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I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I'm a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It's definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it's great to see something that isn't Reddit growing in popularity!

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[–] oranges@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Honestly, I'm really enjoying it and no regrets on making the switch.

Initially took a few moments for the penny to drop with the regards to the different instances etc. But using the Jerboa app is not a million miles away from the app I used to use for Reddit (Boost).

Just incredibly glad to have an alternative.

[–] lynny@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Better UI, I just wish the iOS app was more mature than it currently is. Still very usable in the browser.

[–] c4444v@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still a little confused about how instances work and subscribing. But other than that I like it, not toxic like reddit. Feel like I just need to familiarize myself more

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It definitely needs the rough edges smoothed out if we want to see wider adoption.

I've been lurking pretty much on reddit with my 12 year old account, but the new experience here is pretty much ok. The usual teething problems on how to find what is manageable.

[–] jack@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's really interesting and I think has a huge potential to work out really well.

All these little instances being able to interact with each other seamlessly is really cool. It's seeming quite easy to curate communities I'm interested in and I think once it's a little more fleshed out, there'll be go-to communities for certain things which everyone from all instances uses. It's really cool.

2010 reddit basically, maybe a little more unstable right now due to the reddit exodus. I like it and hope it gets improved with more stability and some features.

[–] thedeserter@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Just joined lemmy. There’s a lot for me to learn. But I’m willing to spend the time and learn how to navigate after Reddit completely messed up the user experience. I hope the subs I followed there turn up here eventually. But as they say patience is a virtue

[–] Ravinac@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't hate it. It's going to take some time to adjust to but overall, it's easy to use. Main complaint is that I can't use it at work.

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