Hello World!
The last week or so we have seen quite a big 'boost' in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you're new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct.
NEW USER QUESTIONS
If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide. It should cover most of your questions.
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
You can head over to the [email protected] community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses.
Our Admin @quinten recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here.
ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES
Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile.
- https://a.lemmy.world - Alexandrite is a beautiful and convenient desktop-first alternate web UI for Lemmy. Official site https://alexandrite.app
- https://p.lemmy.world - Photon A sleek client for Lemmy with powerful mod and admin tools. The only alternative client with feature parity to the official client. Official site https://phtn.app
- https://m.lemmy.world - Voyager was one of the first alternative UI's that became available. Optimized for Mobile. Official site https://vger.app
- https://old.lemmy.world - a familiar desktop experience for lemmy. Official site https://mlmym.org
THIRD PARTY APPS
There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily.
For a complete list of apps have a look at https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/ (Thanks [email protected]).
EDIT: Updated the apps list. Also some more interesting links in @[email protected]'s post here: https://lemmy.world/comment/3962001
EDIT 2: Instead of https://photon.lemmy.world you can now just go to https://p.lemmy.world. You can thank @[email protected] laziness for that.
Any particular cause for this latest boost of new users? I came here when the API ban happened and am much happier with Lemmy. So welcome to everyone!
[email protected] saw it's official release and the announcement over on Reddit gave us a bump, much like when [email protected] was officially released a while back.
Also there might have been a (albeit smaller) bump a few days ago due to Reddit removing the ability to opt out of ad personalization.
Also, Relay Pro was the only allowed 3rd party app, and they just released an update that requires you to pay for API usage, with no way to bypass or exit the pay screen. So that was the last of my last reddit usage. Uninstalled.
I'm assuming that means the reddit grace period is over. A small number of apps negotiated continued free access to the APIs to give time to move to a subscription model. Looks like that time is up.
Correct, it got an update today and now it's asking to subscribe. 1€ is "about half an hour of browsing every day". How about fuck you Reddit
RedReader is still allowed to exist due to its extensive accessibility options.
It's also FOSS, Reddit changing their API fee structure was Reddit trying to capture all third party app income and RedReader generated none.
<3 RR. I actually suggested to the dev ~last year that he put up a patreon page; I was the first subscriber. I've been using it for over 10 years and imo nothing else came close. Eagerly awaiting the update that supports reddit and lemmy.
Reddit and Lemmy? In one app?
That's the plan, afaik. I imagine a drop-down at the top where it says RedReader, and the option of either one. It's been a couple months since I read that was being planned but you can find the plans on r/RedReader.
Actually, 3rd bullet point under long-term plans: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4_redreader_granted_noncommercial/
Same with narwhal on iOS, just announced the exact same thing
The new version of Narwhal is beautiful, I wish they’d develop it for Lemmy too.
Infinity did pretty much the same thing a few weeks ago. Now I'm a happy Eternity (previously Infinity for Lemmy) user.
Narwhal still works but it’s terrible so I get why people pretend it doesn’t exist.
Have you tried patching the app? I was able to do it with Infinity and it worked just fine.
I mean redreader will always be exempt so there's that.
That's why I'm here now! I loved boost for Reddit
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected], [email protected]
I wish we could get RIF over here. 😭
I've been using Connect ([email protected]) and, while it's not the same, it feels fairly similar to RIF (which I used to use) after some customization.
Give Liftoff a go. I was using RIF and happy enough with this app
The boost believe it or not came from the launch of Boost for Lemmy which was a popular Reddit client.
Boost for Lemmy, Boost for life!! 🚀
I also really liked that one.
Another reason could be that this week, Relay for Reddit start charging... Or should I say, Reddit started charging Relay... Anyway.. First post and all that.. Hi
Welcome!
Thank you
I’m here b/c of the advert policy change on reddit
Welcome!
I just left today because relay went into subscription mode. It's nothing against dbrady I know he does his best (made the best app for Android afaik, and even his subscription isn't a money grab) but fuck reddit charging people for using their social media. Don't want snap insta tic tok Facebook twitter etc... to start charging us.
Fuck that shit. I'm old and I remember what the internet used to be. I'm having a hard time accepting everything becoming a fucking subscription (looking at you YouTube).
Also, I'm using boost for Lemmy and I quite like it. If anyone can suggest anything else/better to try I'd be grateful.
Edit: this is my first comment 🥳🥳🥳
You'll fit right in.
Same. I didn't care for relay compared to RiF, not my preference, but it was good enough after RiF died. But now that relay is out too? I'm not sure I can stomach using the reddit app. I'm definitely not paying for anything either. I already pay with my mental health by reading reddit comments, I'm not paying money to do it too.
Welcome!
Welcome! Former long time Relay user, but I left reddit in June. For what it's worth, I like Thunder and Connect. They are both open source and add free (no offense to ad supported apps). Just thought you might like to know what a fellow Relay user settles on after months of trying them all out.
Same, relays fine but sync was my main app they ceased their reddit app in june. Just realized they had a spiritual successor for Lemmy up and running so I'm giving it a try now. All the server stuff got me feeling like a boomer but the app actually feels like I remember sync for reddit feeling so I'm hoping I can get into the swing of things without too much trouble!
Relay Pro had to move to a Subscription model for 10/01, as API costs are now being enforced. Both that and the SafetyNet requirement means those of us on custom android phones can't use any premium Reddit app, so RIP.
For me the infinity subscription bypass stopped working so I finally made the switch