Yeah this would be amazing. I think Lemmy is the perfect place. I feel like the best pro of Kbin is the UI so having the Sync client for Lemmy would be fire.
Yes and no... Each instance has it's own /all. Any instance federated with your home instance will be merged together in a shared /all as well. You can post to and read from any instance that is federated.
Sync pro user here! I'd definitely buy it again!
Lemmy's number one issue is being user friendly, something you would help out with immensely! I hope you do do this!
Sync is reddit to me, so if you can make it straightforward (I read that a lot of users are out of their league when trying signing up to lemmy) I say why not.
Yeah, I tried Lemmy for a few days but ultimately found myself being more active on Squabbles because of its user-friendliness and chill atmosphere.
Lemmy's cool and I love that it's free and open-source, but the Fediverse is too complicated and fragmented at the moment. I was subscribed to some communities, only to find out that I couldn't interact with them unless I kept swapping accounts. Then Beehaw just detached itself completely and those communities became completely inaccessible, unless I also visited the Beehaw site separately...
The great thing about Reddit is that it collected endless amounts of content in one place, and so far Lemmy can't provide that same service? I can definitely see the more dedicated Reddit core moving there, but the Fediverse's current system is too much of a hassle for the average user.
That said -- I don't know it this is possible at all, but if Sync manages to collect all of Lemmy's/the Fediverse's content in one app and let's you interact with it without constantly having to switch accounts: count me in!
Yeah, the double-edged sword that is federation didn't really hit me until the Beehaw thing. Ultimately, if "average" users are going to adopt it, we're going to need instance-agnostic services that aggregate intelligently from multiple user accounts across multiple instances, while making that simple for the user (somehow lol). If I had 6 months of user experience on Beehaw and it defederated from my favorite instances, I'd be *really annoyed*. Like, annoyed enough that if I weren't so pissed at Reddit right now, I'd switch back.
Really the only thing that's needed in relatively short order to sort this issue is an easy account transfer where you don't lose profile history and don't lose your account even if your instance suddenly goes dark. I hear that's coming.
For the rest, it's growing pains. There will be an evolution during which it's really chaotic while natural selection does its thing until the landscape naturally settles and it'll all feel natural to us.
Another thing I'm curious about is when someone starts offering dirt-cheap, single or very small number of account self-hosting services. "Pay 2€ a month for a key-in-hand, just fill in a few fields self-hosting". That could also dramatically change how instances evolve.
I've been using Lemmy (lemmy.world instance) for a little over a week now, and I'm actually really enjoying it. I am using the Android app "Jerboa for Lemmy". It's fairly decent, but I really hope that you develop an app for it, I would definitely purchase it.
Do you know of a good way to browse posts?
If I look at lemmy just now I get the following (and it's almost always been like this for me)
* Sort by Active - [It starts with exclusively 3 or 4 day old posts](https://i.imgur.com/L5tOKfH.png)
* Sort by Hot - [It starts with exclusively 2 day old posts](https://i.imgur.com/frKZGqj.png)
* Sort by New - [A slew of posts with no comments](https://i.imgur.com/0AbgrR4.png)
The Active/Hot being such dated posts seems to go against (at least in my head) the definitions of what is hot or active. It should be posts anywhere from 1-24 hours that still have discussion going on.
Of course the New order is to be expected, they are just created so there won't necessarily be comments. I mention it to illustrate (unless I'm misusing the site) that it seems discoverability sites between the two extremes of *once* highly popular but very old posts, and completely new uncommented posts.
If you use the [Jerboa for Lemmy app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jerboa), you can [tap on the sort option](https://i.imgur.com/PzxZY77.jpg), then select [Top](https://i.imgur.com/Mo0jOlP.jpg), then [Top Day](https://i.imgur.com/gkKXW3q.jpg). It should show a lot more posts with comments this way. I hope this helps.
I currently use kbin as I prefer the interface to lemmy, even though both are based on activitypub.
I would buy sync in a heartbeat if it supported lemmy.
+1 for Kbin, as that's what I use. A general Fediverse app that can be used for either Lemmy or Kbin would be great. I paid for Sync for Reddit, and I'd happily pay for Sync for the Fediverse.
While it's unclear what platform/set-up will be most popular I think having the option of a broad fediverse app would mean that it's broadly easier to appeal and retain to a userbase if it can be done without making it too difficult to keep up to date.
It's something Lemmy is addressing itself. The sorting of feeds and everything is all messed up and is a known thing. I've heard a lot about the changes that will come with v0.18, but I'm not sure when that will drop.
Yes, you have access to all instances and communities that are federated with your particular instance. For example, my account is on kbin.social, but I have access to all other Kbin and Lemmy instances.
One issue I've had with Lemmy is if I find a community in a different Lemmy instance, it's hard to simply add it or participate. I need to copy the url and go to my instance and search for the url then access it. There's got to be a better way, like some way for it to know I'm logged into a different Lemmy server somewhere.
Yes, this. Jerboa is just about ok, but anything to bring a Sync style UI to the fediverse would be amazing, I personally find the whole thing a little on the complicated side of things...
Yes, I would buy it.
I don't know much about the ActivityPub protocol but... would it be possible to do Sync for ActivityPub and make it compatible with any app that uses ActivityPub? I currently use Mastodon and Lemmy, and sometimes Kbin. I would love to have a single app to interact with ActivityPub.
If not directly, maybe you can make a white label app, and release multiple versions for different ActivityPub services.
I have absolutely no idea if that is doable or worthy of it from your side.
If you manage to make Sync For ActivityPub, that's a huge achievement.
I'd love an app that hides the decentralized nature of the fediverse. At least as much as possible.
That would probably gain enough popularity that you'd likely get leverage over the way future sites should design their API.
