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Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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I like this significantly better than Mastodon (lemmy.one)
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My experience with the Fediverse has only been through Mastodon, through which I struggled to find a community I really gelled with. Either it was supper overwhelming with meme posts or NSFW, or it was too chill to the point of nothing. Or, it was hyperfocused like FOSS/Linux and became uninteresting after awhile. May try again, but I think I will explore the other fedisites like Plemora or Calckey to see if I like it better.

I love the pace of a forum. I grew up primarily with GameFAQS and some lucid dreaming forum, and honestly it was very formative in teaching me how to write and use critical thinking skills, as well as how to respond to a variety of temperaments. I stopped participating in online forums awhile ago, and while I loved Reddit as a resource, I never felt inspired to participate. In the same way, there are an incredible number of forums dedicated to a certain topic, and are extremely valuable, it would be annoying to make an account for all the things I am interested in.

I like what lemmy is becoming. Glad to find system that makes interacting with people enjoyable.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

the nice thing about the fediverse is that you can still interact with the other platforms if you so choose, so you aren't limited! I'm glad you found something that works for you and i hope you have a great time :)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I love that you can follow PeerTube channels from Lemmy. This user influx on Lemmy could mean big things for PeerTube.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Can you explain? how do we interact with mastodon here for example?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

@stefenauris below posted a more detailed answer, but it's a bit harder to interact with Mastodon from Lemmy. From kbin it has native operability for mods to define keywords or hashtags for their subs and brings that content in natively, so it's a little easier here.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

People from Mastodon can subscribe to Lemmy communities and once Mastodon adds groups later this year the reverse will likely also be possible.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I assume this is because of adhering to ActivityPub standards?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, although the standard is quite loosely defined, so things are not always fully compatible and Lemmy (on purpose) doesn't allow following users like most other Fediverse software.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

sure! most of this functionality is in the search box. You can paste a URL and have it show up right in Lemmy. For example, you can post the URL to my profile, or search for my username and see my posts there (or you should be able to I thought, I just tested it and it doesn't show my posts but it does offer to send me a message)

Edit: This seems to work better between Friendica and Mastodon, but as development continues between platforms I'm sure it will work even better!

Edit 2: So I just tested it in reverse, I can see a feed of a Lemmy group in Mastodon. I think Lemmy just needs some more development time and love and it will be able to do the same :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thank you!