I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?

I’m a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It’s definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it’s great to see something that isn’t Reddit growing in popularity!

  • growlysquid@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I’m trying things out on Mlem and may try switching to browser for a while to see if it’s better. As far as I can tell… I can’t save posts or comments, search for anything, block communities I don’t feel like seeing, see comments I’ve made, lots of posts repeat, can’t easily find communities, etc. afaik things are still pretty new, so that’s fine… but it’s not SUPER usable in this form. Still, it’s nice not to feel afraid to comment like I did on Reddit where I felt like you’d often get torn apart unless you were VERY familiar with a sub-Reddit.

    • neverbeenbretter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Mlem needs a lot of work, no doubt about it. for generally viewing content it gets a passing grade, but things get janky (if not impossible) fast when it comes to interacting with the site. I have hopes though; the creator said that they’re taking a lot of inspiration from Apollo, so I’m withholding Judgement as it’s very clearly very beta in its development. Makes me wish I could help (I love Apollo, especially as a fellow Haligonian), but I’ve no experience with app development.