• andrew@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    This seems like as good a thread as any to make my first post in as a Lemmy user. I’ve been on Reddit since '09, and was on slashdot back in the 90’s. I really am hoping that these new, federated services take off. Onboarding still seems like the biggest hurdle.

    • Weerdo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Its an issue, but Its at least barebones and information dense. Feels like going back 20 years on internet design, with some new things. Its old school and a bit of whiplash even for me. Some younger users are going to have a task getting around at first.

      Not that I would say change it, just an observation and barrier to entry.

      • Rhabuko@feddit.deEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I’m not a tech savvy person and I had no problem to adapt to this platform. It’s very similar to Reddit and after 15 minutes playing around I also understood how everything works out. Even the federation concept is pretty easy.

  • Platypus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Longtime Apollo user, just moved to Lemmy. Hoping the blackout brings many more with me, and hoping Lemmy can handle the surge

    • Dessalines@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Glad to have you! Tell the apollo dev we’d be happy to have them make an app for Lemmy!

      I created our android app, jerboa, and there’s also an open source one in development for iOS called mlem

  • drcabbage@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    We still need a good mobile app for Lemmy. I tried using the Jebora one, and its scrolling speed is abysmal.

    Silver lining, I am looking forward to all the new things getting developed for lemmy and the like when they can’t make things for Reddit anymore. Their loss is our gain.

  • Yadaran@feddit.deEnglish
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    1 year ago

    One of the first posts I just saw was that there is already an NSFW only instance crested. The Internet was truly made for Porn.