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[–] nostradiel 24 points 1 year ago (6 children)

The problem with lemmy is that it's not 100% stable. I like it more than Reddit but at least 20% of time lemmy is overloaded, down, not refreshing or else.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I haven't had that problem at all. Maybe a month ago, but now its stable. On the other hand I suppose if might be relative to the instance you joined?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

There always some issues. It was unusable a couple days ago for me. Whilst I can tolerate it for now, that’s a huge barrier for people especially newcomers.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Lemmy isn't overloaded. Lemmy.world and Lemmy.ml are.

People need to move to other instances. Lemmy was never designed to have main central instances. There are supposed to be many smaller and more specific ones and people choose the ones that fit their usage.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Unlike Reddit, where no users have ever seen a message that said "you broke Reddit" with a sad snoo...

Reddit is also not 100% stable; Lemmy is just experiencing growing pains. Here's to hoping it only gets better

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's a problem especially with lemmy.world . They took the brunt of the Reddit migration and had to massively adjust their servers to accommodate the influx of users and communities. Other instances have been more stable

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Basic shit like linking to comments doesn't even work on the website, let alone the apps. If I click the link icon on your post, it links to the top comment to it instead. Clicking Show Context on that page also does nothing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That used to work but I think the update broke it. Really annoying

[–] Cyyy -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

also the apps often have a lot of bugs or issues in general. i would love to use lemmy more, but Liftoff can't even sort my profile comments by new. i click on it.. nothing happens. and if i just quickly switch to another app (clicking a link that opens the browser etc), and come back.. everything is reset and i have to search the post i was again etc.

because such things i don't use lemmy as often i would like..another issue is that lemmy isn't supported on older browsers and the devs just tell you to update or get another one.. yeaahh nah thanks. not gonna switch or destroy my browser (newer browser versions are often shitty.. just look at chrome who nags you all the time) just because of lemmy. so.. i wait for this issues to be fixed to then be able to use it more. before this happens, the user experience is just too frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I know it's like beating a dead horse, but sync is actually pretty fantastic and hasn't skipped a beat for me yet. Connect I was afraid to comment on posts because it would refresh the whole page on me and lose my spot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

another issue is that lemmy isn't supported on older browsers and the devs just tell you to update or get another one..

Does old.lemmy.world work with older browsers?

[–] Cyyy 2 points 1 year ago

for most parts of old lemmy.world, it does. it's the only way for me of using lemmy on my normal browser. before that i used the portable version of firefox.