I’m asking new joiners because I know it can be confusing at first to see issues with content discoverability, instances unavailability, people migrating accounts, etc.
Started using Lemmy a lot more with sync than without. No longer using Lemmy web (I’ve never used Reddit web anyway). Still running into occasional bugs, such as thread comments rendering out of order. But definitely expected as this is still in beta.
Did have to change servers as lemmy.world was getting bogged down.
Still running into occasional bugs, such as thread comments rendering out of order. But definitely expected as this is still in beta.
For what it’s worth, this seems to be a bug with lemmy, not sync. Same bug posted on another app community and that was the consensus.
It’s been pretty good. I have noticed the default sort order (‘Active’) results in the feed getting stale pretty quickly. Changing the default to ‘New’ has been a better experience so far, at least at the current level of activity.
I have had a few issues subscribing to communities on remote instances (i.e. not showing up in search, or showing up but with an empty feed when content definitely exists when I check the web UI) - this does not appear to be an SFW/NSFW issue, and some communities from the same remote instances appear correctly.
Hard to tell if this is an instance/protocol issue, or an app issue.
It’s not an app issue, you’ll notice the same behavior in any Lemmy client. Once you’re subscribed successfully, new content should be coming in normally unless, again, there is an instance/federation issue.
Not sure if Sync allows it, but default sorting to top/6 hours has given me the most enjoyable experience of cycling content so far
I have had a few issues subscribing to communities on remote instances (i.e. not showing up in search, or showing up but with an empty feed when content definitely exists when I check the web UI) - this does not appear to be an SFW/NSFW issue, and some communities from the same remote instances appear correctly.
That happens if no-one on your instance has subscribed to that community - search for the address with ! at the start and refresh the page if 8tbis blank or shows and error, this should force it through for you.
This is one of the more confusing and frustrating aspects to Lemmy and they are working to improve it
There is this tool that can be used to address that issue, you have to ask your admin to run it:
I wonder if there could be a way to combine Active and Top x Hr
IMO Top remains the best way to browse, but you get the same results pretty quickly. Blending in Active in the mix would have diversity
I’m just waiting for post functionality, but this is the Sync that I know and love.
It’s ok, except for when it’s down. I assume it’s something to do with .world
Lemmy.world suffers from DDOS attacks for the last couple of days, hence the reason for downtimes.
Last month*
And last month as well. Just yesterday or before .world was down for sometimes.
Yeah Sync hasn’t gone done yet, it’s been the instance which lately is lemmy.world being the target of DDoS attacks. When that happens I switch to an alternate account and things are running fine again, so it’s not Sync related.
Good to hear! Regarding the availability, you might want to change to another instance temporarily. You can use https://github.com/CMahaff/lasim to move your subscriptions and blocked instances.
In terms of suggestions, the choice depends on where you are located (for latency issues). Most of the regional instances (lemmy.ca, feddit.de, feddit.uk, midwest.social etc.) are usually good choices.
For generalist instances, Lemm.ee, reddthat.com and sh.itjusts.works are usually solid choices
Lemmy.sdf.org is another general instance I’d recommend. It’s run by the Public Access Unix non-profit org.
Yes, very nice indeed
Try out a smaller instance, they’ll still get .world content but will be less… Cumbersome
Sync still doesn’t work for me. It crashes as soon as it opens. I’m enjoying Liftoff right now. I think I’ll stick with it even if Sync starts working.
Like at all? Not seeing this in the crash logs. Any chance of reinstalling?
it did too for me, but it fixed with an update.
try wiping data and cache.
I find myself just keeping with the website, even on mobile. I like the ability to see comments of my subscriptions
You can’t see the comments in Sync?
There is a “comments” feed on the website that shows only comments rather than posts. It’s useful for my alt that is only subscribed to a few niche communities, you see what’s happening at a glance rather than opening each post
This is one of those features that gets overlooked but is a great feature. You should definitely file a feature request on GitHub for it.
I’m not that much of a Sync user myself (personal preferences, I guess), but I imagine at some point someone else will request it too
The next few weeks should be exciting for Sync. After it reaches reaches parity with S4R, it should start getting the Lemmy exclusive features and that should make it worth another butchers.
Interesting indeed!
Did you restore an old S4R backup by chance?
You mean users who joined Lemmy for the first time with Sync?
Yes, I’ll rephrase the title a bit to make it more clear
Oops. Didn’t read the way it was phrased. Long time Sync user.
I was using sync for reddit before. It’s very similar but way less fresh content. It will get better though. I’m still using default subs.
Honestly pretty great, still in the process of blocking some of the instances I’m not interested in but I like it a lot for what I do (browse the main page by top/active to get a bit off everything)
I have used it for a short while, but one thing I can not appreciate is having all the display settings (cudo’s for that) but all Inwant is everything look the same over all accounts.
And a “sync subscriptions and block lists” option would rock!
Tbh I’m not super down with lemmy yet. It feel like too much like an r/all experience with very little users. Most of my feed at reddit was very niche communities that either connected me to people like myself or gave me a window in the lives of people totally unlike myself. Here I see some news, redditbashing or meta comments about lemmy and a lot of technology/privacy content that I’m just not interested in. Even if I find niche communities, they have no posts. Maybe this will get better over time, but I’m not sure if I’ll stick around for that long.
Usually niche communities are on their own corner of the Fediverse and rarely make it to All
The startrek comes to mind as a good example, and all the ttrpg communities too.
Are there some examples of niche communities you usually follow?
Nah he’s right. I follow fighting games which are practically dead on lemmy, manga which is growing and has posts and votes now but still never has comments, etc. At least the tech stuff is an interest for me, unlike him.
It is making me miss the communities I used to follow on Reddit that don’t (yet?) Exist here. But it is a comfortable way to get my distraction scrolling in.
Inbox is broken, everytime you click to see a reply you’ve gotten it sticks it into single view and you have to click view parent because you have no idea what the comment is referring to.
That was a big introduced by lemmy in 0.18.3, .4 was just released and when your instance upgrades it should start working again
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