👋 to all the newcomers, let me know if you need any help getting settled in!

    • LemmyInRedditSux @lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      You’re all the technology-savvy intelligent ones who figured out Lemmy right away, months ago. I was trying to get into Lemmy even before July 1st but finally figured it out today November 10th! I finally got into Lemmy today. It was nearly as difficult as applying & repeatedly being rejected for competitive employment somewhere. sheesh.

    • Bigocciput@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      Very sad to say goodby to RIF after 9 years. Lets get this party started and I got some learning to do in this new environment.

  • BLT2002@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 year ago

    I joined a few weeks ago but after RIF died just over an hour ago it looks like I’ve found my new home.

  • Earthwick@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    Nice to have a new place to hang my virtual coat and peer into the endless void of the internet.

  • JehovahJoe@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    It was weird using Reddit Is Fun like I always do then it just suddenly stopped.

    I can’t create a community. I click the button and nothing happens. Any idea why? I’m trying to recreate a community from Reddit that really helped me when I was in a dark place.

    • sunaurus@lemm.eeOPM
      1·
      1 year ago

      Hey, I would like to debug this community creation issue, but I haven’t been able to reproduce this. Can you walk me through the exact steps that you’re taking? What text are you inputting into the creation form?

      • JehovahJoe@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        I could probably do a screen share at some point if that would help.

        I log in, go to “Create Community”

        Name and display name are both “exJW”

        No icon or banner

        Description is a one sentence thing that I change every time I try to create it

        Moderator checkbox is unchecked

        Languages are English and Undetermined

        I’m using FireFox for Android

        • LucyLastic@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          1 year ago

          Try on FF for Windows or Linux, on some instances I have had big problems with FF for android not accepting credentials

          Other people have mentioned that using other browsers on android has worked for them, but I personally prefer to stick with what I trust

        • sunaurus@lemm.eeOPM
          1·
          1 year ago

          Hey, sorry for the slow response, I’ve been getting a lot of messages and working through them steadily.

          Name and display name are both “exJW”

          I suspect this is your issue - the actual name of a community must be lowercase. In my browser, it does tell me that the name is in a wrong format when I enter “exJW”, but it’s not super clear what the correct format is. I believe this error error message will need to be improved.

          Anyway, I have created the community myself: https://lemm.ee/c/exjw. Please make a post in here and tag my name, I can then pass ownership of the community to you. At that point, you’ll be able to set it up however you like!

    • Square Singer@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      Connect looks nice and is fast, but it’s really buggy too. But early days. In a month or two we should have a few more good options. Really looking forward to some great Reddit apps coming to Lemmy.

      • Kuro@lemmy.ca
        1·
        1 year ago

        Connect dev here. I’m getting those bugs ironed out! I’m also a Reddit migrant and the app has only been live for about 9 days now.

        • Ends@feddit.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          Thank you for your work! Connect is the only Android app for lemmy that works on my EMUI/Nougat phone, so I’m really grateful I stumbled upon it. Thunder, liftoff and the likes can’t connect, probably because of the old WebView version I’m using - the newer ones sadly fuck with Midori Lite :(

          I’ve just installed Connect earlier today and immensely enjoy it so far! I’m looking forward to maybe some additional Themes; and don’t worry 'bout the bugs too much, I’m sure you’ve got the few main ones in your sights and will figure stuff out soon enough! :) – Keep up the good deeds!

        • Square Singer@feddit.de
          1·
          1 year ago

          Sorry, didn’t want to diss you there. This is crazy impressive for the short time frame.

          All the apps are in early and rapid development and I am looking forward to what is going to happen in the months to come.

          My point was only the (obviously unfair) comparison to Reddit apps that have years under their belts. But Lemmy apps will get there too.

    • fidodo@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      We’ll have a ton of high quality options soon. Lots of the Reddit app devs are working on Lemmy apps. I wouldn’t be surprised if almost all the ui code can be reused

      • SwallowsDick@lemmy.ca
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I really wish at least one of the major third party Reddit apps was able to launch their Lemmy version today, bit of course I understand it takes time

  • avinash@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    Same for me. Woke up, launched Sync and got the message that it’s not working anymore now and will work with Lemmy later. Immediately created an account here 👍

  • Katie@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    1 year ago

    I just joined after Apollo stopped working. I’ve been over at squabbles since the black out. No idea how this place works. Excited to dig in and figure it out though!

    • 🐱TheCat@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      welcome!

      edit: just realized this isn’t even my instance but w/e, welcome to the fediverse!

      2 things that really helped me: https://browse.feddit.de/ to find communities then search in the communities tab with name like [email protected]

      if it doesn’t pop up try typing [email protected] then [email protected] again to see if it comes up

      basically new communities wont show on your community search tab until someone else on your server has searched and subscribed or interacted

    • captain_samuel_brady@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      If you aren’t sold on the interface then check out wefwef.app. No affiliation - just spreading the gospel. It feels like Reddit on Apollo, but here instead.

    • 98codes@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      Same—finally had to do the thing, and my god, finding communities to follow has GOT to get a lot easier if this is gonna work out

      • thegiddystitcher@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Which bit are you struggling with? Would be useful to know how it’s looking from a newbie perspective so we can make our explanations more effective. Also, welcome! 😄

  • manuel@feddit.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    Second ever comment here. I watched Apollo shut down live, went to sleep and then immediately tried opening it up again after waking up, out of habit - girlfriends still asleep and I got so used to browsing Reddit for a bit before we get up on weekends, it has become muscle memory.

    Using Wefwef currently and it’s nice, awesome work especially for a web app.

  • WanakaTree@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    Haha, guilty. I went to mindlessly pull up RIF at about 7 pm CT and it wasn’t loading comments, then I went oh, right, UTC it’s midnight. And now two hours later here I am on lemmy

  • 14th_cylon@lemm.ee
    1·
    1 year ago

    that is cool. there is no such thing as too many graphs, so don’t be shy in the future 😆