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!
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Currently using the Jerboa app. No complaints. Really nice stuff.
My overall journey was the GameFAQS message boards -> Digg -> Reddit (via RIF) -> Lemmy
Lemmy has filled my content aggregation desires while boycotting Reddit. Overall, I could see being here to stay
I'm still having minor issues, but they aren't deal breakers. Like, I've had issues with my up votes not saving (press it, turns blue, wait a second, then it changes back), so I need to press it multiple times before it saves. On the whole, these errors will be resolved with time, so it doesn't bother me much
Main issue I'm trying to figure out now is: how to use federated users for other Lemmy instances. If I'm using the website for beehaw, then go to another instance, it appears I need to sign in, but I can't see how to use my beehaw account. I started using Jerboa and it seems to handle it, but the comments I'm making don't show up (when I checked in a browser), so it might be in the UI only, or I'm missing something
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Honestly it hurts my eyes. I hope someone comes up with a few more themes or CSS-appliable styles for it.
I think that depends on how your instance is configured. I set up my own instance and Lemmy seems to have a dark theme by default.
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not enough videos, too slow and jerboa is not top notch .
The tankie fucks suck, for sure.
My local instance has quite a few active communities, but I still wish others were more active. One thing I really like is that the discussion in the comments seems to be more thoughtful and constructive.
Next on my to-do list is trying out the mobile apps. Maybe one of them will be like Apollo one day, because it's UI and UX are best in class.
The start has been really exciting and I look forward to seeing how both Lemmy and the fediverse in general develop. Fingers crossed 🤞
I don't really understand what's going on yet.
Looks neat, but I need a ELI5 on the instances/Fediverse/how it works in general (Looking at YT videos right now).
Also I miss the "hide all child comments" I had on reddit (or was is RES?).
Oh, and I'm open to android app suggestions :) I'm using "Now for Reddit" for reddit.
I'm using Jerboa on Android and I can click a comment to hide all children under it. On lemmy.ml on the website I can also hide children by clicking the little minus next to the username.
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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.
One difference I'm struggling with is how to search past posts? I can find communities easy enough, but how do you search a specific issue that's covered in a post somewhere?