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submitted 2 years ago by Lemmyin to c/lemmyworld
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[–] Pillarist 107 points 2 years ago (5 children)

One of the last messages from the developer of Sync had said they were considering making a Sync for Lemmy... The guy's attention to detail and customizability of Sync for Reddit has me hoping real hard for that.

[–] Classy 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Oh my god if JDL made Sync for Lemmy I would buy it yesterday. I was a Sync Dev user for like 5 years, such a great app and the developer is amazing.

[–] cjsolx 11 points 2 years ago

Absolutely! Sync was my favorite Reddit app. It's perfect. Take my money guys.

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[–] pory 22 points 2 years ago

I would actually spend money on Lemmy Sync. Though I'd also love if some of the Reddit app devs went grey hat and implemented token spoofing like Twidere on Android has for Twitter - that app lets me view my Mastodon "timeline" and Twitter timeline in the same feed by telling Twitter's API that it's totally the normal iPhone Twitter app.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

Considering the Reddit API changes are leaving an enormous amount of mobile dev talent flapping in the breeze, I'm really looking forward to seeing some really innovative apps in the nearish future.

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[–] b3r7 81 points 2 years ago (18 children)

I've been using Jerboa for Lemmy on Android. It's pretty good so far. Still getting the hang of Lemmy in general.

[–] MissJinx 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

There are some bugs and an advance user may not like it but for a simple lurker as myself Jeroba has been working wonders. 100% recomend

[–] Radin 13 points 2 years ago

Are you really a lurker if you're already commenting? (Speaking as a recovering lurker)

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[–] possiblylinux127 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Same but its incredibility buggy and unintuitive for me

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[–] SouthernCross 12 points 2 years ago

I'm on Android and it seems to me like there is no other app but Jerboa for Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 2 years ago (12 children)

I may be just a pie-in-the-sky optimist but I think the duplicate communities thing will die down eventually. Natural selection will do it's thing and we'll all eventually settle in specific communities on specific instances.

Based on the nature of life itself all living things become specialized over time. This includes creatures, jobs, products, communities, etc. So what's likely to happen is some communities will die out or be abandoned while others will thrive and yet others will simply become more specialized.

Hypothetical example: /m/gifs on Kbin might become the place to find perfect loops and high quality/serious stuff while /m/gifs on some other instance might become the place for animated silliness.

[–] lrabbt 26 points 2 years ago (7 children)

I think "duplicated" communities is a problem even on a centralized service, to a lesser degree, since you can create a community with same intentions, but different names (e.g. c/video, c/videos). I'm also optimistic they will sort out with time

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

There are plenty of duplicate communities on Reddit, it doesn't really matter.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Lemmy creators are overloaded with the massive afflux of people generating 100s of bug reports and questions on top of all their work.

Make sure you donate to help them spend more time on the project!

https://join-lemmy.org/donate

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[–] andobando 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (25 children)

I am working on this. But I need help, shoot me a message if you're interested. https://github.com/ando818/lemmy-ui-svelte

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[–] CaptainApathetic 43 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'm attempting to set up a self hosted instance so that I can control who I'm Federated with or not. Probably will just keep it open though, and I'd have to be a real asshole to get my instance defederated anywhere lmao.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Can you do us all a favor and blog about your experience setting this up and running it somewhere? I'll follow you πŸ‘

I was thinking about making my own Federated kbin-like server (writing the code from scratch) as an academic exercise. I'm a full stack developer and it's the perfect thing to hone my non-embedded (full std) Rust skills and freshen my JavaScript skills.

I have several side projects going on at the moment (that I've been working on constantly for almost three years straight) and I need a mental break from that. I'd love to learn what's a pain in the ass VS what's good from a semi-layman's perspective so I can make something better.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

This is the solution. With enough small instances, not only do we provide a wide range of options to users, but we also distribute the hosting costs across the community.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 years ago

I feel for all the devs in any way associated with current activities. We need this and this and this and this. Bloody, hell, man. I know, know. Me too!

Thanks to all the amazing contributors out there!

[–] MrFlamey 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Yes! I was just reading a post from the authors of Lemmy on lemmy.ml, and noticed I was not logged in. I assume that because lemmy.ml is another instance, I can't log in with my usual lemmy.world credentials, but since it is federated I should be able to post, correct? However, I am not sure how, and I think a lot of people would just try logging in normally, since it's just Lemmy, right? Lemmy.ml might be safe, but I think it could be possible to confuse people into entering their password for fediverse sites on malicious instances, which steal their credentials. It's a little bit confusing to noobs like myself to be honest.

An app that can manage credentials and post properly across compatible instances and show informative messages to notify the user if and why they cannot post would be very useful, managing multiple accounts seamlessly even more useful!

