Good, I'm using Jerboa and it took me 3 days to find how to collapse comments, but except this, communities are great

Really good, there's so much positive energy and people asking all kinds of questions without being called names, it's very enjoyable overall.

As good as one could hope for a new place with not many users. The framework is there but the crowd is what's needed.

I love that I'm actually using essentially a protocol, instead of a corporate service. The discussion here is good, there is a lot of interest in the "old web" which I'm fascinated in, and the place has just enough users to feel comfy and not absolutely chaotic. It's awesome.

It's taking me a bit to grasp the practical use of the "federated" thing.

It seems like there aren't a lot of tutorial-type instructions on the web of how to use it. Like a YouTube video.

I would be nice if a good number of redditors would join for activity to flourish.

I'd say it's been a bit mixed. The software is at times a bit wonky and unpredictable. Some features are surprisingly missing (like, as an admin, just listing out users on the instance). I've had a few bugs from the client and I'm not always able to pull in content.

Having said that, I see a lot of promising stuff going on. My friends and I set up an instance and while it's tiny, we're sharing links we like and commenting on them, just like the old days of the internet. We'll be around, I think.

It's going well! One thing I've really liked so far is the "tight-knit group" sort of feeling. Not really sure the best way to explain it, but it's like the difference between working at a place where there are only 9 other employees, versus working at a corporation. It feels like you truly have the chance to be a part of something awesome, rather than just being a drop in the bucket.

this app I'm using is pretty bad (no offense to the dev) but once there's better ones on the market I'm sure the experience will be more enjoyable

I'm not a fan of the whole wordnews ppl banning anti-CCP/anti-russian content tho

I'm rapidly coming to appreciate it.

Maybe it's the demographic of users (young vs old, tech savvy vs casual, w/e) but threads here have far more activity in ratio to the number of subscribers and members.

Reddit just feels like a popularity context. Tell your 'I also choose this guy's dead wife' joke, get your karma, and for god's sake DON'T USE EMOJIS! Subs rapidly became echo chambers, or lose identity as they get larger.

Lemmy however... while not all threads have activity (it's small after all), the activity is legitimately interactive. People actually discussing ideas. We're talking like thinking adults, and I'm enjoying it.

I like it, but it needs UI work for mass appeal. All federated services do really. It’s such a strong concept but it’s only in its (relative) infancy just as all of these events are happening to direct traffic toward the Fediverse.

It's generally ok. Though its tougher to use than reddit. To be honest I really wish that it did a better job of merging similar communities or something like that?

Like almost like a multi-reddit of cats to include all cats communities with dedups.. similar idea for other categories.

This feels a lot like Reddit did 15 years ago, when they first introduced subreddits-- like I'm seeing something brand new for the first time, but it's somehow comfortable and innocent.

I've been running an instance for around 6 months now, so I kinda like it. Enjoying the increased activity in the #threadiverse in general though

Especially the lemmy.ml part was kind of terrible, I got into some weird argument with Tiananmen Square massacre deniers and the mods started deleting my comments, so the whole discussion was meaningless and left me very worried for the future of this corner of the fediverse.

A bit rough initially as you might expect with a new platform but I've now got an account on a (geographically) local instance and subscribed to some communities in general interest areas on other instances. Looks promising. Now I just gotta find some niche communities.

It's been great. I'm allergic to social media, yet Lemmy does not feel like social media (to me at least). I hope that the Reddit horde won't turn it into a toxic cesspool.

I was on Hexbear and I forgot how much I missed having a mixed crowd, as it was. Conversations are so much more fun that way!

Needs more discoverability

It's been pretty decent so far but the fact that I can't easily browse all available communities across all servers really limits the amount of discovery I can do.

I joined a year ago, and it seems that activity and users are growing everyday. I even feel myself more active and engaged here, on Reddit I'm in lurking mode most of the time.

I'm enjoying it! Smaller community feels cozy, I even started commenting (was a lurker on Reddit). Although there's always a room for improvement. I occasionally lose comments because of some bugs or server issues, sometimes opening things just leads to refreshing of the main page and you lose the post and so on

I just want Apollo to switch to Lemmy now like Ivory did. A good mobile client is what’s missing.

Lemmy on the desktop is great. It's so much cleaner than Reddit ever was. I really enjoy it. It's missing a bunch of features for moderation and other things, but for now it gets the job done.

Reddit via Jerboa for Android is rough. The app looks fine, but things just don't work. Clicking on links refreshes the feed and you lose your place, opening photos doesn't work half the time. It's a rough experience. It needs developers to contribute to it badly, or one of the popular Reddit client devs need to come in and make a Lemmy app.

I've only seen negative toxic posts and comments from lemmygrad users. Everyone else has been really fun to talk with.

I'm still dipping my toes in. Got a bit confused early on, so now I have 2 accounts, one on beehaw.org and one on kbin.social, trying both out to see which interface I like best.

I'm having fun exploring the fediverse and learning how this all works. There is a decent amount of chatter on lemmy already which adds to the joy of scrolling.

I have found myself getting into an unfortunate loop where if I'm on my lemmy I accidentally end up on another instance and then get all lost at how to follow a community on another instance. Lemmy also seems to load really slowly for me, but that's not the end of the world.

Kbin solves a lot of these issues even if it's generally rougher around the edges. Having a clearer "front page" without getting lost in instances and communities helps a lot. Everything loads faster and I don't end up unable to interact after clicking a link.

That's my pretty initial reactions. I'll go play with it all some more and probably have a better feel later!

So far it is mostly fine, but confusing at times. Especially navigating and finding things. But so was reddit in the begining.

Besides this, there are a lot of communities missing. I hope there is a way to extract post-histories from subreddit so we don't loose the accumulated knowledge. Especially for troubleshooting and programming, reddit it a valuable source. I hope we will keep those and transition to lemmy (or another alternative) smoothly

its been great, i been posting in the Hexbear instance for like 2 years, i decided to make an account here while i wait for HB to federate with the rest of lemmy