• wicked82 [ Ohio ]@midwest.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    I hate the official app with the fire of 1,000 suns. So if my only options are using the official app or leaving the site completely I’m leaving completely✌️

  • gds@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    Reddit’s official app, and in fact Reddit’s official website is a hugely compromised experience, and I suspect the only reason they haven’t gone further is that they don’t want to push people to the alternatives. However this latest move to restrict the available alternatives seems like the beginning of the end to me and their app and site are only going to get worse.

    That’s why I’m here at least!

  • Moonrise2473@lemmy.ml
    31·
    1 year ago

    I have a question. As most of you probably already know, i reached that level on reddit where karma can be converted 1:1 to dollars (not that hard tbh), but here looks like there’s no karma to farm? How can I pay my rent?

    • Amir @lemmy.ml
      21·
      1 year ago

      This might be added in an future update? This place will change alot coming months for sure.

  • Cromutorium@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    Joined lemmy after getting sick of reddit. The community here feels like a breath of fresh air. But disappointed at the lack of the more niche content (mostly motorsport discussion/news) but am sure that’ll change with time.

    • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
      0·
      1 year ago

      disappointed at the lack of more niche content

      As of now it’s down to the lack of participating users in niche subs.

      So, glad to have you here! With enough people starting to create discussions on stuff they enjoy this place will get livelier than ever.

      Even Reddit had to start somewhere when the ability to comment was added to the site in 2005, you know.

      • Cromutorium@lemmy.ml
        0·
        1 year ago

        I was half wondering if it was possible/allowed to create a bot account that “mirrors” content from certain subreddits such as r/formula1 to create an automated newsfeed for lemmy users to browse and comment on? I guess even if it were possible it’d rely on using reddit’s API which is obviously soon to be a no-go

  • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    I don’t want to use any app, I want to use the website. However, I’m guessing old.reddit is on the chopping block next and if they get rid of that I’m done. Lemmy’s website isn’t amazing (why so much whitespace wasted?) but it’s a hell of a lot better than new reddit.

  • boot20@lemmy.ml
    1·
    1 year ago

    Reddit’s official app and new reddit are awful experiences and actively hostile to the user. It’s nice to see a site that understands this.

    • t0ny@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I hate new reddit so much. I just opened it. On my 1440p monitor I see 3 posts. Old reddit I can see 18 posts on one page.

      • manned_meatball@lemmy.ml
        0·
        1 year ago

        I never understood this argument. I can’t read more than one post at a time anyways and images are not immediately visible in the list view. What makes you want 18 posts visible at once?

        • Gork@beehaw.org
          2·
          1 year ago

          So you can select the post you want to actually look at instead of having to scroll and scroll to find one that interests you. Like in a classical forum post, essentially.

          • t0ny@lemmy.ml
            1·
            1 year ago

            That and I have tendonitis so less scrolling past crap I don’t care about means I have less pain / no pain.

            • Gork@lemmy.ml
              1·
              1 year ago

              About a decade ago, Logitech had this awesome mouse with a freewheel spinning middle mouse button. It allowed for a long spin after release and was excellent for up and down scrolling on a large page. Sadly they don’t seem to be made anymore. They were really fun.

          • Pigeon@beehaw.org
            1·
            1 year ago

            Agreed. It makes the posts you don’t want to see much easier to ignore. Even my favorite subreddits have posts I don’t care about, like r/fantasy posts praising Mistnorn for the billionth time.

            I don’t want giant images in my face right away, either, without warning of what they contain, especially if browsing unfamiliar or large subreddits.

  • m_talon@beehaw.org
    0·
    1 year ago

    I’d rather crawl the 20 extra miles to a new community (and did) than use that app again. It’s that bad. The reviews on Google Play are very telling. It’s just a buggy mess.

  • Woedin@lemmy.ml
    0·
    1 year ago

    I’m only a 6 year clubber on Reddit, but using RIF for most of it, couldn’t stand how the app was going. Nowadays it’s the content as well. Going to be exploring around here now

  • Lodion@lemmy.click
    0·
    1 year ago

    This is quite accurate. I’ve stood up my own lemmy instance… but hitting some pretty basic issues in the process. Not sure its ready for prime time.