Lemme - Apps on Google Play
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Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, Raddle, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse. For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere. The overall goal is to create an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to Reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling. Each Lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.
  • TheConquestOfBed@lemmy.ml
    3·
    4 years ago

    If people want to access lemmy conveniently, their first stop is going to be the play store. Only super nerdy people are going to get lemmur off fdroid and almost nobody is going to try and put something from git on their phone. I’m confused as to how this situation arose where a closed source app by an unrecognized dev became the primary means to use lemmy on android devices.

    I mean, you can use a browser but that limits your audience to people who aren’t annoyed by that limitation.

      • thoro@lemmy.ml
        21·
        4 years ago

        Dunno what you can do about it, but when you search “lemmy” on the Play store, the Lemme app is what comes up and I never saw lemmur as one of the results (maybe because it’s early access and still in development?). I eventually pulled lemmur from the git because I thought it was weird the Lemme app’s source wasn’t open, but I imagine nondevs might not figure that out.

    • AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml
      7·
      4 years ago

      I mean, you can use a browser but that limits your audience to people who aren’t annoyed by that limitation.

      I’d argue that the people who would choose an open source, decentralized platform over the mainstream social media are more likely to be people that are willing to put up with these limitations.