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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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.
I’m using jerboa for android from f-droid (not sure if it’s on play store).
Has some teething issues but otherwise works well
I dabbled a little in Mastodon, but never really got off the ground with it.
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
Not my first. I also am on Mastodon over at https://infosec.exchange. I far prefer using the Fediverse versions of services, but without critical mass, you can’t move away easily imo.
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.
No, but the first time i am planning to use it. I created a Mastodon Account but never used it.
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.
This is my first entry into the fediverse. I’d heard about Mastodon, but I never really got Twitter, so didn’t look into it more.
I’ve tried to use Mastodon in the past but for whatever reason I was denied to create account xd
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I run my own Calckey instance. :3
I’ve tried Mastodon briefly years before but I just couldn’t find a reason to stay. No meaningful community on the instance I tried. It kind of put me off the Fediverse for very long because why bother when all the 10 people joining will be the same kind of internet dweller? Lemmy nowadays seems to be filling up fast with Reddit people paving the way for further migration. I’m hopeful for it to thrive now. Instance load issues are a problem and everyone making their communities on lemmy.ml or beehaw.org is an issue and they should be more spread to other lemmy instances, after all we can participate on all of them as long as we federate.
First time user here. I have heard of Mastodon, but never attempted to use it. I always was under the impression that it was sort of a Twitter alternative, and I’ve never had any interest in Twitter, Instagram, etc.
I’d messed around with Mastodon, but Twitter was never my thing so it didn’t really stick. Lemmy is the first Fediverse thing that will likely see a lot of use from me.
Same thing here. Twitter has always sucked and has been intolerable the last few years. Lemmy feels like Reddit from back in the day.
Same here. Mastodon didn’t stick, same with Twitter. Much more of a Reddit user so I expect to be more of a Lemmy user.
Me too. Lemmy seems like a promising alternative
This is my story as well. I follow a few accounts on Mastadon, but I find it much easier to connect with Lemmy. I joined Maston during the height of the Twitter crisis, and Lemmy earlier this week during the Reddit crisis.
I was never really into the idea of twitter and I really only lurk on a couple of people’s twitter accounts but the idea of reddit is good for me because I can find a community of people who like similar things as me easily and see what’s been popular. It’s also a decent news feed on the side.
In the same boat, looking forward to seeing the interfaces develop a bit for Lemmy, I haven’t found many app alternatives
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