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.
I just tried to use reddit via third party app, then got reminded that it’s over. Decided to check out whatever still works and found Sync for Lemmy, wondering if it’s similar. Turns out, it’s even better lol
The dev also sent out a push notification to anyone that has the old Sync still installed
Sync drastically reduces the barrier to using Lemmy for sure.
I appreciate the vanilla Lemmy experience but Sync has my muscle memory / usage habits after all. And it fixes some of my UX complaints that seem mildly annoying but enough to disengage me from the browsing session.
If those excellent reddit community admins come our way, we will be set.
Yes! Long press on thumbnails was the #1 reason I just couldn’t get into the other apps.
Got an alert on my recently installed Sync for Lemmy app that lemmy.world was down earlier, so maybe that’s why.
Either way I’m loooooving sync. Way slicker than the other two I tried
Lots of users swear by the app. They would use it if they could. They can now, for Lemmy.
Heck yeah!
I joined but this hexbear lemmy.world defederation stinks of censorship so I’ll be moving to another instance.
Personally, RIF was still kind of working for me until today. I opened up lemmy and the first post I saw was the release of the Sync app lol
I used rif for a long time and discovered sync and never looked back.
Me too, I’m quite sad about it tbh
I dream that one day there is a RiF for Lemmy. But alas, he’s building an app for tildes.
I’m in the same boat. Big rip a few hrs ago
I literally was waiting for sync to be released to use Lemmy.
Same,also first post. Learning my way around.
Same (also first too)
Samesies
Yeah, I more or less stopped using Reddit when sync shut down, and now that sync is for Lemmy, I’m here.
Yeah, unfortunately I went back to Reddit (with a modded Sync Pro) out of habit because the default Lemmy web UI and the other 3PAs weren’t as good as Sync for Reddit was. I can finally settle on Lemmy and quit Reddit in the long term now
Same
Me too
Edit: this is actually my first Lemmt comment. And its sent from sync.
Yeep same here.
Lemmy will be like Reddit in that there’s no way I would use the site without a third party app like Sync.
Anecdotally, it became much more active when Reddit switched the API a month ago. The existence of https://old.lemmy.world/ later also helped probably.
I’d say so, I was using liftoff and it just didn’t work as seamless as this beta does so it makes me want to use it more 🤷♂️
As someone who signed up back when third party apps died for Reddit, this is my first post. I tried a few of the apps for Lemmy, but I couldn’t get into it. I tried Sync a couple of hours ago, and it just works. I can see that being the case for others.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
or if instances get too large they need more resources and may not be able to afford to keep going
