I’m asking new joiners because I know it can be confusing at first to see issues with content discoverability, instances unavailability, people migrating accounts, etc.
Started using Lemmy a lot more with sync than without. No longer using Lemmy web (I’ve never used Reddit web anyway). Still running into occasional bugs, such as thread comments rendering out of order. But definitely expected as this is still in beta.
Did have to change servers as lemmy.world was getting bogged down.
Still running into occasional bugs, such as thread comments rendering out of order. But definitely expected as this is still in beta.
For what it’s worth, this seems to be a bug with lemmy, not sync. Same bug posted on another app community and that was the consensus.
Tbh I’m not super down with lemmy yet. It feel like too much like an r/all experience with very little users. Most of my feed at reddit was very niche communities that either connected me to people like myself or gave me a window in the lives of people totally unlike myself. Here I see some news, redditbashing or meta comments about lemmy and a lot of technology/privacy content that I’m just not interested in. Even if I find niche communities, they have no posts. Maybe this will get better over time, but I’m not sure if I’ll stick around for that long.
Usually niche communities are on their own corner of the Fediverse and rarely make it to All
The startrek comes to mind as a good example, and all the ttrpg communities too.
Are there some examples of niche communities you usually follow?
Nah he’s right. I follow fighting games which are practically dead on lemmy, manga which is growing and has posts and votes now but still never has comments, etc. At least the tech stuff is an interest for me, unlike him.
That’s true, but people will get there. It will be a long process for people to arrive in enough numbers so that we have the same level of content as Reddit, but it’s going to happen eventually, seen how fast Reddit is ruining itself.
For anime, I guess you follow !anime@lemmy.ml ? It is much more active than the lemmy.world one.
Fighting games will still be on Reddit indeed.
!moviesandtv@lemmy.film is a good example of thematic community which is quite active
I don’t follow anime, I specifically prefer reading. I’m not the guy who initially commented btw, and I’ve been using lemmy before sync. As a 14 year redditor I’m well aware of what growth will look like for lemmy.
I see, well I hope you’ll have a good time enough despite the growing small content
I’m just gonna list almost all of the subreddits I had faved in the hope someone knows at least something. Though i am not that hopeful. :/
r/accounting
r/adultery
r/adulteryhate
r/agender
r/arranged marriage
r/brutalism
r/butchlesbians
r/cripplingalcoholics
r/antipsychiatry
r/bigdickproblems
r/bizarrebuildings
r/bombing
r/datamoshing
r/deadbedrooms
r/drunkorexia
r/existentialism
r/exmormom
r/fastworkers
r/folkpunk
r/futurecars
r/gayjews
r/keming
r/kenosia
r/kibbe
r/kitchenconfidential
r/lego
r/lifeofnorman
r/limerence
r/linguisticshumor
r/lossprevention
r/lsd
r/magiceye
r/medizzy
r/megalophobia
r/mirrorsforsale
r/mitchellandwebb
r/moomies
r/morbidlybeatiful
r/museumpros
r/muslimfamilysolutions
r/muslimmarriages
r/N24
r/nailbiting
r/namenerds
r/neckbeardsnests
r/nietzsche
r/offthegrid
r/ontheblock
r/openchristian
r/openmarriageregret
r/opiates
r/pangolinappreciation
r/papertowns
r/petioles
r/pharmacy
r/plasticsurgery
r/poledancing
r/powerwashingporn
r/quakers
r/radicalmentalhealth
r/recruitinghell
r/redditlaqueristas
r/redpillwomen
r/regretfulparents
r/researchchemicals
r/roughromanmemes
r/rustylake
r/Sapphoandherfriend
r/solarpunk
r/standupshots
r/stoicism
r/survininginfidelity
r/taskmaster
r/theotherwoman
r/tombstoning
r/transhuman
r/unsentletters
r/urbanhell
r/visiblemending
r/wicca
r/zamonia
Check subrehab and make sure to search Lemmy verse for communities since your instance search only shows ones someone there is already subscribed to.
Thanks, I’ll try that!
I see, quite niche indeed.
There are still a few, though.
For Solarpunk, you have the whole slrpnk.net instances with several communities such as !solarpunk@slrpnk.net
!lego@lemmy.ml exists but is quite quiet.
