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submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Seems like the feeds are more active and I'm not hitting things with 3 upvotes 20 minutes into my scroll. Did Connect change something, did Lemmy or are we just seeing some population increase from Boost?

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[-] [email protected] 106 points 9 months ago

Relay for Reddit just started requiring a paid subscription, so a lot of people are jumping ship.

I think it was the last free 3rd party app left.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago

The last 3rd party app that is still holding its ground is infinity. It's a great app but a lot of users are telling the developer to just stop supporting Reddit.

[-] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago

Boost for Reddit quietly still works for moderators but the app is probably now unmaintained with all development effort (one guy) going towards the Lemmy version

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah. Boost still works fine for me though some bugs are there. Downloading videos isn't working properly and uploading images to posts is broken.

But then again, any app is better than the official one.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The official app is so terrible. I'll probably still check reddit occasionally using redreader once boost for reddit finally dies but it'll be a tiny fraction of my previous use. You'd have to pay me to use the official app.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Infinity has been subscription only for a month now. Unless you take the code and put in your own api key if you can still get it, you're not using it for free

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

My dear Relay 😢. Relay for Reddit is dead, long live Relay for Reddit.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

RedReader is a thing. But the UX is kinda bad, and it's probably only a matter of time before reddit kills that as well or it goes paid

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

They are supposed to keep it around for accessibility.

Supposed being the most important word here.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

That's like google keeping mozilla firefox to not be technically a browser monopoly.

Keeping one ugly app for accessibility just to say that they also care for the community of disabled /accessibility challenged people.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Same here with "Now for Reddit" i want to ween off Reddit from desktop as well but a lot of niche gaming communities are dead here on lemmy

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[-] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago

There was a recent boost…. From Boost. Maybe those that came over are more posters rather than lurkers like we’re used to getting. I can’t say I’ve seen some major change though so I have no clue as to what you’re talking about.

There’s no real algorithm as we know it. I take that word as spying on you and taking your likes into mind to feed you more things. Doesn’t work like that at all on here.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

A lot of us made accounts, or at least started regularly using the platform, when Boost was released. Previously there wasn't a client for my phone that I liked much and I reddit/lemmy almost exclusively on mobile these days.

I think you'll see even more activity when reddit actually slams the door on 3rd party clients. Most still work for now provided your account meets some annoying minor criteria.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

I’m glad for sure. Welcome.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I'm one of those boost people. I'd believe if you subscribed to have the app get installed in an uncertain future where it was ready for Lemmy you probably where pretty interested on it and not a casual browser

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[-] can 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I think of those as predatory algorithms. Tailored for engagement/screen-time based on everything they know specifically about you

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[-] [email protected] 44 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

both, but isn't algorithm(we don't have that here) but problems with federations is being resolved and the code is being optimized , causing less problems on the servers

[-] [email protected] 34 points 9 months ago

There's a 'New' algorithm, an 'Old' algorithm, a 'Hot' algorithm, an 'Active' algorithm, a 'Most Comments' algorithm, a 'New Comments' algorithm, a...

[-] can 23 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm looking forward to the new Scaled algorithm that comes with 0.19

Scaled: Like hot, but gives a boost to less active communities

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

That's going to be a game changer. There are so many smaller communities I never see in my feed that will stay small forever because their posts just stay buried in my feed and no one sees them.

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago

Algorithm doesn't mean what you think it does.

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[-] can 11 points 9 months ago

There's algorithms. Just not user tailored ones.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

There are many sorting algorithms in place here

[-] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago

Good...

Still need to see more nsfw content doe

[-] InfiniteStruggle 18 points 9 months ago

be the change you wamt to see

[-] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Post hole, slut

/S obviously

[-] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

If you like ai gen, fury, or anime tiddies. There's plenty! It's really true what they say about the tech sphere and the fury shit.....

[-] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I think it is a very dedicated few that are extremely committed to their (craft | hobby | fetish | art).

You can't help but respect people who show that kind of dedication to anything, TBH.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Sign up to a nsfw instance and browse local.

[-] clay_pidgin 6 points 9 months ago

Lemmynsfw.com

And there's another instance or two I saw in the browser.

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[-] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago
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