I don’t know if this is just a placebo effect, but it feels like there’s a lot more socialization and faster upvotes in the past hour Sync was released.

    • @[email protected]
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      52 years ago

      It’s nice to have an app that runs smoothly and doesn’t stutter or jitter while scrolling and navigating through lemmy.

      • @[email protected]
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        162 years ago

        This. They were missing some key ease of access features like hide read posts

        Sooooooo thankful that sync is up and running

        • @[email protected]
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          52 years ago

          Using web, going back always put the feed active, despite me changing the sort. So yeah, having the app back is good. And I got all my use patterns back!

          • Ispanicus
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            Does Sync have automatically hide read posts? I couldn’t find it in the settings, could you point me to it?

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              I don’t know about automatically but I have it on my actions. The three little dots in the top right you can bring up the menu and if hide read isn’t there you can hit the three dots again on that menu - action visibility, to add it. Can hold and drag the order of the actions too.

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                Yeah, unfortunately that’s not permanent. If I refresh or come back later, the seen posts are back again. I don’t know if it’s a bug or an intended feature :/

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              It does, at least auto-hide after seeing post media. Saw that in the settings. Very good offering overall.

              • Ispanicus
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                Do you remember where? I can see mark seen, but not a hide seen or anything like that

                • @[email protected]
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                  12 years ago

                  Ah forget it, my bad. I must have been confusing apps, I was comparing a bunch earlier today. Sorry about that.

  • @[email protected]
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    122 years ago

    I’ve been trying to follow, but clearly I missed it - anyone know if there’s an iOS client in the works, or will this be Android only?

    • OverfedRaccoon 🦝
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      In the past, it’s been Android only. I saw someone comment in the Discord about LJD looking into converting the code to something iOS could use. No idea if they were being funny or whatever, but nobody seemed to laugh or refute that. So maybe he’s looking into it? I don’t want to get anyone’s hopes up though.

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        Ah, that might have been my comment. I was suggesting it because the newest android framework (jetpack compose) can be made cross platform easily, but others pointed out sync likely has a lot of older code that would need to be ported over.

        • OverfedRaccoon 🦝
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          It could have been you. I have a terrible memory. I just remember seeing someone comment that. I don’t really follow the Discord too much, but was a little more active over the last couple days in hopes to see a release date for the per-registration.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 years ago

      I’d like to know too! Memmy is decent but it does crash fairly often and it has done this odd thing where it duplicates my comments a bunch of times

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        I use Voyager (wefwef in an app) in Testflight now. I have used Memmy as well, but like Voyager better. Probably because it has pretty much the look and feel of Apollo I used for Reddit. I am curious how Artemis will be, but that one has no open Beta yet. So plenty of choice for iOs.

          • @[email protected]
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            22 years ago

            Great to hear you succeeded and it works great! I’m sorry I didn’t react, but I haven’t been online since yesterday.

            Have fun surfing and being part of the Fediverse!

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        Memmy version in TestFlight is rapidly improving and the dev is really responsive (replying using it as we speak).

        Wefwef is a great alternative in the mean time and I’ve used Mlem a bit but prefer the other two.

        • @[email protected]
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          Thanks for the info. I’m pretty happy with Memmy actually and I saw some say Sync doesn’t support posting, so I’ll stick with Memmy

  • @[email protected]
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    Probably will increase even more as more and more users want to try Lemmy.

    Probably they try to sign up for Lemmy.world and experience technical issues due to ddos, unfortunately.

    • @[email protected]
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      Having it present a handful to choose from (lemmy.world, lemmy.ca, lemm.ee, kbin.social when it gets supported) would be a good idea.

      Or just have it pick a random one that isn’t defederated from most others on first load since it doesn’t really matter anyway.

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      I don’t mind lemmy.world being recommended to newcomers as it’s run by an established and reliable admin (so it’s unlikely to just disappear), but it might be a good idea to start recommending lemm.ee as an alternative, too.

      Their admin is also great, it’s also general-purpose, and they are federated with most instances. It would help spread the load a bit, and would shield newcomers from suffering through the frequent attacks .world have been subjected to recently.

      • @[email protected]
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        212 years ago

        That argument is silly (instances may disappear).

        It’s the other way around - if small instances don’t get users, they may decide to shut down.

        So if you want a healthy fediverse, you should encourage many instances. Otherwise it becomes like reddit.

        • kopper [they/them]
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          or if instances get too large they need more resources and may not be able to afford to keep going

        • Coelacanth
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          The argument about instances disappearing has less to do with size and more to do with who runs it. Ruud having a track record with Mastodon.world suggests .world won’t be another vlemmy situation.

          Lemmy.sdf.org is another great instance to recommend for the same reason.

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            Probably not a good idea to support just a few instances with reputation because that again eliminates 99% of instances from the Lemmy network.

            I rather see it grow than to become a handful of people running instances. The more the better. It’s the same mindset as in open source I think. Everyone contributes and feels included.

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              I’m speaking from the viewpoint of onboarding newcomers, many of whom are not going to be tech-savvy. Keep in mind one of the most common complaints from people hesitant to try out Lemmy is that it seems “too complicated”. Sure, you could tell them:

              “Okay, first go to the Fediverse Map and find some instances that are hosted close to your geographical location. Look at their stats and find a couple that seem to have good uptime. Now go explore each of them and look at what rules and policies they have, how their admins are behaving and what their plans for funding are medium-long term. Then just pick the one that comes out best in this evaluation!”

              This is how I signed up where I did, but let’s be realistic and accept that this will not be a viable pitch to onboard most people.

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    Because it has a clean interface and many people were waiting for the app to be released before they jumped on, at least that’s the case for me, I used jerboa a bit but is a bit too clunky after being used to sync for so many years

    • fmstrat
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      Honestly, I’m sticking with Thunder. They look nearly the same, and Thunder is FOSS. Loved Sync, but I’ve found my new home.

      • no banana
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        Tbh I like what Thunder could become. It’s great, but not there yet for me.

          • no banana
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            It does! I’m totally willing to check in on it once in a while. The way it’s developing so quickly is encouraging.

            • @[email protected]
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              22 years ago

              I have a seen a good amount of changes on the UI part in the past weeks and have been keeping an eyes on that ever since.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    I use liftoff now. Is sync an improvement? I find switching between instances to be a bit clunky and having accounts with different instances leads to lots of repeating posts.

    • Xepher
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      Probably depends on what you’re familiar with. I used Sync for Reddit for years, so I’m right at home with the Sync for Lemmy app now.

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        *for now.

        For now, your choice is ads or subscription. We’re still in beta mode though, and the dev has already said there will be a one-time fee pro version soon. So just chill.

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        Sync requires a subscription.

        *if you don’t want ads.

        Also it doesn’t look like ads are live yet

        They’re live now

    • @[email protected]
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      22 years ago

      I’ve been trying a bunch of different apps. Sync can’t post comments yet so haven’t tried that. But imo between liftoff and connect I like connect more.

  • @[email protected]
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    72 years ago

    I thought posting from it wasn’t working yet, so I can’t see that it would be increasing activity.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    I think lemmy.world had some downtime and they came back up. lemmy.world is one of the biggest traffic drivers.

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      22 years ago

      I’ll be on lemm.ee more often since dot world goes down kinda frequently - and it’s healthier to spread the load anyway.

  • trimmerfrost
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    It’s the superior interface. People now love interacting with the app and lemmy