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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Depends on how much Meta fucks it up, if at all.

[–] NuclearArmWrestling@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Probably going to spin up an open identi.ca instance. It federates well with both lemmy and mastodon and does more. After that I'll probably whip up a script to automatically follow new accounts and communities to get it all federated into my instance.

[–] Leviathan@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 2 years ago

Here since last night. It's been good, feels like Reddit from ten years ago.

[–] freewifehotpots@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The only “Reddit” feel Lemmy is missing is a mobile app that’s as good as Apollo, which I think will happen soon seeing so many app developments going on

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[–] Alexandrite@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I’m hoping it will “stick” and grow in more popularity. I’ve been using wefwef.app and it’s nearly the same as Apollo, so I’ve been enjoying it. Many of my favorite communities are already here, but some aren’t, so it just means I’ll have to get them started!

[–] zerbey@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Seems to be, I tried kbin and it's a wasteland, but no biggie because the big communities from there are already here. There's no other alternatives that I'm aware of.

[–] Dr_Wu@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I think lemmy is the only viable reddit alternative for me, and since I don't plan on using reddit much anymore if at all. I'll be here. Most of my subs on reddit were smaller communties that I have not seen pop up yet on lemmy though. I hope they might appear soon, but I don't think some of them will ever be as active as they were there

[–] Fordry@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

The sports stuff is pretty empty. Team specific (my teams) are mostly dead still. So I've been on the corresponding SB Nation blogs more than I had for a long time. Otherwise, just here.

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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Literally just signed up. Don't quite get the instances thing I'll read about that tonight but right now I'm on world which I think is the 'big' one?

Either way liking it so far

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

World is one of the big ones you can see them listed here https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy. The instances are just servers running lemmy. The servers can communicate with each other with the activitypub protocol if the admins allow it.

What's cool about this is nobody can ever "shutdown" lemmy as there are multiple servers. Also it won't turn into a cesspit like voat because each admin can make there own rules and defederate from nastier instances. So you can have an anything goes lemmy instance or a curated instance. I really hope lemmy comes out the victor of reddit alternatives because I love the idea of it.

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[–] Sev@feddit.uk 4 points 2 years ago

I HAVE to stay here because I like mobile scrolling and I will never use the shitty Reddit app, so lemmy is staying as my Reddit replacement :)

I find it very strange how memes have become more popular than the gaming subs, I thought they would be equally bustling but they’re deathly quiet which is a shame so far.

Also missing SquaredCircle for wrestling happenings so I’ll quickly visit there on my PC, but certainly not interested in other Reddit crap.

Also got Tildes on the side for when I want some more stuff but there’s a lot off guff like sociology n stuff….sometimes you just need a meme or whatever. Glad to have a choice.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

4 weeks ago it was empty.

3 weeks ago it was a growing and a little rough to find content.

2 weeks ago it was filling in.

1 week ago it was silly (beans anyone?).

It is growing by leaps and bounds. The main thing missing now is the really good discussions in politics and news. But I think the trajectory is right and it will be the place to be.

[–] tuts@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nope, for me also, Lemmy works fine!

[–] Klypto@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The user interface in my opinion is pretty bad. It looks like old reddit which wasn't that good. I have to manually expand each post to view it instead of just scrolling through.

Kbin is mostly better. But still a little rough on a few points.

Reddit in desktop mode is better.

Sync in card view mode was the best. Still looking for that experience.

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[–] onparole@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

It's good. Apps help alot. Needs to be easier to find shit you like in app. Don't miss reddit. Also Rip Lemmy - 2015. What a great thing to be named after. Cheers

[–] roadrussian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe? With revancing the RIF app i can still use my old app. This being said the protests have salted the earth in many placed i subscribed to. In other places there are more bots and spam then before. Lemmy is still a little weird for me. I barely got the hang of the federation in browser, app was too weird for me.

So ill just vagabond around for a while and see what i see.

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

I think in my (limited) experience so far, kbin has the features/layout I prefer--but there's "nobody" over there. The community I set up over here is slowly gathering followers--the kbin one is not.

[–] Darkwatch00@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I think I like it here, it's different, but that isnt a bad thing. Also no idea where else to go. All other social media is off putting.

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

I want to like kbin, but mobile UI is just weird. If I tap on a picture, I want to see the picture, not the comment thread.

Gerboa gets me closest to the RIF experience, so that's where I'm at for now.

[–] Wayfar3r@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

As of right now, I'm using Lemmy and just getting the feel for it. I think once some of the other larger 3rd party apps start getting released for Lemmy (Sync, Boost, etc.), it'll drive more people to creating an account and creating more communities. When compared to reddit, it's quite dead at the moment, but that can change once people start creating communities and participating. Time will tell if this is the "next reddit" or just the transitional phase.

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

Yes, currently Lemmy is the one. Trust Cafe WTS Social is small but has some interesting aspects.

It will be interesting to see how Lemmy scales and adapts to corporations joining, and also how GDPR compliance unfolds.

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