Influx of Lemmy brothers and sisters incoming. Already 3K and growing deep, we may as well rebuild together. Let’s do this! 🤝
Edit : Yes there are workarounds using Revanced. Check the comments for some awesome help on how to do this if you wish! Just know, in the future it will most likely end up being patched annoyingly and I therefore recommend looking forward to the future with us here.
I’ve used Redreader for I don’t know how many years. Best for me of all the ones I tried. That’s what so good about all the third party apps, more choices mean it’s more likely everyone finds something they enjoy using :-)
As a former Apollo user, using wefwef for lemmy has made adoption so easy. 10/10, it’s basically an Apollo clone in-browser and has been working great. https://wefwef.app/
I found wefwef and it was the only thing making me less sad when I deleted Apollo. Basically feels like Reddit in 2010-2011 but with a modern third party Reddit interface. Better experience and I don’t have to support /u/spez? Sign me up.
I’m really liking wefwef, much like Apollo it’s made the experience of the platform much better by smoothing out the interaction. Web apps really are coming quite a ways from what I remember them being.
Yeah, but I do think a lot of clueless folks won’t leave. Honestly, I wonder if reddit is undergoing a massive brain-drain right now. I rather hope so, because it would mean Lemmy is getting some high-grade folks.
This is pretty much why I’m here… It feels like the folks who left are going to be good company.
As you mentioned, that in and of itself isn’t a bad thing. Sometimes it’s good not to have people who are really casual users in your community. They can take their time coming over as long as the people who are here are having a good time.
Hopefully we can help create new communities on Lemmy. Nothing will truly replace Reddit but new groups will be created and over time they will become great.
I don’t think Lemmy will replace Reddit, just like Mastodon didn’t replace Twitter. But I think we can build them into great alternatives for people who want to avoid using the big corporate originals (like me).
I personally don’t want lemmy to end up as a reddit replacement. I’m scared the discussions will get worse like it did in reddit. Nowadays, people in lemmy actually discuss with you and not downvote-bomb or make a snarky comment for karma. I do hope we grow, though.
Yeah, the discourse on Reddit hasn’t been good in years and years. Normies using it was good for numbers, but the content suffered greatly. I like reading sentences that have at least a semblance of structure.
When I first joined Reddit I remember thinking the conversations on there were more insightful than on other sites. Recently it’s been the exact same poor quality of content. Since the exodus (in the couple of threads I’ve lurked) I’ve noticed it’s got FAR worse in such a short period of time.
Yesterday I checked in on Reddit and read some comments under a video of an older man getting called out for taking creep shots of a girl in public. A good ~50% of the comments were saying he’s allowed to take photos in public ??? It was honestly disgusting.
Infinity for reddit user here, as much as I love the app, and the work the developer has done on it, and even though the app will continue on a subscription based model, I have had it with reddit, full fediverse citizen from now on
Same sentiment here. Even if reddit made apps come back, at this point they have completely eroded my goodwill and shown that when they are publicly traded they will cave to investor pressure almost instantly.
I for one think it’s a good thing that the main Lemmy devs are so called “tankies” because that makes them that much more unlikely to sell out (not that that would break Lemmy, it still would suck). The software itself is not opinionated so while I think genocide denial is reprehensible, imo the comments about it are generally FUD.
Yeah, I still have it working with the workaround of compiling it with my own API key, but decided not to update this any more. When it stops working like that I am out, not that I actually use it that much anymore.
The dystopia app is pretty good. They don’t have to pay API fees for the time being because they have no revenue for it, and it’s intended for blind and low vision users.
It supports moderating as well as chat. /r/DystopiaForReddit
I use infinity too and it seems like the Dev is going to be keeping it free for a while. Although, comments from the Dev make it seems that Infinity will switch to being a subscription app at some point in the future to cover the API costs.
Make it yourself! That’s the beauty of starting from scratch - if you can’t find a community, you can just make your own, because likely nobody’s done it yet.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the ReVanced patches swapped out the API keys for Reddit’s own, so Reddit’s servers just think it’s their own app. For now that approach may be viable, but Reddit will undoubtedly be working on checks to prevent this.
