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[–] Lordgeoffery@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm loving it, here is my slogan. "When life gives you lemons, make Lemmy-ade"

[–] DeaLikesTrains@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm liking it so far. What I've seen so far seems like the lemmy community is much more giving and less toxic than reddit.

[–] unscholarly_source@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm currently juggling 3 different apps to find one that works best for me (Jerboa, Connect, wefwef.app via Hermit, and excitedly waiting for Sync for Lemmy). I'm also experimenting with setting up my own instance to learn more about federation.

I love the principle/values of Lemmy, what it stands for, being part of a growing platform and learning about it. But when I'm just looking for mindless time-wasting content to kill boredom, I find myself missing the quality of experience, the communities, the level of engagement and diversity content from Reddit. Many subreddits I used to follow for "dumb" content simply don't exist on Lemmy, and I doubt it will gain inertia on Lemmy.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It keeps crashing and not loading stuff correctly and giving me lots of hang time.

A lot like Reddit around the time I left Digg

[–] MarcoPolpo@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Definitely nice to scroll through news and memes again without having to deal with twitters dumpsterfire. Still some comforts I'm used to are missing but it's early days and I only see it getting better from here.

Definitely not missing Reddit.

[–] InigoMontoyota@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For the most part, there are maybe one or two subreddits I miss (ukrainianwar and wrexhamafc) and while I have found something for Ukraine, it's the quantity of content that was there. Beyond that, don't miss it at all, loving the vibe of lemmy, and glad I found a place to land. Oh and f$@% spez

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[–] MrLeavingCursed@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Now that I've gotten used to the differences I'm enjoying it, fills a lot of the whole left by reddit. The only thing I'm missing is the scale of the user base making some of the more niche subreddits I used to spend the most time on not have a very active analog here

[–] headlesscyborg@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Sometimes it's really slow but besides that, it works and I believe it will take off as a successful project, Reddit can go duck itself.

[–] Heku@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago

Still learning how to use it, but so far i like it. I wish to find an app that would use less mobile data tho, RIF was nice and light, but Connect atleast feels like good ol' RIF.

[–] SamuelM@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I'm loving it! I's similar enough to not be confusing but different enough to be an exciting change. Hoping the apps mature more, though.

[–] Exec@pawb.social 3 points 2 years ago

I miss Relay, my reddit app.

[–] rr7@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Loving in, and it gets better every day

[–] wee_butterfly@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I was able to join Lemmy fairly easily at first. Then the updates happened on Lemmy World. Was almost about to give up because I was kind of made to log off then I couldn't log back in for the life of me.

Knew I had to be patient, but at one point I got so frustrated I just deleted the whole thing.

Downloaded it again a couple of days later and all was good. All sorted. Still learning though.

Lemmy is life, Lemmy is love.

[–] lordxakio@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I like it. I haven’t been back to Reddit since June 30th. It still has ways to go in terms of content and app availability. I am using Memmy and it is wonderful. Missing support for gifs (some work many don’t), albums, etc. great start.

[–] anon422@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

Enjoying it so far I think. It's hard to say. Smaller, less content, some of the things I followed haven't made the jump(and I don't have enough time on my hands to help jump start them).

Been using my phone a lot less to doomscroll, and other nonsense so I'vr had more time to work on some hobby projects and such.

Overall though it feels like a good replacement.

[–] signofzeta@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Loving it! The iPhone apps are still rough or buggy, but even in the few weeks I’ve been here, they’ve come a long way. I expect great things X

Also, the beans were a nice touch. I needed some good laughs.

[–] WarpScanner@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I like that its federated to prevent hierarchical abuse. I dislike the seams of that federation reducing ease of use and reducing population growth, thus reducing the size of niche "Communities" (as Lemmy generically calls them).

I need my subs so I still visit Reddit begrudgingly if only for those. Once those more niche communities grow even slightly big enough for a common back and forth though I'll probably fully abandon Reddit.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's not bad! UI could use a few tweaks on Mobile though.

[–] 3xa8yte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

Take a look at wefwef

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[–] SwissJackalope@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Pretty nice. I just wish more people were here. The occasional bug is fine it seems to be fixed quickly.

[–] AletheCrow@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Enjoying it so far. It is definitely taking some getting used to. Was testing Liftoff! And now on Memmy. Finding Memmy to be more enjoyable especially with being able to set dark for ease of visibility.

[–] ScaNtuRd@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's surprisingly good. I thought it would be more dead, but it actually makes for quite a nice replacement with plenty of content.

[–] Thcgrasscity@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

Im enjoying it so far, i think ive figured most of it out, got myself on a nice smaller local instance and everything is loading properly, and im consuming the information.

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