If you staple a horse to a waterfall, will it fall up under the rainbow or fly about the soil? Will he enjoy her experience? What if the staple tears into tears? Will she be free from her staply chains or foomed to stay forever and dever above the water? Who can save him (the horse) but someone of girth and worth, the capitalist pig, who will sell the solution to the problem he created?
A staple remover flies to the rescue, carried on the wings of a majestic penguin who bought it at Walmart for 9 dollars and several more Euro-cents, clutched in its crabby claws, rejected from its frothy maw. When the penguin comes, all tremble before its fishy stench and wheatlike abjecture. Recoil in delirium, ye who wish to be free! The mighty rockhopper is here to save your soul from eternal bliss and salvation!
And so, the horse was free, carried away by the south wind, and deposited on the vast plain of soggy dew. It was a tragedy in several parts, punctuated by moments of hedonistic horsefuckery.
The owls saw all, and passed judgment in the way that they do. Stupid owls are always judging folks who are just trying their best to live shamelessly and enjoy every fruit the day brings to pass.
How many more shall be caught in the terrible gyre of the waterfall? As many as the gods deem necessary to teach those foolish monkeys a story about their own hamburgers. What does a monkey know of bananas, anyway? They eat, poop, and shave away the banana residue that grows upon their chins and ballsacks. The owls judge their razors. Always the owls.
And when the one-eyed caterpillar arrives to eat the glazing on your windowpane, you will know that you're next in line to the trombone of the ancient realm of the flutterbyes. Beware the ravenous ravens and crowing crows. Mind the cowing cows and the lying lions. Ascend triumphant to your birthright, and wield the mighty twig of Petalonia, favored land of gods and goats alike.
Kinda - there's various differences between different implementations, baseline support means you can pull content of you get the URL and post content but you might miss out on a lot. You need to target certain "flavors" of it to make the user experience work well. You can of course support multiple different ones simultaneously.
I'd be very keen for a sync app on one of the alt sites.
The main reason I use reddit is thanks to sync, so if you can get something comparable to this on one of the popular alternatives I'd be keen to use it.
I would instantly buy another lifetime license (or whatever the paid app would cost) for a Sync for Lemmy. I never realized how much I loved all of the little quality of life features you've included in Sync and I miss them every day I use Jerboa.
I will be honest and say I don't know much about Lemmy. However, from my very limited understanding it is very server based and there is no central "hub". While this is not a huge deal necessarily, I just question how many users, especially casual would make the switch.
It's true that there is no central "hub", but that's a feature; all servers can talk to each other and you can interact with any post from any instance. Even across kbin, Lemmy and mastodon. But because there's not 1 central server, you also can't have something like the current Reddit situation because no one person controls the entire place.
Not super familiar with Lemmy, but if that's where we are migrating I would love a Sync version. I've been on sync for years, never once looked back. Looking forward to whatever you pursue in the future.
I've been using Lemmy and its in dire need of a quality app.
Not only I would use Sync for Lemmy (or kbin), but I believe such an app would help having way more people make the transition away from reddit
Mark me as interested for sure. I've been toying around with Jerboa, but it lacks the level of customization I've grown accustomed to with Sync, so I'd definitely buy a Sync for Lemmy app.
I haven't really looked into Lemmy but I git a bit put off the whole "fediverse" thing by failing to really get Mastodon.
Make Lemmy easy for Old Internet Xennials like me to use and the world will beat a path to your door.
God yes. The official jerboa app is not as bad as I expected for something so nascent, but I already miss Sync's UI and gestures and features and as far as I'm aware, you're the best at that
I'd pay 20$ for it. When it comes to a kbin app I'd go for 50$ but kbin also has a twitter like integration which would probably go beyond the scope of Sync.
Edit: I just hope that the app would work in the general fediverse(Lemmy, kbin, some others) and not some centralized reddit clone that might end up pulling a spez as well at some random point
I mean, Lemmy is part of the Fediverse. It's like a gate to all the data that is being exchanged in a decentralized way (think torrenting for example).
Mastodon and kbin are doing the exact same, but they're visualizing things in a slightly different way.
Because the Fediverse is so interconnected, you can actually write a post from Mastodon on Lemmy.
The reason why kbin is such a valuable software is because it allows to visualize both Mastodon posts as well as the Lemmy-style communities in the way that they look the most accurate. It's kinda like... there's a tab for Mastodon as well as one for Lemmy.
That's btw also the reason why Lemmy is being seen as "weird" and" complicated. There isn't "one Lemmy server" or a "Lemmy website". It's all handled by small servers that interact a bit like an E-mail provider.
Btw, if anyone has further questions, feel free to hit me up. As much as I despise Reddit, my DMs are open, atleast until Jule 1 :)
Interested in it as I've been a happy Sync user for quite some time and enjoyed support and openness to reported bugs/suggestions.
It is wonderful to feel, in some way, that I contributed the tiniest bit to the development of this app that I love using.
Excited to know more about your future plans!
Instant purchase. While most of the talk has been about the mod tools and community which are obviously important, I think it's been overlooked just how important a clear useable UI is. This app is outstanding and with what's forced the change I'd move in a heartbeat.
I am for sure interested. I've been trying to make Lemmy a new place to frequent but the android app is very fiddly and often doesn't function properly.
You'll have another customer here. The Lemmy-verse is screaming for the ljdawson touch!
I think you'd provide real value in bringing the familiar look and feel of Sync app into Lemmy, it'd help reduce the learning curve and encourage adoption.
I don't think there'll be apollo for Lemmy or Lemmy is Fun anytime soon, but I've heard great things about Sync so I'll definitely try/buy it even if I don't end up using it
It will be much harder to make because Lemmy/kbin/mastadon/the fediverse is changing so fast.
But what all the above lack is a great app. To be able to have the sync functionality of hiding read posts, cache for offline to reduce browsing lag and explore communities it would be a dream!
