4chan legitimately still beats lemmy and anything else. Slap on a bunch of decent filters and it’s far more entertaining and useful than both reddit and lemmy combined.
I feel fine on it so far, I haven’t said too much. I just want a platform where I can go, say things without dealing with as many snarky, bad faith, shitposting users that Reddit seems to endorse having itself contaminated with.
If Lemmy can be the exception, in due time, then I will hail it as a true alternative.
the recent giant performance boost for lemmy.world and the launch of the ios client Memmy on the app store makes lemmy so great rn
Seems like it is for me, I’m also using snapzu, but I seem to be gravitating towards lemmy more.
Hate using it in browser, but Memmy app is awesome, so for me it’s “mobile only” as of now. We need a proper desktop client
Can I ask why? I’ve felt the browser experience is significantly better than any app I’ve tried so far. At least for lemmy.world it is.
It feels like using new reddit’s UI, while I got used to Reddit Enhancement Suite addon, which enhances old reddit’s UI.
Which instance did you try for that? Lemmy.world definitely didn’t have a new reddit feel to me but I can’t speak for the others.
I’ve seen there are some front-ends for desktop that you can use and there are some that make it look like old reddit. I haven’t used any of them but you can try this one:
https://mlmym.org/lemmy.world/
I think you can just replace lemmy.world with whatever instance you use.
Of course I use lemmy.world, because at first I thought it was the one and only instance.
Maybe I’m wrong in terms of comparing it with new reddit UI, I’m sure that lemmy is way better, but viewing media isn’t as convenient as it was with RES addon.
I’m sure that things will get better soon. Memmy feels like Apollo at its early stages already.
It has a PWA, use that to get the “app” feeling.
I guess I’ll have to learn what PWA is as well as improve my understanding of how Fediverse works. 😅 It’s all very new to me
Wefwef.app is what your looking for i love wefwef
Doesn’t come close to a good desktop experience, feels more like Instagram
You’re right, that’s a mobile client. I don’t know why they’d recommend that.
There’s https://alexandrite.app/ in development currently for desktop
oh and also https://mlmym.org/ - makes it look pretty much exactly like old.reddit
Installing the PWA is simple (in Chrome). In the URL bar at the right side on the Lemmy homepage, you should see a little install icon that looks like a monitor with a downward facing arrow. Click that, and it will install the site like an app.
Progressive Web App, it’s the “modern” kind of apps
Have you tried http://mlmym.org on desktop? It’s like old.reddit
Lemmy isn’t THE reddit alternative for me. In fact, I don’t think there can be a single reddit alternative that can fill reddit’s shoes. This whole debacle was a reminder to diversify and try out different platforms.
Coming to reddit from digg, I found that I still visited slashdot after the move. Reddit’s had previous issues that has prompted people to try to migrate to other sites over the years. I joined Tildes a few years back, and before that, I was on Voat until it became clear that it was a cesspool. I also lurk occasionally on Raddle.
This migration attempt, I picked up Lemmy, and I might try a couple of other sites like Squabble. I gave up using reddit on my phone, but I still use old.reddit.com when I’m on a computer. And I still lurk on slashdot after all these years.
Having used the web before any of these sites existed, I’ve found that what’s past is prologue. There is no one size fits all, but rather a plethora of sites that host various communities.
It’s difficult to replace Reddit considering it was/is this combination of multiple communities wrapped in a neat little bow. But lacking an ease of access on mobile and blatant disregard for 3rd party apps is what has caused my own browsing on the site to drop considerably during my free time.
Hopefully as time goes on and with 3rd party apps under development, Lemmy can begin competing with Reddit since this is a genuinely fun site.
Reddit is gone, long live Lemmy!
I’d say it is for me, I feel like I’m invested in Lemmy’s potential for growth, and it being based on ActivityPub makes it the one I want to stick with in comparison to some of the others.
People seem really pleasant here which is a nice change from Reddit, it certainly feels like there are less trolls (for now at least).
Lemmy is getting better day by day, 0.18.1 seems to be fantastic and has smoothed out a lot of the rough edges that I was seeing, and not to mention we’re getting quite a circle of various apps for both Android and iOS, along with some alternative web-based frontends as well!
There’s a chance I’ll move to kbin, although I have a community here. But in general, Lemmy makes a good Reddit replacement.
Yes, currently Lemmy is the one. Trust Cafe WTS Social is small but has some interesting aspects.
It will be interesting to see how Lemmy scales and adapts to corporations joining, and also how GDPR compliance unfolds.
I use reddit.club
Like it so far, not looking for anything else.
I won’t let something as important as my favorite communities to fall in corporate greed.
I think it’s an excellent reddit replacement and it gets better every time i check. More and more people posting. I am also using Mastodon. I am all for the fediverse tbh. I don’t want my data to be collected by one large corporation anymore.
yes :3
I really like it. The community is also really cool. More like a small town feel than a huge city like reddit. I hope I don’t have to move anytime soon.
Welcome to what Reddit used to be
Between this and Mastodon - which feels like the best parts of early Twitter (way before Musk ever was in the picture) - I feel like I’ve turned back the clock about 15-20 years in the best way possible.
Now if only this made me 15-20 years younger…
My knees have the same request
