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this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2023
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The problem I have with Mastodon is you need people to get people. And if the people I personally know and follow just aren't there, I don't… have fun there. Lemmy is much easier because it doesn't depend on personal people, but just communities. So even if there are few people, that's still easy to get more people there because it doesn't rely on many specific ones.
Totally. Microblogging (twitter alternatives) have a much harder task because they depend on the right users. Especially famous/influential people. Post aggregators (Reddit alternatives) don’t have that constraint.
Agreed. It took me a few tries to get into Mastodon. What helped me was discovering that I could follow hashtags of topics that interest me. That opened the door to interesting people to follow.
or just be a weirdo and reply to Lemmy comments from your Mastodon account like me. Then you don't need people on Mastodon since they're already on Lemmy.
Yeah, that's true; but I kind of meant actually using Mastodon and its original content, not other ActivityPub content 😅
It's really cool it's possible like this though
@Korne127 it was actually kind of a pain to find the link to make a comment, but it was funny enough that I figured it out.
I actually do follow a couple Lemmy communities from my Mastodon account but the UX is much better in Lemmy.
I can imagine haha; but the possibility of the connection is still cool. And congrats on finding the link haha.
Yeah I’ve been trying to fill out my Mastodon by doing tons of research and guides on who to follow, which kinda sucks anyways, but my feed is still empty except for a handful of accounts. Wired is active, so I’m basically just looking at a link aggregate of Wired articles. Might as well just go to wired.com
try following hashtags
Follow hashtags then you will find the people. Mastodon Twitter the whole lot of them have there own niche, you just got to figure it out!
Yep... I wasn't ever much into Twitter, I have no "Influencers" or whatever I follow that I could then follow on Mastodon... I found it really hard to find any content that was interesting to me.
Lemmy on the other hand, I find it really easy to find Communities I am interested in
Mmm this isn't entirely right. People are encouraged to follow hashtags to find people. It actually works very well.
Just follow hashtags, it's by far the easiest way to find people. You can also just use the explore tab.
If you’re looking for a good middle ground, maybe kbin will be more your speed? It’s compatible with both Lemmy and Mastodon. So even if you don’t have the right Mastodon users to follow, you can still get content via Lemmy.