We had been waiting at 0.18.5 for a while because 0.19 came with some federation bugs (and obviously it would be extremely embarrassing if this instance had issues in that department).

The biggest changes for users are a new scaled sorting method that should prioritize posts from smaller communities (no more Risa dominating the entire feed), the ability for users to block whole instances, and the ability to import/export accounts with other instances (or just back up your account).

Also I’d like to apologize for the downtime; we expected this to be a simple update taking only a few minutes, so I didn’t post an alert in advance, but then were some issues that caused us to go offline for several hours.

Lastly, after the update I found I had to clear my browser cache/cookies in order to log in, similarly, users using apps have been reporting they needed to remove and re-add their accounts. You may find you need to do that too!

EDIT: The app Liftoff has a bug preventing login on any Lemmy instance over v0.19.0

Drunk

EDIT 2: We’ve updated to 0.19.3, mostly just bugfixes in this one.

  • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
    61·
    11 months ago

    Nice! I have been waiting for this, eagerly anticipating when I can block the entire hexbear instance (I made the mistake of commenting in one of their magazines once and despite how many days ago that was the sheer flood and content of the responses continues to be… let’s just say enlightening in terms of how they choose to exist). So this is fantastic! :-P

      • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        Yes that is the reason I wanted to comment here, to help spread awareness of this fantastic feature. Go into your Settings (not Profile), Blocks, on the left scroll waaaaay down, and you can block an entire instance. I was getting more than ten replies every day to a week-old comment, but since I blocked it today I have yet to see anything hex, anywhere. Silence is a beautiful thing:-).

  • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Why are lemmy updates so weird and disruptive?

    I had to clear all my website data to log in via the website, which I’ve never ever seen any other website require.

    The app situation was not much better, I needed to remove all my accounts on Boost and totally reinstall Mlem.

    • SysAdmin@startrek.websiteOPMEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

      I have no idea, but in defense of the devs, there’s a reason they are calling it version 0.19 and not 0.5 or “1.0” There’s a lot to do, but look at projects like Mastodon a year ago vs today and they’ve made some dramatic improvements in terms of polish and usability.

      Personally I think it’s a good thing Lemmy isn’t more popular right now, because there’s no way it could absorb Reddit levels of users in a healthy way.

  • The Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteEnglish
    5·
    11 months ago

    Hopefully people who browse lemmy via browser are finding a way to read this page. This post was failing to load for me even while logged out for some reason. Luckily I saw it from a mobile app and knew to clear cache/cookies, because otherwise I might have just assumed it was down.

  • Kudusch@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    Thank you for the update! Our trusty bot over at c/greatestgen had no issues and is still posting the most embarrassing episodes (so all of them) of The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Trek.

      • EmergMemeHologram@startrek.websiteEnglish
        2·
        11 months ago

        Yeah try deleting the app, check your phones storage in settings > general > storage and search for Mlem. If you delete it it will remove all data from your phone, then you can reinstall and sign in again.

        • ButtholeSpiders@startrek.websiteEnglish
          51·
          11 months ago

          Got home and giving it a shot now, I’ll write back for others seeing it too. 👍

          Edit: You we’re 100% correct, deleting the app worked perfectly. Removing the account from Mlem did nothing and clearing browser cache did nothing. Weird bug for this version. 🤔

  • Stampela@startrek.websiteEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    In Voyager I had to “delete” my account from the interface and then add it back again before it worked again. Now in fairness the button shows “log out” while doing so, but still it was an unusual step so probably nice for others to know. :)

  • Wooster@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    I had a difficult time figuring out how to read the post on the website. Clicking the link itself just gave me an errror. I had to discover what that innocuous “+” was for to expand and read.

    I recommend editing this post’s title to include the TL;DR.