Signing up

Pick an interface. Do you prefer to browse Reddit with:

Flip a coin, pick an instance. Are you:

Building momentuum

  • Jumpstart your subscription list using https://redditmigration.com
  • Try commenting or posting. Just try it! Many people who stopped engaging on reddit find the community more rewarding here.
  • Try sticking with Lemmy / Kbin for a few days. Until your fingers learn to get their fix a new way, and you get your subscription list built up a bit.

What next?

Many people are happy at this point… but what to do if you want to help the switch to fediverse but you’re still jonesing for reddit after a few days? A few ideas….

  • Its OK! Reddit simply has more volume and a bigger stack of communities as of Jun 30, 2023. Its /probably/ (?) not going to disappear overnight. Its not an either/or, you can use lemmy / kbin more and more over time.
  • Start your internet browsing time on lemmy / kbin first. If you’re “still hungry”, supplement with reddit.
  • Consider instituting a “read only reddit” policy: no posts, comments, or upvotes. Its MUCH easier to stop adding to Reddit than it is to quit cold turkey. If you don’t like reddit’s behavior, this is a good way to collectively switch momentum toward the fediverse without making big personal sacrifices.
  • sparkle@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m still having a bit of trouble using Lemmy. I have Jerboa on my phone but I can’t use it right now, it says something about a version lower than v0.18 and trying a different instance and I can’t log-in on my phone’s browser because the circle just keeps spinning. I’m on my laptop and I feel like if I log this out, I’m gonna have troubles logging in again.

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        1 year ago

        Or see if there’s an instance for your local community. For example I’m Dutch, so I joined feddit.nl. This makes filtering by Local (as opposed to Subscribed or All) actually usefully to see what’s new on communities on the instance.

    • Anders429@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I had the same issue. It seems that lemmy.world is not yet upgraded to 0.18, but Jerboa requires it. I was able to fix it by downloaded an older version of Jerboa (specifically, version 0.34 or older).

      I later switched to Liftoff, which seems to be a much smoother experience.

    • eco@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Lemmy.world just upgraded to 0.18 a couple of hours ago. Still a little sluggish but has improved significantly over the last half hour.

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      1 year ago

      Had the same problem, I’m using Connect for Lemmy on Android right now, hope it helps. However I’m using Sync for Lemmy once the development ends