Months ago, I looked through Lemon8's site, fooled around, and came to the same conclusion as the reviewer. But I'm also nowhere near Bytedance's targeted demographic for this, so reading from someone who is bring clarity.
That said, I am a big fan of the Instagram and Pinterest experience, but those apps have been enshittified long ago, and I've been hoping for good Fediverse contenders for awhile. This is why I can continue to run my #Pixelfed server since this is such a critical app.
I hope can all collectively build something more compelling than Lemon8.
@atomicpoet@socialmedianews I would love a Fediverse alternative to Pinterest. It’s the only big social thing apart from LinkedIn that I’ve been unable to quit because it’s actually useful to me.
@atomicpoet I'm a fan of the ephemeral nature of Instagram stories that are visible for 24h and then they're gone (well, soft-deleted, at least). I enjoy posting some nonsense that's gone in a day, it makes me post stuff I wouldn't bother with otherwise because it's too silly for me to want it sticking around forever.
But I totally agree about the enshittification, especially the "no links for you ever" policy where I have to screenshot a post and use the iPhone's text recognition to cut'n'paste it out of the image.
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