In this post I will list the known issues or possible improvements for Lemmy.world.

Please comment with any issue or area for improvement you see and I will add it here.

Remember: this instance was only started June 1st so a lot of troubleshooting and tweaking to be done.

Issues can be:

  • Local (lemmy.world) (also performance issues)
  • Lemmy software issues
  • Other software related (apps/Fediverse platforms etc)
  • Remote server related
  • (User error? …)

Known issues

Websockets issues

There are some issues with the Websockets implementation used in Lemmy, which handles the streaming. Websockets will be removed in version 0.18 so let’s hope these issues will be all gone then!

  • Top posts page gets a stream of new posts ? Websockets issue
  • You’re suddenly in another post than you were before > Websockets issue
  • Your profile will briefly display another name/avatar in the top right corner

Spinning wheel issues

Error handling is not one of Lemmy’s strongpoints. Sometimes something goes wrong, but instead of getting an error, the button will have a ‘spinning wheel’ that lasts until eternity. These are some of the known cases:

  • You want to create an account but the username is already taken
  • You want to create an account but the username is too long (>20 characters)
  • You want to create an account but the password is too long
  • You want to create a community but the name is already taken
  • You want to create a community but the name is not in all lowercase letters
  • You want to create a post over 2000 characters
  • You want to post something in a language that isn’t allowed in the community

Other issues

  • Federation not always working; Apparently not everything gets synced all the time. This needs troubleshooting.
  • “404: FetchError: invalid json response body at http://lemmy:8536/api/v3/site” This sometimes happens when the Lemmy app container is very busy. Needs troubleshooting

Enhancement requests

  • Can themes be added? > To be checked if this can be done without changing code.

For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.

  • DMmeYourNudesEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    here is just a random list of features/improvements i would like to see

    • save sorting preferences in comment sections. right now it defaults to hot.
    • improve the hot/active algorithms. at the moment they don’t seems to actually show popular posts like their reddit hot/popular counterparts. could be a symptom of being much smaller, but i never see any of the lemmy communities i follow that aren’t the biggest ones, and on reddit i can see the small communities i follow.
    • better syncing between instances. i also use kbin, and that seems to have issues with cross content at times. i can’t see comments sometimes, and votes are completely different on both platforms.
    • more granular “Top X” filters
    • search by date range, and various other improvements to search. (anything is better than reddit search, but the ability to search this platform is probably more important than people realize)
    • more embed integrations for things like gifs and youtube videos. generally, try and keep people on the site.
    • open links in a new tab by default. on mobile
    • a back button on mobile, not a menu button.
    • account/community migration/merging
    • community themes, and the ability to turn them off.

    this last one isn’t really a request, it’s more of an ultimatum.

    • whatever the fuck new.reddit.com is/does/looks like, DON’T DO THAT. make this site look as much like old.reddit.com as possible and never change that.