Relay was my app, I was wondering why he wasn’t as active in the last month as every other app. I already deleted Relay and switched to Connect but I’ll be interested to see what price point he was allowed to continue at. Apollo was making money off Reddit using Apple’s famed SaaS model, but relay only made money off selling the pro version of the app and ads on the free version. I’m wondering if Reddit was more accommodating to them because of that
If you haven’t already, try one of the mobile apps. Makes lemmy much more ui friendly to me. Same reason I fell in love with reddit so long ago. I ended up going with jerboa for those rif vibes.
If you haven’t already, try one of the mobile apps. Makes lemmy much more ui friendly to me. Same reason I fell in love with reddit so long ago. I ended up going with jerboa for those rif vibes.
I am using wefwef! My biggest hurdle is just finding all the communities, then, I used to be primarily a lurker, I have a feeling I’m going to have to contribute to content in some of these places until there are more users.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the ReVanced patches swapped out the API keys for Reddit’s own, so Reddit’s servers just think it’s their own app. For now that approach may be viable, but Reddit will undoubtedly be working on checks to prevent this.
Same here. I tried Lemmy and while ago and wanted to switch, but was held back by lack of a good app like Apollo and just the lack of users. Hopefully this will be the start of a change. Either way, not going back to Reddit.
Indeed. If Wefwef can reach feature parity with Apollo (and I suppose lemmy with reddit lol) it would be an awesome alternative since it is cross platform
I really liked Wefwef, it led me to finding Connect, which I like even more. Excited for Sync too, it’ll just get easier and easier to help build this community
Another Apollo refugee here. Wefwef and Memmy (haven’t settled on one yet) both have me feeling a bit at home. I hope Christian does an Apollo for Lemmy, but if not, these are great options.
I’m very glad my instance is small in comparison… Noticed lemmyworld and lemmyml were unresponsive for a while just after the apps started getting cut off
Hi there - someone just mentioned a PWA (not even a full app, just a installable web page) called wefwef - look it up. It’s pretty usable beyond some of the other android apps out there already. Again, I emphasize and agree with you that the Reddit app ecosystem’s UI is still better at this point.
I’m currently using wefwef, it’s actually pretty good. I’m surprised at how the performance of the PWA seems better than the official reddit app lmao, it’s almost sad. But also, is there a way to change the icon of a PWA on Android?
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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3k? I see 6.78K
i see servers crashing
We did it reddit!
I tried Red Reader for about 5 minutes and deleted it… awful compared to boost/sync.
I love RedReader, but I know that the accessibility exemption is temporary. It could end whenever.
It just makes more sense to move to Lemmy regardless.
I’ve used Redreader for I don’t know how many years. Best for me of all the ones I tried. That’s what so good about all the third party apps, more choices mean it’s more likely everyone finds something they enjoy using :-)
Same here. Even after digging in the settings menu it felt pretty bad…
As a former Apollo user, using wefwef for lemmy has made adoption so easy. 10/10, it’s basically an Apollo clone in-browser and has been working great. https://wefwef.app/
As a former Apollo user, wefwef is a god send. Absolutely love it.
I found wefwef and it was the only thing making me less sad when I deleted Apollo. Basically feels like Reddit in 2010-2011 but with a modern third party Reddit interface. Better experience and I don’t have to support /u/spez? Sign me up.
I’m using wefwef too, but it doesn’t keep me logged in for some reason.
Since it’s browser-based, do you have a setting that auto refreshes your cookies, or are you using a privacy mode browser?
I’m really liking wefwef, much like Apollo it’s made the experience of the platform much better by smoothing out the interaction. Web apps really are coming quite a ways from what I remember them being.
Not just refugee but participating this round instead of lerking
I’m with you on that. 12 years of lurking on reddit, feel like it’s time for a fresh start
The fall of reddit makes me smile
We, the users, the community are the lifeblood. It’s people that had the good times, and people that made them.
Yeah, but I do think a lot of clueless folks won’t leave. Honestly, I wonder if reddit is undergoing a massive brain-drain right now. I rather hope so, because it would mean Lemmy is getting some high-grade folks.
This is pretty much why I’m here… It feels like the folks who left are going to be good company.
As you mentioned, that in and of itself isn’t a bad thing. Sometimes it’s good not to have people who are really casual users in your community. They can take their time coming over as long as the people who are here are having a good time.
