I don’t know if this is just a placebo effect, but it feels like there’s a lot more socialization and faster upvotes in the past hour Sync was released.
I didn’t particularly like any of the apps for Lemmy, while they all offered some of the features I wanted, none offered all in a single package.
That, coupled with the clunkyness and bugs that come along with the territory of new developers building something for the first time (which is not a knock against them), I just didn’t really enjoy trying to use Lemmy.
I’m mainly waiting for Boost, but I like to try the new Lemmy apps hoping to find a great one, and Sync is certainly the best so far, with a robust feature and settings set that does everything I need it to.
So that’s why I’m spending a little more time here now, I guess! Lemmy is only as good as the app that acts as it’s interface after all, and as the apps improve and become less of a chore to use, so will user retention.
I guess anything that will make Lemmy a viable alternative to Reddit is welcome.
Sync drastically reduces the barrier to using Lemmy for sure.
I appreciate the vanilla Lemmy experience but Sync has my muscle memory / usage habits after all. And it fixes some of my UX complaints that seem mildly annoying but enough to disengage me from the browsing session.
The power of a decent UX
I’ll check Sync out if I ever start having issues with Thunder. Don’t know why it isn’t as popular as other apps.
I don’t know what happened but I also see less politics and more interesting topics, which is making me want to vote more let alone to comment more.
At least the experience scrolling through lemmy now is 100x better.
Just using infinity for Lemmy, idk what’s all about that sync-hype. Infinity runs flawlessly.
I am here because of sync, but I am also confused. I made a .ml account and not a .world account. Does it matter? Could someone tell me the difference? Thanks.
It’s like having a *@gmail.com vs a *@yahoo.com email address.
Any instance allows you to send/receive email (or that is, browse lemmy).
If your instance goes down for whatever reason, you’ll not be able to access that account.
They’re just different instances, hosted by different people. You can make an account anywhere and still have access to everything, so from that perspective it doesn’t really matter. You picked one of the major ones, so you’re fine :-)
The big difference is deciding who you trust with your account. Who are they? Anybody can host an instance, after all. Will they keep your details secure? Will they be around for many years, or will they close down and you lose your account after a year, two… three? What’s their ability to withstand hackers and attacks? How good is their server infrastructure to ensure a bug free, speedy experience? Etc.
I just figured the big ones will hang in there one way or another, I find the people running the .world instance to be very transparent about how it’s run, and the issues they face running it.
That said, I wouldn’t store any information in my Lemmy account that I don’t mind being hacked or leaked, just in case.
Greetings! I finally decided to get an account after Voyager came in. I’m glad that there is a noticeable presence after the app went live. It seems like a nice place, so far!
I think lemmy.world had some downtime and they came back up. lemmy.world is one of the biggest traffic drivers.
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