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I found it complicated at first (didn't know which instance "will last", where to register to not lose anything when instance admin decide to turn it down), but now it's going good. We are missing mobile apps though.

What's are your thoughts about Lemmy/kbin?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

it's nice :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I'd like to see new posts to my subscribed communities, without having to go to each one to check. Maybe it's there and I just haven't found it. I can't stand anything on my phone, so this is only referring to the website.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

You should be able to do that selecting "subscribed" instead of "local"

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I'm still completely lost!! haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

With regards to Lemmy I think that may things are really good, but I'm not 100% convinced yet mostly due to how desentralised it is. imho the different "subs" should be what is self hosted and not entire trees, but I'ts probably just to get used to =)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I like the idea of instances, but would like to see the development of more "themed" servers. So maybe one instance is a cluster of related topics (science, arts, LGBT, whatever), or one that caters to a specific country/local area, or particular users (IT professionals, students, mechanics, librarians, etc).

Currently everything seems a bit slapdash, with larger instances each having a bit of everything. It will be interesting to watch the cultures here develop.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

These align with my thoughts almost exactly. My logical brain wants there to be an instance that is field-based with communities hosted on it that are relevant. Think kind of like programming.dev then having like PowerShell, C, Rust, Java, etc. communities on it. But I also understand that that's not really how this works, and that's completely okay. Overall I've had a pretty good experience thus far.

The engagement, because of the significantly smaller userbase than Reddit, has made my first little stint much more enjoyable!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Lemmy for us was very broken, having many bugs. Kbin works a lot better, even though we had some issues with federation. Overall, the platform itself is quite nice and smaller communities are still fun!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good start, but it needs mobile apps that are polished, and more users. The more people who switch the better.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A hard concept to grasp but seems decent enough. Jerboa for lemmy works well enough for me as an app

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The devs got really busy, almost everyday there is a new release.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure if you can see my comment because i might be banned but I’m a fan of the set up of lemmy overall, better than scored and feels more like home than gab or twitter, the real question is, what instance fits you best and i would say that your politics and overall sentiment about various subjects plays into your decision on what instance to choose

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I can see your comment fwiw

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