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.
If you feel happy with the current state of reddit you should be there. I could not stomach it anymore so I'm at the next best alternative, that has all the potential. You need to take the sour with the sweet in all new ventures. But if that's not for you just go just go where you feel fine, nobody is making you stay or is invested in having people stick around that do not feel they want to be here.