Unless anyone knows another reason for this impressive increase in comments? Seems to roughly coincide with Sync launching. If thats the case, just goes to show the importance of good third party apps.

Source: https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats

EDIT: Looks like a confusingly labeled graph and I think this is total comments. I have no idea why that spike could exist though.

  • Ejh3k@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2269·
    11 months ago

    I’m gonna blame it on all the sync haters just commenting about how sync sucks and why FOSS is so much better.

    • phex@feddit.chEnglish
      201·
      11 months ago

      I used Sync for Reddit for about 10 years but with the switch to the Fediverse I’ve adopted more of a FOSS mindset.

      My initial reaction was vitriolic for no other reason than being disappointed due to my own expectations. I’m sure it’s still a great app and I still absolutely appreciate and respect lj; it’s just not for me anymore. But that doesn’t give me the right to force my opinion on others.

      Ultimately I’m just happy we’re growing and I believe that’s what we should be focussing on.

    • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
      71·
      11 months ago

      What do you mean there are advertisements in my free app?

    • ijeff@lemdro.idEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Still better to have all the discourse on Lemmy instead of Reddit :).

    • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1315·
      11 months ago

      I just don’t get the love for Sync. It was the best reddit app on Android like 10 years ago, but so many other apps surpassed it a while ago. Boost was smoother and had more options. As for iOS, Alien Blue and then Apollo were much better.

      With lemmy, you’ve got great apps like memmy and Thunder that are imo better than Sync.

      So you’re dealing with ads (or paying for closed source software) just to use a worse product that kinda goes against the FOSS philosophy Lemmy is built on.

      • Neve8028@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        11 months ago

        Hey, you’re entitled to your opinion. I think it’s fair to say that most people here in the official sync community are going to disagree with you about it being a bad app. As for the FOSS philosophy, I genuinely don’t give a fuck. Cool that there are lots of FOSS alternatives but I like LJ and sync and have no issues supporting him. Nice that there are lots of options for different people.

        • CharlestonChewbacca@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          I never said it was bad.

          I just don’t get why people would use it over alternatives that have more features, are more stable, are free, and don’t include ads…