Or why Lemmy is too much like hard work

The sole admin of the first instance I joined (which isn’t small) has gone missing. So it’s been defederated by some other instances. Then re-federated by some of them.

So about six weeks ago I made an account with instance two, which seems to be well run BUT updates to the latest version so it doesn’t work with any of the third party apps I use.

Which wouldn’t be an issue except the Lemmy web UI works horribly on mobile. There’s a PWA but that hasn’t been updated and won’t now authenticate.

So I joined a third instance but that seems to have completely disappeared without warning.

I’d join Lemmy.world but it has regular resource issues and downtime. Plus moderation issues.

App 1 hasn’t seen any development for over three months and now barely functions.

App 2 which is apparently the second most popular app now only receives emergency fixes when it won’t work at all

Apps 3 and 4 throw authentication errors on any instance running above 0.18.4 because the developers are re-thinking.

As a user it’s almost enough to send me to Reddit.

  • Blizzard@lemmy.zip
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    1 year ago

    Can't relate to your issues. If you join lemmy.zip and use Sync or Boost you shouldn't have any issues (I haven't).

    • Polar@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I'd advise against joining any .zip or .mov instances, as many businesses ban those TLDs for security reasons.

      I even have them banned at home so my girlfriend who works from home sometimes doesn't get tricked.

    • FelipeFelop@feddit.ukOP
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      1 year ago

      Sync is not compatible (until it’s updated) as more instances roll out newer versions you’ll get authentication errors.