YSK: Lemmy is Open Source, which means that there are many ways to use the platform through various user created apps. Here is a list.
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For the newbies. 💓
See also: https://lemmyapps.netlify.app/
The best thing I was told when I was a newbie:
Try sorting "all" by Top: last 6 hours.
It works great for my frequency of use. I then use "hot" if I return within an hour or two. Some mornings, I'll scroll Top 6 hours for the main stuff and switch to hot for more pressing news while I'm having my coffee.
took me a few weeks to get to the same setting, way better.
Doing exactly that. Or "new" in my local instance.
Go into your settings and stick the "hide read posts" option on for improved browsing.
Those things aren't strictly related. Lemmy is open source and there are a bunch of apps. There also used to be a bunch of Reddit apps, but Reddit wasn't open source. The important factor is that the Lemmy software provides an API (application programming interface) which app developers can use to talk to Lemmy instances. API access is free, like it used to be on Reddit.
reddit was open source
Interesting, I was expecting this to be at the beginning not recently, but it seems it was open source up to 2017 - but I'm now realising that 2017 is fast approaching a decade ago so might not count as recently.
Good to know, but trying to not confuse the less than techie newbies. X)
But here it can never be taken away :)
i’m a newbie help me understand. what are the benefits of some of these other apps versus the Voyager app I’m currently using?
Mostly personal preference. :)
OP's site explains some differences. Mostly device based. I personally use Sync and it's just like Reddit! So, the interface curve was almost zero.
This listing has filters for features: https://www.lemmyapps.com/
Hopefully someone else chimes in but I know that there's one app that allows you to export your Reddit communities here. [Finds Lemmy communities of the same name as the Reddit ones.]
That's nice, right?
Voyager has this option, but I did not use it, so I don't know how well it does.
I search for a community and add the one with the most users or most recent posts. If it isn't active, I find a less broad topic that would encompass that community.
I also spend most of my time on "all" and find active communities that way
unfortunately, I got banned, nuked my account, and deleted it all before I came over here. so I’m rebuilding from scratch, but so far so good.
Different feature sets, really. I chose Thunder because of all the view customization. I still use Thunder because I did a PR for 2-column tablet support, and no other apps I know of do that.
Hello @fossilesque@mander.xyz ,
Happy cake day! 🥳
Could youl maybe also add this list? https://www.lemmyapps.com/
It might be easier to navigate
Thanks Blaze. 💓 I swapped the links.
Great, thanks!
No need thankfully. Unlike old.reddit, Lemmy displays fine and runs quick in Firefox.
Happy cake day!
I love my browser just fine no thankyou
I use Voyager for iOS and it’s great ☺️ Mlem is also really good.
What makes something in this list "hot"?
Updates that keep you coming back for more. 😘
Updates on the site or updates on the app?