It’s like having Reddit back, this is amazing. 🙏
For as long as I can remember Reddit and Sync have been one and the same. I never used Reddit website or app, only ever used Sync to browse Reddit hosted content. I used it a lot. I’ve missed it a lot.
Between the Lemmy platform and Sync client, to all intents and purposes what Reddit was has been fully restored/migrated.
I know it’s early days, but I did not expect to see anything like this so soon and it gives me hope that Lemmy can grow and thrive into the network of people that always made Reddit what it was. Everything that’s needed is there - early, a little rough around the edges, but there. And being improved constantly.
Hallelujah!
Yea this app going dark for a month made me realize how much I actually enjoy the experience of this app rather than reddit itself. Being forced to use the official app has pushed me away from Reddit more than ever
Lemmying from Sync right now and it brings a tear to my eye. I don’t think anything other than Sync would have made Lemmy feel “right” to me. And now it does.
He just added an £18.99 one off charge to remove ads as well. Instabuy for me. Just brilliant.
At first it felt a little steep to me, but then I remembered I’ve been using Sync since 2012.
Insta buy indeed lol. Probably double paid to remove ads and get ultra but that’s alright, it’s for a good cause and LJ deserves it.
Same!
The second that I opened the interface it was like being greeted by an old friend.
I totally get the subscription fatigue that people get. Work gave me an iPad and I was gobsmacked that a simple SSH app using open source libraries was going to cost $6.00/mo. Hell with that.
But in this instance, I feel like the subscription is worth it. The dev has proven that he is extremely active. Weekly updates on the beta channel for the original Reddit version.
Am I reading this wrong? It is $134.99 Canadian for the one time charge.
100 USD for me.
That’s for Ultra. The other purchase is under “Remove Ads”. Ultra comes with some extra features, like cloud storage.
That’s for lifetime ultra. Check the sidebar for remove ads option. Should be $24
I couldn’t said it better myself. After 12 years on reddit, here I am! Joined as soon as sync launched and after some Eli5 of Lemmy, I’m ready for it.
All tips for interesting instances or give me some tips about what I should check out, or catch up on, it would be appreciated .
I usually recommend Lemmyverse as the place to find the biggest/most active communities, or search for specific ones.
I also recommend following !trendingcommunities@feddit.nl on which a bot gives daily posts with upcoming/growing communities.
I don’t consider myself to be “Lemmying” or “Redditing”… I’m “Syncing”
Helllll yeah!!
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Yup. This release finally brought me over here. I haven’t logged into Reddit since Sync died over there
Same here. My usage of Reddit has strictly been through the website when I’m searching for answers to technical stuff. I’m happy to use Sync again.
Just FYI the actual term is “mass exodus,” but I love your way of putting it, too! Actually it sounds, like, more bad ass
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This app looks and feels super solid. I didn’t use sync for Reddit, but this feels and looks smooth as hell. Secondly going to use this and keep looking to see how all the apps are progressing.
My first comment, feels good to be using a Sync app again. My Reddit usage has dropped considerably so I’ve had extra time to waste…
Wrapping Sync around Lemmy has made interfacing with the fediverse so nice, you don’t get this kind of quality from anyone but a passionate developer.
I stopped using reddit entirely. Sync was reddit. Glad to have it back!
Reddit had become a new Instagram experience with the native app . I’m completely biased to Dutch sub Reddits now which is something I thought I wanted from sync for a long time. I should have stayed naive
I didn’t use Sync before but it’s a really solid beta. I can’t wait to be able to post from it. Until then I’m running Jerboa and Sync.
Using sync for Lemmy feels identical to using sync for reddit… It’s fantastic!
Now we just gotta grow this community and put reddit out of Business
Reddit will put themselves out of business, they don’t need help.
Sp3z is no Lukas Matsson. Probably more of a Kendall.
Oh my God this is great. I’ve hated the other Lemmy apps. It feels so much more natural.
I’ve never been as excited for an app to be released as this one!
Been a sync user since day 1 and I’m looking forward to continuing to support it.
I used RIF, but I remember a lot of people loved sync for reddit, so I plan to jump on the bandwagon.
I just got access to Sync for Lemmy! Very nice. I hope the developer of rif would also make a lemmy client.
Seems like the rif dev made an app for tildes instead
What’s Tildes? Another Reddit clone?
It was a community built by a former Reddit backend developer, Deimos. He also built the subredditsimulator subs and automoderator, and is looking to purposefully cultivate an online community that avoids some of the common pitfalls, mainly:
- Gravitating over time towards low-effort, lowest common denominator clickbait.
- A culture of lawful-evil trolls who “follow the rules” but are ultimately assholes who ruin the vibe.
Personally I love what he’s done with the place. It’s small, but it’s big enough and I find that the quality of comments is far better than what you might find in most corners of the internet. I’ve also got a few invites if anyone wants to check it out.
Also the Tildes app is astoundingly good for what the developer is calling an “alpha”.
I see, I myself am not really against the idea of strict moderation. So many times, on many sites where I had some sort of moderation powers, I’ve always wanted to just fucking ban people who tip toe around breaking the rules or being assholes, but not quite breaking the barrier.
Yes, with an emphasis on no jokes or memes, serious discussion only.
https://tildes.net/ Seems like good quality of discussion, but community is small.
Strange I didn’t stumble upon it until now, seems to be active since 2019.
Being invitation only probably hasn’t helped spread the word out, and when I’ve seen it brought up, the strict moderation has brought out complaints.
Not attacking the platform for those things, their house, their rules, but I could see where that keeps them more under the radar.
Yeah I know. kinda disappointed about that.
It’s one of the downsides of the reddit reckoning: there are so many different fediverse communities/sites now that existing subreddit communities have been split across different sites.
Same, just got the notification!
I’m waiting for Boost since that’s what I was used to, but this looks great too :)
I’m also a former Boost user, bit this a really nice app. I may switch to Boost when it comes out, but I will admit I’ve grown attached to gesture controls.
I’m still more a fan of relay which is staying for reddit but this is pretty nice.
God it’s so good to be back
Testing with Sync.
Verifying your test case with Sync.
Yep.
Trying some fancy characters: ¬`@£$???~~~~~~~NO CARRIER
Thanks!
Observing your short exchange on sync
Loving it so far
Using this on a pixel fold and it’s glorious.
Ooh nice! How are you enjoying the pixel fold?
Loving it. Admittedly, it’s a luxury item and not worth the price for most people but it’s been a better experience than my pixel 6 pro, which google fi gave full me full trade in value for upgrading to the fold.
