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Is it just me or did Lemmy suddenly became more active now that Sync for Lemmy is released? (lemm.ee)

submitted 9 months ago by IverCoder@lemm.ee to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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I don't know if this is just a placebo effect, but it feels like there's a lot more socialization and faster upvotes in the past hour Sync was released.

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[-] ijeff 128 points 9 months ago

ljdawson's decision to develop a Lemmy app played a significant part in locking down our decision to bring /r/android to !android@lemdro.id.

[-] PhiAU@lemmy.world 37 points 9 months ago

Syncforlemmy has 12.8k subscribers.

Loads of them were poised ready to strike once the beta launched.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

But aren't the people subbed here already on Lemmy? I was waiting for the client to come out too and switched immediately, but I was already using Lemmy with other clients before sync came out.

[-] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 14 points 9 months ago

It's possible that people were idling their accounts while waiting for Sync to come out, and are using the platform more now that it has.

[-] pixeltree@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

I was lurking via connect without an account till sync came out personally

[-] kagemushablues@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Same here. Connect UI was not nearly as good. I used Sync for years and feel right at home now.

[-] TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com 2 points 9 months ago

The Connect UI is alright in my opinion, but Sync is definitely more polished. That makes sense though, Sync has been around significantly longer and thus has seen a lot more improvement.

[-] amicah@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I'm a kbin user who just made a lemmy account so I can upvote on Sync.

[-] Aux@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Lemmy was pretty unusable and hard to post/comment. Default web UI is buggy as hell, you have to reload the page multiple times to post anything or even switch pages when browsing. Jerboa is even worse. For example, I can't even bloody login into LW through Jerboa!

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I guess I haven't run into superbad issues. I've been using connect for lemmy before sync and while sync is more stable, I'd say 95% of the time I haven't had issues posting with connect. That 5% was definitely annoying, but not enough to turn me off interacting.

[-] PhiAU@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I was subbed, and used it by browser a bit.

But Sync feels like home. And once more I'm enthused about using a platform.

Threads never stood a chance with me. I closed down and deleted my Facebook/insta accounts ages ago. All they have is my ghost profile. Reddit app and site are ass on mobile, which is the main device profile I use for social media.

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm not the biggest fan of the usability of the default lemmy clients either, but there are tons of other clients too. Sync is the best on mobile right now, but connect was really good before too, not as polished or stable, but still very good and much better than jerboa. Also, lots of web instances support old. subdomains that host an old.reddit style ui if that's what you preferred in desktop. Just add old. as a subdomain for the instance to see if they have it hosted.

All together the amount of choice we now have on Lemmy (and soon to be even more with big new clients coming out) has gotten really really good! Even better is there's not corporate platform monopoly that could ever take that away. I'm much more excited about the platform too.

[-] rishado@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I was literally waiting for sync to pounce. It was nice being away but good lord I never want to use Instagram that much ever again

[-] fidodo@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago

Spez's biggest mistake was sending all the world class 3rd party developers working to make Reddit better straight to his biggest competitor.

[-] rawrthundercats@lemmy.ml 5 points 9 months ago

Hijacking your comment to ask - what is the difference between Sync and Jerboa?

[-] Prethoryn@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago

Sync has nice features that let you customize your experience pretty nicely. It feels like using Reddit which for some of us that migrated is a great experience.

On top of that, it is fully functional in a tablet mode style with larger devices and it just works really well. The layout of the app also makes it seem a little easier on the user to add instances and accounts. There is also a migrate button, scheduled theme modes, and other nifty little tucked in features. Give it a try if you like it but the Ultra subscription to help the dev. 100% worth it.