The rest is indeed probably too niche. These communities won’t happen here until we have a more stable platform (which Sync contributes to), with moderation tools, RES-like navigation etc.
Then, we’ll probably be able to suggest to some communities to massively move here. That could work, and even if it’s only a few, that would already be a victory to keep away from what Reddit has become.
In the meantime, I just think that a lot of Lemmy users keep an eye on Reddit for such communities.
Yeah, I know some of them are really niche, and centered around common experiences, not a piece of IP, which are usually communities that really profit from being in one place. I’ll surely check out solarpunk tho. Thanks!
Enjoy!
It is making me miss the communities I used to follow on Reddit that don’t (yet?) Exist here. But it is a comfortable way to get my distraction scrolling in.
Maybe time to start your own community on lemmy?
I have joined a few similar ones and try to be active but there’s very little to work with. But fair suggestion. I’m just a consumer more than a creator 🤷♀️ my activity on Lemmy FAR surpasses my activity on Reddit, however. Trying to do my bit.
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It’s been pretty good. I have noticed the default sort order (‘Active’) results in the feed getting stale pretty quickly. Changing the default to ‘New’ has been a better experience so far, at least at the current level of activity.
I have had a few issues subscribing to communities on remote instances (i.e. not showing up in search, or showing up but with an empty feed when content definitely exists when I check the web UI) - this does not appear to be an SFW/NSFW issue, and some communities from the same remote instances appear correctly.
Hard to tell if this is an instance/protocol issue, or an app issue.
Not sure if Sync allows it, but default sorting to top/6 hours has given me the most enjoyable experience of cycling content so far
It’s not an app issue, you’ll notice the same behavior in any Lemmy client. Once you’re subscribed successfully, new content should be coming in normally unless, again, there is an instance/federation issue.
I have had a few issues subscribing to communities on remote instances (i.e. not showing up in search, or showing up but with an empty feed when content definitely exists when I check the web UI) - this does not appear to be an SFW/NSFW issue, and some communities from the same remote instances appear correctly.
That happens if no-one on your instance has subscribed to that community - search for the address with ! at the start and refresh the page if 8tbis blank or shows and error, this should force it through for you.
This is one of the more confusing and frustrating aspects to Lemmy and they are working to improve it
There is this tool that can be used to address that issue, you have to ask your admin to run it:
I wonder if there could be a way to combine Active and Top x Hr
IMO Top remains the best way to browse, but you get the same results pretty quickly. Blending in Active in the mix would have diversity
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I’m just waiting for post functionality, but this is the Sync that I know and love.
I used sync before I ever had a Reddit account, I was a digg person and after the mass migration I just kind of ‘meh’ and didn’t have a doom scroller
But then, magic, more and more friends discussed Reddit (never giving away their usernames of course) and I asked and someone just said “oh don’t bother with the web, just download sync” and I fell in love, the UI just… It is the definition of a good UI, I just “knew” how to use it
Then when I found out if I made a Reddit account I could sub and find more content I liked, was the first time I ever loaded the Reddit page, only yo make an account and then login to sync.
When the most recent bad Reddit occurred and our dear dev was pondering moving I just waited and now, I have a lemmy account
Might not be for everyone, but it’s the only app for Reddit (I did actually try others during a brief time when I didn’t have the ability to filter videos out) but nothing ever clicked
Side notes, I am more of a lurker which may or may not be relevant
It’s ok, except for when it’s down. I assume it’s something to do with .world
Lemmy.world suffers from DDOS attacks for the last couple of days, hence the reason for downtimes.
Last month*
And last month as well. Just yesterday or before .world was down for sometimes.
Yeah Sync hasn’t gone done yet, it’s been the instance which lately is lemmy.world being the target of DDoS attacks. When that happens I switch to an alternate account and things are running fine again, so it’s not Sync related.
Try out a smaller instance, they’ll still get .world content but will be less… Cumbersome
Good to hear! Regarding the availability, you might want to change to another instance temporarily. You can use https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim to move your subscriptions and blocked instances.
In terms of suggestions, the choice depends on where you are located (for latency issues). Most of the regional instances (lemmy.ca, feddit.de, feddit.uk, midwest.social etc.) are usually good choices.
