The only complaint I've had so far is the difficulty of spinning up your own instance. There isn't any up to date documentation for the process as the official documentation seems to be outdated unfortunately. Ansible doesn't seem to work as it give an error. Docker works mostly bit will not federate with other instances.
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I've got it setup with docker now but yeah it's a pain. I realize it's a bunch of apps working together but a single docker container which exposes the 3 ports should be the easy way. I've messed around with compose files so I figured it out but it's a bit daunting having to sync the hjson file with the compose stuff and then having to use another reverse proxy to expose that stuff.
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I hope in the near future some of the nuances will be more clearly explained to new users such as how to search for external communities.
I wish the UI was more dense like old.reddit.
these are minor complaints though and I know the contributors weren't building lemmy in anticipation of the API exodus.
Pretty well, actually. There are some features that are definitely badly needed, and others which would be nice to have but aren't vital. Plus of course It would be nice to reach a larger userbase; there are some things you just can't do when there's only a small number of users.
But all things in good time!
I like it! Sure, some rough edges, and a bit of technical difficulties due to the influx of Reddit refugees like me, but this seems like a much friendlier, more real community.
I like it in general and think it has a chance to stay, however I feel it needs a bunch more work than Mastodon, which works close to a full release, except the oddity the Elk Alpha client doesn't have a report button, but is better than the default.
Looks neat, but I need a ELI5 on the instances/Fediverse/how it works in general (Looking at YT videos right now).
Also I miss the "hide all child comments" I had on reddit (or was is RES?).
Oh, and I'm open to android app suggestions :) I'm using "Now for Reddit" for reddit.
Also, I found this to be a pretty good ELI5 https://tech.michaelaltfield.net/2023/06/11/lemmy-migration-find-subreddits-communities/
I'm using Jerboa on Android and I can click a comment to hide all children under it. On lemmy.ml on the website I can also hide children by clicking the little minus next to the username.
I just saw your comment appear without me having to refresh the page! Nice :D
I'll check the app, thanks.
I'm guessing you hide children comments PER answer, I'm looking to hide them all automatically, but keep the possibility to expand them if needed
Enjoying it so far, thankfully I had already been using Mastodon for about 6 months so I've had time to get used to the quirks and discoverability issues that come with the Fediverse. I hope the learning curve doesn't turn off less tech savvy users.
I love it. Lemmy seems to be a solid implementation so far, it was easy to set up and seems stable and efficient. More than that, I LOVE the distributed nature of everything. I believe that this federated protocol will be infinitely more resilient to the whims of individuals acting only in their own interests.
There are some desperately needed features to make the dream come true though. The ability to effortlessly migrate users, communities, and content between instances on the fediverse I think will be essential to securing the future of this platform. I hope someone is working on it and that a standard method is adopted by the large projects in the space.
There's also the challenge of discoverability, but that is also somewhat of the thrill to me. I remember when you had to work to find communities online and this very much brings back those memories. I get so excited when a user from a small, distant instance interacts with my own instance as I get another thread to follow into new and potentially awesome corners of the fediverse. I think as that particular nuance of this platform becomes better understood by users at large we will see all sorts of new interactions (both positive and negative I'm sure!).
I'm excited to be here for it.
So far I've mostly used jerboa. It's a usable app, and a good starting point. That said, from a UI/UX perspective, it does seem to be missing a lot of quality of life features that were in Reddit apps.
Overall Lemmy seems like a decent Reddit replacement and I'm sure it will only improve with time.