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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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[–] lungdart@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I tried Diaspora back in the day when it launched. I'm not sure if that counts or not.

[–] megane_kun@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

My first time (on the Fediverse) was with Mastodon, but when I created my Lemmy account, I wasn't aware that I can comment on Lemmy posts with a Mastodon account.

In hindsight, however, I think keeping my Mastodon and Lemmy "experiences" (for the lack of a better term) is a good thing.

[–] Mr_Grumpy@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is my first toe-in-the-water experience of the Fediverse. To be honest, I'm still trying to understand exactly how it all works, but I'm enjoying myself so far.

What would really make my day would be a RIF -type app, as someone on the road a lot, and only able to view on mobile.

[–] 777@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

There is an android and iOS app available for Lemmy. Please see here: https://join-lemmy.org/apps/

Furthermore the mobile web app is quite nice too.

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[–] Darohan@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago

I've had a masto and pixelfed for ages. Was looking for an excuse to choose Lemmy over Reddit and, well, one came up.

[–] biff@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago

I’ve created accounts on Mastodon, kbin, Lemmy and tildes, all within the past two days or so, and so far Lemmy’s my jimjam, with kbin a very close second.

[–] Wildchandelure@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

I did try out Mastodon for a while but that never caught on for me. This seems way better. The way Reddit was setup with communities is way more alluring than mastodon is. Amd Lemmy atm is a cleaner, smoother, and smaller version for me of reddit.

[–] CaptainEffort@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

It's my first time, yeah. I'd never heard of the Fediverse at all until now.

[–] Westwind@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

I switched to Mastodon a while back, but Lemmy seemed really empty until recently.

[–] F1nn@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is my first. So far, it's been interesting. I don't understand the link between all of the other systems though (Mastodon, Kbin, etc).

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[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

no, I have been on Akkoma (a Mastodon alternative) since October 2022. Definitely a bit more invested here though. Edit: if you'd like to follow me on Mastodon/Akkoma/microblogging fediverse, it's knova@dartboard.social - sign ups also welcome on dartboard.social.

[–] itchy_lizard@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Used mastodon but hated that there was no down votes or tree discussions. This is much better :)

[–] bigf@wumbo.buzz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used Mastodon, but ultimately lost interest. It's been a long time since I've visited Twitter on a regular basis, and there is really no gap for Mastodon to exist in my personal life.

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[–] Undaunted@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago

I tried friendica years ago as an alternative to Facebook, back when Facebook was still for connecting with friends and family. But since none of my friends were interested in it, I quickly lost interest myself.

I checked out Mastodon when Musk bought Twitter, even though I never actively used Twitter. I don't use it as social media, I use it for news aggregation.

Lemmy is now the first Fediverse software I actively use and I really like it so far.

[–] Dr0sm0sis@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

First Fediverse! Really liking the experience so far (feels kinda like Reddit-lite) and people are very welcoming. Only fear right now would be in the long run. From what I understand if your main instance shuts down you’d have to start from scratch and re-sign up/sub to all your communities?

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[–] LucidDaemon@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I use Element (Matrix) to talk to friends and family. I really enjoy the Fediverse, it feels like we're going back to the user owned internet.

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[–] andyj@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

First time, liking the experience though the no central login is my biggest concern. What works for Reddit is that it’s really easy for a non-technical person to get in to it; Setup an account, login in, find, view, subscribe, post, and comment all in one place. With Lemmy/Fediverse there is a barrier with trying to explain it straight away e.g is it called Lemmy or Fediverse or Kbin etc

I get why it’s better, and I don’t know what a solution could be, but at the moment the simplicity of it in one place will keep Reddit a viable solution for a lot of people who would like it to “just work”. And it’s those people that helps build large communities.

As an example here’s a comment and reply from PrequelMemes

squabbles.io is a pretty good reddit alternative. I hear a lot of people suggesting lemmy and other federated options, but those are just confusing to me tbh. Squabbles works very similarly to reddit, so the transition should be painless.

