& I’m doing pretty good! The wefwef app has done a great job of recreating the Apollo experience and has made it a lot easier to not want to go and download the Reddit app. The more active it gets here, the easier it’ll be. How are you guys doing so far? Have you found an App for Lemmy that you prefer the most yet?

  • Morose mammal@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    246·
    2 years ago

    Still trying to find my footings. The thing I miss most is active engagement. The comment sections sometimes feel so empty. But I will give it time. All in all, I find the experience better than I anticipated. Using wefwef on my phone and the instance-site on my desktop and laptop. I am sure a decent app will be developed in time.

    • pezmaker @sh.itjust.works
      123·
      2 years ago

      I felt that at first but I’ve found the engagement to be more meaningful here when it does happen, even though it’s sometimes sparse or not at all. I came in the previous influx after spez started forcing subs open. I don’t really miss it that much now.

    • sudo@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      41·
      2 years ago

      I’ve found myself actually reading articles since I can’t go in and just read someone else’s synopsis of the content, which frankly is a good thing. I can get my own information and form my own opinions, Reddit just let me be lazy but it’s a nice change.

      As for engagement, just be the change your wish to see, and engagement will follow. I think there is still some fine tuning to be done in terms of the sorting algorithms as well, which would ideally get day old content out and active but fresh content in. A lot of dust left to settle with the great migration underway.

      • Morose mammal@lemmy.fmhy.ml
        11·
        2 years ago

        As for engagement, just be the change your wish to see

        I try. I want to make this work so I try to comment more and perhaps even create some posts (things I didn’t do on Reddit). But I have no illusion that anything I post will be “quality”.

        • Mysterious_Macaxeira@lemmy.worldM
          9·
          2 years ago

          But I have no illusion that anything I post will be “quality”.

          Saying this already shows us as a community that your comments are more valuable than any found on Reddit! Any contribution with an inch of sincerity/effort goes a mile. But don’t feel too much pressure to contribute. I’m a lurker myself and new to all this constant activity/mod stuff. Contribute as you wish and we’ll be happy to respond back!

    • SpezCanLigmaBalls@lemmy.world
      32·
      2 years ago

      Remember to be commenting on stuff that don’t have comments to drive engagement! It’s important for all of us to do our part

    • awderon@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 years ago

      I sort by new mostly and if I find something interesting I write a comment trying to startup some conversations. The more people do this, the faster the community will grow.

    • simo@lemmy.world
      14·
      2 years ago

      I was a somewhat massive lurker on reddit, I didn’t bother engaging much because I knew 60% of the time the reply would be snippy, even if my post wouldn’t be remotely combative. So over the years I just stopped bothering mostly.

      My inbox has kicked off more here in the last week than probably the last 365 days on reddit. It’s really wholesome, for lack of a better term.

      All it takes if you commenting, to fire off more comments just like now. It’s good shit!

      • Klicnik@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        2 years ago

        I like that Lemmy users tend to be nicer even when disagreeing. “That’s an interesting take, friend. I believe the opposite, because…” type replies are nice to see.

        • simo@lemmy.world
          10·
          2 years ago

          Exactly, it’s all it takes right? I do genuinely wonder how many people on reddit were just bots, the amount of vitriol was super unbalanced compared to real people like on old forums. Does make ya think…

          • wanderingmagus@lemmy.world
            3·
            2 years ago

            I mean, anger and hatred does drive engagement, and engagement is what brings in the views and ad revenue, so I wouldn’t be surprised.

    • wheresyourshoe@lemmy.world
      12·
      2 years ago

      There is definitely a lower quantity of posts and many of those posts don’t get tons of comments, but the posts and the comments they do get are of a much higher quality.

    • Laxaria@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 years ago

      The bigger communities are reaching a kind of critical mass but getting there for the niche ones, particularly for those with no overarching direction to move to Lemmy, will be slow.

      I feel like over time Lemmy as a platform will manage to make it easier to link decentralized communities together (fingers crossed). Until then it’s slow and steady.

    • crunchypotat77@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 years ago

      Even i was a lurker on reddit. But here, I’m contributing more actively.

      “Be the change you want see in the world” applies quite well here.

      Also for app, I’ve been using memmy and it’s pretty good.

    • barnabas77@lemmy.world
      8·
      2 years ago

      It reminds me of Reddit a decade ago when most posts in the specialized subs didn’t have much interaction either. But the interaction was deeper and more meaningful and did not consist of everybody trying to crank out witty one-liners to whatever topic.

      The other thing I try to consider: What was okay maybe a couple of years ago now feels weirdly “empty” because our brains have been Pavloved into having a deluge of dopamine-inducing content washing over us all the time…

    • teft@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 years ago

      Try to remember that a lot of engagement on reddit nowadays is bots. Even if they seem like humans. How Lemmy is now is how reddit felt back in 2008.

    • frosty99c@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 years ago

      Comments are emptier, but I feel like they’re more relevant. To comment is an actual response and discussion, not just the same joke with the expected replies on every thread.

    • asterzura@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I also miss more interactions in communities and comments sections, but this is just the beginning of Lemmy. It will take a while for this to become pretty active, but I’m sure it will create an awesome and loyal community.

    • june@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I hadn’t heard about wefwef until your comment.

      Really excellent web app thanks for mentioning it!

      • Pregnenolone@lemmy.world
        15·
        2 years ago

        Yeah so far it’s Memmy for me as well. I don’t mind wefwef or Mlem but Memmy is just doing a little more for me. There are some features in the others that I wished they would implement

    • dingus@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 years ago

      Check out wefwef.app also! It’s a web-based app and normally I’m not a fan of them, but it works really well! It’s missing some features, but the devs seem to be constantly updating it and adding new ones. Highly recommended!

