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?

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
    7•3 years ago

    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.

    • Dreeg Ocedam
      3•3 years ago

      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.

      • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
        4•3 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.