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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

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] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People are very chill here. However, we are all going through the same thing.. we are trauma bonding over the loss of a loved one lol. As the site grows I am sure the vibe will change.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I for one am extremely excited to see what Lemmy's first mainstream-news-tier controversy is going to be 🤣

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

someone "actually famous" is gonna join in and will inevitably get bullied off. that's the textbook Fediverse Experience™

i'd throw a RemindMe! here but i don't think anyone has set up a bot for that here yet

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

I mean commie hating (targeted on the main devs) will certainly be part of it in right-wing-media ^^

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

Yeah kinda, though I think the UX is indeed definitely better than modern reddit, focus on the relevant stuff, and do it well (fast, and simple design).

But unfortunately the richness of information of most subreddits is still kinda missing, but hopefully this will settle over time (and I hope that the sheer mass migration from reddit will not kill/ddos the main instances).