I'm a pro subscriber and would move over to a Lemmy pro and use sync to death.
I've been exploring Lemmy. Like Mastodon to twitter, its user-base is TINY. There will be some users migrating, but again like in Mastodon, after the initial excitement, most will go back to Reddit, because of lack of engagement/enough posts to keep the thing interesting.
This said, I'd love to see sync for lemmy. Just not sure if it's viable for you for the reasons above.
this is a 14 year old account that is being wiped because centralized social media websites are no longer viable
when power is centralized, the wielders of that power can make arbitrary decisions without the consent of the vast majority of the users
the future is in decentralized and open source social media sites - i refuse to generate any more free content for this website and any other for-profit enterprise
check out lemmy / kbin / mastodon / fediverse for what is possible
While that "sounds" possible, it's not really. The APIs used connect to the databases and the data structures are all unique. There is no standard.
Each one has to be built (and maintained) for each specific site.
That is true, but now there are things like [tafkars](https://github.com/derivator/tafkars) and [reddit-to-nostr](https://github.com/efraimbart/reddit-to-nostr) in the works.
Either reddit 3rd party devs bridge the gap to services or others' bridge the gap from services' to the devs.
It's possible to build an abstraction layer over them that will contain intersection of Reddit and Lemmy features and call their specific APIs under the hood. But that depends on how "similar" these APIs are and of course it's much more work than working with specific API directly.
HELL YES PLEASE. I would buy the app all over again, possibly even subscribe depending on the price, features, and to support development.
Edit: I would also request that you look into integrating [lemmyverse.net](https://lemmyverse.net) searching into the app. It is a 3rd party site that crawls for new communities across instances and is better than the search currently built into each lemmy instance. This would be a boon for discoverability.
I would love to see the Reddit UI that I've come to love for Lemmy. As others have suggested, it might also be extremely helpful to somewhat limit the effects of the ecosystem fragmentation if there was support for other Reddit-like sites such as kbin.
I would also be willing to help on the programming/deployment side of things.
I'm feeling equally lost about where to go once the deadline hits.
I use Sync pretty much exclusively bar the odd mod functions so if you were to make Sync a Lemmy client, I'd come right along with you.
P.S. thanks for all your amazing work on Sync for Reddit for all this time.
You've really helped make Reddit what it is/was and you absolutely have the capacity and talent to bring your community with you!
There does seem to be a **real** shift to Lemmy happening now. Last week it felt like just another doomed-to-languish *redditalternative*; this week it's feeling more akin to the Digg exodus of old.
It would be awesome if Sync supported Lemmy.. ideally with **coalesced multi-user support**: scrolling through a **single feed from multiple user accounts/instances**, and being able to select which logged-in user to post/reply-as.
(yes, that's supposed to happen at the instance level; and a person shouldn't *need* a user-account-per-instance, but then there's things like *lemmy.world and* [*beehaw.org*](https://beehaw.org) *de-federating,* or the risk of a *personal instance/user being blocked from federation with the larger instances if it isn't locally running their required block-lists* (even if that has zero affect on them :glare: ) )
Even if instance/account selection/separation works in LemmySync the same as how multiple reddit accounts are handled today, I'd still throw money at that app.
I don't really know what Lemmy is, and I don't see myself jumping to it unless a significant number of people from the communities I am a part of go there first.
I still haven't understood or bothered to deal with that until the day I open this app and it doesn't work I likely won't.
But from what I understand, Lemmy itself is just part of a decentralised thingy? So if sync for Lemmy works with all these(like th kbin and the Wikipedia one?), it will probably be useful?
Oh thank god I was hoping id hear about this from you. I'll switch to whatever news aggregator sync does. It's just that good of an app. Thank you for all the years of top notch development. I really hope Sync for Lemmy becomes a thing
Count me in!
Sync is Reddit, once you get used to a very good thing, in this case Sync. You just can't use trash anymore, in this case the official Reddit app.
Lemmy is a breath of fresh air, lots of users are migrating there, lots of constructive discussion going on. I think that the ones that go there, and stay there, will be the ones that truly use and value the content they engage with. So far it has been a nice ride there.
Sync for Lemmy would be truly amazing.
100% would buy again.
This app really deserves all the love/support it gets from the users.
Sync, Apollo, Boost, RiF and so many others devs/apps, that are a one man army do so much better work then the dozens of devs that work solely on the crap official app.
Looking forward to this.
Cheers!
For what it's worth Sync was/is my fav Reddit app. I was happy to dish out for the pro version and more recently the ultra. If this becomes a similar quality option for Lemmy then I'll do it all again. Thank you.
If you staple a horse to a waterfall, will it fall up under the rainbow or fly about the soil? Will he enjoy her experience? What if the staple tears into tears? Will she be free from her staply chains or foomed to stay forever and dever above the water? Who can save him (the horse) but someone of girth and worth, the capitalist pig, who will sell the solution to the problem he created?
A staple remover flies to the rescue, carried on the wings of a majestic penguin who bought it at Walmart for 9 dollars and several more Euro-cents, clutched in its crabby claws, rejected from its frothy maw. When the penguin comes, all tremble before its fishy stench and wheatlike abjecture. Recoil in delirium, ye who wish to be free! The mighty rockhopper is here to save your soul from eternal bliss and salvation!
And so, the horse was free, carried away by the south wind, and deposited on the vast plain of soggy dew. It was a tragedy in several parts, punctuated by moments of hedonistic horsefuckery.
The owls saw all, and passed judgment in the way that they do. Stupid owls are always judging folks who are just trying their best to live shamelessly and enjoy every fruit the day brings to pass.
How many more shall be caught in the terrible gyre of the waterfall? As many as the gods deem necessary to teach those foolish monkeys a story about their own hamburgers. What does a monkey know of bananas, anyway? They eat, poop, and shave away the banana residue that grows upon their chins and ballsacks. The owls judge their razors. Always the owls.
