Good news! It works! You can indeed use old backups, and it (so far) works without issue

And it is glorious!

Everything is gorgeous :)

It’s like coming home after a long trip.

I have found a bug though. Logging in to sh.itjust.works seems to cause crashes that other instances don’t (so far). Lemmy.world, ttrpg.network, and sopuli.xyz haven’t crashed at all so far. Haven’t tested any others yet since I want to take a bit to just enjoy the app.

Seriously, Dawson, thank you for this :)

Edit: found a very minor thing in the comment markdown menu. The >!spoiler!< markdown on lemmy is different than reddit uses. The >! Doesn’t work here.

Spoiler is weird on lemmy. It’s

::: spoiler

Text

:::

Supposedly. However, it doesn’t actually work at all in most apps.

The reddit >! Works in sync, but not elsewhere.

Eh, if it were easier to block an instance as a user, I’d be 100% with you instead of 95%.

There are instances that are batshit crazy. Since blocking an instance as a user just ain’t possible yet, I can see why defederation before trouble gets going is useful. Once the nasty side of the internet gets snowballing, it’s much harder to manage.

Troll, or serious extremist, some things are just cancerous.

I’m not seeing a problem with that statement