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So far really good! It has some quirks, and there are some bugs and some teething issue with the large influx of people (specifically on lemmy.ml)
It is a mind-set change working with a different system and the whole instance idea is still very new for me
As an Australian, it was very quiet last night (10ish hours ago), but that will improve as more people join
Lemmy is pretty good. Reminds me of old reddit. It's a little confusing at first but easy enough to learn and find communities as you go. I really miss Sync for Reddit though.
It's not very active. If it doesn't improve in 3 month I'll leave
I joined a Lemmy instance first (infosec.pub) but joined fedia when I found out about it this morning. Overall, I'm finding kbin much more responsive, better UI, and easier to grasp concepts and searching is definitely easier.
I'm hoping some of the developers of the third party Reddit apps shift their apps to Lemmy/kbin.
I've tried @mlemapp and it's definitely a good start, but a long way to polished. I'm excited to see it's growth and development.
Communities will grow and shape with time, but the only thing I'm really missing is some of the RES features: j and k keyboard navigation, click-and-drag expando resize.
I like it in general and think it has a chance to stay, however I feel it needs a bunch more work than Mastodon, which works close to a full release, except the oddity the Elk Alpha client doesn't have a report button, but is better than the default.
Pretty well, actually. There are some features that are definitely badly needed, and others which would be nice to have but aren't vital. Plus of course It would be nice to reach a larger userbase; there are some things you just can't do when there's only a small number of users.
But all things in good time!
Here from a kbin instance. I’d say I’m intrigued by the fediverse so far, don’t find it too onerous to use personally. Time will tell as to whether enough tech-savy Reddit users make the crossover to create the community experiences that would keep me active here.
I mostly like it, I think there are still a few things that are rough around the edges and there have been some scaling issues with the massive influx of new people (I think mostly to be expected, we'll see how things are going forward)
I think the biggest question is will more people move over? Reddit was what it was because of the people there, not because of the software. If we can develop a similar community here, I see no reason to go back to reddit.
I really like it thus far. The web app is slick with Safari on iPhone, but I’ve yet to try it on an iPad or PC. The community seems great. Definitely getting an old Reddit vibe. It’s good to be here!
I only prefer Beehaw. I look into the popular lemmy.ml but the categories were all over the place.
Generally, it been alright and has not too bad selection of topic/communities which most is more popular and broad so like anything that's more specific won't be there which I know overtime, it will have them so I'm forgiving on that front.
At first, it was hard to know which instance I want to make my account on. I knew roughly what is the Fediverse and how it works but I remember even when I was giving Mastodon a try that I was overwhelmed and wasn't sure which instance would be for me. Not sure what suggestion I can say to fix it but there is sight barrer.
I agree with Fwgx that Lemmy and also most (if not) all Fediverse app/services just talk little too much about it being self-hosting and all of that. I think some people on Fediverse forget that not everyone is into what I like to call 'DIY-Tech' and just more wants to see it as a service and what can THEY (the instance) bring to the table. This doesn't mean it shouldn't mention that you can self-host it but maybe shouldn't be too much of a priority. Maybe at least have some sort of tutorial or official guide as well as otherwise, I am pretty much on my own which sometime I can solve and learn from it but other people may just get annoyed and give up too easily. They will not know there's account and even website that is a guide to the Fediverse and it only if someone on their timeline or where they followed/subscribe from that they would know those exist.
I think once the Fediverse services/instance prioritized being user-friendly as well as explain how it works without going too technical that may scare some people away, I can see it grow much bigger and I really hope so as I been enjoying it despite some drawback.