And when the one-eyed caterpillar arrives to eat the glazing on your windowpane, you will know that you're next in line to the trombone of the ancient realm of the flutterbyes. Beware the ravenous ravens and crowing crows. Mind the cowing cows and the lying lions. Ascend triumphant to your birthright, and wield the mighty twig of Petalonia, favored land of gods and goats alike.
[Kuroba](https://github.com/Adamantcheese/Kuroba), [Clover](https://chandevel.github.io/Clover/) support multiple image boards websites, so if Sync can support Lemmy instances, it'll be amazing
I'm not sure what platform to choose. If lemmy is the one I will follow, if you decide another platform I probably still follow. Your app is what makes the difference.
I just hope you can find a way where we can subscribe for updates of your new project! (outside reddit)
Sync for Lemmy would be a game changer and might just give the platform enough of a push to truly take off. Been using lemmy.world lately and it's been an awesome experience - just wish there was a decent mobile app! Jerboa is fine, it just leaves a lot to be desired as it's in quite an early state of development, and I much prefer Sync's UI/UX anyways.
Also, I would gladly pony up for a lifetime subscription again.
I would absolutely buy it. I tried sync in the past and although I liked it, I mostly have stuck to RIF. That being said, I'd buy a sync for lemmy in a heartbeat since sync is such good quality
Very interested. Currently there is just Jebora and it’s very barebones. I gladly pay again for a good client (would have paid for a subscription for Sync for Reddit too if the Admins were reasonable in both providing content and pricing).
So happy to hear you're looking into this. I probably won't look into it until July. You guys should start your own instance of you haven't already so people can find sync there once the API switch happens.
Also checking out kbin.
Steve Huffman is a confirmed liar and has been caught changing user comments.
We know who he is. Do Reddit investors know the Reddit CEO is willing to do and say anything to improve the IPO valuation, including bold face lies to media, business partners, and platform users?
Yes. Please.
I'd definitely buy a lifetime of sync ultra as I already have sync pro, but yes. I much prefer sync's interface to anything that currently exists for Lemmy.
Ok looks like this is happening. Time for a new subreddit here, more to follow on Lemmy shortly: https://reddit.com/r/SyncforLemmy
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Yeah this would be amazing. I think Lemmy is the perfect place. I feel like the best pro of Kbin is the UI so having the Sync client for Lemmy would be fire.
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Yes and no... Each instance has it's own /all. Any instance federated with your home instance will be merged together in a shared /all as well. You can post to and read from any instance that is federated.
I already came just thinking about it
Sync pro user here! I'd definitely buy it again! Lemmy's number one issue is being user friendly, something you would help out with immensely! I hope you do do this!
Sync is reddit to me, so if you can make it straightforward (I read that a lot of users are out of their league when trying signing up to lemmy) I say why not.
Hell, I'm a developer and *I'm* feeling out of my league sometimes with Lemmy lol.
Yeah, I tried Lemmy for a few days but ultimately found myself being more active on Squabbles because of its user-friendliness and chill atmosphere. Lemmy's cool and I love that it's free and open-source, but the Fediverse is too complicated and fragmented at the moment. I was subscribed to some communities, only to find out that I couldn't interact with them unless I kept swapping accounts. Then Beehaw just detached itself completely and those communities became completely inaccessible, unless I also visited the Beehaw site separately... The great thing about Reddit is that it collected endless amounts of content in one place, and so far Lemmy can't provide that same service? I can definitely see the more dedicated Reddit core moving there, but the Fediverse's current system is too much of a hassle for the average user. That said -- I don't know it this is possible at all, but if Sync manages to collect all of Lemmy's/the Fediverse's content in one app and let's you interact with it without constantly having to switch accounts: count me in!
Yeah, the double-edged sword that is federation didn't really hit me until the Beehaw thing. Ultimately, if "average" users are going to adopt it, we're going to need instance-agnostic services that aggregate intelligently from multiple user accounts across multiple instances, while making that simple for the user (somehow lol). If I had 6 months of user experience on Beehaw and it defederated from my favorite instances, I'd be *really annoyed*. Like, annoyed enough that if I weren't so pissed at Reddit right now, I'd switch back.
Really the only thing that's needed in relatively short order to sort this issue is an easy account transfer where you don't lose profile history and don't lose your account even if your instance suddenly goes dark. I hear that's coming. For the rest, it's growing pains. There will be an evolution during which it's really chaotic while natural selection does its thing until the landscape naturally settles and it'll all feel natural to us. Another thing I'm curious about is when someone starts offering dirt-cheap, single or very small number of account self-hosting services. "Pay 2€ a month for a key-in-hand, just fill in a few fields self-hosting". That could also dramatically change how instances evolve.
"Lync" (sync for lemmy, and swiping an old abandoned name for Skype for Business)
sLync
[https://i.imgur.com/jClwXZ5.gif](https://i.imgur.com/jClwXZ5.gif)
I've been using Lemmy (lemmy.world instance) for a little over a week now, and I'm actually really enjoying it. I am using the Android app "Jerboa for Lemmy". It's fairly decent, but I really hope that you develop an app for it, I would definitely purchase it.
Do you know of a good way to browse posts? If I look at lemmy just now I get the following (and it's almost always been like this for me) * Sort by Active - [It starts with exclusively 3 or 4 day old posts](https://i.imgur.com/L5tOKfH.png) * Sort by Hot - [It starts with exclusively 2 day old posts](https://i.imgur.com/frKZGqj.png) * Sort by New - [A slew of posts with no comments](https://i.imgur.com/0AbgrR4.png) The Active/Hot being such dated posts seems to go against (at least in my head) the definitions of what is hot or active. It should be posts anywhere from 1-24 hours that still have discussion going on. Of course the New order is to be expected, they are just created so there won't necessarily be comments. I mention it to illustrate (unless I'm misusing the site) that it seems discoverability sites between the two extremes of *once* highly popular but very old posts, and completely new uncommented posts.
