Technology

Enjoying it so far, thankfully I had already been using Mastodon for about 6 months so I've had time to get used to the quirks and discoverability issues that come with the Fediverse. I hope the learning curve doesn't turn off less tech savvy users.

Technically, things need a bit of polish. In particular, I’m talking about the website being intermittently unavailable, and today I experienced the joys of the page reloading as I was typing a comment. Fun!

Still, those problems are dwarfed by the quality of the community and the conversations that are had. I’d much rather put up with a few glitches than go back to the idiocy I’d gotten used to. Lemmy all the way!

I mostly like it, I think there are still a few things that are rough around the edges and there have been some scaling issues with the massive influx of new people (I think mostly to be expected, we'll see how things are going forward)

I think the biggest question is will more people move over? Reddit was what it was because of the people there, not because of the software. If we can develop a similar community here, I see no reason to go back to reddit.

I really like it thus far. The web app is slick with Safari on iPhone, but I’ve yet to try it on an iPad or PC. The community seems great. Definitely getting an old Reddit vibe. It’s good to be here!

Currently using the Jerboa app. No complaints. Really nice stuff.

Love it! Looking forward to the day where there’s larger communities and 3rd party apps, I’m normally a lurker and it’s hard when there’s so little content, it’ll come with time and I’m doing my part.

Generally, it been alright and has not too bad selection of topic/communities which most is more popular and broad so like anything that's more specific won't be there which I know overtime, it will have them so I'm forgiving on that front.

At first, it was hard to know which instance I want to make my account on. I knew roughly what is the Fediverse and how it works but I remember even when I was giving Mastodon a try that I was overwhelmed and wasn't sure which instance would be for me. Not sure what suggestion I can say to fix it but there is sight barrer.

I agree with Fwgx that Lemmy and also most (if not) all Fediverse app/services just talk little too much about it being self-hosting and all of that. I think some people on Fediverse forget that not everyone is into what I like to call 'DIY-Tech' and just more wants to see it as a service and what can THEY (the instance) bring to the table. This doesn't mean it shouldn't mention that you can self-host it but maybe shouldn't be too much of a priority. Maybe at least have some sort of tutorial or official guide as well as otherwise, I am pretty much on my own which sometime I can solve and learn from it but other people may just get annoyed and give up too easily. They will not know there's account and even website that is a guide to the Fediverse and it only if someone on their timeline or where they followed/subscribe from that they would know those exist.

I think once the Fediverse services/instance prioritized being user-friendly as well as explain how it works without going too technical that may scare some people away, I can see it grow much bigger and I really hope so as I been enjoying it despite some drawback.

Why dont you move all your content from r/Sizz to lemmy?

Difficult.

I just found a post - which I wanted to add a comment to - but I'm now logged in with Lemmy.world - so when I opened that comment (link) in a new tab, I'm told that I can either log in, or subscribe here (copy/search !technology@beehaw.org) which now shows 'Subscribe Pending'.

So basically, communication isn't being facilitated in this instance - this is a huge barrier. If a connection, or subscription is required to reply, then this needs to be automatic.

I like it! Sure, some rough edges, and a bit of technical difficulties due to the influx of Reddit refugees like me, but this seems like a much friendlier, more real community.