• @errer
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    571 year ago

    I’m pretty sure Lemmy has also gone down a lot recently based on the number of upvotes things are getting

      • @Epicurus0319
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        191 year ago

        Yeah I agree, its user count is still growing on .world alone, and so fast in fact that I’m starting to consider making my sopuli alt my main account to not add to the load.

    • Polar
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      151 year ago

      While the apps we have now are really great, I think that number will go back up a bit once boost and sync for Lemmy are released.

      I find myself missing so many features I would consider super basic from Boost. Things that would make my Lemmy experience so much better. Even if the apps we have now do those things, they feel clunky and not as good.

      Even features aside, the UI makes a huge difference. There are a few Reddit apps I personally couldn’t get into, because of font sizes, spacing, contrast, etc. I’m feeling the same way with Lemmy. I’m tolerating the app I currently use, only because I know Boost is on the way.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        Yeah, same here with Infinity

        It was my app of choice and I got so use to it, whenever I go back to it every once and a while, I just remember everything I miss since switching to jerboa

        Biggest one is definitely the smoothness, idk y but jerboa has a subtly noticable stutter every time I swipe around the feeds, whereas Infinity is completely smooth, running at 90hz flawlessly

        And there’s alot of other small QoL and rough-around-the-edges things, too

        The minute that Infinity for Lemmy comes out, if at all, is the minute that I return to my home app

          • @[email protected]
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            21 year ago

            Honestly really wasn’t a big fan of the look and functionality back when I first tried it, but it looks like it got updated recently with some more customization and theming options

            Closer to Infinity but still I miss it

            It also still has the weird scrolling stutter, but overall does seem more polished than jerboa

            Thanks for the recommendation!

        • Echo Dot
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          31 year ago

          Connect is also quite clunky.

          As you say it QoL stuff, like highlighting text is difficult, and not all markdown functions are supposed.

      • @[email protected]
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        21 year ago

        If you haven’t tried it (or have but not recently), Thunder is getting better by leaps and bounds week over week - highly recommend checking it out! I’m still really excited for Boost but I think as Thunder continues to mature it will likely be my daily driver. Great that it’s open source, too!

        • thejevans
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          21 year ago

          I use thunder and for the most part, it’s great. I would love to be able to delete comments and copy text from other comments without needing to open a reply window, though. I think this functionality would fit perfectly as a long-press menu.

          Also, sometimes on posts with lots of comments, not all of the comments will load, and there is no easy way to force the app to refresh.

    • @Jackcooper
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      51 year ago

      Competing with the summer weather?

      Also some who vowed to leave reddit undoubtedly recanted

      • @acosmichippo
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        31 year ago

        I think even users who are still here, like myself, just don’t have the same energy from when I first started. And it’s a snowball effect, less engagement results in even less engagement from others.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      not as bad as I thought, actually. there’s been a ~10% drop in monthly active users since the reddit spike

  • @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    The app feels very one-dimensional. There’s a reason the algorithm exists despite it being publicly derided: it works.

  • @[email protected]
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    121 year ago

    It would be a sign of health in our societies if people stopped using the services of these leaches.

    • @autumn_rain
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      11 year ago

      Well said. The name and logo reminds me of a parasitic worm.

  • @SheeEttin
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    121 year ago

    Yes, this always happens, on every platform. Lemmy did the same. It’s not newsworthy.

  • Roundcat
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    101 year ago

    I always got the impression it was more geared towards pushing brands and celebrities in front of you rather than being an engaging social media platform.

    • VanillaGorilla
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      31 year ago

      That doesn’t sound like meta, they’re all about love and bettering the life of everyone!

      Oh no wait, I think I had my dog in mind. Meta is nothing like that.

      • Roundcat
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        11 year ago

        Does your dog have a social media platform? I would like to join this site.

            • VanillaGorilla
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              11 year ago

              He is. I didn’t manage to take a video yet, but when he finds a stick or a ball he really finds worthy playing with he jumps and frolics around with it, throws it into the air for himself and just has the best time all by himself. I’ve never met a person not laughing tears at that.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 year ago

    All users were forced users. Meaning, everyone who had Instagram also had a threads account. No wonder everyone leaves.

    • @[email protected]
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      I feel like that was by design, make your numbers look better than they actually are. The thing that zuck the cuck seems to always forget is that Facebook grew organically by word of mouth, not forced through tricks and metrics. That’s the main advantage of lemmy and kbin right now, their growth is by sheer word of mouth, completely organic.

  • @zombie_kong
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    81 year ago

    Ah, the humans.

    On one hand they’re all for peace and unity but on the other hand they’re still using platforms owned by a man who had a hand in orchestrating military killings, swinging the US elections, facilitating Brexit etc and a man who, amongst other things, has been photographed partying with Maxwell, Murdoch, Trump and all the other evil fucks.