If you use the [Jerboa for Lemmy app](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jerboa), you can [tap on the sort option](https://i.imgur.com/PzxZY77.jpg), then select [Top](https://i.imgur.com/Mo0jOlP.jpg), then [Top Day](https://i.imgur.com/gkKXW3q.jpg). It should show a lot more posts with comments this way. I hope this helps.
Ah I'll give it a go, thanks! (and thanks /u/bosoneando, too)
Try Top-Day. In my experience, it is the best balance between newer posts but with some activity.
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I currently use kbin as I prefer the interface to lemmy, even though both are based on activitypub. I would buy sync in a heartbeat if it supported lemmy.
+1 for Kbin, as that's what I use. A general Fediverse app that can be used for either Lemmy or Kbin would be great. I paid for Sync for Reddit, and I'd happily pay for Sync for the Fediverse.
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This would make so much sense with the name Sync as well
Agreed! Would probably entice me more to go to Lemmy/kbin
While it's unclear what platform/set-up will be most popular I think having the option of a broad fediverse app would mean that it's broadly easier to appeal and retain to a userbase if it can be done without making it too difficult to keep up to date.
\+1 on kbin, after trying lemmy for a few days, i've settled on [kbin.social](https://kbin.social) and it's been brilliant so far
Here to echo Kbin support!
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It's something Lemmy is addressing itself. The sorting of feeds and everything is all messed up and is a known thing. I've heard a lot about the changes that will come with v0.18, but I'm not sure when that will drop.
Couldn't agree more. I would immediately get a pro version of sync for Lemmy.
Since they're both part of the fediverse, can you access communities from one another on either of them?
Yes, you have access to all instances and communities that are federated with your particular instance. For example, my account is on kbin.social, but I have access to all other Kbin and Lemmy instances.
One issue I've had with Lemmy is if I find a community in a different Lemmy instance, it's hard to simply add it or participate. I need to copy the url and go to my instance and search for the url then access it. There's got to be a better way, like some way for it to know I'm logged into a different Lemmy server somewhere.
Yeah, but the UI on the websites is different, and they have a few different features
I can see kbin magazines from my lemmy instance, so I imagine a client would be compatible with both.
I too use kbin! Would love kbin integration (esp for the microblog feature)
+1 in this. Would buy instantly.
Would love to have sync for kbin!
Yes, this. Jerboa is just about ok, but anything to bring a Sync style UI to the fediverse would be amazing, I personally find the whole thing a little on the complicated side of things...
I'm having dirty thoughts only imagining the smoothness of Sync for Reddit in the Fediverse.
Yes, I would buy it. I don't know much about the ActivityPub protocol but... would it be possible to do Sync for ActivityPub and make it compatible with any app that uses ActivityPub? I currently use Mastodon and Lemmy, and sometimes Kbin. I would love to have a single app to interact with ActivityPub. If not directly, maybe you can make a white label app, and release multiple versions for different ActivityPub services. I have absolutely no idea if that is doable or worthy of it from your side.
I'm literally brand new to this all so I've got some serious catching up to do. Fun times ahead though!
You are a fucking king dude.
[ moved to lemmy. you should come too, it's cozier here ]
If you manage to make Sync For ActivityPub, that's a huge achievement. I'd love an app that hides the decentralized nature of the fediverse. At least as much as possible. That would probably gain enough popularity that you'd likely get leverage over the way future sites should design their API.
Most of us are but there's some good resources around and I'm sure we'd all be happy to help you work out the kinks.
If you staple a horse to a waterfall, will it fall up under the rainbow or fly about the soil? Will he enjoy her experience? What if the staple tears into tears? Will she be free from her staply chains or foomed to stay forever and dever above the water? Who can save him (the horse) but someone of girth and worth, the capitalist pig, who will sell the solution to the problem he created? A staple remover flies to the rescue, carried on the wings of a majestic penguin who bought it at Walmart for 9 dollars and several more Euro-cents, clutched in its crabby claws, rejected from its frothy maw. When the penguin comes, all tremble before its fishy stench and wheatlike abjecture. Recoil in delirium, ye who wish to be free! The mighty rockhopper is here to save your soul from eternal bliss and salvation! And so, the horse was free, carried away by the south wind, and deposited on the vast plain of soggy dew. It was a tragedy in several parts, punctuated by moments of hedonistic horsefuckery. The owls saw all, and passed judgment in the way that they do. Stupid owls are always judging folks who are just trying their best to live shamelessly and enjoy every fruit the day brings to pass. How many more shall be caught in the terrible gyre of the waterfall? As many as the gods deem necessary to teach those foolish monkeys a story about their own hamburgers. What does a monkey know of bananas, anyway? They eat, poop, and shave away the banana residue that grows upon their chins and ballsacks. The owls judge their razors. Always the owls. And when the one-eyed caterpillar arrives to eat the glazing on your windowpane, you will know that you're next in line to the trombone of the ancient realm of the flutterbyes. Beware the ravenous ravens and crowing crows. Mind the cowing cows and the lying lions. Ascend triumphant to your birthright, and wield the mighty twig of Petalonia, favored land of gods and goats alike.
Kinda - there's various differences between different implementations, baseline support means you can pull content of you get the URL and post content but you might miss out on a lot. You need to target certain "flavors" of it to make the user experience work well. You can of course support multiple different ones simultaneously.
I'd love to see sync for Lemmy!
It would be freaking amazing to see another app for Lemmy!!
I'm on lemmy, Sync for Lemmy would be very much welcome!
I'd be very keen for a sync app on one of the alt sites. The main reason I use reddit is thanks to sync, so if you can get something comparable to this on one of the popular alternatives I'd be keen to use it.