And the reply

Thank you! I’m heading to squabbles.io right now, based upon your description of it!

[–] Nilesse@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

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.

[–] pumpkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nope.

I have used federated tools like identi.ca, pump.io and diaspora and I've also have a mastodon account, however I almost never posted to these and I rarely log in and follow everyone. I have accounts because I work closely with federation and want federated social media to succeed but I don't like the twitter format. I have friends which use them but it's just a flood of posts from friends and I love my friends, but they have interests and hobbies which I don't share and I have lots of interests and hobbies they don't share.

I've always enjoyed the interest specific communities much better, I generally don't care who is saying things, I care about what they say and if it's interesting or informative. I love the model of you go to places which are interesting and everyone upvotes and curates a collection of interesting links and posts and then discusses them. I am really glad we now have that for the fediverse. I knew lemmy existed, but never signed up for it until the reddit shenanigans started because, at the end of the day it's social and it needs users to be interesting, now reddit has given lemmy users and for that I'm grateful :)

[–] TheTrueCryptid@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yes I didn't even know the fediverse was a thing

[–] BrewJajaja@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yes definitely. I would have never heard about it if it wasn't for the blackout.

[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Friendica was actually the first time I was exposed to the Fediverse like a decade ago but I didn't use it because what are friends. Back then I still had a Facebook lol. It wasn't until recently that I officially joined Mastodon first. I honestly wish I hadn't waited as long as I did (same with using Linux). But now, I'm not looking back.

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[–] Skwalin@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Yep, I've heard of Mastadon before. Honestly, I prefer the Nostr model more. I'm kinda worried about the moderation of instances messing things up for Lemmy, but so far enjoying myself.

[–] Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I knew about mastodon and stuff before but never made an account or checked it out much. Now I get it lol.

[–] br0da@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

First time. I don’t know what I’m doing but I’m happy to be here.

[–] michikade@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

This is my first foray into fediverse things. I also signed up for mastodon today but I never really did Twitter to begin with so I don’t know if I’ll get in there and play much.

I have always done 99% of my random scrolling from my phone ever since phones and mobile internet got a) good enough and b) not cost prohibitive (I remember when it cost $X per Mb of data) but I’m not a huge fan of spending time on a browser but I think it was maybe 30 minutes after I signed up that I found the beta for Mlem and I have been very happy setting up my personal Lemmy experience ever since - following communities, reading resources and comments, etc. I’m happy to see some similar communities to some of the things I liked to scroll on Reddit either already here or being created and I’m sure as long as there’s a level of engagement it’ll continue to be a fun experience.

There is a bit of a learning curve here but it’s not that difficult to wrap my brain around. I’m looking forward to seeing what the fediverse community at large will look like as time passes.

[–] WreckingBANG@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

No, but the first time i am planning to use it. I created a Mastodon Account but never used it.

[–] BCas@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

First time. Still learning a lot. I kind of like it.

[–] Ichebi@lemmy.pt 1 points 2 years ago

I've got mastodon since 2019 but I rarely use it, I don't think I found my niche yet. Im not into twitter either, I mostly use Reddit to lurk but most of the subs I follow won't probably have representation here. I think the most constant use of social media I have is Tumblr and I'll continue to use that and Lemmy for now. I know that I can comment from Mastodon but I recently learnt that the instance that I have an account there doesn't federate with many instances and that might be why I add some issues with Mastodon to begin with. I thought that there were bugs with instances just to now understand that it was a choice from the admin.

[–] Toxinflora@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

well i used mastodon on multiple instances before this, but i only used it for less than a week each time. so i guess maybe i just don't like sites that are like twitter but i did like mastodon, i just prefer this format more

[–] tallwookie@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

never heard of lemmy prior to this week - I had heard of mastodon but never really got into either twitter or it. have been looking at some of the other fedi apps, some of them show promise

[–] Habnab@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I'm finding kbin to much more comfortable

[–] p5f20w18k@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I have my own matrix instance, which I guess is fediverse since I have federation enabled and working. Lemmy will be used a lot more though.

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