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Just joined after sync for lemmy has been released to the public. As a sync user since it started a decade ago lemmy already feels more familiar to me than reddit. I don't quite understand exactly how it all works just yet but I can definitely see myself using this over reddit.
Lemmy is much friendlier most of the time, and one of my favorite features is that it's run by individuals.
People have forgotten these days what it means to chat somewhere without a corporation in the middle.
It's such a different and better feeling.
No need to understand the details really. Just post, comment, and subscribe to communities.
IMO, sync for lemmy should be automatically pushed to all sync for reddit devices.
I still use Sync for reddit. (with the revanced mod where you can import your own API key)
Do you know if there is a setting to load the picture in full size when opening a post? I always have to tap on the picture to see it in full size, otherwise it's cropped. Jerboa did that automatically so is there a setting for this?
yes, is in the settings. there are quite a few personalizations.
It kinda did via a push notification, but IIRC Google Play ToS won't allow a developer to suddenly change an app's functionality significantly
Welcome!
Feel free to make an account on another instance like lemm.ee (a general sensible instance) or lemmy.cafe (run by a guy, new) or a country-based instance where people of that country congregate. You might do this to keep your interests or purposes for the accounts separate or in case the lemmy.world server is down (even for a short while), or to potentially access defederated instances and their communities.
Does your username automatically carry over to different instances? Or do you need to create a new account for each?
For now if you want another account, you just make another (with any username you want, I have an account with the same username on lemm.ee). It's possible to port subscriptions and blocked users and communities to a new account using some software. While that is useful, it's not a proper account migration.
However keep in mind you can mostly access most other instances from your home instance. In that case your username (and instance) 'carry over'.
On the off chance lemmy.world has defederated from an instance, and you can't access it, you can join another general, neutral instance like lemm.ee