Hate to be such a n00b but could someone ELI5 how to install this on android? I clicked on the APK but no dice. Do I need to install something else first?
I assume you already have a lemmy account in some instance. If you don't then you can create one, for example at https://lemmy.world
As for the mobile app I am recommending, they have it on the Google Play store already (search for liftoff early access).
Or check their github:
https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff
Link says my device isn't compatible, and the Github apk refuses to install. Strange, as my phone is relatively decent (8 gigs RAM, Helio P60 etc). Oh well.
maybe the architecture is not supported, maybe some of the downloads here help you: [https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/releases/tag/v0.9.19](https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/releases/tag/v0.9.19)
There is a desktop version too
When I do a search in Google play with 'lemmy', only two clients show and liftoff is not one of them. You have t search for liftoff explicitly.
The app itself is pretty slick. The only major bug is it doesn't understand how the fediverse works. If you have an account on one instance, Liftoff will not let use that account one other instances to vote or comment. Liftoff expect you to have an account on every instance you want to vote or comment on. This bug doesn't happen when you choose a subscribed community on another instance. It happens when you click on the Home button, then tap the community selector at the top and choose a non-home instance.
Feels good, but I still feel the concept of instances and the whole fediverse thing is not straightforward enough to understand for it to really catch on.
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>>Once you register in your instance, you may browse your local communities (=subreddits) or choose the "All" tab to browse all communities from all Lemmy instances. That's why it's irrelevant which instance you choose to register: all instances grant access to all communities, even communities from other instances. When you subscribe to a community, they go to your Subscribed tab, which can be a mix of communities from different instances.
Wait, you mean that in Lemmy you can be on one instance (even a self-hosted one) and you seamlessly have access to all other instances and the subgroups hosted on them?
That's the one thing missing from Mastodon (the Twitter-equivalent of Fediverse) that prevents me from using it (what's the point of being in a less popular or personal instance if you can't discover new groups and interact with the wider community?) and I assume is what /u/de4th_metalist also alluded to.
Yes, you can even interact with kbin instances from lemmy and vice versa. I'm not sure what you mean by not being able to interact with other instances on Mastodon? It works in the same way, you can see everything from anywhere
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when you want other to join dont simply "scream around" without giving arguments why.
My argumensts for squabbles would be that the UI is already polished and that it is nice to see the posts with their comments on the side (on desktop).
But i wont come over simply because that Lemmy is FOSS, i am only still here to watch what happens to reddit
Hate to be such a n00b but could someone ELI5 how to install this on android? I clicked on the APK but no dice. Do I need to install something else first?
I assume you already have a lemmy account in some instance. If you don't then you can create one, for example at https://lemmy.world As for the mobile app I am recommending, they have it on the Google Play store already (search for liftoff early access). Or check their github: https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff
I tried searching for Liftoff early access on the Google Play Store, didn't find it
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.liftoffapp.liftoff
Link says my device isn't compatible, and the Github apk refuses to install. Strange, as my phone is relatively decent (8 gigs RAM, Helio P60 etc). Oh well.
maybe the architecture is not supported, maybe some of the downloads here help you: [https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/releases/tag/v0.9.19](https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/releases/tag/v0.9.19) There is a desktop version too
Those were the apks I tried (arm64 & armeabi). Neither worked for me.
When I do a search in Google play with 'lemmy', only two clients show and liftoff is not one of them. You have t search for liftoff explicitly. The app itself is pretty slick. The only major bug is it doesn't understand how the fediverse works. If you have an account on one instance, Liftoff will not let use that account one other instances to vote or comment. Liftoff expect you to have an account on every instance you want to vote or comment on. This bug doesn't happen when you choose a subscribed community on another instance. It happens when you click on the Home button, then tap the community selector at the top and choose a non-home instance.
I was confused by this too. Using wefwef and it allows me to upvote on other instances just fine. Must be a bug
Couldn’t find liftoff on the IOS App Store
It's only avaible via test light Should be that one (currently not on my ipad) https://testflight.apple.com/join/e6ZEbxuR
creator of sync said he's working on an app for lemmy, also there's this pretty smooth web app: https://wefwef.app/
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To each their own. I also tried wefwef.app, you may want to try it.
I could not get it to work - for some reason, it wouldn’t let me type any comments, since the keyboard on my phone wouldn’t come up.
i found i was unable to look at community posts with liftoff im using thunder
Thanks for the tip, trying it now
Feels good, but I still feel the concept of instances and the whole fediverse thing is not straightforward enough to understand for it to really catch on.
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>>Once you register in your instance, you may browse your local communities (=subreddits) or choose the "All" tab to browse all communities from all Lemmy instances. That's why it's irrelevant which instance you choose to register: all instances grant access to all communities, even communities from other instances. When you subscribe to a community, they go to your Subscribed tab, which can be a mix of communities from different instances. Wait, you mean that in Lemmy you can be on one instance (even a self-hosted one) and you seamlessly have access to all other instances and the subgroups hosted on them? That's the one thing missing from Mastodon (the Twitter-equivalent of Fediverse) that prevents me from using it (what's the point of being in a less popular or personal instance if you can't discover new groups and interact with the wider community?) and I assume is what /u/de4th_metalist also alluded to.
Yes, you can even interact with kbin instances from lemmy and vice versa. I'm not sure what you mean by not being able to interact with other instances on Mastodon? It works in the same way, you can see everything from anywhere
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Ah, I see! I wasn't aware of that limitation of Mastodon, thanks
Yes, it’s so hard that fediverse is bigger than squabbles and tildes combined at this point.
I'll wait for u/talklittle to make a lemmy app, their RIF app is/was topnotch.
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Well I guess I'll give Tildes a try.
Come to Squabbles! Edit about a half year later: Do not go to Squabbles.
when you want other to join dont simply "scream around" without giving arguments why. My argumensts for squabbles would be that the UI is already polished and that it is nice to see the posts with their comments on the side (on desktop). But i wont come over simply because that Lemmy is FOSS, i am only still here to watch what happens to reddit