Influx of Lemmy brothers and sisters incoming. Already 3K and growing deep, we may as well rebuild together. Let’s do this! 🤝
Edit : Yes there are workarounds using Revanced. Check the comments for some awesome help on how to do this if you wish! Just know, in the future it will most likely end up being patched annoyingly and I therefore recommend looking forward to the future with us here.
Switched yesterday and so far, really liking it. Might even say, it’s better than Reddit at the moment already.
No heavy echo-chamber/ toxicity (yet). Just waiting that it becomes more active with more communities.
I just switch a couple of days ago and I feel more willing to post and comment
My last day on Reddit I shared an excited post about a fun thing in a hobby sub of mine and I got such awful negative responses and people telling me I was attention seeking. It was really ugly. So that was pretty much when I decided to uninstall my Boost app and switch to Lemmy full time
I’m the same way!
What app are you using? So far I’ve tried Liftoff, but I’m looking for something closer to Relay
On Android, I’ve tried all of them that are out so far. Summit for Lemmy is pretty good but I’m liking Connect for Lemmy the best so far. I was a Joey for Reddit user.
I’m using Jerboa and have been testing Thunder since yesterday, not bad, but still a bit limited, we need to be patient and give the developers some time, there are already like 10 apps and a couple of forks of third party Reddit apps in active development.
I’ve tried most of the android apps available so far. Summit and Connect for Lemmy are my favorites so far. I was a Joey for Reddit user.
I hope dbrady considers creating a lemmy version of relay. I’d be happy to pay for another pro version.
The echo chambers are here, they’re just not quite as obvious. And, there are competing echo chambers so sometimes the whiplash between posts is a bit intense lol.
It’s probably because of the instances that some of the subs I’m subscribed to are in lol.
The great benefit of being at the beginning of a community, we have the ability to mold how this grows together and make a better home, we voted to shudder the Piracy sub because we all knew we needed to a new home now because Spez couldn’t be trusted ever again, it was the ultimate form of betrayal to every one in his life who helped him get him to where he is today. Plus, they can’t censor or control us any more, I believe our free will and free speech was important to unlock and grow to the next step, something Reddit had been impeding on in the last few years recently. The benefits are endless, and quite honestly I’m extremely excited for our very bright future and all the new friends were going to make!
Rif refugee reporting in
Rest in Power RiF. Time to figure out Lemmy
There’s a ton of awesome apps in development, it’s only gonna get better! Here’s a sneak peek of one I’m working on:
UI looks good, looking forward to it.
Nice! It’s exciting having so many options coming our way.
That looks tidy AF, looking forward to it. Is it Android/iOS/cross platform?
It’ll be starting out as a web app, and then I’ll be releasing it on iOS/Android when the web app is stable.
The main goal with this project is to create a friendly, high-quality, public-facing website that aggregates all Lemmy instances, posts, communities, etc. so that Google and other search engines will be able to index the content easily. It’ll also make Lemmy more inviting to the average person on the Internet. Beyond that, I just want to build something that’s accessible by default, supports moderators with good tools, makes community discovery easier, and just makes the whole Lemmy experience more fun in general.
It’s gonna take a lot of work, but I think it’ll be worth it!
Reddit was fun, now it’s Lemmy’s turn
Yeah I’m trying to figure out Lemmy as well!
wefwef.app, Thunder, Connect, and Liftoff are already amazing btw. Boost for Lemmy and Sync for Lemmy are in the works.
Jerboa actually gives off RiF vibes for me, though it’s definitely still its own thing.
On pc use this to make it look a bit more like old.reddit. I hope tweaks like this get combined into a single extension later like RES
I used snyc for Reddit and would absolutely buy it again for lemmy.
Mlem and Memmy are in the works for iOS as well and these apps seem promising. So much better than using Lemmy in a mobile browser.
Thank you my brother 🙏
Liftoff is awesome, I just couldn’t find it when searching the name on the Play Store. Opening this link worked: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liftoffapp.liftoff
I ended up sideloading the APK from GitHub, since my Aurora store installation doesn’t intercept play store links 😥
iirc you should be able to set it to open play store links. I know this because when i click on one it asks me what app i want to use with an option of the playstore, aurora store and fdroid.
