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I guess the concept of fediverse is what will end up confusing people more than ever. There's a very good quick starter guide published on Lemmy that I found to be incredibly helpful. Including the clarification that content is accessible across servers but users cannot log in to other servers.

I also think it will be crucial how the app ecosystem for Lemmy shapes up. Most people will just be using an app to access their communities and won't care about the underlying fediverse structure.

Here's hoping for all the apps, which made Reddit what it is/was, to come to roost quickly for Lemmy!

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Lemmy.world starting guide

Hi and thank you for putting this together!

When I'm searching for Lemmy posts from the browser, if I'm taken to a post on a different server, do I need to register/login on that server to be able to comment?

Or can I open that post on Jerboa, logged in from my account, to comment?

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I thought Nova was going the way of dinosaurs (i.e. there's only one developer left to support it).

Edit to add: Unlikely that Google will do anything about it. What will users do - switch to iOS? Also, is it completely in Google's hands, since stock launchers on third party devices such as OnePlus, Samsung, et al continue to work quite well.

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Do you prefer digital or physical books?

Digital - easier to carry and to handle while reading. Plus u can read on a phone/laptop in dark environments as well. However for reading on a plane, where I'm sitting in one place, I somehow prefer physical books as they're less painful than looking at a lit up screen for extended periods of time.

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Why do you personally prefer using an Android phone?

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Hi. I've heard quite a few people do this but never managed to ask why. So, taking the opportunity to ask.

What I mean is, if the large part of the phone is about the software experience and software optimisation (and the hardware in itself is nowhere near cutting edge) what's the upside of installing a non-google OS on it?

Perhaps I'll try it someday. For today, just curious. If you could shed some light on it. Thank you!

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It's getting harder to find a decent phone that has both a headphone port and a micro SD card slot.

I cannot stress this enough. I'm playing with my phone installing custom ROMs, bulk transferring pics and downloaded files. Having a memory card is just so convenient - and safer.

I just factory reset my phone and forgot to back up files from a specific folder. Wouldn't have happened if I could just pop out the memory card