Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, Raddle, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse.
For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere.
The overall goal is to create an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling.
Each lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.
I go to add my instance of choice (lemmy.world) and it displays a loading spinner for a few seconds but “Add” button stays disabled. I tried with the instance it defaults too as well, lemmy.ml. Nothing I tried worked. All forms of the url, I even appended port numbers to the end in an effort to fix it. Bottom line, client does not work and I can’t even get past the “add instance” screen. Amazing app if you want to stare at a dialog box that doesn’t work for an hour, not so much if you want to actually brows Lemmy.
Works good now
The update fixed many of the bugs
can’t even sign in to lemmy.ml
i give my credentials and it hangs. don’t try signing up using this either because i noticed it skipped the CAPTCHA step, though this may only apply to the “main” lemmy.ml instance, unsure if other instances even have this step.
where is the user guide? its not clear what is meant by instance link.
it doesnt work for this reason.
Doesn’t work
I enter a URL for an instance, hit enter, and nothing happens. Effectively a useless app if I can’t view any instances. Sad because I’d really like to be able to use Lemmy more.
Great way to access Lemmy instances!
The UI is well thought out and makes it easy to interact with communities on Lemmy instances. Go Fediverse!
So so
Half the time it works great, half the time it doesn’t load anything. Internet connection isn’t the issue.