Wefwef is amazing
Summit and wefwef.app too
I found Connect yesterday, I was using Liftoff but I’ve configured Connect to be as similar to Relay as possible and barring a few small issues I’m very happy so far
I’m using Liftoff which is the best one I’ve found so far, but I can’t figure out how to look up communities which is actually a huge UX issue. Also I have a hard time separating posts on the front page, the cards need a visible border or something.
I’m looking forward to boost. Already in queue to install once it comes out.
In Liftoff, click the magnifying glass at the bottom of the app.
Enter the term you want to search for in the top box.
You can then pick which server/instance you would like to search.
Tap the search button, then tap “Communities” at the top of the app.
I’m using Memmy (https://github.com/gkasdorf/memmy) and even though it’s still in testflight I’m socked with the vast amount of updates, you get pretty much one a day and features are building up very quickly. It gives me a similar experience as Apollo used to. RIP Apollo
Yes Memmy is nice. I liked wefwef obviously for its UI but it lack one big thing, being able to save a post.
But on Memmy I can save stuff so it’s my new Apollo.
Ah man, I was like this is not a very big deal but in a way I felt a little sad when it actually stopped working. They should rename the app to, reddit is not fun.
Agreed good sir!
It’s time to teach them we can actually build a free, open source and popular alternative to their dystopian monopoly!
The sad part is reddit actually used to be open-source. They’ve become what they wanted to destroy. Sad times.
Much like Google’s motto used to read; don’t be evil.
And now they are easily one of the worst predatory tech companies. Go figure.
I feel like Aaron Swartz exiting and later dying played a role. There was no longer his voice to check bad business behavior.
Take it as a reminder that we should always be faithful and coherent to our ideals!
I didn’t know that reddit was open source. How the times have changed
Much like Google’s motto used to read; don’t be evil.
As a former Apollo user, using wefwef for lemmy has made adoption so easy. 10/10, it’s basically an Apollo clone in-browser and has been working great. https://wefwef.app/
Apollo refugee here. Wefwef and Lemmy are very nice :)
Let’s go.
Reddit is dead to me anyways.
Yeah, but I do think a lot of clueless folks won’t leave. Honestly, I wonder if reddit is undergoing a massive brain-drain right now. I rather hope so, because it would mean Lemmy is getting some high-grade folks.
This is pretty much why I’m here… It feels like the folks who left are going to be good company.
Sync refugee here, RIP Sync. I can’t wait for Sync for Lemmy.
Hopefully we can help create new communities on Lemmy. Nothing will truly replace Reddit but new groups will be created and over time they will become great.
everything will be replaced eventually in time but whether lemmy will replace reddit (in this case) is the question.
I don’t think Lemmy will replace Reddit, just like Mastodon didn’t replace Twitter. But I think we can build them into great alternatives for people who want to avoid using the big corporate originals (like me).
I personally don’t want lemmy to end up as a reddit replacement. I’m scared the discussions will get worse like it did in reddit. Nowadays, people in lemmy actually discuss with you and not downvote-bomb or make a snarky comment for karma. I do hope we grow, though.
Much like Reddit was in the early days. I think bots are a real problem and presumably nobody is making bots for Lemmy yet if that is even possible.
Lemmy has a massive botswarm problem right now
However they are simple and stopped by captchas and easily detected with email verifications.
Yeah, the discourse on Reddit hasn’t been good in years and years. Normies using it was good for numbers, but the content suffered greatly. I like reading sentences that have at least a semblance of structure.
When I first joined Reddit I remember thinking the conversations on there were more insightful than on other sites. Recently it’s been the exact same poor quality of content. Since the exodus (in the couple of threads I’ve lurked) I’ve noticed it’s got FAR worse in such a short period of time.
Yesterday I checked in on Reddit and read some comments under a video of an older man getting called out for taking creep shots of a girl in public. A good ~50% of the comments were saying he’s allowed to take photos in public ??? It was honestly disgusting.
I’m a new convert to Lemmy. It feels a lot like old reddit before it hit the mainstream and the digg exodus. I hope it stays like this.
Lemmy us only superficially similar to Reddit. In fact it is much more, or so much less, depending on what you need in your social networking.
That level of control makes it more complicated for some people.
But… does Lemmy HAVE to replace reddit? Why not just… enjoy it and forget reddit even exists?
