Hi, Mlem App Community.

As many of you have probably already seen, our founder David has left the project. We wanted to take a moment to address this news and any concerns it may cause within our community.

First and foremost, we want to make it unequivocally clear that we harbor no resentment or hard feelings towards David. We understand that he made this choice for his own well-being and support him for it. He was a joy to work with, and without his leadership or vision the Mlem app would not be what it is today or what it will be tomorrow. David, if you’re reading this: we thank you, and wish you all the best.

Development of Mlem will continue. All of us still on the the team remain as engaged and passionate as we were yesterday and continue to work tirelessly to bring you the best Lemmy experience we can. It is no secret, however, that this news was as much of a surprise to us as it was to you all, and it has introduced a couple of hitches in the short term. The GitHub repository where we store our code has been passed to another member of the team, but the App Store app could not be transferred so easily. We will be rebranding our App Store name to “Mlem for Lemmy”; the app will still appear as “Mlem” on your homescreen. As David mentioned, the current TestFlight beta has ended, and we will provide a link to a new one ASAP. The timing of that depends on Apple more than anything, so we cannot provide a concrete timeframe just yet. We’ll keep you posted with links here in this community.

We thank you for your patience, your understanding, and all of your support.

– The Mlem App Team

  • Eric (deprecated)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    As a dev, I just want to express how much it warms my heart to see how kind and understanding the community’s response to this news has been. You all are the best <3

    • L3s@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m not a Mlem user, but are you all worried about how much David contributed, and keeping up with it all? The UI looks the best out of all of the apps I’ve tested (Android user ;[), and seems to be more feature rich.

      • Eric (deprecated)@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        David contributed so much in part because he was working on the project as a personal thing for a long time before any of us came along. That’s what let us get such a quick jump on the Reddit migration–he’d already done the hard work of getting a working product off the ground, and gave us a foundation to build on.

        Keep in mind also that the GitHub contributions only track code that’s been merged. We have a lot of great stuff in-flight or sitting in PRs right now.

        In short: we aren’t worried.

      • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        as of the latest test build. this is in the 5 hours since you posted your comment. the project is in good hands, and we think you’ll enjoy the next TestFlight build!

  • BIFF@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Best wishes and gratitude to David, and thank you for the update!

  • darknavi@vlemmy.netMEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Working on Mlem has been a real joy. Glad to see so many love it as much as us.

    Can’t wait to get builds rolling out again!

  • Richie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I just hope the vision isn’t being changed to accomodate the tech nerds given how much backlash David said he got. People can be so cruel, even when you’re trying to do good. Fuck these people, whoever they are!

    • hyper@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I would hope for the opposite tbh. I would love for Mlem to be a streamlined experience so new lemmy users don’t feel overwhelmed. Apollo hit the sweet spot with that.

    • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I was… so upset when I read that. just dismayed, really. I can assure you, unequivocally, that the app will continue being developed as a Lemmy app accessible to everyone, just as David first envisioned.

  • Shaggy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Only just got into Lemmy and I loved Apollo on Reddit so I can’t wait to see where this goes I wish you all the best

  • Codo@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Also thank you to the Mlem team for such a prompt and clear message to the community. You guys rule.

  • Codo@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for everything Dave! Wouldn’t have made the leap to Lemmy were it not for the app you’d been a part of.

  • slin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I saw the new comment style on GitHub and I personally dislike it as it is very busy. The current layout is minimalistic and easy on the eyes.

  • deejay4am@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    We will be patient! Codebase handoffs are a messy process, we will watch this space for updates!

    David, thank you for getting this project off the ground. Even though you found that for whatever reason taking this on was not for you, I think I can speak for the vast majority of the community when I say that you have still done something very important for us by getting it off the ground and we are grateful for it! We wish you well on your future endeavors!

  • timmytbt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Thank you David. I wouldn’t be here without you. And thank you to the rest of the devs. Really appreciate the open communication. Looking forward to the new beta and doing my little bit to continue making this great app better and better.