Signing up
Pick an interface. Do you prefer to browse Reddit with:
- apollo: try https://wefwef.app
- old.reddit.com: try https://lemmy.world
- reddit.com: try https://kbin.social
Flip a coin, pick an instance. Are you:
- indecisive: use https://lemmy.world
- decisive: see https://github.com/maltfield/awesome-lemmy-instances
- using https://kbin.social: you already have an instance
Building momentuum
- Jumpstart your subscription list using https://redditmigration.com
- Try commenting or posting. Just try it! Many people who stopped engaging on reddit find the community more rewarding here.
- Try sticking with Lemmy / Kbin for a few days. Until your fingers learn to get their fix a new way, and you get your subscription list built up a bit.
What next?
Many people are happy at this point… but what to do if you want to help the switch to fediverse but you’re still jonesing for reddit after a few days? A few ideas….
- Its OK! Reddit simply has more volume and a bigger stack of communities as of Jun 30, 2023. Its /probably/ (?) not going to disappear overnight. Its not an either/or, you can use lemmy / kbin more and more over time.
- Start your internet browsing time on lemmy / kbin first. If you’re “still hungry”, supplement with reddit.
- Consider instituting a “read only reddit” policy: no posts, comments, or upvotes. Its MUCH easier to stop adding to Reddit than it is to quit cold turkey. If you don’t like reddit’s behavior, this is a good way to collectively switch momentum toward the fediverse without making big personal sacrifices.
I’ve been using wefwef for a bit and just installed memmy. IMHO wefwef has the potential to be great. Memmy is great already - super polished.
Is Memmy on Android?
I think it’s iOS only. I migrated from Apollo. Looks like there a bunch of cool Android clients coming out soon though.
I’ve been using Mlem on iOS. Super polished too!
Just tried out mlem. Feels very apollo-y. Thanks for the heads up
I’ve been using Mlem on iOS. Super polished too!
I’ve been using Mlem on iOS. Super polished too!
For Android you can try Thunder: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder
Or the official Jerboa app.
I just installed Thunder yesterday so I’m still testing it and so far I’m liking it.
I come from using Infinity for Reddit and for now there isn’t an app that is similar, but there are 3 apps under development, 2 of them based on Infinity’s appearance and a fork of Infinity (called Infinity for everything).
personally running Liftoff right now on Android, waiting for Sync/Artemis/Boost as they seem great (sync in particular 🥲)
How many of them are free and without ads?
maybe Artemis, but Sync usually had ads to cover development costs (pro with no ads).
Not sure about Boost.
I think Boost also has ads, but I’ll stick with the free ones without ads and donate to the devs, better user experience for me, especially when I’m avoiding Reddit because of the ads (and sponsored posts that distort the content of the communities you are viewing if you don’t notice that they are sponsored) and overall bad user experience (Infinity was good for all this) and the API changes and anti-user decision making, obviously.
Also waiting on sync. Currently I’m using Connect for Lemmy and it’s quite good, but I’m going to give Liftoff a try.
Tried downloading the testflight of memmy, but it’s asking for a code. I searched the github but didn’t find one =/