    • pacoboyd@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      Tried several, liftoff is the one for me until Sync comes along. Personally the deciding factor was that gestures worked to close posts so I could scroll one handed.

    • Bappity@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      only just been able to sign into liftoff properly after Lemmy world upgraded to 18.1 and gotta say it’s brilliant!!

    • KSposh@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’ve already tried a couple of them and so far liftoff as been the most comfortable one

    • Vash63@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      Will try this also… Using Thunder right now and it gets really slow as you scroll down.

    • hittheskids@lemmy.world
      1·
      2 years ago

      I’m on Liftoff and it seems okay. But is there not a way to list communities, or am I just overlooking it? I can see the feed with all communities, which I guess is r/all-like and isn’t so bad because I did browse r/all and r/popular more than individual subreddits anyway. But still, I’d like to be able to see what communities effect exist.

  • heliumlake@lemmy.world
    45·
    2 years ago

    I’m very happy this space is flourishing. Lots of organic conversation and increased engagement. My only hope is that this revolt against corporate social media will be sustained. I would love to see this turn in to an existential threat to the companies selling our data and privacy to the highest-bidding advertiser.

  • Hyrulian@lemmy.world
    40·
    2 years ago

    Hello fell Reddit Refugees! Yeah I’ve been a near daily reddit user on Sync for Reddit (Sync Pro) since 2014 or so. Now leading up to the API shutdown I was using reddit about once a week and you already know I had to use Sync one last time on the final day, but

    I’ve mostly been using Lemmy for about two weeks now. I’ve tried a lot of apps (Jeroba, Thunder, Liftoff), but ultimately I also ended up on wefwef. It’s seems to be the one of snappier ones so far. It’s super strange because since it is themed after Apollo, it looks like I have an iPhone app on my Android! I know that when Sync for Lemmy comes out (about six weeks I think) I’ll jump ship immediately, but for now I’m really liking wefwef.

    I’ve made it my mission to lurk less on Lemmy then I did on Reddit so I can try and help the platform succeed with some small amounts of content that I can contribute. Recently I’ve been very interested in AI image generation, so I made a community centered around that. I also made a community centered around video game giveaways to hopefully share more wholesome content on the platform. Overall, I’m hoping that since Lemmy is so new that all of us can take some control in steering it in an overall better direction than Reddit. I’m personally on team No Karma, since I think it makes Lemmy a lot less toxic and a lot less about having something to brag about and more about being something to be proud of.

    Good luck to everyone who’s a recovering Reddit addict with their quests to become Fediverse addicts!

    Edit: Wefwef accidentally posted my comment 3 times saying it failed to post. So I guess there’s still some kinks to work out!

  • Doherz@lemmy.world
    35·
    2 years ago

    I knew I had an issue with the amount of time I spent on Reddit.

    But good lord the repeated opening of Reddit Sync to no avail over the past days really driven home just how much I just defaulted to Reddit in any dead time.

  • G0nzo@lemmy.world
    33·
    1 year ago

    It is quite sad and yet at the same time also an exciting time. I was on Reddit for 9 years and it has kind of become the internet for me.

    I myself was 99% only a passive user, so I have contributed nothing to the value of the site. But the site itself had a lot to offer for me.

    But I also realized that Reddit, the platform itself, hardly provides anything relevant.

    I probably would never have used Reddit much without a 3rd party app, I also use it exclusively on mobile.

    For me, the value of the site comes exclusively from the content, i.e. the community. And fortunately, that’s something Reddit has no direct control over.

    I realize, of course, that not everyone will be here now in 6 months instead of on Reddit, but it doesnt matter.

    I think the majority of users are like me rather passive, but more important are the active users of the community.

    It is much more important to have these pillars of the community on board, as they will sooner or later ensure that something new is created that will then attract the larger number of passive users.

    And I think it’s this usergroup that has angered Reddit for the most part. These are power users who probably all use 3rd party apps.

    Nevertheless, many will of course stay, if you have put a lot of work and heart and soul into building up your community/subreddit for years, letting go is of course much harder than for someone like me.

  • Mojeezy@lemmy.world
    29·
    2 years ago

    I am also using wefef and was an Apollo user. I have an overall positive experience with Lemmy+wefwef.

    It feels buggy when scrolling and switching between panes (post,search, etc) but I can live with that since I know it’s a work in progress.

    Like one of the top posts today (the meme with Patrick and his rock). “It’s ok Lemmy. You can go when you want.”

  • kromem@lemmy.world
    28·
    2 years ago

    It’ll be nice if more and more migrate over.

    There’s something amusing about opening up what’s almost a Reddit clone a day after and seeing content and subs that would have been exactly like it was on Reddit here instead.

    As long as momentum continues, we may see more and more leaving Reddit for what’s nearly the same thing with a lot less BS.

    I just hope Lemmy servers and infrastructure can handle the growing popularity, especially once there’s popular native clients that switch from Reddit to it.

    Would be very happy if spez ends up having killed his own platform in future retrospection though.

  • LeHappStick@lemmy.world
    27·
    2 years ago

    Is Lemmy.World a bit laggy for everyone else?

    I wonder is it on my end or is it because of the new traffic it’s getting?

  • Digester@lemmy.world
    23·
    1 year ago

    Yeah Lemmy seems the way forward. It just sucks for all the subs that won’t be making it here anytime soon. Niche subs I’m following for example, I’ll still have to rely on Reddit.

  • kescusay@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 years ago

    I desperately miss RIF, and I have a community I care about on Reddit that I mod.

    But I’m going to see if I can rebuild it here. I think Reddit has basically committed suicide.