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.

  • @strypey@lemmy.nzEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    I think I will explore the other fedisites like Plemora or Calckey to see if I like it better.

    Servers running these apps connect to the same fediverse Mastodon servers connect to. As does Lemmy. All these apps just give you different ways to view the same social network, so which software you use makes less difference to what you can see than which server you use. Because there is no global view of the network, what you’ll find in hashtag searches or federated timelines in the micro-posting apps (Mastodon, Pler/Akkoma Miss/CalcKey) depends on which accounts are being followed from the server hosting your account.

    I’m new to Lemmy’s way of viewing the 'verse, so I’m not sure what the equivalent is here. But I think what @dave describes in this thread about Communities hosted on other Lemmy servers taking a while to show up in searches here is relevant: https://lemmy.nz/comment/28480

    • DookieEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      mastodon servers usually subscribe to a generic block list, and have sensitive moderators that are even worse than the ones you find on reddit. it creates a boring feed that scares off new users and kills any differing opinions. its annoying that something with so much potential is stomped on like that. im glad i found a good pleroma server. still like the mastodon software better though.

        • Dookie
          1•1 year ago

          looks cool. not much different i just like the ui

          • Justin
            2•1 year ago

            Pleroma supports the Mastodon UI btw.

            The biggest surprise for many is that Pleroma includes the Mastodon UI, too. As the Mastodon UI is mostly just another API client, it will run fine on Pleroma. As you can see in the screenshot, you can use it quite well on any Pleroma instance. We bundle it with Pleroma, so you don’t need to install anything new.

            https://blog.soykaf.com/post/what-is-pleroma/

            • Dookie
              1•1 year ago

              i am aware. mastodon-fe on top of pleroma is buggy and unnecessary.

              • Justin
                1•1 year ago

                Ah ok. Yeah, I just found out about Pleroma today so I thought it might be good to know.

    • @DidacticDumbassOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Okay, this is a lot different than my previous understanding of the Fediverse. I know it all connects, but it is more profound than I realized.

      I have a lot to learn! I need to learn how to audit a server to know if I want to be part if it.

      I like the idea of each service being a unique lens over the same information spread across the network.

      It feels a lot like the internet promised in Lain Serial Experiments than what we ended up getting.

    • @MayorMcCheese@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Wait, the fediverse Isabel to cross the platforms? I had not picked up on that. I thought the fediverse was an IAM thing. Is it more of an ESB?