Lemme - Apps on Google Play
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Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, Raddle, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you're interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse. For a link aggregator, this means a user registered on one server can subscribe to forums on any other server, and can have discussions with users registered elsewhere. The overall goal is to create an easily self-hostable, decentralized alternative to Reddit and other link aggregators, outside of their corporate control and meddling. Each Lemmy server can set its own moderation policy; appointing site-wide admins, and community moderators to keep out the trolls, and foster a healthy, non-toxic environment where all can feel comfortable contributing.
    • thoro@lemmy.ml
      21·
      4 years ago

      Dunno what you can do about it, but when you search “lemmy” on the Play store, the Lemme app is what comes up and I never saw lemmur as one of the results (maybe because it’s early access and still in development?). I eventually pulled lemmur from the git because I thought it was weird the Lemme app’s source wasn’t open, but I imagine nondevs might not figure that out.