Reddit refugee here. Using Boost for Lemmy on Android.

  1. It is VERY difficult to find interesting communities from within the Boost UX. No “You may be interested in” suggestions are thrown. I used a website to find the Reddit equivalent of some communities. But certain ones not on lemmy instances could not be added using Boost.

  2. No infinite scroll/doom scroll. The number of posts peters out even though I am subscribed to maybe 5 dozen communities.

  • Katlah@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    9 months ago

    Using Boost for Lemmy on Android

    It’s almost like using proprietary software for an open source project leads to unsatisfactory experiences.

    Nothing wrong here…

  • 2 might just be the app you’re using. Or the fact you’re only browsing by what you have subscribed and not everything everywhere. I don’t know if boost even allows you to see everything across all instances; but Liftoff does.

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    9 months ago

    Those sound more like boost complaints, have you considered trying an alternate app to see if it improves your experience?

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    I like Memmy well enough when I’m determined to use an app. Still holding out hope that a kbin one materializes.

    Doom scrolling works fine, and discoverability is okayish. The search function mostly seems to bring up communities, so that’s kind of what you’d need.

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    9 months ago

    I downvoted because you didn’t post a question. The topic in itself is relevant to boost and a bit to Lemmy as a whole, but I think you are able to post a question or move it to !support@lemmy.world for example.

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    9 months ago

    Thanks for using Boost 🚀🚀😍

    No “You may be interested in” suggestions are thrown

    Lemmy does not have a “search by topic” feature, but you can open the left side menu, tap communities and browse/search communities by keyword in local/all instances.

    Search communities screenshot

    No infinite scroll

    That’s a Lemmy thing. The number of posts received depends on the activity of the communities and the sort being used. The app does have infinite scroll, but until the API stops returning more posts.