Rin

I personally don’t use that website, but I hope you get well soon!

It’s the swipes and the scrolling that I miss the most from a mobile app!

Reading a post, swiping back to /c/, reading another post.

One cool feature from Apollo was their GIF scrubber, you could move back and forth, play it faster etc.

It’s the same reason why I’d rather use Paperback on iOS instead of Mangadex on my mobile browser to read manga. Swiping on a phone is faster than pressing next or back.

For your question about how you turn a website into an app, the same way those 3rd party apps did it on Reddit. You can fetch the posts via Lemmy’s API and show them in a different way in an app :p (I hope I understood the concept correctly.)

I find it okay so far. I’m repeating myself from a previous comment, but I’m surprised and happy that this instance isn’t super heavy-handed on moderation.

Reading on Beehaw’s stance on things and LemmyNSFW’s stance on things left a sour taste in my mouth. I don’t believe that’s how the internet I grew up on should look like.

Reddit used to be my go-to for lurking and reading on niche topics.

I stopped using it since Apollo died. I wish there was a good mobile app for Lemmy. Currently trying both Mlem and Memmy, but they could be better.

I found replacements for Reddit/Twitter though. Having Misskey.io for following japanese artists, using the Mangadex forums for manga discussions instead of /r/manga and participating on threads here covers pretty much 80% of my Reddit browsing needs.

The other 20% is specific game subreddits. I haven’t seen any desire from those communities to migrate so it’s hard to fully leave Reddit :/

I just needed a new place to lurk and read stuff while procrastinating at work.

I find that both admins look level-headed which is a big plus for this instance. Fostering a nice community starts from the top imo.

I’m not a fan of lolis but I don’t think it should ever be banned either. I also agree with Burger’s comment that it “acts as a forcefield around us”. I think it’s one of those topics where people lose their mind entirely and never think twice about it.

Disagreeing on certain topics while being respectful and knowing that it harms no one is not really popular nowadays.