What’s missing from Lemmy that would make it unattractive to the average user?
I don’t think it’s always easy to pinpoint UX issues and user friction. Sometimes these things just don’t stick with mainstream users. I say it’s worth a try to see which platform the average Reddit user will prefer.
ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 3 days ago
For those that may only vote and otherwise lurk, there’s a decent amount.
The inability to create multi-communities/reddits (or feeds as Piefed calls them), the absence of post-folding/deduplication for when someone posts the same article to multiple communities (sometimes similar, sometimes distinct), the absence of keyword filtering to automatically filter out stuff from local/all feeds one’s uninterested in, and these are just a few from the top of my head for those that mostly lurk.
nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
Keyword filtering is about to be merged into Lemmy. Other features will also be added over time.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Will there be a release with that feature before Lemmy 1.0, or will it be delivered with Lemmy 1.0?
nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
It could be backported, but there are now significant changes between the 0.19 and development branches, so it would take some work.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Fair point, but mobile apps and inertia seem to outweigh those additional features
rimu@piefed.social 3 days ago
If you use a mobile app then whether your account is on Lemmy or PieFed makes no difference - most of your experience will be determined by which app you choose.
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 days ago
Indeed, but at the moment only Interstellar has alpha support for Piefed.
Once the Thunder for is released, and Voyager, Arctic, Summit etc start to support Piefed, then it will be the case.