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Redditors, how do you like Lemmy? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I run a few groups, like @[email protected], mostly on Friendica. It's okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I'm testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It's in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it's coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration spurs adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like it and was able to adapt easily, but some of the UI is terrible (and I mean this in a constructive way), specifically:

Page weight is too high, when I use back/forward or switch tabs on mobile my browser has to do a full refresh. Tildes and kbin are very lightweight by comparison, not sure what the JS code of Lemmy/Beehaw are doing to cause this issue.
Adding new subs is confusing, but mostly because the “Subscribe” button is hidden by default when you visit a community on another instance.
The process of subscribing is convoluted You 1. visit an instance, 2. find a community, 3. copy the url,4. go back to your community, 5. past it, 6. open the search link in your instance, then 7. click subscribe and wait a little. It feels like that can be streamlined or something.
Loading “All” is slow, I understand why, but the UI should do something to explain it to me instead of popping in posts.

But, the discussion seems good, the actual UI is reminiscent of old reddit so I’m happy, and I’m surprised how easy it is to discuss things across instances.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Another really clunky thing I noticed right away is that there's a huge difference between viewing a sub through your home instance vs its home instance, in that you're no longer logged in when using the remote instance's URL, and there's no obvious way to get back to the corresponding location on your home instance. This means, for example, that when someone posts a link to another thread, it's always kind of broken for remote users.

I feel like something could be done to ease interoperability using the same techniques ad trackers use.

I'm especially baffled as to why the UI had a dedicated button to view content on its home instance. I can see how that might be useful in some circumstances and it would make sense to have it hidden in a menu, but I think it's just a confusing distraction for new users who typically have no use for a crippled view of what they're already looking at.