Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to become a member of the community, theres a reasonable amount of subs (or whatever the other word for em is) that fit my interests, enough linux content and shitposting for my liking, and the overall random posts made by people equally fed up with Leddit. (also i admit i used reddit a little cus there was this post on the fedora sub showing how to fix a sound issue i been having after a recent update)

  • Elbullazul@lem.elbullazul.comEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    It’s been okay, the main instance has been somewhat slow and some posts take time to show up in the feeds.

    However, once I started using my self-hosted instance, it’s been great! Snappy, content shows up pretty fast and federation has worked well for the time being.

    I wish Jerboa was a little more polished for when I’m on my cellphone, but otherwise, the app is pretty good

    • amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Jerboa definitely needs polish, RedReader (My favorite Android Reddit client) was considering supporting Lemmy after the API changes, so it might just be a matter of time until some Reddit clients also work for Lemmy.

      EDIT: RedReader has released a statement about their future trajectory after being granted non-commercial accessibility exemption (the app will still work with reddit):

      My long-term vision for RedReader is to restructure the app to more easily support other sites, including Lemmy, and perhaps others such as Tild.es and Hacker News. Before the API changes were announced, I was already considering adding RSS reader functionality to the app, and I think it would be cool to work with some kind of “open forum protocol” which would allow a variety of websites and apps to interoperate with each other through a uniform API.

      I see this as a huge win, as RedReader with Lemmy support would be just about as perfect of a mobile Lemmy experience as i can image.

      • Elbullazul@lem.elbullazul.comEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        I considered it, but ended up not using a provider.

        I’ve seen ovh, hetzner and contabo recommended elsewhere, but I’ve never used their services, so can’t say if they’re good or not