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For discussion about the lemmy.ml instance, go to [email protected].

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Edit:

Official Lemmy Community:

https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

UNIVERSAL SUBSCRIBE LINK

This should open the community in your instance


Looks like the Boost for Reddit Dev just reserved a Lemmy Community...No official announcement yet.

Proof: https://old.reddit.com/r/BoostForReddit/comments/14ehiqs/_/jouvuok/

Direct Link to the Community: https://lemmy.world/c/boostforlemmy

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] timkmz 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yea, I really loved RiF, so I hope we get Lemmy is Fun. Was a paid user and would support again.

[–] justhach 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

1000%. I'm currently using Jerboa for Lemmmy, which is pretty similar, but I loved RiF's UI and general "no frills" layout.

If TalkLittle came out with a Lemmy/Kbin browser, I'd get it in a heartbeat.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Jerboa lacks a lot of customization features but hopefully it keeps improving. Sync was my absolutely favourite though and if LJ can replicate those features in the lemmy app it'll be a no-brainer for me to use Sync.

[–] deweydecibel 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Yeah every single app I've tried so far, and the web UI, has this "modern" design aesthetic which basically means a lot of wasted screen space and having to scroll more to see what could easily fit on the screen at one time.

Best thing about RIF was the density of information, which you could customize how you see fit. Waiting patiently for an app in that vein

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Infinity for Reddit was my 3rd Party app of choice, boy what I would give for Infinity for Lemmy, seriously hoping

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

The more the lemmier.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is really cool for Android users. If Apollo came to lemmy, that would be the biggest kick in the teeth for Reddit.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

OH MY GOD ITS MY DREAM COME TRUE

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Would be great to have other mobile apps fill the gap, so that the devs can focus more heavily on the main site instead of Jerboa.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

FWIW, I highly doubt the devs are focused on anything but the Lemmy API right now. In fact, I also doubt they’ve slept in a month.

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

For sure, even so, it'll be good to have a really solid mobile app option that doesn't take any of their focus in the future.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

may it be usable without play services

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow this is huge. Should bring a ton of new users. Spez really shittin his pants now

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

Boost dev just reserved a lemmy community also. I edited my post with the links.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago
[–] ulu_mulu 12 points 2 years ago

We did it ~~Reddit~~ Lemmy!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Awesome. I uninstalled Sync after they stated it would be going down on July 1st because of the updates. It was the a great app. Looking forward to this.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

This is absolutely fantastic news! Sync was pretty much my only way of browsing reddit for a long time. This should make the transition much easier.

BTW: Hi everyone, that's my first comment on Lemmy!

[–] ronalicious 9 points 2 years ago

this is awesome. i'm a paid (no ads) user, and will definitely support sync if there's a lemmy client.

ps. thx for linking to old.reddit.com ;)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

This is exciting! Glad to see Lemmy will be getting so much more attention!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

im on iOS but this is amazing!! i was on android for a long, long time and Sync was my go-to. Thank you, Laurence :D

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Man, I know it's a different app but I'd be so thrilled if the Boost dev decided to jump ship and make a Lemmy app. I tried so many reddit apps and Boost ended up being everything I wanted and more.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Any app right now would be great. The web needs some UI tweaks. I hope Apollo comes to light.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like to be notified so I can try it out. Maybe RIF could try one too. Call it LIF.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

This was my favorite Reddit app. So happy to see it coming to Lemmy now that I've moved on from Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Sync for Reddit is a very popular Reddit client. This is the Lemmy version.

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

That's great. I hope more reddit clients become lemmy clients.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

This is huge! Sync was my favorite reddit client.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Oh goodie! That's the client I use!

Or, used to use.

[–] WhoRoger 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Can someone tell me what advantages Sync has/had over Slide or Infinity? These are the two apps I've been using.

[–] deweydecibel 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's entirely about your UI preferences, really. Most third party apps had feature parity, and the features they didn't have were more niche. You could find something each of them did especially well, but the vast majority of features an average user could want were present in all of them. Boost was my preference for a more graphical experience, and RIF was my default for its simplicity.

Sync has an extremely vocal fanclub because its dev is very involved with the userbase directly, but it's really not much different from the other graphical ones save for its MaterialYou integration, if that's something you care about. It's as respectable an app as the others.

If they had longer than 10 days to live I'd suggest trying each one to see which fits your preference....but...

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How do universal subscribe links work?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

/c/[email protected]

Just type it like that and if you click it you stay in your instance

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

That is an awful, but functional little hack.

It would be nice if [email protected] could be supported.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

it's disappointing seeing so many people here excited about something that is not (and apparently not planning to be) free open source software :(

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I def prefer people contribute to the existing open source apps (or make new ones), but overall the more the merrier. I'm happy when anyone builds something for the lemmy ecosystem.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I'm so excited right now! Not having Sync is why I quit Reddit

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

This should open the community in your instance

How do you do that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

It’s great to see adoption exploding like this. I’m expecting to see a lot more third party Reddit apps making the jump to Lemmy over the next few months. Exciting times!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I've been using Sync since 2016. This is incredibly good news.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What is this? I'm not sure if I'm looking at the right "Sync" app, there seems to be a lot x_x

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

sync for reddit is what you're looking for, it doesn't have a lemmy release yet. He says he plans to have one out in the next few weeks.

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

Doesn't look like Boost is happening as of now, as per the developer.

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