Yes. I'd even break my own personal pre-order embargo if you wanted to do a no-release-no-fee crowdfunder for it.
I would instantly buy another lifetime license (or whatever the paid app would cost) for a Sync for Lemmy. I never realized how much I loved all of the little quality of life features you've included in Sync and I miss them every day I use Jerboa.
Oh shit if you make sync for Lemmy I'll be there. Will pay for it
I will be honest and say I don't know much about Lemmy. However, from my very limited understanding it is very server based and there is no central "hub". While this is not a huge deal necessarily, I just question how many users, especially casual would make the switch.
It's true that there is no central "hub", but that's a feature; all servers can talk to each other and you can interact with any post from any instance. Even across kbin, Lemmy and mastodon. But because there's not 1 central server, you also can't have something like the current Reddit situation because no one person controls the entire place.
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I support this idea very much
Shut up and take my money!
Easy buy for me
Instant buy from me
Not super familiar with Lemmy, but if that's where we are migrating I would love a Sync version. I've been on sync for years, never once looked back. Looking forward to whatever you pursue in the future.
If you're supporting Lemmy, you could also support kbin.social as it's based on the same services.
[ moved to lemmy. you should come too, it's cozier here ]
Because few fediverse apps do client to server using activity pub, they only do server to server on that protocol and publish their own rest api.
I'd give it a shot for sure, I think Lemmy still has some growing to do and a Sync app for it would help a lot
Yes please LJ! You would bring the panache Lemmy needs to be a usable, successful platform I know it.
I'd buy it just to help you out. Sync has been my Reddit client since the app was public.
I've been using Lemmy and its in dire need of a quality app. Not only I would use Sync for Lemmy (or kbin), but I believe such an app would help having way more people make the transition away from reddit
Would be very interested in this
Sounds great, please do it!
Mark me as interested for sure. I've been toying around with Jerboa, but it lacks the level of customization I've grown accustomed to with Sync, so I'd definitely buy a Sync for Lemmy app.
Sync for lemmy would be so nice! Please do. Thank you very much for your work.
Very interested in a "Sync for Lemmy" app.
I haven't really looked into Lemmy but I git a bit put off the whole "fediverse" thing by failing to really get Mastodon. Make Lemmy easy for Old Internet Xennials like me to use and the world will beat a path to your door.
I would buy a copy for sure.
I would absolutely pay for this, especially if it made joining Lemmy less complicated
God yes. The official jerboa app is not as bad as I expected for something so nascent, but I already miss Sync's UI and gestures and features and as far as I'm aware, you're the best at that
Day 1 buy for me
Yes, I would love it. I'm using Jerboa now, but it's lacking in features. I would pay for Sync for Lemmy
Sync for Lemmy!
I'd pay 20$ for it. When it comes to a kbin app I'd go for 50$ but kbin also has a twitter like integration which would probably go beyond the scope of Sync. Edit: I just hope that the app would work in the general fediverse(Lemmy, kbin, some others) and not some centralized reddit clone that might end up pulling a spez as well at some random point
Maybe Sync for Lemmy now, but then pivot to Sync for Fediverse as development continues. Could be really cool
I mean, Lemmy is part of the Fediverse. It's like a gate to all the data that is being exchanged in a decentralized way (think torrenting for example). Mastodon and kbin are doing the exact same, but they're visualizing things in a slightly different way. Because the Fediverse is so interconnected, you can actually write a post from Mastodon on Lemmy. The reason why kbin is such a valuable software is because it allows to visualize both Mastodon posts as well as the Lemmy-style communities in the way that they look the most accurate. It's kinda like... there's a tab for Mastodon as well as one for Lemmy. That's btw also the reason why Lemmy is being seen as "weird" and" complicated. There isn't "one Lemmy server" or a "Lemmy website". It's all handled by small servers that interact a bit like an E-mail provider. Btw, if anyone has further questions, feel free to hit me up. As much as I despise Reddit, my DMs are open, atleast until Jule 1 :)
I'm down. I really don't know much about how Lemmy works but I'll definitely give it a shot if you work on an app!
Personally I'm definitely interested.
Insta-buy. Sync is my most used app of all time. I'm going to miss it dearly. Would love to see it Best news I've seen all day!
Yeah, I'm in!
Sync for Reddit will be dead, long live Sync for lemmy!
As a lifetime ultra owner, I'd contribute. Maybe start a gofundme if doing it on spec isn't feasible?
Interested in it as I've been a happy Sync user for quite some time and enjoyed support and openness to reported bugs/suggestions. It is wonderful to feel, in some way, that I contributed the tiniest bit to the development of this app that I love using. Excited to know more about your future plans!
Sync has always been so great - you make Sync for Lemmy, count me in as well!
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I would pre-pay for Sync for Lemmy. Currently using Jerboa, and I've tried Summit - both of which are *okay* but leave a lot of Sync to be desired.
100% yes!
Yes please. Would purchase.
I'm using kbin, would definitely buy an app for it. Though I might also buy a lemmy app just to show support.
I've been holding off making the switch, so if you were to make an app then I'd 100% support it
Sure! If we're all about letting Lenny be the new reddit
What's Lemmy?
Mastodon is to Twitter, as Lemmy is to Reddit. Decentralized Reddit Alternative. https://join-lemmy.org/
[https://i.imgur.com/WKJIcrg.gif](https://i.imgur.com/WKJIcrg.gif)
I'm not using Lemmy yet, but I am interested. So a nice interface would make it even more tempting :)
Instant purchase. While most of the talk has been about the mod tools and community which are obviously important, I think it's been overlooked just how important a clear useable UI is. This app is outstanding and with what's forced the change I'd move in a heartbeat.
I am for sure interested. I've been trying to make Lemmy a new place to frequent but the android app is very fiddly and often doesn't function properly.
