I went searching for something today and instinctually clicked on a reddit link. Fortunately the sub was dark for the protest anyway, but it’s crazy how ingrained in me it is to go to reddit for everything.
Unfortunately now we’re going to have to get used to clicking on those clickbait tech articles like “TOP 10 FACEBOOK ALTERNATIVES 2023” to find information, and weed out the crappy blogs.
Today, I’ve spent all the time I would ordinarily waste on reddit trying to figure out Lemmy instead. It’s been fun! Honestly refreshing.
When Twitter seemed like it was going to suddenly implode last November (as opposed to the slow, slow death it opted for instead), I tried to hop onto Mastodon along with everyone else. My experience was bad. It was too slow. Too slow to use. Lemmy has been a great experience in comparison.
That’s the only issue with these multi-instance semi-decentralized solutions, we need users to spread out and learn how to sync in with the rest from there. Ideally, there would be some automated system to set users up on their lowest latency server with the most free capacity, or to be able to move a user to another server without having to start again.
federated isn’t actually the same thing as decentralized. lemmy isn’t intended to simply be a decentralized network of identical nodes that can automatically be synced and load balanced.
it is expected that each instance will be have it’s own flavor, and have the autonomy to decide which other instances to mesh with.
think more like a network of grassroot communities, and less like a MacDonald’s franchise.
I’m in the same boat. All my Apollo browsing time has been spent on learning this. I basically just tipped Christian £10 then checked out. mlem for iOS is surprisingly good, I feel pretty at home on it, at least for basic scroll browsing
Thanks for suggesting mlem. Found the TestFlight and it’s so much better than the website. I’m also a former Apollo user so my expectations are through the roof.
Yeah it’s not gonna be easy, but honestly I do see potential in mlem and I think with some basic additions, it can get itself closer to that Apollo experience. Which of course is what all apps should aspire to