[HN Gopher] Eight days later: Kbin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, an...
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       Eight days later: Kbin, Lemmy, the landed gentry, and the rise of
       "threadiverse"
        
       Author : srameshc
       Score  : 46 points
       Date   : 2023-06-19 20:06 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | kgwxd wrote:
       | I started an account on SDF's Lemmy instance today. Got a 3
       | letter name and I trust them to keep it alive for the long haul
       | :) I haven't missed Reddit all day. The only reason I went there
       | was to see if any subs I frequent had an official announcement of
       | moving. Finding niche communities is pretty simple and they're
       | mostly healthy. It was a tad confusing at first but, once I
       | picked an instance to join, it only took a few minutes to figure
       | out how to navigate it. My biggest hurtle was not knowing about
       | the "All" button at the top, they should do more to emphasize
       | that. IMO it should be the default.
       | 
       | [0] https://lemmy.sdf.org/
        
         | award_ wrote:
         | Thanks for the heads up, I totally blanked on signing up
         | through SDF. I have other accounts through them, hoping to use
         | them for a Lemmy homebase as well.
        
       | genericlogic wrote:
       | I honestly don't care about the whole API drama, but I've been
       | looking to get off reddit for awhile now. I switched over to
       | Lemmy and committed to a week of usage. It's rough around the
       | edges but it works. I'm in. Haven't been back to reddit and don't
       | plan to.
        
       | bhouston wrote:
       | I think this is phenomenal. I do not find the internet for
       | Lemmy.ml accessible though yet -- for some reason whenever I
       | visit the instance I signed up for it shows the same stories:
       | https://sh.itjust.works. This CPP article has been there for days
       | and it is a total red herring.
        
         | assbuttbuttass wrote:
         | The default sorting method of "active" seems to be broken.
         | Sorting by "new" or "new comments" will give you more fresh
         | posts
        
           | kgwxd wrote:
           | I'm just starting today but Top Day All seems most like
           | r/all. I added it to my RSS reader and there's a lot of the
           | same stories posted on both. I added new, hot and active to
           | my reader to see how they update. Active seems usable. Hot is
           | way too noisy.
        
       | spicyusername wrote:
       | It really feels as though something is concretely shifting.
       | 
       | I am looking into standing up a Lemmy instance myself after
       | enjoying perusing a few of the other communities.
        
       | kramerger wrote:
       | You know what could really make a difference?
       | 
       | If the developers of Apolo and the rest added seamless support
       | for fediverse. Maybe with a function to sync your stuff across
       | reddit, twitter and these new places.
       | 
       | So basically, you will continue using your favourite app and
       | don't really notice that the "backend" has changed
        
         | babypuncher wrote:
         | Unfortunately Christian Selig, creator of Apollo, doesn't seem
         | very interested in doing this. I guess he just wants to move on
         | to something else entirely.
        
         | fwn wrote:
         | The creator of RedReader, the (AFAIK) only Android Reddit
         | client that will stay available (presumably at least for a bit)
         | outlined some thoughts along the lines of potential future
         | fediverse/other platform support here:
         | 
         | https://old.reddit.com/r/RedReader/comments/145du4j/update_4...
        
         | clvx wrote:
         | I've been preaching the same. I don't care where I connect to
         | as long as I have the information. It reminds me a lot to
         | pidgin. As long as there's a good incentive between the content
         | servers and the UI's, this could work.
        
         | contravariant wrote:
         | I suppose, but really what you need to achieve that is not the
         | app-developers modifying their apps, what you need is some
         | bridge that exposes a reddit API on top of lemmy (or the
         | fediverse in general).
         | 
         | In theory anyone could build and run such a bridge, but I'm not
         | sure if anyone has a strong incentive to make one.
        
       | rektide wrote:
       | Do any fediverse clients span both Mastadon style posting & more
       | forum based systems?
        
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