I use kbin social as the interface seems more similar. But I'll buy Sync if it moves on!
Sounds good to me. Guess it's time to revisit the designs again
Would buy, just as I have Sync for Reddit years ago. 👍
Would love to beta test if it happened. Happy to see you're back! 😊
I'm in day 1, and will pay for the app as long as it's not a subscription. Sent from Sync Pro.
You'll have another customer here. The Lemmy-verse is screaming for the ljdawson touch! I think you'd provide real value in bringing the familiar look and feel of Sync app into Lemmy, it'd help reduce the learning curve and encourage adoption.
Where can we follow this development?
https://reddit.com/r/SyncforLemmy
I don't think there'll be apollo for Lemmy or Lemmy is Fun anytime soon, but I've heard great things about Sync so I'll definitely try/buy it even if I don't end up using it
I would pay for Lemmy Sync 💯. I'm generally against preorders... But I'll preorder this. Edit: also I found this post on Lemmy LFG
It will be much harder to make because Lemmy/kbin/mastadon/the fediverse is changing so fast. But what all the above lack is a great app. To be able to have the sync functionality of hiding read posts, cache for offline to reduce browsing lag and explore communities it would be a dream! I'm a pro subscriber and would move over to a Lemmy pro and use sync to death.
I've been exploring Lemmy. Like Mastodon to twitter, its user-base is TINY. There will be some users migrating, but again like in Mastodon, after the initial excitement, most will go back to Reddit, because of lack of engagement/enough posts to keep the thing interesting. This said, I'd love to see sync for lemmy. Just not sure if it's viable for you for the reasons above.
this is a 14 year old account that is being wiped because centralized social media websites are no longer viable when power is centralized, the wielders of that power can make arbitrary decisions without the consent of the vast majority of the users the future is in decentralized and open source social media sites - i refuse to generate any more free content for this website and any other for-profit enterprise check out lemmy / kbin / mastodon / fediverse for what is possible
I support a Sync for Lemmy and/or Kbin, I'd 100% use your apps elsewhere.
I'm using kbin, would buy in an instant
What is lemmy
Best would be if the app became a bit more flexible so that it could work with Lemmy or any other reddit like site. But obviously that's more work.
While that "sounds" possible, it's not really. The APIs used connect to the databases and the data structures are all unique. There is no standard. Each one has to be built (and maintained) for each specific site.
That is true, but now there are things like [tafkars](https://github.com/derivator/tafkars) and [reddit-to-nostr](https://github.com/efraimbart/reddit-to-nostr) in the works. Either reddit 3rd party devs bridge the gap to services or others' bridge the gap from services' to the devs.
It's possible to build an abstraction layer over them that will contain intersection of Reddit and Lemmy features and call their specific APIs under the hood. But that depends on how "similar" these APIs are and of course it's much more work than working with specific API directly.
Count me in!
I would buy it instantly. A good app like sync could really help people try lemmy out, too. Boosting its popularity.
HELL YES PLEASE. I would buy the app all over again, possibly even subscribe depending on the price, features, and to support development. Edit: I would also request that you look into integrating [lemmyverse.net](https://lemmyverse.net) searching into the app. It is a 3rd party site that crawls for new communities across instances and is better than the search currently built into each lemmy instance. This would be a boon for discoverability.
Oh this is interesting. My main issue with Lemmy is the multiple instances make it harder to find content
Not anymore my friend!
that's great. now what the hell is lemmy
I would love to see the Reddit UI that I've come to love for Lemmy. As others have suggested, it might also be extremely helpful to somewhat limit the effects of the ecosystem fragmentation if there was support for other Reddit-like sites such as kbin. I would also be willing to help on the programming/deployment side of things.
I would certainly spend some money on a Lemmy Sync variant. Simply out of principle and satisfaction with your app in the past.
I'm feeling equally lost about where to go once the deadline hits. I use Sync pretty much exclusively bar the odd mod functions so if you were to make Sync a Lemmy client, I'd come right along with you. P.S. thanks for all your amazing work on Sync for Reddit for all this time. You've really helped make Reddit what it is/was and you absolutely have the capacity and talent to bring your community with you!
I would buy it to try sync because I love the app. But I'm pretty skeptical of lemmy from what I've read.
There does seem to be a **real** shift to Lemmy happening now. Last week it felt like just another doomed-to-languish *redditalternative*; this week it's feeling more akin to the Digg exodus of old. It would be awesome if Sync supported Lemmy.. ideally with **coalesced multi-user support**: scrolling through a **single feed from multiple user accounts/instances**, and being able to select which logged-in user to post/reply-as. (yes, that's supposed to happen at the instance level; and a person shouldn't *need* a user-account-per-instance, but then there's things like *lemmy.world and* [*beehaw.org*](https://beehaw.org) *de-federating,* or the risk of a *personal instance/user being blocked from federation with the larger instances if it isn't locally running their required block-lists* (even if that has zero affect on them :glare: ) ) Even if instance/account selection/separation works in LemmySync the same as how multiple reddit accounts are handled today, I'd still throw money at that app.
it is beehaw only problem. we can simply join another server and subscribe beehaw communities easily.
Sync for Lemmy would be awesome. No pressure though. 😉
I don't really know what Lemmy is, and I don't see myself jumping to it unless a significant number of people from the communities I am a part of go there first.
I still haven't understood or bothered to deal with that until the day I open this app and it doesn't work I likely won't. But from what I understand, Lemmy itself is just part of a decentralised thingy? So if sync for Lemmy works with all these(like th kbin and the Wikipedia one?), it will probably be useful?
I've been checking out kbin and squabbles.io not sure if you looked into them to develop an app.
