On the Lemmy specific front, Active daily users seems to still be stabilising following the exodus from elsewhere, Comments and Posts both seem to be on the rise though – promising stats all in all.

  • @[email protected]English
    48•1 year ago

    Hell yeah. Special shout-out to Sync for Lemmy for reeling me back in as a daily user.

    • @[email protected]English
      7•1 year ago

      I just came from Reddit, and I hear a lot about Sync. Anyone willing to let me know what it is and how it is important to Lemmy?

      • arglebargleEnglish
        14•1 year ago

        It’s just another third party app. But it has made the transition from a reddit app to a lemmy app.

        Anything was better than reddit official app which was garbage. I preferred Relay. But for people used to sync, it is familiar and a smooth experience here like they were used to there.

        For lemmy I prefer Jerboa an open source app, but sync is free to try as well (although it had ads).

        • @[email protected]English
          7•1 year ago

          Thanks, so it seems like those apps that were going to be charged for the API have a place to transition to. Nice!

          • arglebargleEnglish
            2•1 year ago

            Yeah, it’s actually a really positive outcome because people really liked the app so they are willing to try something new.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•1 year ago

            Exactly. The other end of it is that a lot of the app-specific advanced functionality made the transition for Day 1 - unless Infinity/else has some tricks i’m unaware of, its currently the most customizable/feature complete app - actual tablet modes, foldable support, biometrics for subaccounts, user painting/tagging for sub accounts, profile backups so you can carry customizations to other android devices - etc.

            Its all auxiliary & definitely not required, but losing these features made Lemmy a no-go on mobile for me. It’s also missing some real basic stuff like mod tools & the ability to make posts at all, but i’ve used the app for a decade & the dev is quickly pushing fixes/new features out the door.

      • @[email protected]English
        6•1 year ago

        Haha, I’m right there with you. I’m off Twitter & Reddit, I had no alternatives until Sync came back…

        • @[email protected]English
          3•1 year ago

          It had taken me so many years to break my reddit addiction, then my friend introduced me to lemmy, and it’s been downhill ever since 🥲