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For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 years ago by hllywluis@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!

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[–] hddsx@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's actually pretty good, especially once you figured out how to subscribe to communities on other instances. I'm a bit miffed, to be honest. I was thinking about making something like this and I found that it already existed.

A few things I would change on the web interface:

Long text post should have a "show more" instead of having to click into it
Clicking on the title should bring you to the article if it's a link. Clicking on the comments should bring you to the discussion.
Please. I have no iOS development skill but need an iOS app that's not in beta.

[–] c4444v@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Still a little confused about how instances work and subscribing. But other than that I like it, not toxic like reddit. Feel like I just need to familiarize myself more

[–] TaleOfSam@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

It feels a little fresher/brighter than reddit. Not as callous. Hoping the positivity keeps, and creates a separate beast altogether!

[–] Ultivek@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago (16 children)

I don't really know whats going on the whole instance thing confuses me. Whats it's pros? Why use it

[–] Hikiru@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

if you don't like a certain instance, like if you don't agree with the rules or how the admins handle things, you can go to another. people can create instances for like minded individuals, so instead of being pushed away from the platform entirely they can just find another instance.

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[–] smstnitc@lemmy2.addictmud.org 2 points 2 years ago

It definitely needs the rough edges smoothed out if we want to see wider adoption.

[–] lynny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Better UI, I just wish the iOS app was more mature than it currently is. Still very usable in the browser.

[–] RockBottomBasement@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I've been lurking pretty much on reddit with my 12 year old account, but the new experience here is pretty much ok. The usual teething problems on how to find what is manageable.

[–] jack@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

It's really interesting and I think has a huge potential to work out really well.

All these little instances being able to interact with each other seamlessly is really cool. It's seeming quite easy to curate communities I'm interested in and I think once it's a little more fleshed out, there'll be go-to communities for certain things which everyone from all instances uses. It's really cool.

[–] thedeserter@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Just joined lemmy. There’s a lot for me to learn. But I’m willing to spend the time and learn how to navigate after Reddit completely messed up the user experience. I hope the subs I followed there turn up here eventually. But as they say patience is a virtue

[–] Ravinac@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I don't hate it. It's going to take some time to adjust to but overall, it's easy to use. Main complaint is that I can't use it at work.

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