BakoBitz 1y ago • 100%
I actually prefer the interface here, and I'm using the gerboa mobile app so everything is snappy. I'm just trying to assess where the consensus platform will be, because I think the most important thing about a platform like this is the user base.
Today I've been enjoying squabbles.io which is not part of the fediverse but has a much cleaner and simpler design that seems to be drawing people in. Right now it doesn't have downvoting, but it still seems more like Reddit and the energy there is very excited and positive. I recommend checking it out.
But I'm also enjoying Lemmy and I have a hard time imagining the community is going to embrace an alternative that isn't open source and decentralized so my money is on the fediverse.
I'm a Reddit refugee trying out all the alternatives I can find to see which sticks. I guess Kbin is part of the same Fediverse as we're in here, but it seems more isolated and people on Reddit are pushing it hard. As a result I've been seeing significantly higher engagement levels there than here, despite it not having a mobile app and a confusing interface. Today, it will barely load and I can't log in without getting an error. It's so painfully slow, maybe because it has ddos protection enabled, but it's with every page load. I'm finding it too frustrating to use, but somehow more active than what I'm seeing here where the front page of All often has posts with zero comments and only a handful of votes. How are other refugees managing the Reddit alternatives?
BakoBitz 1y ago • 100%
I've been exploring them both today, but surprised that kbin doesn't have a mobile app. I don't really understand the relationships of the fediverse and how kbin is connected to Lemmy or isn't, but I found it really hard to figure out how to search for subreddits (or whatever they're called on kbin), whereas it's pretty straightforward here. Still, both are surprisingly user unfriendly to this noob, and I don't understand why all these fediverse platforms emphasize the server you're on so much in their UIs when I imagine 99% of people just want to join the full Lemmy or Mastodon or whatever the service is, rather than an individual server. Seems like they could just have servers blend into the background better, but I guess that's the architecture of this software.
BakoBitz 1y ago • 100%
I forgot the sub, but I saw one that did a poll and it was only around 20% of their users who used a third party app. It surprised me because for a long time there wasn't even an official Reddit mobile app, so I figured most people would have settled on a third party app years ago. Plus they're so much better.
Anyway, my hope is that Reddit is more vulnerable to a user revolt than most social media sites because the loud voices that do most of the posting are exactly the people who are most upset about what's going on now. I certainly remember how a vocal group of users turned the tide against the Digg all those years ago.
BakoBitz 1y ago • 100%
Had a OnePlus 7 Pro for 4 years and just switched it out for a Pixel 7 Pro last week. A lot of things to like on the pixel, but the experience is definitely tinged with regret. The OnePlus 7 Pro is such a great device, I had never kept a phone more than 18 months before and that one I kept 4 years and still felt it was fine, I just wanted better photography and an AOD.
The biggest surprise with the pixel is how locked down it is. I assumed getting a Google phone would mean it was as open as possible, but it's probably the least customizable Android phone I've had. Maybe I should have gotten an S23 ultra, but I hate all that Samsung crap that they put on those phones and don't let you take off.