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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This is my first time and frankly I’m a bit confused by everything but I’m willing to give it a try and learn o/
Honestly, I had never even heard of the Fediverse before, and I’m extremely active on the internet and opensource projects. It feels insane to me that I had no idea what it was, but now that I understand it - I’m here for good.
This is my first time using Fediverse accounts but I’ve always stayed away from other social media other than reddit due to privacy reasons.
I think Lemmy is cool but I will miss all the different communities and information I could find or did find on reddit, but I hope Lemmy grows into what reddit was and what it could have been.
But, yes, I have to admit I am a little heartbroken after about a decade.
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.
Yea first time. Never heard of it. I like it so far. There little stuff that needs to be ironed out, but it’s better than serviceable so far and I’m quite enjoying it. Figuring it out.
Yes, it is my first time, and don’t know what i’m doing
I think I will understand only what Jerboa makes easy to understand. I mean: there’s a search function so I lool 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.
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
This is my second comment. Refugee from Reddit
Yes
Not my first. I also am on Mastodon over at https://infosec.exchange. I far prefer using the Fediverse versions of services, but without critical mass, you can’t move away easily imo.
I tried Mastodon first but I never really was much of a Twitter user. I find that format in general makes it difficult to find information about specific topics and there’s not as much discussion. I’m liking Lemmy way more because I like the forum style format. It’s certainly interesting watching all the “duplicate” communities across the instances though, I’m hoping it’ll settle down a bit.
Taking some getting used to but it reminds me of very old school Reddit in a lot of ways. Feels good so far.
Yes. I did try Mastodon during the Twitter fiasco. But the whole fediverse concept seems a little more suited for specific forums like Reddit
Yes definitely. I would have never heard about it if it wasn’t for the blackout.
Lemmy is not my first time on the fediverse, nor is this my first time on Lemmy. I got my start with Mastodon a few years ago and slowly lost interest. A few months ago I found out about CalcKey and joined an instance of that. Now with the reddit situation I have ended up also joining the Lemmy server run by the same people who run the CalcKey instance I’m on (I’ve got the same username on both CalcKey and here on Lemmy)
Lemmy is my first
I love the idea, I hope it grows in popularity
I wasn’t aware of that when I first signed up, but a few days in I learned that
