I would really like the option to choose between multiple instances (even accounts on same instance??), which I think is the very last line of your post. :)
On reddit I was very grateful to the RES account switcher, and mobile app that let you easily switch accounts. I would probably never have actually gotten into reddit without those. It let me use completely different parts of reddit to express and explore different interests I think one of the things that made reddit the best social media platform was how pseudonymous it was. Total opposite of facebook "real name policy" attitude.
In the lemmy/kbin situation I am not sure how the interface would be. Need 1) some kind of persistent switching interface, 2) reminders of what account you are in. In RES it showed you your account name at the top of the page in the selector, and optionally above every comment box so you didn't accidentally post as the wrong account.
In the meantime I guess I will eventually install every available extension that does this and assign each one an account lol. Or pick one and make several local forks and install separately. hmm
One thing that annoyed me about moving to Lemmy was that I’d lose my subreddits and that looking for and joining communities on Lemmy would be tedious. So (logically) I spent 2 days writing a script, that gets a list of your subreddits from your reddit account and looks for communities with the same name on Lemmy. It also...
omg you do not need to explain. :) I'm sure that comment was intended as appreciation for your good work. just joking about how hard it was bad in the old days and kids these days have it so easy.
When the whole Reddit fiasco started happening, I saw a lot of people wiping and deleting their Reddit accounts and moving elsewhere, like here on Lemmy....
If I deleted my account I would never again get that special feeling of conducting a websearch to solve some problem and finding a hit from a person who looks like they are having exactly the same issue as me, only to find it was me posting 2 years ago and there are no useful responses.
Makes me wonder how identifiable I am by my "accent" online... I must phrase things in unusual ways. And I spend a lot of time trying to solve problems that are either unsolvable or over my head..
I always find this situation crushing, demoralizing and very funny and until lemmy has better search indexing I don't want to give it up.
Also I wrote things I think were useful too. But I don't stumble no them.
If you are looking for assistance in trying to interact with pages found on instances other than the one on which you have an account, here is what I believe is available so far....
Hi I installed via greasemonkey and it took me a while of switching on/off to discern a ny difference.
All I can see is that for thread pages, top level comments, at the bottom, there is a link toggle replies (x) (x = # of replies) which hides comments below.
I disabled any other plugin/userstyle/userscript that might be acting on lemmy/kbin.
Curious about if there is any discernable difference anyone can see if they may have popped in to Reddit today? I know it's probably naive to think there would be a big difference first day....
who else is impressed about the general stability of all the services?
I was totally expecting everything to be down half the time due to sudden unexpected skyrocket demand over past few weeks. But it has been 98% good. About the same as reddit.
this platform doesn't have search and as far as I understand, doesn't want to have search. so where are you thinking people are supposed to search exactly?
I would love to see your tutorial about how to search for information here.
Reddit kills awards and coins ( old.reddit.com )
Instance Assistant for Lemmy & Kbin v1.2.0 is now available on Chrome & Firefox!
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/1418762...
I made a tool that transfers your reddit subscriptions to lemmy, thought maybe you all might be interested ( github.com )
One thing that annoyed me about moving to Lemmy was that I’d lose my subreddits and that looking for and joining communities on Lemmy would be tedious. So (logically) I spent 2 days writing a script, that gets a list of your subreddits from your reddit account and looks for communities with the same name on Lemmy. It also...
Does anyone regret deleting their Reddit account?
When the whole Reddit fiasco started happening, I saw a lot of people wiping and deleting their Reddit accounts and moving elsewhere, like here on Lemmy....
firefox (and chrome) addons that help navigating instances ( kbin.social )
If you are looking for assistance in trying to interact with pages found on instances other than the one on which you have an account, here is what I believe is available so far....
now that i don't have a reddit account, i guess i can tell you guys about secret communities
someone on reddit made some secret subreddits for certain acievements:...
Any change today? ( kbin.social )
Curious about if there is any discernable difference anyone can see if they may have popped in to Reddit today? I know it's probably naive to think there would be a big difference first day....
PSA: while upvoting exists, to get the "move closer to the top" effect that reddit's upvote had, you need to click boost ( kbin.social )
a small difference, but important to how people use the site
I don’t understand people who say they can’t figure out Lemmy or KBin
Does federation have a bit of a learning curve? No doubt....