This question is especially for people who have joined in the last week. Have you used other fediverse platforms or is this your first time really using one? What do you think of it so far? Are you aware that you can comment on Lemmy posts with a Mastodon account?
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Yes, it is my first time, and don’t know what i’m doing
Also first time, also don’t know what I’m doing! But I’m having fun and am not going back to the other place
I think I will understand only what Jerboa makes easy to understand. I mean: there’s a search function so I look for things there. There’s a gaming community, so I suscribe. The frontpage or whatever show me posts from servers (?) I’m not subscribed to, so I will lurk there (like in this instance).
I don’t know if I there’s another way to find communities or “sublemmies” or whatever. Basically I see, I comment, I post, and I hope to find things related to my hobbies.
You are doin well
Yes this is my first time and my first comment too :) Glad to be here
First time, second comment! I guess we’ll see how this works out.
Happy pie day!
I first used Mastodon but I was never one to really “get” or use Twitter either so I haven’t actually used it much. This suits my needs far better.
Same, I got a mastodon account but never really used it. Reddit and now Lemmy is my shit.
This is my first dip into the fediverse.
I have no interest in a personal page like twitter or facebook / meta, so no plans for mastadon as well.
That said, can someone ELI5 the difference between Lemmy and Kbin?
Is there a reference for all the fediverse places outside of those mentioned above?
The difference is only on who runs the instance, and what particular rules said instance has, like restricting submissions, or disabling downvotes or nsfw communities. That’s it. That’s why you can make an account on lemmy but still post and comment and suscribe in kbin communities.
https://join-lemmy.org/instances this is a list of most but not all instances out there.
I tried Mastodon, but Twitter was never my thing anyways, so it didn’t really click. This is been a much better experience. I’m quickly getting the hang of how it works.
Mastodon felt too isolated in its approach to gathering communities for me.
Just joined my first instance was kinda difficult but finally got my acceptance email excited for this platform and fuck you reddit
Back when the switch from Twitter to Mastodon was recommended I tried it but didn’t really understand how it worked, didn’t know how to get to the content I wanted and gave up. This is the first time after that
Lemmy’s so new that I think a lot of people are still unsure how to curate their feed.
Yes and embarrassed to admit I didn’t even know what a Fediverse was until yesterday.
I’ve been on Matrix and Mastodon for a number of years, but I’m new to Lemmy. Matrix is already better than competitors like Discord, in my opinion. It has a healthy pool of users including several major tech organizations.
I’ve never been too active on Mastodon for the same reason I never got into Twitter. I just don’t enjoy “microblogging,” and prefer mediums that are more oriented towards actual conversation. Lemmy does an excellent job in that respect.
What is matrix?
It’s a protocol for decentralised instant messaging. All info you need is here: https://matrix.org
That looks pretty cool. So it’s basically a decentralised discord?
It’s just a protocol for sending data, depending on a client it could be a decentralised Discord (Cinny looks and feels very similar to Discord), WhatsApp, Google Hangouts, Guilded, Skype etc. Whilst most people use Matrix as alternative to Discord, you should know that it might be hard to get used to its flagship client, Element, because it doesn’t resemble Discord much
Lol I don’t use discord much but I’d love to ditch WhatsApp. I just know people won’t use anything else
Yeah, convincing people to install a single app that would help you both stay in touch and preserve privacy is unbelievably hard
Yeah. The majority of people don’t give a fuck about their privacy lol. "I’ve got nothing to hide " isn’t the point
I have been trying to get more of my contacts on signal for ages but so far I have managed to get 2
Is Cinny web only?
First time doing anything fediverse related. It took a while to wrap my head around it, but all the reddit drama is helping since people are trying to encourage others to move over and are offering guides/explanations.
Yes. Actually made this account today, and here are my first impressions: The learning curve is existent, and likely the largest problem with mass adoption. The way communities work is cool, but not easily explained to end users. But now that i see how it works, i like it better. Now we just need the content and community to thrive.
Can you explain it to me please? Lol
Basically all the content is mirrored on each instance. So you can create an account on any instance, and join communities hosted on any other instance.
The only exception is it seems like some instances are blocking each other
First time for me. I had heard about Mastodon when Elon first bought Twitter, but I never liked Twitter so I didn’t look into it. I think it’s okay so far. Kind of reminds me of old internet, which I miss.
It reminds me of the early internet, too. What a wild time
Yes! It really captures that feeling of excitement and experimentation perfectly.
IMO email counts as part of the fediverse.
Nope. I joined a couple big Mastodon instances, then started running a solo on DigitalOcean. It’s a hobby. I’ll probably give up the self-hosted and continue on a regular Calckey account.
Also played with Pixelfed, and before that all the way back to Matrix/Rocket… and pre-AP good ole diaspora*. Basically, anything but corporate social media. I just don’t like it enough to deal with the bullshit.
I liked Reddit though, but haven’t been on there for more than a year, now.
Lemmy seems pretty cool though. I’m interested in playing with the tech. Seems like a good way to take my Rust skills to the next level.
This is my second comment. Refugee from Reddit
