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For everyone new to Lemmy, how are you finding the experience? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by hllywluis@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!

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[-] MentallyExhausted@reddthat.com 25 points 1 year ago

There’s a learning curve with “how do I know which instance to join?” and then “how do I find communities from other instances?” But I’m getting the hang of it.

What it needs most is a UI overhaul. If Apollo came to the fediverse it would be a game changer.

[-] feetongrass@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

How do I choose an instance? I’ve made accounts of same name on Lemmy.ml, beehaw, and here. Which one I use, and what do I with the others?

[-] hllywluis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I think you can just use whichever one you find most convenient, I would wager lemmy.ml would be your best bet as it's the most active instance. The other accounts I think you could just keep as a backup in case the main lemmy.ml instance goes down.

[-] DelusionalAI@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Is there any point to having more than 1? As long as the instance isn’t shut down it shouldn’t really matter which one is “Home” right?

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Right, as long as your instance's server is up, you should be able to interact with any content using ActivityPub.

[-] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy.ml is a bit overcrowded at the moment as well apparently

[-] dzaffaires@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I hadn't thought about Apollo adapting to work with Lemmy. That would be a great pivot for Christian.

[-] Silviecat44@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

Mlem is an Apollo inspired iOS app for Lemmy. Very barebones at the moment and in beta but inproving

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