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 youโd have to start from scratch and re-sign up/sub to all your communities?
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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I tried Mastodon for like 10 minutes and then remembered I don't like Twitter, so why should I be on Mastodon.
How would you use Mastodon to comment on Lemmy posts?
Yes it is! Exciting to discover it.
I was never really interested in twitter or similar services, so I pass on Mastodon.
Yep, first time stepping into the fediverse, enjoying it so far but still trying to get my head around it. Also hoping that decent apps start to appear, which I would be willing to subscribe to if they had active development.
Yes, it is my first time, no, I did not know that and created a Mastodon account separately once I heard of it.
What exactly is "fediverse" anyway?
I think I accidentally posted into the wrong thread somehow, this is not the thread I was in when I typed my previous reply. Or did OP edit title/post while I was replying? Because one of the responses I am seeing is the same.
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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).
No. Sometimes i use mastodon.
this is my first!
My first fediverse app is mastodon
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.
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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I tried looking at mastodon after Twitter, but never really got into it. Trying Lemmy now and have already gotten further by making an account lol. Might go back and look at mastodon too once I get my feet under me
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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.
Precisely, the microblogging format really doesn't resonate with me. I don't feel I have anything necessarily good to announce to the world, but I enjoy a conversation or the invitation to share my own experience with something.
yeah, i did go to mastodon a while ago, but not my cup of tea
Yes
Mastodon was my first, although this feels way more polished for sure. What I liked about Reddit is that you go there for the topics you care about, posted by people you don't care about. Mastodon and most other social media is people you care about, posting things you don't care about. I think I'll stick around here...
Edit: I have also used Matrix, but don't really have anyone to chat with on it... it was tough enough getting some friends and my family on Signal lol
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I have used Fediverse for around 2 years previously, but I have never got used to twitter style posting on Mastodon/Pleroma/Misskey and when the actual twitter users started joining it only got worse. Lemmy, on the other hand, seems to be able to have me engaged for a really long time. Mobile web experience has a few problems but I might take the time to actually try fixing them, since I am studying in the field of web dev, and there also are apps for Lemmy
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My first experience with the Fediverse was Mastodon, and my second was PeerTube. Having interconnectedness between the different platforms, like Mastodon and Lemmy, is interesting, but also a little confusing with how it all works, so I just use the individual platforms directly instead.
I used Twitter to follow people I knew in real life. I use Reddit anonymously to follow topics. I'm planning to do the same here, but it's nice having the option to comment on content directly.
Maybe now we won't have as many posts with screenshot nesting dolls
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Been on Mastodon for a while since the Twitter crap. Signed up to a Lemmy instance just now and so far so good!
One question for the more seasoned folk: from my Mastodon client, I can see some Lemmy communities if I search @<community>@<server>, but I can't see any posts. It just shows empty, but the count of posts says there are posts. Is this some sort of lag, or a setting of the Mastodon server I'm on?
Also are these communities associated with an instance, or do they exist across all instances? I'm assuming the former? And what does that mean if there are multiple communities with the same name on different servers?
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Honestly had no idea Mastodon and Lemmy were linked before making a Lemmy account. Seems like it's not that easy to have stuff just "appear" in the other's feeds though? Clearly the interfaces are different, but it's not immediately apparent from Mastodon that I can do anything with Lemmy.
I'm a light user of Mastodon.