16h ago

PSA: Sync for Lemmy users: please do not create reports about PMs

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/

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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'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.

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
- Good for you?
  
  Thanks! 😊

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.

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