It’s been a very chill and peaceful switch, once I get used to the change I plan on helping any way I can to help the community grow. We can rebuild together 🖖
Same. I’m posting more because these are real communities on a platform that isn’t run by a bunch of corporate pricks. It’s real community. Not a business.
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Digg refuge reporting in.
The popularity of this community might finally get me into pirating, lol. I subbed out of curiosity.
I like that this community is dedicated to the concept of piracy based on their principals. I’m not involved, but I appreciate it
I’m not involved either. I definitely would never do anything so abhorrent and inconsiderate of rights holders who purchased their copyrights fair and square.
Never.
Ever.
What principals? That we’re selfish? I pirate shit all the time but it’s not out of any sort of righteousness, I’d just rather get something for free than pay for it if the option is there.
For me this REALLY depends on the thing in question. If I want to support the creators then I pay for it. I basically only pirate stuff that I already own, or have otherwise paid for in some other way.
It’s not exclusively about that. I’ll install cracks for software I own just to be free of obtrusive and resource stealing drm.
Can see clearly, this server is much slower than yesterday, like if thousands of users are switching here
I’m very glad my instance is small in comparison… Noticed lemmyworld and lemmyml were unresponsive for a while just after the apps started getting cut off
Beehaw has been riddled with crashes. Its a growing pain, but kind of a good thing
Just an FYI - some apps are still working as of this moment… But yeah, most of us know it’s only a matter of time.
Honestly, the content seems higher quality here. Perhaps the cesspools of Reddit were hard to spot for those of us who lurked there for over a decade.
Quality over quantity. Cheers to a new horizon, everyone.
I’m keeping my reddit account alive for just a handful of subreddits because there aren’t really equivalent communities here or elsewhere.
This is what I think needs to happen for the tipping point to occur.
It looks like people have done a good job building out the “Top 100” (minus all the duplicates across the various instances) but now it’s time to build the next 1,000 subs that give people a place for the more nuanced said that once made Reddit great.
Same here.
There is a very good Ex-Mormon community on reddit that is so stuck in their own bubble of problems, I can’t see themselves moving. And I enjoy checking in to see what shenanigans the LDS/Mormon church are up to.
But that’s it.
I feel like the past 3 weeks I’ve moved to a new city. And I’m discovering new communities here.
I’m trying to start convos/posts in the type of subs I used to like, in the hopes it’ll snowball. Also, upvoting people who have made similar efforts, to encourage them.
It’s been a while since I haven’t lurked, but back in the day (long before reddit) small forums absolutely had a handful of active people creating the reaction mass that draws other people in, and we’ll have to replicate that here.
Same. There’s a lot of subreddits that aren’t here yet that I need and that there aren’t many active forums for.
For example, I play a not uncommon instrument and I use the instrument’s subreddit occasionally. It’s a really good source for auditions, techniques, and resources. Unfortunately, there isn’t a community here and most of the forums on that instrument are dead/closed. I could go on Facebook and join groups on there, but is that really better than Reddit
yeah there are a few things, I still have reddit for, such as gun based subs and some comic book circle jerk pages. Mainly the gun stuff.
Other than that I pretty much only use this site. I probably need to take advantage of the reddit thing to leave behind these kind of forums in general and break my addiction
Same here. r/worldbuilding, r/writing, and r/writing prompts hasn’t had a sizable presence on lemmy yet…
I noticed that, too. reddit became so sad and depressing. Every cute animal had a granny comment “just like my pumpkin who i buried last week”.
The comments were dads trying to be funny, and the porn was self-proclaimed milfs trying to make a quick buck on onlyfans. I tried the nsfw server here, and of course the sellers are already there, but maybe it will be better with more individual governance, and with fewer people overall.
Maybe being the front page or the Internet isn’t so great after all for its users.
Hey! I’m a dad, and I consider myself marginally funny.
But I’m also a 10-year Reddit user, so I know what you mean. There’s a world of difference between old and modern Reddit. There was an actual “culture” that we were all a part of. I’d prefer a return to the “front page of internet culture” rather than keeping it alive as the “front page of popular media” it became.
I enjoy being able to make posts/comments/whatever and actually respond and get responses. And everyone actually interacts! It’s great!
Except I guess accessibility apps but not sure if it’s all or just one or two. Probably to get around fines.
