Yeah, this describes my experience so far. I really want to like it here, but so far it’s been an effort.
I am using Mastadon more, hopefully with time we see a similar level of polish. However, even there it don’t see a dent in Twitter.
Yeah, this describes my experience so far. I really want to like it here, but so far it’s been an effort.
I am using Mastadon more, hopefully with time we see a similar level of polish. However, even there it don’t see a dent in Twitter.
Lemmy isn’t currently usable by “normies” but we, the weird ones are already here, building great communities, fixing bugs, developing features. Give it 6 months, and Lemmy and kbin will be ready for prime time. The world will watch it rise like a giant middle finger shown to /u/spez.
PSA for non-developers: “six-months” in the software world is slang for “optimistically, one year”.
“We’ll have full self driving by the end of this year”
– Elon Musk 10 years ago
I consider myself only moderately tech-savvy and definitely not an IT person. I managed to make my way on here, and decided to create an account on a lesser-used instance after the second evening of looking around. Granted, it took some figuring out (didn’t see any guides), but after about an hour I had most things set up to how I wanted it, and had Jerboa installed on my phone. If I can do it, 90% of the general population can. They just need the motivation.
The way I see it is, do you even want the general population on here? Maybe it’s a good thing they can’t figure it out.🙃
Definitely don’t want it popular enough for bots. But more engagement in niche (or non-techy) subjects? Yup.
Then you’re officially one of The Weird Ones™.
Nice to meet you fellow nerd! 👋
TBH if the front page didn’t load random new pages as you were scrolling it would be perfect and I won’t really miss much at all.