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I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!

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[–] jcb2016@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Using lemmy zoomed it in my phone is a nice experience. I see everything. Looks good on my desktop also. Still trying to get a feel for this place

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

I don't understand how federation works and the different instances and how communities with in that regard. But otherwise I'm happy to leave Reddit and still have similar communities talking to my interest.

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[–] nate@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Former Reddit user here. It's a bit confusing but I'm holding up. I'm glad I found Kbin as it seems pretty user friendly compared to the various Lemmy instances. I'm excited for the future of both networks, and look forward to getting my head around it all a little better.

[–] nate@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Former Reddit user here. It's a bit confusing but I'm holding up. I'm glad I found Kbin as it seems pretty user friendly compared to the various Lemmy instances. I'm excited for the future of both networks, and look forward to getting my head around it all a little better.

[–] xaon_rider92@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's a little confusing, the whole fediverse concept takes some time to learn and understand, but I think I'm getting it. I tried Mastodon before and couldn't get used to/understand it, but lemmy feels more my thing. Given some time, with more people joining and more communities forming, this could be great!

[–] IEatChickens@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

I like it, and it isn't as complicated as it initially seemed to me.

[–] Agility0971@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I don't like the sidebar with rules. It removed the horizontal space from content if you keep scrolling.

[–] ToyotaCorona@ttrpg.network 0 points 1 year ago

It’s like eating something extremely good, best way to put it. It’s amazing, everything reddit did wrong doesn’t exist here. It’s like a utopia.

[–] Doog@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In my browser, some sort of bug causes new posts to appear one by one in the feed constantly, pushing down the posts beneath each time. It's basically site-breaking. Works fine in Jerboa though.

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[–] nei7jc@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I find the new layout to be confusing, no doubt I'll get used to it, but the hardest part was creating an account. I had no idea what "server" to make my account on, had no idea i had to choose one, thought it was exclusive and couldn't interact with other ones, etc.

Also, the only Lemmy app I saw on Google play was Jerboa for Lemmy. I got that, and I can't really make an account on the app so I had to go to the website. I eventually decided on lemmy.world or something. Overall, the app feels a bit unpolished and the Reddit app seems more welcoming, even though most of the subs are dark now.

One thing I do enjoy is the formating at the bottom. I do like that. And I have high hopes for my future using Lemmy as an alternative to Reddit.

[–] minode@szmer.info 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I miss more intuitive comment collapsing, I used it a lot to skip conversations faster than scrolling through them.

The whole federation thing is not intuitive for new folks. Although watching the lemmy.ml bubble is pretty funny.

I'm interested in reading more about Lenny's privacy and internal workings, ~~but this information is pretty hard to find.~~

Docs for anyone interested

I'm concerned about a reliable deletion mechanism Lemmy doesn't care about your privacy

Reddit thread of the same story

I'm also concerned by some posts which I hope are not true:

Lemmy's creator banned from r/socialism for posting neo nazi literature

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