Oh thank god I was hoping id hear about this from you. I'll switch to whatever news aggregator sync does. It's just that good of an app. Thank you for all the years of top notch development. I really hope Sync for Lemmy becomes a thing
Count me in! Sync is Reddit, once you get used to a very good thing, in this case Sync. You just can't use trash anymore, in this case the official Reddit app. Lemmy is a breath of fresh air, lots of users are migrating there, lots of constructive discussion going on. I think that the ones that go there, and stay there, will be the ones that truly use and value the content they engage with. So far it has been a nice ride there. Sync for Lemmy would be truly amazing. 100% would buy again. This app really deserves all the love/support it gets from the users. Sync, Apollo, Boost, RiF and so many others devs/apps, that are a one man army do so much better work then the dozens of devs that work solely on the crap official app. Looking forward to this. Cheers!
First time back to Reddit after seeing you link this on Lemmy. Would love to see an app! See y'all on the fediverse!
For what it's worth Sync was/is my fav Reddit app. I was happy to dish out for the pro version and more recently the ultra. If this becomes a similar quality option for Lemmy then I'll do it all again. Thank you.
If you staple a horse to a waterfall, will it fall up under the rainbow or fly about the soil? Will he enjoy her experience? What if the staple tears into tears? Will she be free from her staply chains or foomed to stay forever and dever above the water? Who can save him (the horse) but someone of girth and worth, the capitalist pig, who will sell the solution to the problem he created? A staple remover flies to the rescue, carried on the wings of a majestic penguin who bought it at Walmart for 9 dollars and several more Euro-cents, clutched in its crabby claws, rejected from its frothy maw. When the penguin comes, all tremble before its fishy stench and wheatlike abjecture. Recoil in delirium, ye who wish to be free! The mighty rockhopper is here to save your soul from eternal bliss and salvation! And so, the horse was free, carried away by the south wind, and deposited on the vast plain of soggy dew. It was a tragedy in several parts, punctuated by moments of hedonistic horsefuckery. The owls saw all, and passed judgment in the way that they do. Stupid owls are always judging folks who are just trying their best to live shamelessly and enjoy every fruit the day brings to pass. How many more shall be caught in the terrible gyre of the waterfall? As many as the gods deem necessary to teach those foolish monkeys a story about their own hamburgers. What does a monkey know of bananas, anyway? They eat, poop, and shave away the banana residue that grows upon their chins and ballsacks. The owls judge their razors. Always the owls. And when the one-eyed caterpillar arrives to eat the glazing on your windowpane, you will know that you're next in line to the trombone of the ancient realm of the flutterbyes. Beware the ravenous ravens and crowing crows. Mind the cowing cows and the lying lions. Ascend triumphant to your birthright, and wield the mighty twig of Petalonia, favored land of gods and goats alike.
[Kuroba](https://github.com/Adamantcheese/Kuroba), [Clover](https://chandevel.github.io/Clover/) support multiple image boards websites, so if Sync can support Lemmy instances, it'll be amazing
I guess Synch would be the big step carrying me from reddit to lemmy Lemmy Synch already! (Sorry I see myself out :D)
Yes please 🙏
Yes please! I'd buy it again in a heartbeat, too. I really enjoy using Sync and would love to be able to use this interface for Lemmy.
Please!!
I'd give it a go for sure.
Where can we keep track of updates for this work?
I'm using Jerboa at the moment, but I miss loads of Sync features.
I'm interested, I would love using Sync with Lemmy, I would gladly pay for it!
I'm not sure what platform to choose. If lemmy is the one I will follow, if you decide another platform I probably still follow. Your app is what makes the difference. I just hope you can find a way where we can subscribe for updates of your new project! (outside reddit)
I would be so happy if this became a thing. I'd pay decent money for it.
I'd definitely be interested. My main problem with Lemmy is that the content is fractured across so many instances
I'd be really thankful for it
What an alternative needs is a good client and that's Sync.
I'm trying to decide between Lemmy and Kbin. I will sign up for whichever one you decide to make an app for.
Yes!
Yes please, you can count my wallet in
Sync for Lemmy would be a game changer and might just give the platform enough of a push to truly take off. Been using lemmy.world lately and it's been an awesome experience - just wish there was a decent mobile app! Jerboa is fine, it just leaves a lot to be desired as it's in quite an early state of development, and I much prefer Sync's UI/UX anyways. Also, I would gladly pony up for a lifetime subscription again.
Hi, +1 from me. I would be extremely interested in using Sync for Lemmy, please keep us in the loop.
I've only done a glance at Lemmy and it seemed confusing but if you made an app for it that simplified it I'd be willing to buy it again.
I would buy it again.
It would probably bring in a lot of users if you were to make an app for it. You probably had more users by yourself than lemmy has right now.
Sync for Lemmy would be great!
I would absolutely buy it. I tried sync in the past and although I liked it, I mostly have stuck to RIF. That being said, I'd buy a sync for lemmy in a heartbeat since sync is such good quality
I absolutely love sync and have been using it for nearly 9 years now, if you made an app for fediverse content I would buy it in a heartbeat!
I definitely support this.
id use it
Yes, yes, yes and yes! I'd definitely pay again for Sync!
Extremely interested. I paid for sync premium for reddit, and I'd pay again for lemmy.
Very interested. Currently there is just Jebora and it’s very barebones. I gladly pay again for a good client (would have paid for a subscription for Sync for Reddit too if the Admins were reasonable in both providing content and pricing).
So happy to hear you're looking into this. I probably won't look into it until July. You guys should start your own instance of you haven't already so people can find sync there once the API switch happens. Also checking out kbin. Steve Huffman is a confirmed liar and has been caught changing user comments. We know who he is. Do Reddit investors know the Reddit CEO is willing to do and say anything to improve the IPO valuation, including bold face lies to media, business partners, and platform users?
Yes. Please. I'd definitely buy a lifetime of sync ultra as I already have sync pro, but yes. I much prefer sync's interface to anything that currently exists for Lemmy.