Comment on Fediverse now well past 12 Million total daily users

Clipboards@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• JustAThought@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I just came from Reddit, and I hear a lot about Sync. Anyone willing to let me know what it is and how it is important to Lemmy?

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  • westyvw@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s just another third party app. But it has made the transition from a reddit app to a lemmy app.

    Anything was better than reddit official app which was garbage. I preferred Relay. But for people used to sync, it is familiar and a smooth experience here like they were used to there.

    For lemmy I prefer Jerboa an open source app, but sync is free to try as well (although it had ads).

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    • JustAThought@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Thanks, so it seems like those apps that were going to be charged for the API have a place to transition to. Nice!

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      • Clipboards@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Exactly. The other end of it is that a lot of the app-specific advanced functionality made the transition for Day 1 - unless Infinity/else has some tricks i’m unaware of, its currently the most customizable/feature complete app - actual tablet modes, foldable support, biometrics for subaccounts, user painting/tagging for sub accounts, profile backups so you can carry customizations to other android devices - etc.

        Its all auxiliary & definitely not required, but losing these features made Lemmy a no-go on mobile for me. It’s also missing some real basic stuff like mod tools & the ability to make posts at all, but i’ve used the app for a decade & the dev is quickly pushing fixes/new features out the door.

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      • westyvw@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah, it’s actually a really positive outcome because people really liked the app so they are willing to try something new.

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• pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve been having to watch my social media usage again. Which is bittersweet.

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  • Clipboards@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Haha, I’m right there with you. I’m off Twitter & Reddit, I had no alternatives until Sync came back…

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    • duckington@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It had taken me so many years to break my reddit addiction, then my friend introduced me to lemmy, and it’s been downhill ever since 🥲

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