Done with Reddit’s bullshit, and happy to check this out as it seems to be popular. Any apps that people would recommend for this platform?
Lemmy has completely solved my need for news content when bored. I no longer use Reddit.
What are your top news communities here. It sounds pathetic, but I got to nearly 99% of my news from Reddit.
It’s not here, but you can watch the pbs newshour on YouTube for free, or you can stream the audio over your phone (I use spotify, but I’m sure it’s on other platforms too).
Browse lemmy for entertainment, watch the news for information
i suggest browsing communities with https://lemmyverse.net , https://sub.rehab and https://browse.feddit.de/
whatever will work for you the bestTap communities in the header and filter by “all”
That will show you all of the most popular communities across Lemmy.world, and other sites sharing their content with Lemmy.world
There are a lot of the same type of communities as reddit, a symptom of so many of us coming over. I looked through my subscribed subs and just searched for fediverse alternatives, they were pretty much all easy to find
Same. Haven’t been over there in weeks. I have a few friends that roll their eyes whenever I link to something or say “on Lemmy” when answering a “where did you find this?”
Ribbit
I second liftoff. Just an overall great UI
I’m really digging Liftoff on Android. Simple and painless.
Welcome. Android or iOS?
Android!
Voyager is great. I tried Jerboa and it wasn’t.
https://lemmyapps.netlify.app has a great list.
I like Jerboa.
The answer is Voyager.
Memmy is great too
Nahhhh, Thunder.
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If you’re on an apple device you can have it take up the whole screen. Go to settings> install app and it will walk you through it
Same on Android. I’m running it on Firefox, but probably also works with Chrome.
I’m on android and just saved it as an app. It fills the whole screen.
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I’m also on lemm.ee and voyager/wefwef runs smoothly and is installed like an app
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It will always be WefWef in my heart
I’ve switched to Memmy for now, seems a bit more stable. Keeping an eye on Voyage.
This first app to allow full screen swipe back will win for me.
I feel like I forgot that was a thing but now I’m sad that I remember. The race is on!
Do I just not know what full screen swipe back means? On Liftoff, Connect and Jerboa I return to the feed by swiping from the left side to the middle of my screen.
Summit does it too. I actually swiped back just to see if it was true. Then grumbled the whole 5 seconds it took to get back.
I’ll never not call it WefWef tho
+1 for Voyager. It’s had like 6 releases since I installed it, sometimes multiple on the same day. It’s the most polished and complete interface I’ve found on Android and it installs absolutely everywhere on every system because PWA.
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Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected]
Good bot
I have no clue what that bot means.
It means that when you link a community with URL (like https://lemmy.ml/c/snoocalypse), it will not work for people who are not on lemmy.ml, because they won’t be logged in on lemmy.ml. If you link like [email protected], the instances will open the link correctly (so for example I am on lemmings.world, and the link for me will be transformed into https://lemmings.world/c/[email protected] which allows me to interact with the community).
Okay, but I don’t recall even inserting a link into my post. I’m a total noob here and still trying to figure out the jargon, conventions and design of this platform. I probably just need to do some research, but thanks for responding.
It wasn’t replying to you, it was replying to a comment that shared a link.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected], [email protected]
Mlem is an incredibly nice app for IOS users, it reminds me of Apollo so I feel right at home!
Mlem beta test is full right now unfortunately
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Useful update frequency is awesome!
I prefer Kbin but I’ll be switching to Boost for Lemmy when it’s available since I used Boost for Reddit before it stopped working.
Also waiting for boost. Will probably pay for it, again, too, since every issue I ever had with the reddit app I got a direct response from the dev.
What is the difference between kbin and Lemmy ? Is it just a different instance?
Kbin and Lemmy are different software that have communities (magazines on Kbin) where people post content and have threaded discussions. Very much reddit-like.
There are many instances of both Kbin and Lemmy.
Kbin and Lemmy do federate, i.e. ‘talk’ to each other via the same protocol. This means you can see and interact with content regardless which of the two software an instance has chosen. It’s not perfect, e.g. I believe some minor features are not compatible (yet) and I have experienced that federation doesn’t always work, but hopefully this all becomes smoother when both mature.
Different platform (software) but they still talk to each other, so same content. Check kbin.social
You can check this compilation of Lemmy apps.
I personally prefer Jerboa and Thunder. I think I like Jerboa more currently. Neither are perfect. Missing some features, missing more customization, and has bugs here and there. They are getting better and better though!
I am waiting to see if the Slide fork really happens as I used to love that for Reddit before it got abandoned.
Slide
the slide fork happened already, and it’s in this repository https://github.com/bqv/slide but its still far from finished
If you’re on iOS, checkout Memmy in the App Store, or Mlem in a couple days.
Or goto https://m.lemmy.world/ and use the Voyager web app clone of Apollo.
Currently using Liftoff.
Liftoff for f-droid FTW! 🥳
100% full agree.
(posted by Liftoff while laying in my bed :p)
Connect is the best app rn. Followed closely by liftoff.
I’d recommend voyager first it’s what I’ve been mostly using and since I started there’s been almost daily updates adding more and more quality of life features and stuff people are requesting. It’s been pretty incredible to see! There’s also a neat feature that can take your list of subreddits from a reddit account and help you find their equivalents throughout lemmy. Liftoff and Thunder are 2 other good ones I’ve been playing around with. And best of all, no fuckin ads haha
There’s also a neat feature that can take your list of subreddits from a reddit account and help you find their equivalents throughout lemmy.
I tried to use that feature but it looks like reddit has broken two factor auth on their website. I literally can no longer login through a web browser like the tools instructions say to do.