Hopefully we can help create new communities on Lemmy. Nothing will truly replace Reddit but new groups will be created and over time they will become great.
everything will be replaced eventually in time but whether lemmy will replace reddit (in this case) is the question.
Lemmy us only superficially similar to Reddit. In fact it is much more, or so much less, depending on what you need in your social networking.
That level of control makes it more complicated for some people.
I don’t think Lemmy will replace Reddit, just like Mastodon didn’t replace Twitter. But I think we can build them into great alternatives for people who want to avoid using the big corporate originals (like me).
I personally don’t want lemmy to end up as a reddit replacement. I’m scared the discussions will get worse like it did in reddit. Nowadays, people in lemmy actually discuss with you and not downvote-bomb or make a snarky comment for karma. I do hope we grow, though.
I’m a new convert to Lemmy. It feels a lot like old reddit before it hit the mainstream and the digg exodus. I hope it stays like this.
Yeah, the discourse on Reddit hasn’t been good in years and years. Normies using it was good for numbers, but the content suffered greatly. I like reading sentences that have at least a semblance of structure.
When I first joined Reddit I remember thinking the conversations on there were more insightful than on other sites. Recently it’s been the exact same poor quality of content. Since the exodus (in the couple of threads I’ve lurked) I’ve noticed it’s got FAR worse in such a short period of time.
Yesterday I checked in on Reddit and read some comments under a video of an older man getting called out for taking creep shots of a girl in public. A good ~50% of the comments were saying he’s allowed to take photos in public ??? It was honestly disgusting.
Much like Reddit was in the early days. I think bots are a real problem and presumably nobody is making bots for Lemmy yet if that is even possible.
Lemmy has a massive botswarm problem right now
However they are simple and stopped by captchas and easily detected with email verifications.
But… does Lemmy HAVE to replace reddit? Why not just… enjoy it and forget reddit even exists?
Infinity for reddit user here, as much as I love the app, and the work the developer has done on it, and even though the app will continue on a subscription based model, I have had it with reddit, full fediverse citizen from now on
Same sentiment here. Even if reddit made apps come back, at this point they have completely eroded my goodwill and shown that when they are publicly traded they will cave to investor pressure almost instantly.
I for one think it’s a good thing that the main Lemmy devs are so called “tankies” because that makes them that much more unlikely to sell out (not that that would break Lemmy, it still would suck). The software itself is not opinionated so while I think genocide denial is reprehensible, imo the comments about it are generally FUD.
Yeah, I still have it working with the workaround of compiling it with my own API key, but decided not to update this any more. When it stops working like that I am out, not that I actually use it that much anymore.
The dystopia app is pretty good. They don’t have to pay API fees for the time being because they have no revenue for it, and it’s intended for blind and low vision users.
It supports moderating as well as chat. /r/DystopiaForReddit
Boost and Infinity working fine for me. Let’s see, how long.
Boost Dev has mentioned that it’ll stop working after 1st of July. So I guess few more hours.
Idk man, it’s still working for me somehow. Maybe until I log out.
it’s working for me also.
Shhhh don’t let spez find us
I use infinity too and it seems like the Dev is going to be keeping it free for a while. Although, comments from the Dev make it seems that Infinity will switch to being a subscription app at some point in the future to cover the API costs.
I see why infinity is still working for me. Do you know when it’s going to switch to subscription only?
AYOOO! where /c/fuckreddit am I right?
Make it yourself! That’s the beauty of starting from scratch - if you can’t find a community, you can just make your own, because likely nobody’s done it yet.
did all of them stopped working already 😔 ?
Checked RIF just after midnight. Got a goodbye message and nothing else.
Baconreader stopped working around 5 pm yesterday for me
I’m still using infinity.
Teddit and Libreddit are still working. I guess you don’t need an API key to lurk.
I think they do use the API so no idea how they will handle it, or if they’ve started working on it with out the API or what their plans are
They don’t interact with the site at all so maybe these things will just use screenscrapers.
hmm maybe, we’ll see I guess
Wouldn’t be surprised if the ReVanced patches swapped out the API keys for Reddit’s own, so Reddit’s servers just think it’s their own app. For now that approach may be viable, but Reddit will undoubtedly be working on checks to prevent this.
yeah , and i don’t\won’t login or post there ever !
