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[Completed] Lemmy.World update to Lemmy 0.19.9 on 16th of March, 16:00 UTC (lemmy.world)

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Hello,

we will be performing the long awaited update to Lemmy 0.19.9 tomorrow.

We are planning for around 1 hour of downtime between 16:00-17:00 UTC on 16th of March.

You can convert this to your local time here: https://inmytime.zone/?iso=2025-03-16T16%3A00%3A00.000Z

You can find an overview of the changes in our previous announcement here and in the Lemmy release notes:

Update 16:50 UTC:

The upgrade was successfully completed at around 16:27 UTC, but we're still fighting with some performance issues after the upgrade. Our database and the outbound federation container are currently using significantly higher CPU than expected, which is still being investigated to identify the root cause.

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[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Nice add👌

[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

Finally, the ability to view (and delete!) your own uploads.

FYI, the sorting on the uploads tab is broken. Obviously I don't expect sorting by "top" or "controversial" or whatever to work, but sorting by "old" doesn't, either. It's always sorted by newest first. But at least it's something. (I know for sure I have images uploaded that were not used in posts.)

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 12 points 12 hours ago

74b6d5de7267304ba24716ec01bd41ef-406423491

[-] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Thanks!

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 15 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

URL Blocking, at last. Now I can block all those AI shit websites on my communities :D

And being able to comment on locked post, what a nice QoL enhancement :D

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

URL Blocking, at last. Now I can block all those AI shit websites on my communities :D

Huh? How? I don't see anything about this in the six linked changelogs.

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

In 0.19.4, section "Moderation enhancements"

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

In 0.19.4, section “Moderation enhancements”

But this is about admins being able to block URLs, not about mods of communities.

[-] ByteMe@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

Hey, do you think you can add the running version of the instance on the column that is on the right side of the lemmy.world website?

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[-] fuck_you_spez@lemmy.world 10 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Someone ELI5 why Lemmy is or isn't ready for a Reddit Exodus.

Personally, I want it to be. Reddit censorship/shadowbans/deletes is outta control. Imo the problem lemmy has is on Desktop, since on Android there are some great apps like Boost that give it a Reddit-like end user experience, wheras Desktop experience in a browser is No equivalent of RES, or classic reddit. Opening images is very janky. I like RESs 'view images buttons, that untwirls all view image buttons. Using lemmy on desktop is a Chore. I can handle it. But I imagine its very much a bad taste and an impediment to a greater influx of average users.

Its about time we left reddit behind and make Desktop lemmy more welcoming. The times we're in requires a trustable platform. Reddit ain't it.

[-] dryfter@lemm.ee 2 points 8 hours ago

For me to rely on Lemmy for news, there needs to be a LOT more action. Right now Reddit can be my sole news source because of how many people are on there.

The problem can be seen when looking at Twitter/X and the exodus that has been happening there. Mastodon was touted as a Twitter alternative but the onboarding was so confusing due to being federated. People don't want to be confused they want things simple. This is why BlueSky took off rather than Mastodon.

Anyone remember Diaspora?*

Decentralization is not a new idea, it's just too confusing to the masses right now. While the Lemmy onboarding process is actually pretty good, picking an instance is a trip up (it was for me for a very long time and I'm tech-savvy). Until that part is solved centralized services will always have more migrating users sadly.

[-] fuck_you_spez@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

I hear ya, it wast a trip up for me necessarily, I just okayed thru it and it all worked somehow (basically I'm big dumb yes man and it worked out, lol), but i def recall the sign up was more involved due to those extra steps. A potential solution i can see happening is maybe a top youtuber like Linus or MKBHD could ease the pain of onboarding by making a digestible video that effectively goes viral due to their reach. Much like Linus vids on quitting windows for Linux or ditching Google services.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

For news

picking an instance is a trip up (it was for me for a very long time and I’m tech-savvy).

Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit, you can visit https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content, and install an app using https://vger.app/settings/install.

For a more detailed guide: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/

[-] bappity@lemmy.world 6 points 14 hours ago

in my opinion it's the login experience. selecting an instance is too confusing for the average user.

[-] markko@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago

I think it's just a matter of explaining instances in a clear and concise way. This isn't a Lemmy-specific issue though - it's a problem for all of the fediverse.

https://join-lemmy.org/instances says "You can access all content in the lemmyverse from any server, so it doesn't matter which one you choose.", but that still leaves some things unanswered.

It seems to have done a decent job of helping new users find a suitable server with a few simple questions though.

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit, you can visit https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content, and install an app using https://vger.app/settings/install.

For a more detailed guide: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

Lemmy is an alternative to Reddit, you can visit https://phtn.app/ to have a look at the content, and install an app using https://vger.app/settings/install.

For a more detailed guide: https://old.reddit.com/r/BuyFromEU/comments/1j0xkqa/lemmy_as_an_alternative_to_reddit_using/

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 15 hours ago

https://old.lemmy.world/ has a "show images" feature

[-] ticoombs@reddthat.com 6 points 18 hours ago

I can't wait! We'll finally get to do a real world test for the parallel sending features!! And if all goes well I'll get to save 5 Euro a month!

Thanks LW

[-] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 15 hours ago

Final bullet point here says otherwise: https://lemmy.world/post/23471887

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[-] kuato@lemmy.world 89 points 1 day ago

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

A picture you can hear, holy. Vividly, lol

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[-] bulwark@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

This is the update that'll break sync, right?

Sad times, but I guess I'm gonna be deciding between boost and infinity tomorrow

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 38 points 1 day ago

No it won't. That's the next major release, this is just LW catching up.

[-] MrKaplan@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

partial breakage, the stuff that people on other instances have already been experiencing for a while.

iirc there are still some additional issues with sync arising with the update, but it won't be entirely broken.

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[-] spooky2092 17 points 1 day ago

I used sync for reddit for years, but I kinda hope sync dies. But I also have an axe to grind with the dev after they invalidated the app purchases and made people buy it again to not have ads. Plus their inability to update on a regular basis is kinda terrible, and has continued. One of the top posts on the sync community when I checked was to not report PMs because it will actually report a random comment with the same ID, which is just a massive fuck up given the amount of spam PMs.

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago

they invalidated the app purchases and made people buy it again to not have ads.

Exactly. Not even a discount. I think it was even more expensive than the reddit version.

I just checked. It's $20 to remove ads. Wow.
I also checked to see how much it cost for the reddit version. I paid $4 to remove ads and $5 for the "pro" version. That's more than I've paid for any app. Now they want another $20 to remove ads on an app they neglect and ignore their customers? Disgusting.

Plus their inability to update on a regular basis is kinda terrible, and has continued.

Not just continued, but has gotten worse. Additionally, it's even more important to update more frequently because of the more frequent changes. It was also never fully functional for Lemmy. For example, spoilers have never worked.

To add to all that, they don't even have the decency to pop in for a quick comment or two just to help people feel better.

[-] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Wow that's a lot of salt for someone trying to value their work higher. Maybe just use a different app? Ironically I was a pro user on Reddit and have never been forced to upgrade on Lemmy as it has never shown me a single ad despite the fact that I would in heartbeat ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ , I have never had issues with any Sync app and I've been a user since...I dunno 2013?

I do agree that JDLawson has become more reclusive but he was never all that interactive with the community to be honest. I don't see that updates or stability of the app has really been an issue. Any time I have had problems they have always been native to Lemmy.