In this post I will list the known issues or possible improvements for Lemmy.world.
Please comment with any issue or area for improvement you see and I will add it here.
Remember: this instance was only started June 1st so a lot of troubleshooting and tweaking to be done.
Issues can be:
- Local (lemmy.world) (also performance issues)
- Lemmy software issues
- Other software related (apps/Fediverse platforms etc)
- Remote server related
- (User error? …)
Known issues
Websockets issues
There are some issues with the Websockets implementation used in Lemmy, which handles the streaming. Websockets will be removed in version 0.18 so let’s hope these issues will be all gone then!
- Top posts page gets a stream of new posts ? Websockets issue
- You’re suddenly in another post than you were before > Websockets issue
- Your profile will briefly display another name/avatar in the top right corner
Spinning wheel issues
Error handling is not one of Lemmy’s strongpoints. Sometimes something goes wrong, but instead of getting an error, the button will have a ‘spinning wheel’ that lasts until eternity. These are some of the known cases:
- You want to create an account but the username is already taken
- You want to create an account but the username is too long (>20 characters)
- You want to create an account but the password is too long
- You want to create a community but the name is already taken
- You want to create a community but the name is not in all lowercase letters
- You want to create a post over 2000 characters
- You want to post something in a language that isn’t allowed in the community
Other issues
- Federation not always working; Apparently not everything gets synced all the time. This needs troubleshooting.
- “404: FetchError: invalid json response body at http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/site” This sometimes happens when the Lemmy app container is very busy. Needs troubleshooting
Enhancement requests
- Can themes be added? > To be checked if this can be done without changing code.
For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.
I have my viewing type set to “All” on my settings but when I go to the index page (lemmy.world), it’s set to Local.
Not sure if it’s an issue or just a symptom of lack of large communities yet but I also tend to see the same posts on the top every time (“If we want this to work out make content do not just lurk”, “All the sad” and “important rulepost”).
Edit: Also there’s an issue when posting. I click “Post” and it gets stuck in the spinning icon despite my profile indicating my comment has been posted successfully.
Edit 2: Related to my second paragraph, I suggest changing the default sorting to Hot instead of Active. At least currently, Active keeps a handful of the same posts permanently on top, giving the impression of inactivity for newcomers used to Reddit. Hot will provide a more varied front page.
I have the same issue regarding All in profile, but defaulting to Local in feed.
There’s a bug right now that causes the hot sort to stop updating. A partial fix will be coming out with the next update. The “hot score” decay is actually very aggressive on Lemmy, so normally posts should fall down the ranking very quickly.