Since Day One (spez’ fuckup) I have been trying to use and like lemmy but it just doesn’t work right at all. Like as in never did. Communities disappear randomly, posts don’t load, submissions have no comments, you name it. At this point I am considering going back to reddit just like everyone else I know that used to care is doing already. Any others out there with same experience or is it just me and my shitty ios app for lemmy?
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There definitely are growing pains, but in think all things considered it is moving in the right direction. As much as I wish it were different, expecting lemmy to instantly match and replace reddit (that had a ton of time to organically grow) is wishful thinking.
Have you tried signing up on other instances? That determines a lot of the performance you are getting. Personally lemmy.world at the time I signed up was having issues (might be better now), which made me try out lemm.ee . So far it has treated me very well performance wise.
As far as apps are concerned I am on android so I can comment for its, but connect has been my choice this far. Works fairly well, although not perfect. However in all apps I’ve tried the speed of progress has been very encouraging.
Lastly concerning submissions without comments, lemmy simply still doesn’t have a user base to rival reddit. So in some way we have to be the change we want to see, otherwise things will never change.
Personally I have given up on reddit, but I wouldn’t fault you for using it alongside lemmy for a while. I’d just hate to see people like you stop using lemmy completely just because it can’t instantly replace a platform that had such a massive head start.
I see you’re on Lemmy.ml. It’s PROBABLY because of that. That instance is really big so it causes posts to not load and what not . Go to a smaller one. Like in the ~1k range or something and I’m SURE all of these problems will go away. It was the same for me when I first joined Lemmy and picked Lemmy.ml. The following day I switched to Lemmy.ca back when it had ~40 users.
Can confirm. Started off on .world, team into all these problems, now on a much much smaller instance, and everything is smooth as butter.
What instance are you using?
Yeah, that’s a you thing. I have accounts on six or seven instances so far. No disappearing communities at all, posts usually loading fine unless there’s an issue with a specific instance. Comments can be sparse, but that’s a matter of patience. Posts that invite discussion get comments, it just takes longer. The flip side of that is that you can comment everywhere and be certain your comment didn’t get buried, and that there’s a higher chance of it leading to discussion because of that
I can’t say why you’re experiencing the issues, it could be the app. Could be your instance being one that’s kinda not well liked and being defederated by more than the average. Could be your instance just fucking up in general (I’ve seen statements that lemmy.ml is a little unstable currently). And it could be that you just haven’t run across the things that interest you, which may or may not be helped by anything since not every interest has a big community at all, even on a bigger service like reddit.
But the stuff you’re specifically pointing to aren’t happening for everyone, no.
try installing the website as a native app
It’s been solid for me, just blocking a lot of news type communities so I can browse all a bit more easily
I tried Kbin, Lemmy, Tildes and considered Squabbles.
Kbin is the one I settled on. I like it here.
I have been very much enjoying kbin. Sure the volume isn’t quite there, but I love that it’s run by volunteers with no agenda other than to host their commities for free.
The software has a few hiccups here and there, but those will get improved over time.
Reddit is there for money; your experience is secondary to that.
Is it me or is op a troll
Okey doke.
Lemmy’s mobile app ecosystem is terrible… or rather just not very mature and needing a lot more work and contribution. I haven’t found a single Lemmy mobile app, iOS or Android. that is usable long term. I’ve just started logging into Lemmy on my mobile browser and using it that way (which works fine).
Lemmy itself however is great. I run my own instance and yeah, there’s expense and work and troubleshooting involved in that, but it’s all worth it to have the reddit experience with the Lemmy community and to be in complete control of the gateway that I use for that experience.
skill issue
The submissions with no comments are so dissapointing, I have open a couple of post and I can’t even read them…
Try instance shopping. Lemmy.ml might not be for you but there are other instances with lively communities. I’ve been having a grand time here
