this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2023
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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you're on one of the bigger instances (lemmy.world for example) use https://lemmyverse.net/ to pick a smaller, less crowded instanceto call home.

I created an account on reddthat.com earlier today, and it's way less laggy than lemmy.world (my initial instance).

Hopefully in time lemmy gains functionality thatmakis account backup/porting easy so moving instances in nbd.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, if its too slow, you can just self-host it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I have to check this... As that would the best way to have control of the account without risking that the instance were I am suddenly dissapears although I guess I need to setup cloudfare or something on my domain to avoid direct attacks to my dedicated server I guess as the instance where I am would be public to other users.

That and some domain provider with privacy protection which most have nowadays so my name and address isn't public directly on my domain info.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The instances are volunteer-ran and make no profit, give them some time to iron everything out

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Look at the sidebar info on your instance, there should be links for donations.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Would upvote but I keep getting server-side errors

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That's interesting but have you considered that Value of type java.lang.String cannot be converted to JSONObject?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still better than the official reddit app.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Smoke signals would be better than the official app.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I want to be mad but FFS Reddit had Conde Nast money for most of its shittery so they had NO excuse except incompetence.

At least Fediverse servers are typically Steve's old laptop or some shit so it's understandable.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The big user experience problem is everyone is getting funneled into Lemmy.world and Lemmy.ml, and they can’t scare fast enough.

But Lemmy is federated. So signup for a smaller instance. You’ll still be able to subscribe and post to communities on other instances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

The real magic is that you don’t even have to use Lemmy. You can use Kbin if you like that interface better.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha, I applied to two smaller instances and have heard nothing but radio silence. The smaller instances are of no help if they don’t let anyone in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Fair point. Tye small one’s Re being hugged to death and aren’t letting any more people in, so people are gravitating towards the juggernauts, and the juggernauts are collapsing under their weight. 

Next couple weeks should be interesting