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
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.
I can’t find the Jerboa search and now I’m afraid to ask.
Edit: Hamburger menu and it’s at the top.
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 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.
Elon Musk made me jump to Mastodon. Spez made me jump to Lemmy.
Same here!
Also me. At this point I’m wondering when rather than if Discord will get too enshittified to use.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Just joined my first instance was kinda difficult but finally got my acceptance email excited for this platform and fuck you reddit
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.
Yes and embarrassed to admit I didn’t even know what a Fediverse was until yesterday.
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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?
How do I comment on posts with my mastodon account?
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/
