And since 99% of my time on Reddit was spent on mobile devices, I‘m not going back there.

[–] PixeIOrange@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] notExactlyI20@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Choose wisely

this a one way street in my books

[–] quicksand@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Streets ahead

[–] TheControlled@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Here, here!

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