Woodchaz
What can y'all tell me about #Lemmy? Anyone recommended it? I'm about to bail out of #Reddit. I've used #RedditIsFun for a long time and I don't care to use Reddit's app. u/spez is turning out to be another Elon Musk, killing API access and being an overall asshat.
So far my only experience with the #Fediverse has been #Mastodon
Jun 12, 2023 at 9:35pmWeb
Show threadtoxtethogradyJun 12, 2023
@Woodchaz I hear #kbin , but I've yet to get there...
Show threadexecveatJun 12, 2023
@Woodchaz mobile apps suck and federation between lemmy/kbin instances is spotty. But overall it looks promising.
Show threadCyber YukiJun 12, 2023

@Woodchaz Lemmy looks like a barebones reddit and in my experience you get the basics: posts and threaded comments. Customization was unavailable the last time I saw, so no custom CSS or images.

The problem right now is that all the servers are at peak capacity.

It's basically a Titanic situation: The ship is sinking but there aren't enough boats.

Expect lag, errors connecting and slow-as-molasses page loads until the number of servers increases tenfold.

Yeah, it's chaos.

Show threadShoku the MN Wolf 🏳️‍🌈Jun 12, 2023
@yuki2501 @Woodchaz let's all just go back to phpBB.
Show threadWoodchazJun 12, 2023
@yuki2501
It was cooler back then wasn't it?
Show threadWoodchazJun 12, 2023
@yuki2501
Looks like a repeat of the Twitter refugee wave under Elon.
Show threadCyber YukiJun 12, 2023
@Woodchaz (note: Generally it's best to avoid the term "refugee" here, actual refugees might get offended at the trivialization of the term)
Show threadCodingAndCoffeeJun 12, 2023
@Woodchaz For desktop, Kbin has the best UX, but for mobile Jerboa. you may want to make an account on lemmy.world or another instance closer to home if you want. Follow all the interesting communities you find at browse.feddit.de
Show threadWoodchazJun 12, 2023
@CodingAndCoffee
How do you feel about the vibe there? Reddit is still full of edgy guys. I'm used to that. But I don't have any appetite for the way it was before certain right wing subs got banned.
Show threadCodingAndCoffeeJun 12, 2023
@Woodchaz The conservatives are largely choosing to *stay* on Reddit. People leaving to Lemmy and Tildes and such definitely seem to lean more progressive.
Show threadWoodchazJun 12, 2023
@CodingAndCoffee
I don't know if conservative fits these days. Conservative I could handle. I was one once. Where did the middle run off to?
Show threadCodingAndCoffeeJun 12, 2023
@Woodchaz That's a great question. I think this whole event is pretty polarizing overall. Centrists who are A. mad about Reddit's actions but B. don't care about federation as the solution are going to Discord, Tildes, or Squabbles.
Show threadWoodchazJun 12, 2023
@CodingAndCoffee
I probably should look into those. Not that I'm a centrist. I'm left of liberal, but it can feel like preaching to the choir sometimes. One thing I need to do is quit putting off learning Discord.
Show threadCodingAndCoffeeJun 12, 2023

@Woodchaz I use Discord for certain chat servers, but the biggest problem IMO is that it's not discoverable and a poor replacement for link aggregators. https://lemmy.world and https://kbin.social are much closer to what Reddit was in the early days.

If you're left of liberal you'll fit right in.

Lemmy.World - A generic Lemmy server for everyone to use.

Lemmy