I honestly do not mind it one but. I quite like the interface. It’s minimal but there are some bugs to it which is to be expected. I really do like the overall design of it though. There isn’t too much going on. It’s like old Reddit which I am a big fan of

  • sQuirrel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    1 year ago

    Involve more work but this kind of change is for the best. Freedom from the tyranny of corporate greed!

  • acedude1234@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    It’s nice, I just wish there was more activity. Hopefully it will grow overtime. My concern is the barrier of entry for new users. The whole “different instances” thing can be quite confusing.

  • saboteur@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m starting to think the splintering caused by instances blocking each other is going to cause users to abandon Lemmy entirely. At the moment instances can suddenly decide to block other instances, and that is going to hurt both users on the instance that put a block into place, as well as users on the blocked instance.

    The blocking is awful for an average Lemmy user, because you can get cut off from communities you already subscribed to, without any notification! So you might post and comment without realizing that your content is not getting published, even though you and your local instance still see it.

    The user experience would be improved by getting a warning if you try to contribute to a community in this case. And also your subscriptions should show warnings about not working anymore, and those should come up as notifications on the account.

  • Pazintach@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Using Mastodon for years now, I’m familiar with the structure and liking it. But I’m afraid most of the smaller subreddits that I followed won’t migrate here.

      • Pazintach@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Many of the subs are going dark, so I can’t view everything. Here are some under 10k: r/Balconygardening r/filen_io r/MagicaVoxel r/saneprepping r/shotcut r/HistoricalFencing r/SimpleMobileTools r/volunteerplants

        Under 50k: r/archeologyworld r/containergardening r/wma r/fonts r/Inkscape r/JewelsofRussia r/Mastodon r/Medievalart r/neverwinternights r/Banished r/EnaiRim r/opsec r/StainedGlass r/VOXEL r/vtmb r/WhiteWolfRPG

        These are some of them that’s still open to public view.

  • Lemdee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, I’m enjoying it outside of the small bugs. They’re not breaking the platform so I can live with them until they’re smoothed out. But the smaller communities are kind of a nice change of pace to be honest, it’s definitely like old Reddit before it got a case of the capitalisms. Terminal case, unfortunately.

    But with the decentralized nature of it, we don’t have to worry about that happening again!

  • WallCactus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’m still getting used to this and there’s not much activity yet, but I’ll stick with it. Reddit isn’t worth it, so I’m happy there’s a chance for an alternative.

  • BlindHawk@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I like it. I prefer the UI plus it’s really refreshing to browse some similar communities i also browse on reddit and not seeing that many memes.

  • OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.orgEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Overall, I’m liking it, but I have some critiques:

    1. The apps won’t follow hyperlinks to third-party servers. This is not Lemmy’s fault; the Universal Links feature of Apple OSes and App Links feature of Android were not made with federation in mind. This will be a tricky problem for them to solve without getting seriously technical.
    2. I don’t like how external links don’t open in new windows/tabs by default, and there appears to be no preference to fix this.
    3. There appears to be some bugginess with the web interface and voting where, if I upvote something, the upvote may disappear a second or two later. But if I refresh and re-read the comment, my original upvote stuck.
    4. There needs to be more centralization of subs; as of now, there is so much duplication that it’s worse than Reddit. Reddit has some forked subs, mainly on ideological grounds or because of mergers, but it’s got nothing on Lemmy so far.
    5. When reading on the web, my view jumps around a lot. I’m guessing it’s loading in new comments as they come in on the server. That’s fine, but the abruptness of the whole thing causes me to sometimes lose my place. If it’s going to continuously load new comments, I would prefer that they be animated, so at least I can observe the change in motion.
    6. While I was typing this, I noticed that the page top reloaded with a different topic. I’m guessing that’s a bug.
    7. It’s good to have rules to prevent conversations from descending into chaos. I just hope that the rules are not interpreted too broadly.
      • OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        No, because I’m talking about Universal Links/App Links, the feature of Android and iOS/macOS where you tap/click on an HTTP(S) link to some site, and the link opens & gets handled in the app. The feature was made with centralization in mind, so it won’t work with federated servers, especially for users on small servers.

        • SterlingVapor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          So what I think you’re talking about is called deep links, and it’s certainly a challenge in this scenario

          I’m pretty sure it’s solvable with some effort, I’m working on a Lemmy client now and will look into intents that could be sent from the Lemmy front end. My main concern is just recognizing the links in-app robustly as people learn how to format them - if the client doesn’t kick you into the browser, it solves half the problem and I’ll worry about the other half

    • CannaVet@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      4- You signed up for a decentralized service that advertises the lack of a central authority, to leave a central authority, and now you’re complaining there’s no central authority.

      This isn’t Reddit, and it’s not designed to be a Reddit clone. There are people working on 1 for 1 clones, and it’s totally fine if you want that, but maybe you should find one of those instead of demanding the people who built a specific platform with a specific vision immediately ditch all of that to cater to Reddit exiles.

      • OfficialThunderbolt@beehaw.orgEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I didn’t demand anything; I just made a criticism. There’s a difference.

        I’m fine with there being no central authority for servers; I just wish there was a central authority for subs, like there is with Usenet, which has no central authority for servers, but it has a central authority for groups carried by the servers. Without one, the user base gets fragmented pretty quickly.

        • CannaVet@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Without one, the user base gets fragmented pretty quickly.

          A- I’ve seen a few community browsers pop up, you can find one in most intro threads and there’s also a built in explorer.

          B- That’s the entire point

  • juusukun@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    All I’m missing right now is sorting (comments at least) by new, top or best etc

  • sake@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Concept is great, but there’s a big usability issue (BE: 0.17.4) that quickly needs fixing. When you browse the main index, new posts just pop up and it messes up whatever you were reading and also closes images.

  • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m looking it, though I haven’t found much good content yet. Gotta do a serious community search.

    Sidenote: anyone know if I can replicate Reddit’s “hide post after upvoting” behavior?

  • yazo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Signed up today, liking it a lot. Looking forward to learning more about it, seems like a viable reddit alternative.

  • blackbelt352@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Once you get a hang of how the fediverse works in general, it’s pretty good so far. Using mostly mobile atm, nice and clean, functional pretty similar experience to reddit. Aside from a few features missing like search, I’d imagine there is plenty of room for moderator tools too, and the occasional error codes, I’m loving it so far. No ads, just content, and while it’s not the firehose that reddit is/was, if this keeps getting popular, I could forsee just as many communities popping up across instances as there are subreddits.

    I’m sure with the influx of users from reddit, especially the more technically savvy mods we’re going to see a lot of good tools made for the app and with it being open source, I imagine the devtimes are going to be even quicker than dealing with an ok API.

    • AstarteOfCaelius@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I am very excited to see what kinds of moderator tools pop up, for sure. I love this a bit more than I thought I would even though yes, getting started does feel pretty wobbly. lol

  • PriceIsWrong@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I just signed up after looking for alternatives and it looks clean (so far). NGL, i miss some of the communities that i frequent but if this is for the common good, I’ll suck it up and trod forward.