Well, this could be Lemmy's chance. But it will need to be easier for ex-Reddit users to sign up. I know that Lemmy instances have been brigaded, so I guess better moderation tools will need to be created before open registrations happen.
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2023
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Self-hosting Lemmy was pretty easy, and federation works well. Many little things can be improved but at least user-facing the big systems work. Moderation might be more difficult, as always with social media...
Hello from Reddit, the signup was easy enough for me at least
I agree, it wasn't bad. Most tech folks won't struggle. There are some rough edges that could be improved though.
Same, no issues so far
Well this is what made me stop lurking and finally sign up for a Lemmy account.
same here, although i only heard about Lemmy through discussion on Reddit yesterday
Same here. So far I'm pleased with the Jerboa app on Android. As a user of the Infinity app on Reddit I'm surprised how good things are working here.
As a platform I do need to see more content being posted, like a constant stream so I always have something new to scroll through... 😜
I've used Baconreader for a number of years. I guess that will be toast then?
Seems like unless they pay for the API, then perhaps.
If they do it, there would be reddit vanced
there already are Revanced patches for the official reddit app, although even without the ads it doesn't hold a candle to the third party clients.
What do third party clients (like Infinity) do better than the official Reddit app other than performance? Just curious
no ads and more customizability. last time I checked (and I've been checking multiple times over the years), the official client didn't even let me change the post and comment font size, which is by default too small for me. at the same time, I don't need huge-ass cards for every post and switch view to just post title with small thumbnails. I can sort subreddits I follow the way I want to, with the ones I visit most frequently on top of my list. I can add labels next to usernames with notes about the users. when I'm writing a post, there are buttons that help with quick markdown formatting. the comment section has got colorful depth markers so it's easier to keep track of the chains. even the UI integrates better with the rest of my OS. in comparison to that, the official app is a crippled mess that is only good enough when all you do is scroll through auto-playing gifs and videos, and it doesn't even support some of the native reddit features (like opening categories of your saved posts - a reddit ~~gold~~ Premium feature) that the third party clients do.
Lots of good information on reddit, what a pity.
Sad about that as well. It's my main source of information.
This sounds like it could be the doom of the foss freindly Reddit
This already happened when they closed the source of the site years ago
There is still the old reddit and Foss clients
Which all use the same API