I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, mostly on Friendica. It’s okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.
Currently, I’m testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It’s in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it’s coming along nicely.
Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration spurs adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.
All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!
Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.
Okay, I’ve found a really annoying problem with Lemmy. I’d heard it mentioned before, but now I understand why it’s so bad.
I click on “show context” to a reply that someone made to a post of mine. I didn’t realize it, but I was instantly in a different instance and logged out of my account. So I couldn’t respond. Clicking “back” didn’t return me to my instance or log me back in. I had to re-enter my instance all over again.
That’s HUGE. I’m sure it would drive away 4 out of 5 users. Please, someone, tell me it’s being addressed!
I haven’t noticed that behaviour at all. Are you using an app (which one?) or website (mobile, desktop? Which browser?)
Firefox on my desktop.
Weird, same for me and I can click on the “show context” button just fine.
Have you tried clicking on “show context” on a comment made by someone from a different instance? That’s what seems to be causing the problem.
Yes, on some older comments I received, and it works completely fine for me.
Same for me
Just checked with older comments across channels on other instances, can’t replicate your problem anywhere. Very strange.
I just replicated the problem with Chrome.
Is this a beehaw thing? Try a different instance?
I’m only on Beehaw. Is it okay for me to create accounts on other Lemmy instances? I don’t want to use up bandwidth unnecessarily.
Oh no you will be completely fine. Each instance is a different server. They practically encourage people to go to various instances to decrease the load on popular instances. Like, if you are good with this you might as well set up your own instance. It is the same set of communities you get access to anyway.
How expensive hardware and bandwidth wise to host an instance?
If it helps, you’re not alone. I have the same problem and it’s super annoying.
Have you tried a chromium browser? I haven’t tried browsing lemmy on FF yet, but I never had that issue on chromium (Brave).
No, but I don’t have Brave installed. Let me try Chrome.
Hope it works!
Firefox works fine for me
Oof… then it might not be the browser. Maybe an extension?
Okay, another test: I clicked on “show context” on a comment made by a Beehaw user while viewing in Firefox. No problem, I was still logged in. I don’t see a “show context” option in Jerboa at all, incidentally.