Relay is still working. It’s moving to a subscription model, but it’s free in the interim.
Relay was my app, I was wondering why he wasn’t as active in the last month as every other app. I already deleted Relay and switched to Connect but I’ll be interested to see what price point he was allowed to continue at. Apollo was making money off Reddit using Apple’s famed SaaS model, but relay only made money off selling the pro version of the app and ads on the free version. I’m wondering if Reddit was more accommodating to them because of that
Yes. Which is why I am here
infinity is still working for me, somehow
that’s just sad well i hope this is for the best
most probably. finally communities got rid of spez looming over them. personally can’t wait for sync for lemmy
yeah can’t wait for us to become the biggest community on Lemmy
Lemmy seems interesting. A bit confusing, we’ll see as it grows.
If you haven’t already, try one of the mobile apps. Makes lemmy much more ui friendly to me. Same reason I fell in love with reddit so long ago. I ended up going with jerboa for those rif vibes.
If you haven’t already, try one of the mobile apps. Makes lemmy much more ui friendly to me. Same reason I fell in love with reddit so long ago. I ended up going with jerboa for those rif vibes.
I am using wefwef! My biggest hurdle is just finding all the communities, then, I used to be primarily a lurker, I have a feeling I’m going to have to contribute to content in some of these places until there are more users.
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Thank you!
There’s nothing for iOS 15, and I’m not willing to upgrade and lose my MDC tweaks :(
wefwef.app?
The ReVanced team have made patchers available for a number of Reddit apps including Sync
Wow that was quick, those devs are crazy 😲 🏆 cloning just in-case it gets taken down
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Oh nice! I wish RiF was in there but at least this gets BaconReader working again for now.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the ReVanced patches swapped out the API keys for Reddit’s own, so Reddit’s servers just think it’s their own app. For now that approach may be viable, but Reddit will undoubtedly be working on checks to prevent this.
I’m just running into errors here, and the patching aborts itself. Not my first time using revanced either, so no idea what’s happening.
thank you may your ratio be high and the copyright trolls after you be blind
those fucking MVPs i am gonna clone it right now
-don’t shill it to “anyone” like some idiots did to a certain website not long ago
Apollo refugee here. Wefwef and Lemmy are very nice :)
Wow, wefwef really does make me feel at home as an Apollo refugee. They weren’t lying!
Same here. I tried Lemmy and while ago and wanted to switch, but was held back by lack of a good app like Apollo and just the lack of users. Hopefully this will be the start of a change. Either way, not going back to Reddit.
Hi my brother in Apollo, welcome!
And that just makes it that much more clearer how much we need Apollo for Lemmy!
Indeed. If Wefwef can reach feature parity with Apollo (and I suppose lemmy with reddit lol) it would be an awesome alternative since it is cross platform
I really liked Wefwef, it led me to finding Connect, which I like even more. Excited for Sync too, it’ll just get easier and easier to help build this community
there’s something comforting seeing other Apollo friends here. Good to have you here!
Reporting in!
Another Apollo refugee here. Wefwef and Memmy (haven’t settled on one yet) both have me feeling a bit at home. I hope Christian does an Apollo for Lemmy, but if not, these are great options.
Can see clearly, this server is much slower than yesterday, like if thousands of users are switching here
Beehaw has been riddled with crashes. Its a growing pain, but kind of a good thing
I’m very glad my instance is small in comparison… Noticed lemmyworld and lemmyml were unresponsive for a while just after the apps started getting cut off
I could still use boost for reddit but I think it’ll stop tomorrow, oh well.
Just seen they are working on a boostforlemmy app cant wait
Oh this is fantastic news!
If you’re on Android, you can already register for “Boost for Lemmy” on the Play Store and it’ll automatically install when the app is released!
Yup, done and done
i prefer reddit UI, but, there is no way im going back to reddit
Hi there - someone just mentioned a PWA (not even a full app, just a installable web page) called wefwef - look it up. It’s pretty usable beyond some of the other android apps out there already. Again, I emphasize and agree with you that the Reddit app ecosystem’s UI is still better at this point.
I’m currently using wefwef, it’s actually pretty good. I’m surprised at how the performance of the PWA seems better than the official reddit app lmao, it’s almost sad. But also, is there a way to change the icon of a PWA on Android?
Same here