The latest version of Sync for Lemmy (released March 2024) has a bug where attempts to report Private Messages create reports for random comments instead - it creates a report for whatever comment has the same database ID as the private message you’re trying to report (which on most instances will be a very old comment, since there are many more comments than private messages).
So: if you’re using Sync for Lemmy, unless/until there is a new release of it, please refrain from reporting PMs while using it, to avoid filling instance admins’ report queues with spurious reports.
There has been a bit of PM spam lately; please do report PM spam using other clients, so that admins can ban those accounts asap.
If you’re interested in trying other Lemmy apps which hopefully get updates more frequently, there is a list of them here: https://join-lemmy.org/apps/
The fact this is not coming from @ljdawson@lemmy.world themselves is another big piece of evidence of their inability to maintain a good relationship or even just a good line of communication with the community and people who pay/paid for the app/subscription.
I’ve defended them in the past for falling short of this sort of thing in the past, but at this point it’s inexcusable.
In my opinion, I think they need to hang it up and move on from Sync. They need to stop stringing people along. Or at least bring on another developer that can help move things along faster and maintain communication and expectations with the community.
I remember them disappearing for long periods during the reddit days. Was it ever a full year between updates though? I don’t pretend to know ljdawson, but they’ve got a goose laying golden eggs here and they’re keeping it locked in the basement.
I love Sync but I’m thinking about switching.
I hate to say it, but I’ve been using a replacement for the last month now and it’s the only app that has truly been as good as Sync - Summit
It’s almost a 1:1 copy. It will seem very very familiar to you right out of the box.
And yes - frequent updates and it’s free
I’ve spent 50/50 on Voyager now. But my muscle memory still opens Sync by default. It’s tough to break what’s probably 10 year old habit.
I was the same, I ended up deleting Sync to force myself to use Voyager.
Oh shit!! I just tried to report a Nicole spam message an hour ago! Got a network error message though, so not sure if I caused any trouble…
Yeah I reported one of those and the mod/admin asked me if I meant to report a comment from over a year ago. It’s broken and they know it.
I switched to Summit for Lemmy it’s honestly better in every way imo
Yeah OK this is way better. I was just being stubborn stuck in my Sync ways.
I just tried out summit a couple days ago, emailed the creator about a feature request, and like 2 days later it was added
I’ve been trying out Voyager for a little while and it seemed pretty good overall, but I found a few small things with the UX that made it annoying.
I downloaded Summit after this comment and it really is almost exactly what I needed. Thanks!
I do wish you could customize the colors, though. The few presets just don’t really fit my tastes.
I agree, Summit has ~99% of what i’d want in a Lemmy client (including a responsive dev). Reach out to the dev and they’ll get back to you lickety-split.
Good for you?
Thanks! 😊
So switched to summit as well. It’s been awesome
Summit deserves more love, for me it was the logical replacement/successor of Sync for Lemmy, and I have tried all the apps, of 99% of them at least.
Good to know, thanks! I definitely reported some of the “Nicole” spam, but I had no idea it was causing trouble!
Same
Shoutout to Thunder for Lemmy. That app is legendary and the developer is actually passionate about the space from a non-monetary stand point.
While thunder is good - I’m using it right now - it’s ironic because it doesn’t yet support interacting with direct messages, lol. Always have to login to the instance web UI. I can read them, but that’s it.
Ah, haven’t used DMs! Still, the UI is my favorite so far.
