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.
I've been on Lemmy.World for a couple of months and I've been enjoying it. I've switched between 5 apps. Now I'm mostly on Eternity and I'm enjoying it. The whole experience for me feels like the first few times I was trying Linux out and wasn't sure what distribution would be for me at the time. It's true Lemmy.World has downtimes, but I am having a good experience so far. I find I'm less and less on Reddit.
It's great you gave it several go's. If it's not for you now, try again in a while. Apps and instances will get better, they already have
Good luck!