I saw an earlier post that showed Lemmy's recent rapid growth followed by a plateau and then slight decline. My feeling is that there is a very LOUD minority of Lemmy users that are trying to act as self-anointed gatekeepers and they're bringing the platform down as a direct consequence. It makes the platform look petty and small to new and existing users alike. If the top posts are continually about shaming other users then this platform isn't going to last. Let's focus on building communities and having interesting conversations rather than one upping each other.
When Sync lauched it was all anyone was talking about. I don't see the memes for and against Sync as people actually upset I just think it is the meta topic of the week. Like when beans were a meme following the "how can I not poop for three days?"
I just wanted to tell you how happy I was to see the Netscape logo as your icon. Brought me back to the old days of the internet.
Thanks, I'm glad it made you happy. I love how it manages to get so much detail despite being so low resolution.
that may or may not be the case, but the reality of the situation is that it makes the whole foss community look a whole lot more off putting
No. But focusing on supporting one single app instead of the platform is not sustainable for the platform. This meme is just a reminder to support the platform as well.
I haven't seen a single call to action to donate to Lemmy other than the static sidebar on desktop. Something like that would be far more helpful than complaining about previous Sync users continuing to donate to Sync. Nothing is being taken from Lemmy, Sync already had a big user base and is bringing many of them over here thanks to the app. Let's call to action to them to donate to instances instead of complaining.
Who are you speaking of? How many users are on sync versus all the others?
You would need an example to talk about that.
You smooth brains really stretch far for a meme eh?
Dam, I feel bad for people like you.
I'm gonna need some real sources for this... And maybe even a definition.
It's more like one dev made the best user experience on lemmy, so people give him money. At least that's the case for me.
Same. Dedicated sync for reddit user, now that sync for reddit is dead, I'll follow the sync dev and support him with my Dollars
Why would people do this? We want the hughest amount of users we can, and for most people to believe in FOSS or even copyleft philosophy, but this just pushes people away. Just use whatever app you like best and maybe donate to incentivize the app you believe in. But to just relenlessly mock non-FOSS apps only hurts the community and doesn't foster growth.
I love when my feed is 50% sync fanboys trying to justify their shitware app to themselves
The web site here is actually good unlike reddit. Also, hello fellow rain world pfp
Willing to bet the lemmy platform is more likely to get support from the type of person that would also pay for an app like sync than it is to get money from people that like to grandstand like OP.
Haven't paid for any clients yet.
I'm a developer and it hits close to home when people try to tell you that your skills should never sustain your family.
Leave reddit cause you can't use your preferred app anymore. Come to Lemmy, and get beat over the head for your choice of preferred app.
plus it is a subscription model.
There is a non-subscription model that also disables the admob tracking.
I am pro-facts
But not nuances, it feels.
I used Sync Pro for Reddit (RIP) and loved it, that being said, reddit was full of ads.
Lemmy is not by design, therefore I am sticking with Connect. (Let me know if there is something better, that isn't Sync!)
Obviously my opinion, but infinity for lemmy has worked really great for me so far on Android!
A proprietary app that earns ad money from a FOSS project
Also if you have ads you have Google trackers, if you have Google trackers you have tomfoolery going on (Spyware)
Sync isn't even good. I hate how you have to tap on "exactly" the right spot on a post to see the comments. Drives me insane.
In the meantime I've been alternating between Infinity and Voyager (the APK version). Neither are perfect but at least navigation isn't as finicky. I miss Relay.
I've been a long time Sync user and paid for everything he asked when it was Reddit. I'm $5 a month for my instance - startrek.website.
Haven't yet kicked in for Lemmy Sync. I feel good about sending some cash to the dev, but don't love subscriptions and the lifetime payment of $100 is a little too rich for me.
lmao are you for real, if you don't like it just use one of the other apps or just use it and don't pay for it all of this complaining about it is just pathetic
is sync?
