Right now the user count Lemmys is comparatively tiny when held up against reddit - but the user count isn’t the thing that makes a social media site, it’s the engagement

So even if you’re used to lurking, try to get a little more active! Post memes, vote on posts, talk in the comments, whatever!

If people come here and see activity, content, and discussions, they’re more likely to stay and contribute their own - if they come and see a ghost town, they’ll just go back to reddit

  • Raiden11X@programming.devEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Me too. It feels like early reddit stages trying to figure out what subreddits and whatnot are as a newcomer. I’m slowly getting the hang of it. The jerboa app has been cool too!

    • speckEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Is that an app to log in to Lemmy instead of using a browser?

      • player1English
        2·
        1 year ago

        Jerboa supposedly. I haven’t tried it yet though.

        • nublugEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          i’m using it. it’s… ok. not very many features (no way to sort comments, community search doesn’t seem to work for me at all, links to communities open with a browser and not within the app, and while pictures show up in posts if you want to save or zoom you open in a browser) but it mostly gets the basic job done.

          i need to pin the website to my home screen so i can use that for a comparison; i don’t know what i’m missing. mastodon apps are in a similar situation of being a bit behind what the web version is capable of so i imagine that’s probably the best way to use lemmy for a while, too.

          edit: update. tried the ‘install’ thing on firefox and it’s garbage. now i see what some posts complaining about auto updating with new posts mean and it makes me log in again every time i open it. sticking with jerboa for now. really hoping boost and/or joey reddit app devs make a version for lemmy soon.

        • gmatkinsEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’m on Jerboa right now. It’s minimal and not particularly attractive, but all the necessary features are here.

          It’s clearly a passion project for a very small number of developers. I haven’t seen any evidence of monetization but I’ll happily give these folks a few bucks when I can. I paid for RiF and got a solid decade out of that.

      • Raiden11X@programming.devEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yep! For Android, the app is called Jerboa. For iOS, the app is called Mlem. At least, those are the farthest along right now.