[–] petertree 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Well think about it with this crude kind of inaccurate analogy.

You have a windows laptop. Your friend has a windows laptop. When you're logged in to your laptop you can send your friend email. And see his emails to you.

But just because your laptop is windows and his laptop is windows doesn't mean your windows log-in would work on his right? Lemmy works more like that. Reddit is kind of like one large windows laptop and everyone gets their own keyboard. Your log in works no matter which keyboard you use.

You may notice that Lemmy communities have the @ symbol like an email. So [email protected] is different from [email protected] (just like how [email protected] is not the same account as [email protected]). They MAY be made by the same Robert but there's no guarantee.

You really just need one account. So in the communities tab from your instance (Lemmy.world) you can search for the community on the other instance (Lemmy.ml) for example [email protected].

Your account let's you post and comment on @lemmy.ml posts

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[–] AbouBenAdhem 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I assume that because lemmy.ml is another instance, I can’t log in with my usual lemmy.world credentials, but since it is federated I should be able to post, correct?

I think the difference is whether you’re viewing lemmy.ml directly (as in, the URL in your browser starts with https://lemmy.ml/), or whether you’re viewing it via lemmy.world (or whichever site you have an account on).

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish there was a "log in from other instance" button, but I don't know how you'd implement that.

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[–] WhoRoger 32 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Since instances love to defederate so much, we need an app to connect everything together again.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Since instances love to defederate so much

Hyperbole?

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[–] MiddleWeigh 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

This is a non issue tbh.

We will get there. I'm having a shit load of fun on here with you guys.

The nature of this platform is so that what we need will gradually happen based on the work we put it. I'm not into tech anything so I'm just thinking here.

I'm literally here for the journey

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 years ago (6 children)

holy shit we're devolving back to rage memes? Last I saw this shit I rode a yellow bus to school

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] Sterile_Technique 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm actually kind of enjoying the partitioned nature of the fed. I use the Jerboa app when on mobile to access Lemmy, and when I'm on my PC I use kbin.

When I was on reddit, I'd switch from mobile to PC or vice versa and just see all the content I just browsed on my other device. Now it's a fresh batch every time I make the switch (which is pretty regularly!).

That said, I wouldn't be opposed to a unifier. I remember back when AOL Instant Messenger and the 5 or so similar IM services were the cream of the internet, and keeping up with friends on each was a real pain in the ass. Then a program called "Trillian" came along and linked them all together with one clean interface, and it was fucking amazing. I could definitely see the fed benefiting from a similar service.

[–] The_weapon_x 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trillian was good stuff. Then came Pidgin, which was free and open source if I recall correctly. At one point I had AIM, MSN, Yahoo, Gtalk, and ICQ all going at once.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (9 children)

@Lemmyin I just want that Infinity for Reddit get Lemmy and Kbin added to it.
By far the best Reddit client. I really love the gesture navigation on it.
There's no other app close to it.

[–] KidsTryThisAtHome 15 points 2 years ago (9 children)

For me it was Relay. Absolutely perfect in every way, and the gesture navigation was so intuitive. Currently using jerboa for Lemmy and excited to see where it goes or what other apps become available for it

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Jerboa does this. I get content from all instances and I can block and subscribe as I want. I have no complaints at all as of yet. If you are using android, I highly suggest using jerboa

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'm using Jerboa now with multiple accounts. Currently you have to select which account you're actively using. Each account has separate feed/subscriptions, which I prefer.

I don't see an option for 1 combined feed with all accounts subscriptions. Would be nice to have as an option though.

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[–] overzeetop 23 points 2 years ago

This may be the (realistic) β€œfix” to duplicate communities in multiple instances. No fix on the server end, just* a reader app that can amalgamate the feeds so it is transparent to the end user.

* and by β€œjust a reader” I’m naturally referring to a Herculean effort to make a simple, beautiful app that’s cross-platform capable and which a noob can navigate without having to actually understand the fediverse.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

I'm waiting for an account switcher like Sync has. You could log in to one, type a comment and before submitting choose one of your other logged in accts to comment from.

[–] SpraynardKruger 54 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Pretty sure Jerboa on Android has the ability to add multiple accounts.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] lycanrising 13 points 2 years ago

keep up the posting, keep up the support, keep up the donations, and it’ll happen

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Who wants to write and test the code patches? ...

::silence so pure that it is almost a sound in itself::

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Commenting from the Memmy App beta for iOS.

Still early days, but it’s doing the basics quite well. They and Mlem are hoping for a 6/30 App Store release, so interesting times ahead.

[–] idunnololz 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm working on an Android app as well at the moment. Will also be trying to get a basic release out later this month.

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