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.

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    1 year ago

    Reading your replies, it seems like you’ve already made up your mind about Lemmy, and don’t actually want a discussion.

    It’s not our job to try and convince you to stay. Go back to Reddit and enjoy it, but don’t complain here when the user experience continues to get worse.

    Bye.

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        1 year ago

        It wasn’t meant to help anyone. Asking for a discussion and discounting everyone’s suggestions doesn’t help anyone either.

        Like I said, it’s not my job, nor any other Lemmy user’s job, to convince anyone to stay on this platform. If it’s not for you, it’s not for you.