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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] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Loving it so far. Once you get used to how you connect to other instances it's a breeze.

Like you said Jerboa, is really coming along nicely and is easy to use.

Can't reysee myself using Reddit much any more tbh

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm trying to use jerboa, but I haven't been able to figure out how to subscribe to communities on other instances. Even if i have the url

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Enter https://yourinstance.example.com/c/[email protected] into your URL bar and it should come up after a bit and let you subscribe. Some instances have blacklists you can find under the "Instances" link down bottom, but usually this should do the trick.

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

Thanks, that worked

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

At the moment I'm just using the search within Jerboa to do that. It's at the bottom of the app, and I just search for Formula 1 it will bring up a list of communities with that title.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I believe from Instance A, you can only subscribe to a community on instance B if both A and B allow it. Otherwise you need to create a different account in instance B.

This way an instance can have some kind of governance over its users and the content they see.

I wonder if an SSO solution exists and is supported by many instances, so as a user you won't notice much of the different accounts you could have.

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

You can define whitelists and blacklists separately. By default none of these are enabled, and any instance can federate with any other instance.

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

not OP, but thanks very much for this very straightforward explanation, I've been struggling with figuring out all the pieces to the puzzle.