Nor does it take into account that people's views can change, and an outright ban simply for being part of the community only isolates them from the less batshit communities that may help them actually move away from it.
I've currently settled with Liftoff. I got very used to Jerboa and was perfectly happy with it, but the last few updates broke it to the point of unusability for me.
Liftoff isn't perfect, though its pretty good. My biggest gripe is that as far as I can tell there's no button to go straight to the top of the feed, which is really annoying when you've been scrolling for ages and have to scroll all the way back up. Hopefully that will be added soon.
I'd been on the waitlist for more than a year, but finally on. I downloaded the app a little while ago to keep tabs on my progress through the waitlist and they definitely have been speeding up the process of getting people onboarded to be fair.
Farscape. I'm pretty happy with that!
Just given Hive Dark a go and it looks really good! Definitely adds a lot to the feel of Beehaw. Thanks a lot, and good luck with the inevitable v0.18.0 breakage!
SlimSocial is the only one that I've found that still works, though might require some messing with the settings to get Messenger working through it.
Matrix bridges are an option for those willing to put the effort in and self-host. I might get round to doing this at some point.
It's not open-source, but I've settled on Beeper for the time being as the simplest option to get all my messages in one place.
Thia is genuinely very cool and has made me nostalgic enough to consider trying to get hold of one for my Game Boy! I only wish I had some photography talent, as it's quite a feat to take good photos with something so technically rubbish.
This is what I use. Not amazing, but given it's possible to use Messenger through it as well if needed, it's better than nothing.
I use Jellyfin, and this was my first home server. Think if I managed it it has to be relatively easy for most people comfortable enough with computers. Probably slightly more involved than Plex though I imagine!
I think this one should work https://lemmy.ca/post/831266
I use searxng via spot.murena.io and it isn't perfect, but works well enough. Though honestly, when I used DDG and wasn't getting the results I wanted, I just used !Bangs to check Google and other sites.
I seem to be unable to change my feed view or sort type either using the drop down at the top or the menu, and changing it in the settings seem to just revert back to all/active as soon as I press save. (Have checked using an account on an 0.18.0 instance.)