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Every time I go to the piefed frontpage I'm blown away by how much more polished it is. It has all the bells and whistles that lemmy is sometimes missing.

Whats the catch? Why aren't we recommending everyone goes to piefed instead of lemmy?

App support is one thing I can think of.

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[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 15 points 1 day ago (32 children)

What's missing from Lemmy that would make it unattractive to the average user? Remember the majority of users don't post, comment or otherwise interact with the platform beyond voting.

[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

What’s missing from Lemmy that would make it unattractive to the average user?

I don't think it's always easy to pinpoint UX issues and user friction. Sometimes these things just don't stick with mainstream users. I say it's worth a try to see which platform the average Reddit user will prefer.

But if you're gonna use from a phone, Lemmy's selection of mobile apps is unbeatable.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fair point. It probably hard to see these things when you've been in the thick of Lemmy for as long as most of us here have. It's easy to dismiss not liking lemmy-ui because alternative frontends exist (written from Photon), but does that matter when the overwhelming majority of instances use it as their landing page.

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