Lemmy is popular nowadays, yet is losing its active users - eviltoast

Similar to Mastodon’s spikes last year, it seems. Anyways, there is data to think about. Source

  • SIGSEGV@waveform.social
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    1 year ago

    You’re not missing anything but ads. I cannot understand the Sync hype and attribute all posts about it to promotion.

    • Xanthobilly@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I paid for Apollo, and I’m happy to support developers, but in app ads is a big no.

    • XanXic@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Connect for Lemmy is basically Sync free. It’s got the same swipe gestures and everything. I’m not sure what people are so blown away by.

      • glockenspiel@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Not by a long shot. Connect is good, don’t get me wrong, but Sync has some major points that others usually just completely gloss over or ignore entirely–including Connect.

        Like tablet-friendly UI.

        And no, Infinity, “tablet-friendly” does not mean like 5 columns of independently scrolling content which take you to one big comment section which is a mobile UI stretched to screen size.

        Tablet UI–let alone good, productive tablet UI like Sync has with pagination and all–is always overlooked.

        • XanXic@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          Not sure what you mean, this is what sync looks like for me on a big screen. Hardly tablet friendly.

          Connect looks much better for me

    • applejacks@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Unsure what is going on but I’m using Sync, haven’t purchased anything, and haven’t seen a single ad.

      Hope it continues as I like the app.

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      The native advertising has already arrived on Lemmy. Tis a day of sorrow.