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[–] Alperto@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s being ok, specially after I found Wefwef (love it, but needs a better name).

But about content, I still miss a lot of the subs I was subscribed to (Oddly satisfying, TechnicalPrint, and many other specific ones). But I know that it’s only a matter of time.

Voting and posting is a bit annoying because servers are overwhelmed but I totally understand it and can wait, no problem.

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[–] Enasni@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I’m enjoying the beans.

[–] kaseijin@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't scratch the same itch yet. I have to cheat and go check out reddit every now and then.

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[–] Kettellkorn@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing I miss is my smaller subs is that I really enjoyed for my specific interests. Hopefully they grow here. For general content I enjoy Lemmy much more

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[–] vorpalMachine@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I prefer Lemmy's content/userbase, but there's less of it. Which is fine with me. The bugs could use some ironing tho.

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[–] Spurton@reddthat.com 7 points 1 year ago

I like it. It definitely feeds my bored and feel like reading habit. I do wish there were more specific communities that I used to subscribe to. It has promise and feels cool getting in on something early on too.

I like it! More exposure, one or two good apps for Android/ iOS, and I'm sure it can be a better Reddit in a few months.

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

Tbh not sure why I didn't join sooner. I really like the idea of Lemmy. I'm exited to see more communities come in and grow the platform. Would love to see more voices and perspectives, but I also kind of like the tiny bit of barrier to entry. If someone goes through the process of joining an instance and figuring out how all of this works then it means they really want to be here and they have some sense about them to get here. I really hope Lemmy flourishes and it's not a bubble because of Reddit.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's lovely. Haven't looked back. The only thing I've even thought about going to reddit for in the last three weeks has been the occasional technical answer that comes up in a Google search.

I hope that in time the fediverse will become the same sort of resource.

I like it more than reddit honestly. We've already expanded into a space 3x the size of what we have on reddit, although there are far less people and a lot of those communities will disappear. Honestly an architecture mistake that reddit only allowed one subreddit per topic instead of entire an entire reddit instance dedicated to one thing.

[–] Veltoss@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I love it so far. I've been a huge supporter for decentralization for a while now through blockchain tech so it's great to see so many people finally seeing what makes decentralization as a concept so great.

I just hope the apps keep developing at the speed they are because they are the part that is lacking the most right now. The experience is significantly better on PC right now. Even simple things like finding new communities is difficult on the apps I've tried so far.

[–] Sebasdotworld@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

It's better than I expected tbh, the app I use is Jerboa (it's suspiciously similar to boost, I'm waiting for Ruben [the dev] to publish boost for lemmy)

Everything is done right to ensure an open platform and that another redditpocalypse doesn't happens, the only thing that concerns me is that if I choose lemmy.world, I'll miss on other things, I just need all my tech related and videogames (and blender) subreddits to migrate so I fully leave reddit.

Also, I think I got a good username

Really glad to be here. I wish there were more people here to contribute to the comments and wish more apps supported the instance I joined. It's growing though. Those things will improve quickly.

[–] s_v@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I've been spending more time here than reddit since they killed 3rd party apps. I'm liking it so far

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

I am opening Lemmy daily... Most of the posts I see are circlejerking beans post and posts that are still celebrating the death of Reddit while Reddit has posts of real quality. I open Reddit in Firefox mobile now... Still way better than Lemmy... Hope that will change but I am sceptical.

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[–] danielton@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

So far I'm enjoying it! There have been a few hiccups, but things have been coming together, especially since Memmy and wefwef have taken over the void that Apollo left.

I've also got a Squabbles account, which is I guess where the people who got mad at Reddit but insist the Fediverse is too confusing ended up, but Lemmy seems to be advancing faster in features and app functionality. At this point, between Reddit and Twitter's bullshit, I'm trying it all.

Trying to figure things out. I like it so far, just feels a little different. A little more sparse. Using the Jerboa app, which seems okay. I miss Boost, but I think the dev is working on a Lemmy version.

[–] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just deleted my Reddit account. It's Ok so far but having trouble finding communities. That's just an early adopter problem I bet though.

I feel like I may like it more once Boost for Lemmy is a thing.

I'm excited to be part of the fediverse though.

[–] faladorable@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I like it better so im using it as much as i can and just hoping its not a fad and people actually move over enough to unseat reddit

[–] Gargoyle@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Decent so far, I do want a redditisfun type app for it, and it could use more people, but other than that good

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[–] EuphoricPenguin22@normalcity.life 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I like it enough to host an instance. It's pretty legit, to be honest. If I can find and join more of the same types of communities I was a part of on Reddit, I can easily see myself spending more time here. Even now, I feel like my time on my phone is an even split between Lemmy and Reddit.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Honestly, I'm kind of hating it... everything feels like it is in the wrong place, everything has just enough friction in interacting with Lemmy to irritate me as I try and get realigned, and nothing feels like it is at my fingertips. The signup process alone was adamant that it was incredibly straightforward and that instances don't matter... but is also very variable based on the instance you choose... I had to wait until morning because my instance's email verification didn't work and had to be done manually. Then when I look to turn on 2FA, it just doesn't work at all, very unappealing.

Maybe once Boost for Lemmy is out, that will have some quality of life, but currently I am not actively liking anything about Lemmy at all, beside just the basic principle of it.

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[–] Atiran@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I like it and I’m optimistic that it will only continue to grow and get better. I also really like the fediverse as a concept. It feels more like the old internet, where you had lots of smaller communities, rather than everything centralized into one huge space.

[–] SoyTDI@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Everyone's nice and there activity, but I miss some subs. I could make them them all, but creating content for all of them would be too much work... I already do that outside reddit/lemmy. 😣

I love that it exists. I don't visit Reddit anymore, although I miss some communities, especially AskHistorians and AskScience. Otherwise, I can tolerate the teething problems of Lemmy (and kbin) in order to support a free internet. The latter is far more important, to me, than "better functionality"

[–] UnperfectOne@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm not particularly impressed, to be honest.

Aside from the performance issues (which I'm sure will be sorted out), the UI is awful. Seriously, how the hell am I supposed to join a community on desktop? The "subscribe" button is just a bit of text!

I understand the idea of the fediverse is to be decentralised, but it just doesn't make for a great user-experience. The whole thing doesn't really "click" in the same way reddit does. On top of that, it doesn't really have a big enough userbase yet. On reddit, big subs like gaming and movies a packed full of users, yet their equivalents seem pretty dead here.

I'm never going to install the official reddit app so I'm sure I'll be fine with Lemmy on mobile when the performance issues are sorted out, but I'll probably stick to reddit on desktop.

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[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still don't know what instance to use or if it matters. But I like it, the community is similar enough to reedits. I'm looking forward to using Sync for lemmy though. I miss sync for reddit lol

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[–] ZTabs@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Never used 3rd party apps on reddit but was tired of the main app so I tried alternatives. Not disappointed with the current state of Lemmy and really want it to grow

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

After I took the time to understand it, I love it. Just need my favorite communities to migrate/become more active (yes I’ve thought of starting at least one myself and might do so).

I especially enjoy that I feel good about contributing to a conversation here. I didn’t comment much on Reddit because the mob seemed relentless at times.

I’ve joined two instances and I think I need to do more to understand their differences (Lemmy.world vs discuss.online) before I settle on a β€œmain.”

[–] LoafofCrazy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

It's a learning curve. I think it'll be great in the long run though. Not sure which app I'm going to stick with. Using jerboa currently.

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