For generalist instances, Lemm.ee, reddthat.com and sh.itjusts.works are usually solid choices
Lemmy.sdf.org is another general instance I’d recommend. It’s run by the Public Access Unix non-profit org.
Yes, very nice indeed
Sign up for another instance that federates with .world.
I had the same issue you did so I signed up on another instance I liked and now I can browse even when .world is down.
Sync for Lemmy is awesome, it is not bugless but it is the one I like more.
My current ROM doesn’t manage the RAM well, so my apps reload faster than I would like if I exit them.
This is not an issue with Sync, I don’t know what dark magic it does to avoid it tbh.
One thing that I’ve really enjoyed about Sync is how good it is at restoring its own state. I don’t think I can ever remember a time where I went back to open Sync, and it wasn’t where I expected it to be.
I swear it also just seems to know when its a good time to actually reset its state, and take me back to the home screen. Logically I know that Sync doesn’t have machine learning capabilities built-in to “guestimate” this and is probably just a state-cache invalidation timer (or something along those lines)… but it certainly does feel like some dark magic!
Yeah that’s what I mean, legit when I’m using Connect for Lemmy I just swipe to another app to respond a message and go back to Connect and all is gone lol, and this shit is worse because I have connect to hide read posts so yeah, it is a funny quest to find the post I was before.
This isn’t specifically of connect though, I’d say it happens to all the Lemmy apps but Sync and maybe Voyager.
I’ve been loving it, feels good to be using it again. Lemmy isn’t as active as I would love it to be (especially in the topics I’m interested in), but being able to scroll around using Sync has really motivated me to be active here. I hope that happens with more people.
I really wish I could submit posts using the app, and there are a couple of the features that feel like should be basic functions that require a subscription to use. Happy to support the developer, but I don’t like subscription models and not sure if there’s enough value here for me (yet) to justify a one-time $99 payment.
I’d also love it if the “no more posts loaded. Retry?” toast message would time out and fade away. It ends up blocking some of the info for the last post it loaded at the bottom of the screen, and it just doesn’t leave!
Glad to hear you like it! Just a small correction, the one-time payment is 20$ and not 99
Not for pro (which is what I was talking about). A lifetime subscription (a one-time payment) is $99 to get all of those locked features.
I happily paid $20 already for no-ads (even though I use an ad-blocker and never saw ads in the first place)
Oh I see, sorry for that!
Sync still doesn’t work for me. It crashes as soon as it opens. I’m enjoying Liftoff right now. I think I’ll stick with it even if Sync starts working.
Like at all? Not seeing this in the crash logs. Any chance of reinstalling?
I reinstalled and it’s working now. I’m replying using Sync. Thanks.
it did too for me, but it fixed with an update.
try wiping data and cache.
I find myself just keeping with the website, even on mobile. I like the ability to see comments of my subscriptions
You can’t see the comments in Sync?
There is a “comments” feed on the website that shows only comments rather than posts. It’s useful for my alt that is only subscribed to a few niche communities, you see what’s happening at a glance rather than opening each post
This is one of those features that gets overlooked but is a great feature. You should definitely file a feature request on GitHub for it.
I’m not that much of a Sync user myself (personal preferences, I guess), but I imagine at some point someone else will request it too
The next few weeks should be exciting for Sync. After it reaches reaches parity with S4R, it should start getting the Lemmy exclusive features and that should make it worth another butchers.
Interesting indeed!
Did you restore an old S4R backup by chance?
I was using sync for reddit before. It’s very similar but way less fresh content. It will get better though. I’m still using default subs.
You mean users who joined Lemmy for the first time with Sync?
Yes, I’ll rephrase the title a bit to make it more clear
Oops. Didn’t read the way it was phrased. Long time Sync user.
I have used it for a short while, but one thing I can not appreciate is having all the display settings (cudo’s for that) but all Inwant is everything look the same over all accounts.
And a “sync subscriptions and block lists” option would rock!
Having an option to apply changes to all accounts would be nice.
As a workaround, I make a backup of the account I change and restore it to all the others.
Oh wow that’s smart.
Honestly pretty great, still in the process of blocking some of the instances I’m not interested in but I like it a lot for what I do (browse the main page by top/active to get a bit off everything)
