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I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, mostly on Friendica. It's okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I'm testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It's in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it's coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration sours adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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[–] waterhouse@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Any decent (or established I guess ) iOS mobile clients? I’m messing with mlem but it seems pretty basic and is still using TestFlight. It’s usable but a more full featured client might be nice

[–] ResidualBit@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

afaik, that's about it for the time being

I've been using it mostly so I can support the devs and submit bug/crash reports, but fall back to just the website for actual, casual browsing

There is a community for mlem over here as well: https://beehaw.org/c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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[–] SQL_InjectMe@partizle.com 3 points 1 year ago

First time using the fediverse and I don’t think it was hard at all.

[–] Boozilla@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

In spite of the technical issues and mild learning curve, I am really enjoying Lemmy more and more as I continue using it.

[–] DaughterOfMars@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It took me a few days to adjust, but now I'm feeling pretty comfortable. I'm excited for what's to come as the communities grow.

[–] Raradra@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So far, I'm loving it. I'm using Jerboa (android client for Lemmy), which is working nicely.

[–] cfx_4188@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Uncomfortable. There are two or three users in the instances, and all are silent. "Federalization" is dumb, for the chuckleheads of decentralization. The app and website are crude. Settings are not saved, blocked content hangs in the feed.

[–] proteuss2585@feddit.cl 3 points 1 year ago

Good enough, lots of things to improve but it's usable, I can see communities migrating from reddit.

I'm using Jerboa right now, i didn't like the web version, too much wasted space.

[–] anji@lemmy.anji.nl 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey Chris. Seeing more and more people from my Mastodon feed here :)

I'm very impressed by Lemmy. Some of the communities like Beehaw have been excellent, even before the recent Reddit API-apocalypse. Self-hosting has been a bit challenging compared to the more mature (I guess) Mastodon but I hope to get it sorted out soon.

[–] atomicpoet@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Well, I have some exciting news. I spoke with the #SpaceHost team today, and we might be able to provide fully managed hosting for Lemmy and Kbin communities soon. In fact, before all other server types.

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[–] altz3r0@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I feel the generation gap for the first time when I see people complaining about the difficulty of selecting a server to sign up and connect to!

Other than that, it does bring a lot of the atmosphere of the wild west times of the web, in a good way. I'm liking it!

Hopefully we retain a healthy amount of users after this wave passes and everyone is back at reddit. :)

[–] kris40k@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I like it so far. It has some familiar features, but there are some learning curves to it.

[–] dap@lemmy.onlylans.io 3 points 1 year ago

I like it so far. The web interface is pretty solid and Jerboa is serviceable, though missing some features that I would call crucial to the experience. I can't fault the developers at all though, as it's like two dude to my knowledge. The reddit API thing convinced me to run my own instance for friends.

I'm hopeful lemmy takes off and sees a larger adoption as well, I think that putting the internet back in the hands of individuals is super important as there has been way too much aggregation of services for like the past decade IMO.

[–] John_Hasler@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lemmy has some rough edges that will put off many nontechnical users.

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[–] psythrichor@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

I'm enjoying the process of figuring it out. I think I have a basic understanding, but I'm still having a bit of difficulty finding slightly more niche things I'm interested in. I have no regrets deleting my Reddit account, but I will miss certain subreddits.

[–] dominoko@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

The learning curve is steep but I'm feeling very optimistic and excited to be a part of a new community. Reddit had been going downhill for years ( I joined in 2010).

I plan to stay no matter what reddit does next.

[–] fastfinge@rblind.com 3 points 1 year ago

Testing a lemmy instance to see how it might work for the r/blind community. There will be a bunch of accessibility issues fixed in the next release it looks like, so it's a bit early to judge. Also, it's pulled me, personally, into the world of being a sysadmin for other people. Now I get to figure out why email doesn't work and why when you search for a community you need to press search nine times before anything shows and all kinds of other niggles like that before I feel ready to open an instance to the general masses.

[–] Master@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I like it. It's not perfect though. The community signup thing is confusing and stressful because you dont and cant know the core values of the owner of the instance you sign up for. So you could get comfortable in a community and then find that the community is not a good fit and have to abandon it. For some people, who have a ton of alts on reddit, that might not be an issue but I find it stressful when I was trying to sign up for lemmy.ml and then find out their stance on a few political issues that drastically clash with mine.

I also dont like how the moderation passes community to community. I kind of like the idea of a black list but when you have communities with vastly different views resulting in people getting banned from one community for things that wouldnt get them banned from other communities you have a recipe for disaster. Right now, even with increased usage, the amount of moderation required should be low but if/when this blows up there is no way you will be able to sort/sift through the shared moderation logs for every community just to make sure people are not being unfairly banned from your community. That would be like a small sub on reddit banning people from r/pics because they didnt agree with the poster's politics.

I just dont like that. It's far from perfect and I dont have any solutions and it's also possible I completely misunderstand the issues involved... But from what I read... I just dont like that.

Functionality, everything works and I like how it looks. It has a mobile app that works. There is a lot of new content. It seems like it has a shot at being a replacement for reddit.

Reference: https://lemmy.ca/post/591991 https://lemmy.ml/post/1167199 https://lemmy.pineapplemachine.com/post/5781

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[–] ArcticCircleSystem@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I think it's nice so far, though I haven't used it much. There are some communities on Reddit that I miss on Beehaw. I also check Raddle (not fediverse) for trans memes since r/traa users have moved there. ~Cherri

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[–] steve@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] Metty@lemmy.rogers-net.com 3 points 1 year ago

I don't really understand what's going on yet.

[–] itty53@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Google Power Delete Suite. Don't leave your content there for them to use.

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[–] letThemPlay@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

It's different, but getting the hang of it, also using the jerboa app currently which isn't bad for such a new app. Considering developing my own app for Android but might end up in the unfinished projects list.

Community discovery is lacking IMO at the moment, even using browse.feddit I'm found communities that aren't on there, through the app so not the easiest to use currently.

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