No one really knows how things will play out but I was wondering if people are committed to Lemmy, or would the mod team migrate to greener pastures if a better, more functional alternative comes to the forefront.

I’m hoping Lemmy can improve but I personally don’t love using it. Its still early days though so that might change. There are a couple promising alternatives in development right now but since they aren’t out, everyone is migrating to lemmy.

As someone with a disability, the UI/UX is problematic and makes me physically ill after using it for a short period of time.

  • Tiritibambix@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Come on, give it some time. It’s coming a long way, and devs are working their ass off to deliver some quality updates.

    Also, there are a dozen apps in the works for iOS and Android that are to be released soon, if that’s not already the case. So you should have more choice to pick a better experience browsing lemmy in the coming days.

  • nottheengineer@feddit.deEnglish
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    2 years ago

    A lot of people switched to lemmy recently, so the development focus is on scaling for now. It’ll probably take a while until that’s sorted out properly and the devs can focus on accessibility.

    I think lemmy is a good place for this community because we don’t need to worry about big platforms overmoderating.

  • MonkCanatella@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I like to remember how ugly and difficult it was to adjust to Reddit after moving from Digg’s slick 2.0 interface. I think Lemmy will face more growing pains but will be the best solution in the end.

    Reddit has literally never had a good UI/UX. It was worth it because it was the best alternative at the time.

    That said, my requirements for a reddit alternative would have to be decentralized and open source. I just couldn’t get into another situation like this one and I won’t support it.

  • U de Recife@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’ve been a redditor for more than 16 years. Due the the recent events, I’ve been through my comments/submission history, noticing how much more active I was in the beginning. For the past, I don’t know, 5 or more years, I’ve been just lurking less and less, to the point that when it came to delete my content and account, I didn’t even have any regrets. Just did it, and that was it.

    Now comes the fediverse. Here I am, commenting again, actively checking what’s happening here with a renewed enthusiasm. So yes, I’m excited for it being FOSS, federated, decentralized. By the people, for the people. Yay!

  • hiajen@feddit.deEnglish
    1·
    2 years ago

    Looking at other fedi apps like Mastodon, accessibility and UI/UX will soon follow. Which is promising.

    But yes, it’s the early days of Lemmy and maybe even the fediverse. So we’ll see what the future brings ;)

  • hendrik@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    What alternatives?

    Maybe ask this question again if there actually is something better. But i’d agree. The UI should be accessible for people with disability. But maybe we need to work on lemmy and make that possible instead of waiting for something else to come along.

  • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    It fills a slightly different niche but there is also aether. I think Lemmy and Aether complement each other. Lemmy federates with other applications but Aether is ephemeral and takes advantage of P2P topology and and cryptography.