• pixelscience@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I’ve never been as excited for an app to be released as this one!

    Been a sync user since day 1 and I’m looking forward to continuing to support it.

          • Khotetsu@lib.lgbtEnglish
            0·
            2 years ago

            I’ve been using an app called Summit for Lemmy, and it feels very RiF-esque. RiF was the only way I used Reddit, and it’s made the transition very easy. In fact, in some ways, I feel it’s done some quality of life stuff even better than RiF did, like color coding comment chains, which makes it easier to keep track of who’s responding to who.

  • Jules@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    It’s like having Reddit back, this is amazing. 🙏

    For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I’ve missed it a lot.

    Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.

    I know it’s early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that’s needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.

    Hallelujah!

    • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      Yea this app going dark for a month made me realize how much I actually enjoy the experience of this app rather than reddit itself. Being forced to use the official app has pushed me away from Reddit more than ever

    • cjsolx@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Lemmying from Sync right now and it brings a tear to my eye. I don’t think anything other than Sync would have made Lemmy feel “right” to me. And now it does.

      • Franki@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I couldn’t said it better myself. After 12 years on reddit, here I am! Joined as soon as sync launched and after some Eli5 of Lemmy, I’m ready for it.

        All tips for interesting instances or give me some tips about what I should check out, or catch up on, it would be appreciated .

    • archomrade [he/him]English
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      2 years ago

      This may be due to a lack of sponsors so far. I’m not sure how those are allocated but the app has only been up for a day

  • Tug@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I didn’t use Sync before but it’s a really solid beta. I can’t wait to be able to post from it. Until then I’m running Jerboa and Sync.

  • randint@lemm.eeEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    I just got access to Sync for Lemmy! Very nice. I hope the developer of rif would also make a lemmy client.

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Same, just got the notification!

      I’m waiting for Boost since that’s what I was used to, but this looks great too :)

      • TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.comEnglish
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        2 years ago

        I’m also a former Boost user, bit this a really nice app. I may switch to Boost when it comes out, but I will admit I’ve grown attached to gesture controls.

            • Rose Thorne(She/Her)@lemm.eeEnglish
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              2 years ago

              Being invitation only probably hasn’t helped spread the word out, and when I’ve seen it brought up, the strict moderation has brought out complaints.

              Not attacking the platform for those things, their house, their rules, but I could see where that keeps them more under the radar.

        • crowsby@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          It was a community built by a former Reddit backend developer, Deimos. He also built the subredditsimulator subs and automoderator, and is looking to purposefully cultivate an online community that avoids some of the common pitfalls, mainly:

          • Gravitating over time towards low-effort, lowest common denominator clickbait.
          • A culture of lawful-evil trolls who “follow the rules” but are ultimately assholes who ruin the vibe.

          Personally I love what he’s done with the place. It’s small, but it’s big enough and I find that the quality of comments is far better than what you might find in most corners of the internet. I’ve also got a few invites if anyone wants to check it out.

          Also the Tildes app is astoundingly good for what the developer is calling an “alpha”.

          • Derpgon@programming.devEnglish
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            2 years ago

            I see, I myself am not really against the idea of strict moderation. So many times, on many sites where I had some sort of moderation powers, I’ve always wanted to just fucking ban people who tip toe around breaking the rules or being assholes, but not quite breaking the barrier.

      • displayerror@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 years ago

        It’s one of the downsides of the reddit reckoning: there are so many different fediverse communities/sites now that existing subreddit communities have been split across different sites.