Right now, under the "Subscriptions" section in the sidebar, communities with no icon are moved a bit to the left relative of communities with icons. This makes it seem like the other communities are a category of the one with no icon. Eg. In image below, Music Gear seems like it's part of a category "Arduino"....
I think this will be the server struggling to respond, sending back an error code instead of the requested data in json format. The app should probably display something more user-friendly like "Server error (504)" (or whatever the error code is).
It's odd you're not seeing similar issues on the web version though... maybe it just takes longer to load or there's a timeout somewhere in the app that needs to be adjusted.
Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn't the thing that makes a social media site, it's the engagement...
They really seem like they made the decision internally to force everyone into their own app and kill off as many third party apps as possible, presumably for data collection/analytics. That would explain why they're quietly ignoring third party app devs and other alternative solutions (like the paid user API key solution discussed elsewhere).
Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it...
Same experience here, I checked out Mastodon and was impressed with the fediverse and open nature of everything, but the style of social media just didn't gel with me. Not surprising as I was exactly the same with Twitter.
I was literally saying "someone needs to make Mastodon for Reddit" before I discovered Lemmy!
I feel like a lot of the discussion on here at the moment is obviously focused on Lemmy itself and Reddit, but that's not surprising given the huge influx of new users.
Looking forward to the various communities and platform itself maturing. The first time I've been optimistic about social media in years, haha.
Now it's in and I'm using it, I'm wondering if it would be better if tapping a comment would only collapse the children of that comment instead. This might prevent user frustration if they try and click a link in a comment but miss, so the comment closes instead.
Yeah after some discussion on GitHub this is the direction the app is headed in, and the next update should have some settings in this regard with Boost-like behaviour as a user option. We can add more options if the community are split on their preferences. The joy of open source!
Oh wow, thanks! The hold is not very intuitive, feels like it could just be a tap. I also tried tapping on the left of the comment replies (where it shows the indentation lines) but obviously that did nothing.
Edit: just submitted a PR to fix this and allow tapping anywhere on the comment body to collapse it.
I imagine a lot of the early adopter Reddit refugees are web/mobile devs. Perhaps it's worth putting a callout to them specifically to help out on the various GitHub projects if they're looking to contribute?
New Reddit refugee here! One thing I noticed when signing up for Lemmy is the lack of multi-factor authentication to protect my account. Just curious if this on the roadmap?
Yeah this is what I've been doing, have made a few simple PRs already to enhance the themes a bit! Never worked with Jetpack Compose before, but Google sure does the trick.
Make sure you grab the latest beta of Android Studio (not the default stable one it suggests), and connect your Github account once it's installed. The emulator works really well for testing, no phone needed. Makes it super quick to get up and running and start submitting fixes.
We are happy to see that many of you are exploring Lemmy after Reddit announced changes to its API policy. I maintain this project alongside @dessalines....
I'm very impressed with Lemmy and the fediverse in general. What a promising future for social media, especially after a decade of capitalism and centralisation slowly eroding the integrity of every commercial equivalent.
Suggestion: Placeholder icon for communities with no icon
Right now, under the "Subscriptions" section in the sidebar, communities with no icon are moved a bit to the left relative of communities with icons. This makes it seem like the other communities are a category of the one with no icon. Eg. In image below, Music Gear seems like it's part of a category "Arduino"....
Weird error suddenly on Jerboa (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
It randomly seems to pop up and prevents pages from fully loading. No problems on web....
Do your part, try not to lurk!
Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn't the thing that makes a social media site, it's the engagement...
Summary of Reddit CEO u/spez' responses (old.reddit.com)
They're getting voted into oblivion on the AMA, but u/ChariotWheel is helpfully cut-and-pasting and formatting them here.
How has ur lemmy experience been so far?
Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it...
Jerboa v0.0.32-alpha (github.com)
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best way to donate/keep Lemmy running?
hi all!...
Muli-factor authentication for Lemmy accounts
New Reddit refugee here! One thing I noticed when signing up for Lemmy is the lack of multi-factor authentication to protect my account. Just curious if this on the roadmap?
What is your favourite 3rd party Lemmy client?
I'm thinking mobile but keeping the options open
Welcome Reddit refugees!
We are happy to see that many of you are exploring Lemmy after Reddit announced changes to its API policy. I maintain this project alongside @dessalines....