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Out of curiosity, why do you guys think the Fediverse is still not taking off? (lemmy.ml)
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I've thought about it a bit and the Fediverse has been around for a while now. There are some really cool applications being made to replace the mainstream ones, but they just aren't taking off.

Why do you guys think that might be? Ease of use? Addiction to the mainstream platforms? Lack of marketing?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 years ago (4 children)

Which apps did you try for Mastodon? Tusky is almost perfect in my opinion (though I never tried twitter so I couldnt compare it).

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, I use Tusky as well and quite happy with it. I wonder if it might be worth looking at forking Slide Reddit app and adapting it for Lemmy. Presumably, bulk of the changes would just be around the API calls since Lemmy and Reddit both have very similar UX. Might be less work to take adapt an existing mature app than starting from scratch.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago* (last edited 4 years ago) (1 children)

It could even be done by adding lemmy support to slide, similarly to how NewPipe supports peertube alongside Youtube.

Though by doing that we may lose lemmy having its own distinctive style.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 years ago

If Slide devs are open to it, then it's probably a good option. It would still be possible to make other apps in the future, and Slide already has its own style that's not Reddit branded which is a plus.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

I used fedilab before and started using tusky, both are very great, but for some reason Tusky feels might lighter.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 years ago

Fedilab, which is really clunky and confusing to me, haven't tried tusky yet. As @[email protected] twidere is a really great twitter app.