Comment on Why shouldn’t I just give up on Lemmy?
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
It seems you were unlucky with your instances, sorry to hear that.
It seems you are currently on feddit.uk, which is indeed managed by a single person.
I always recommend to go for instances with at least two admins, for this kind of issues.
lemm.ee, sh.itjust.works discuss.tchncs.de are solid choices.
Which are those apps? Boost, Sync, Thunder, Liftoff, Connect, Avalon and Voyager all work pretty well.
The authentication error is probably due to the release of 18.5 yesterday, should be fixed quickly.
All of those are growing pains. If you don’t want to deal with those, you don’t have too, just take a break from Lemmy. People should be free to let go of platforms at any time, and come back after a while if they feel like it.
None of those apps cope with the changes. Which were introduced about three weeks ago in beta so plenty of time to update.
Liftoff hasn’t had an update in three months and doesn’t work properly with anything above 0.18.3 and get worse as the version number increases.
Sync has been fantastic
Liftoff is working perfectly fine for me. I’d also suggest joining lemmy.ca and using the Jeroba app. Cheers.
Check the liftoff developers chat. They know it isn’t working properly but have had PRs failing.
Ah, gotcha. Have you given Jeroba a try before?
Avalon works fine for me, and was updated just a couple of days ago. Voyager works good as well, though not as frequently updated lately.
I’ve been using sync and not once had an issue
My app hasn’t gone done once from backend changes and I check it every couple hours.
otter@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Yep, agree with all of the above. On the last point, a big point of the Fediverse is to prevent one platform from locking you in. Totally feel free to take a break, go back to Reddit, or try out something else.
I’m personally using Boost/Connect on mobile, regular UI on web, and lemmy.ca for my instance. I haven’t encountered any disruptions, but I get how it would be frustrating. Lemmy needs more time to mature, and it’s totally fine to come back later, or even join a different Fediverse platform to get the same content (again, later once federation issues are resolved).
For what it’s worth, I still check a select few Subreddits on Reddit (moderation, local communities & niche interests). I don’t post/comment/upvote there, and haven’t felt the need to, but I still read it to pass the time.
Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
I guess most of us do. When I really want to get into a rabbit hole, Reddit content is hard to beat. Hopefully with time Lemmy will become the same, but in the meantime, Reddit is still the one for that specific use case.