No one really knows how things will play out but I was wondering if people are committed to Lemmy, or would the mod team migrate to greener pastures if a better, more functional alternative comes to the forefront.

I’m hoping Lemmy can improve but I personally don’t love using it. Its still early days though so that might change. There are a couple promising alternatives in development right now but since they aren’t out, everyone is migrating to lemmy.

As someone with a disability, the UI/UX is problematic and makes me physically ill after using it for a short period of time.

  • hiajen@feddit.deEnglish
    68·
    1 year ago

    Looking at other fedi apps like Mastodon, accessibility and UI/UX will soon follow. Which is promising.

    But yes, it’s the early days of Lemmy and maybe even the fediverse. So we’ll see what the future brings ;)

    • fossilesqueEnglish
      45·
      1 year ago

      I started on Mastodon last year and watching it increase in size by orders of magnitude over the last several months has been a beautiful thing to watch. I am thrilled Lemmy has taken off, finally. The fediverse has restored my faith in humanity quite a bit and consuming it feels healthier, there is no way I am going back to centralised platforms. Come to mastodon and get a glimpse at what Lemmy may become. :)

      • hawkwind@lemmy.managementEnglish
        32·
        1 year ago

        Was talking to my non-techie wife yesterday and she asked what I was working on. I said “replacing reddit.” I explained the reddit situation and then we talked about alternative social networking and I was shocked she knew what Mastodon was AND said a lot of people were moving there!

      • itsAsin@lemmy.mlEnglish
        24·
        1 year ago

        it DOES feel healthier, doesn’t it? since starting here yesterday, i have been retraining my hand to not click on reddit. but honestly, i don’t even want to.

        i am willing to commit to lemmy.

        • Wren 🪐@lemmy.mlEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          I’ve been naturally gravitating towards lemmy the last few days, it’s really refreshing. I’ve not had to check myself as I’m reaching to open Apollo at all recently

      • cccc@aussie.zoneEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Can you get Mastodon and Lemmy working together? Like is there a way to see them in the same feed?

        • fossilesqueEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          You can follow users and communities and I think communicate from mastodon to lemmy, but you cant really follow from lemmy, yet. I do believe there are ways to comment, though. if you search the community or user name on mastodon (eg xyz@instance.org) then it should pop up.

    • Holzkohlen@feddit.deEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      But yes, it’s the early days of Lemmy and maybe even the fediverse.

      Agreed. I think the fediverse is still pioneer territory.