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New subreddit talking about it here. I'm assuming it will eventually be a Lemmy community

https://reddit.com/r/SyncforLemmy

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[-] gaydarless@lemmy.ca 74 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

lol:

I'm genuinely excited though. I've been a long time sync user, and I'd love to see similar features available for Lemmy!

[-] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

like if the app is better than the browser....

[-] hemmes@vlemmy.net 10 points 2 years ago

Holy shit, what a dumpster fire

[-] ActuallyRuben@actuallyruben.nl 8 points 2 years ago

But in the app they can fingerprint you better, allowing them to better identify the criminal scum using third party apps.

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[-] Frederic@beehaw.org 36 points 2 years ago

Just WOW! I'm using SyncPro for 9+ years, I'll support this app for sure!!!

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[-] ulkesh@beehaw.org 31 points 2 years ago

Mlem is a good beginning, but I hope for an Apollo-level quality app for Lemmy. It'll come, in time.

[-] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 years ago

That is our goal with Mlem. And trust me, our team is working, as absolutely fast as we can! Keep in mind, though, we’re starting from scratch. 😁

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[-] useful_idiot@lemmy.eatsleepcode.ca 10 points 2 years ago

I think it’s only a matter of time. I hope Lemmy/fediverse keeps up the momentum, it’s so great being off Reddit.

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[-] Master@beehaw.org 21 points 2 years ago

Obviously lemmy.world isnt the ideal location for beehaw users to follow but you dont need to be logged in to view content so I'd suggest just browsing the syncforlemmy community natively for now. Right now there are no official posts by ljdawson anyways.

https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

[-] livejamie@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago

Seems like a consequence of beehaw's actions

[-] soiling@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago

it may seem that way, but that's not accurate. something had to be done to stem the trolls and lemmy doesn't provide any tools for less severe action.

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[-] DeathWearsANecktie@lemmy.fmhy.ml 21 points 2 years ago

Amazing news. I loved Sync. If the developer could just imitate what they did with Sync but for Lemmy that would be great!

[-] skillful_garbage@beehaw.org 20 points 2 years ago

Lol I clicked the link and reddit showed

This community has not been reviewed and might contain content inappropriate for certain viewers. View in the Reddit app to continue.

With the only two options being continue in the app or take me home

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[-] lowleveldata@programming.dev 20 points 2 years ago

How's Sync compared to Reddit Is Fun? I've never used the former

[-] chloyster@beehaw.org 37 points 2 years ago

Sync was my favorite reddit app personally, its not the most similar to RIF though. As far as I understand RIF was more like old.reddit.com. Sync utilizes a lot of modern UI choices but the layout has always been really nice and has had amazing customization

[-] verysoft@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Not like RIF, more modern space wasting with the 'card' approach. Although I'm not sure about customisation, I just remember trying it and it had the same design 'flaws' every other had until I stumbled into RIF, which was perfect.

Would love a RIF-like app.

[-] atocci@kbin.social 24 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Sync was very big on customizability, so it did have the options to make your view incredibly compact as well. By default, it was always set to follow very closely with Google's design language, but you could get something very similar to the density of RIF as well.

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[-] Sentenial@beehaw.org 18 points 2 years ago

Sync was my preferred app. Will pay money again for a lemmy version

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[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

Wow, tried to view it on my mobile and just got a pop up from reddit saying it's unreviewed content and I should be careful, ONLY giving me the options either to leave or download the official reddit app to view it.

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[-] runarskoll@beehaw.org 16 points 2 years ago

As someone who paid for Sync Pro, I would gladly pay the developer again for a Lemmy app. I just hope /u/ljdawson won't opt for a "subscription" based app.

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[-] Moonwalk@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago

That's my favorite reddit client. I was hoping someone would do a similar client for Lemmy. This is great news, I'd totally buy a paid version of Sync for Lemmy just to support the developer.

[-] gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago

this has been my reddit app for over a decade!!! this just made my entire day!!

[-] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 14 points 2 years ago

If- redditisfun was ported to use lemmy- the circle of life would be completed.

[-] Wereduck 14 points 2 years ago

The circle of lif.

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[-] Arctic@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

This accelerated my plans to join Lemmy immensely and, et voila. Sync is probably the best software app I have on my phone, simply from a design perspective.

[-] Da_Boom@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://lemmy.world/c/syncforlemmy

This is the new community on Lemmy

Edit of course it's a lemmy.world community. Sorry guys, I'm not on the beehaw instance so I see both.

[-] HalcyonReverb@midwest.social 11 points 2 years ago

Fantastic news! Sync was my main client of choice. I will be more than happy to toss the dev a few more bucks.

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[-] aranym@lemmy.name 10 points 2 years ago

Very exciting! Jerboa is nice but it's always great to have alternatives.

[-] ChimpanzeeThat@aussie.zone 10 points 2 years ago

Great news. Sync made Reddit usable for me, as I was able to easily filter out keywords and subs that were problematic.

[-] Beeko@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

In a few months we’ll probably have a dozen Lemmy apps. Sync, Mlem, Memmy (which I’m typing this from), Artemis, and several others I’ve seen posts about are already in development. Excited to see what people create!

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[-] cupcakezealot 10 points 2 years ago

If Boost for Reddit shifts to Lemmy/kbin, I would be overjoyed.

[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 9 points 2 years ago

Cool, that would be ideal for me as its the reddit app I use(d).

[-] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 years ago

Thank goodness, sync was the app that worked the best for me! Awesome to see more apps coming out already

[-] falinter@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago

Just using firefox android's Add Site To Homepage button for lemmy has worked pretty well for me. i have jeroba but i like the web app a little better. i am open to trying newer lemmy apps as they come out though.

[-] four_leafed@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yesssssssss - by far my most used app. would happily pay for another pro version.

[-] catacomb@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago
[-] Inori@lemmy.one 8 points 2 years ago

That's incredible news, I've always used Sync

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[-] Astigma@feddit.uk 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

~~https://lemmy.ml/c/syncforlemmy or search !syncforlemmy@lemmy.ml in your instance.~~

Edit: Official community modded by Ljdawson himself is: !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

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[-] jivandabeast@lemmy.browntown.dev 8 points 2 years ago

Awesome news, hopefully rif will follow suit

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[-] tanja 8 points 2 years ago

Really hope Relay does the same

[-] erre@feddit.win 8 points 2 years ago

My Reddit app of choice, definitely psyched for this.

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