• BossDj@lemm.ee
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    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.

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      The next step after Hot is Scaled (similar but boosts less active/smaller communities

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        I just leave mine on top 6 hours, and it’s been plenty for my use, but if scaled can show me smaller communities where I might find new stuff, I’ll definitely try that!

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          Worth browsing All by Scaled at least once or twice a day.

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      Go into your settings and stick the “hide read posts” option on for improved browsing.

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    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.

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    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?

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      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.

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        Because the creator simply converted his app “Sync for Reddit” to a Lemmy app when Reddit fucked over all third party apps at the first big exodus

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          Warning, Sync seems abandoned and some features are broken, e.g read posts don’t stay hidden. I’d recommend Boost, Summit, Jerboa, or Thunder

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          I use voyager, too. I like it better than sync for being open source and more frequently updated

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      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?

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        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

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        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.

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    No need thankfully. Unlike old.reddit, Lemmy displays fine and runs quick in Firefox.