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Fediverse

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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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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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[–] arthur@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I am a long time Twitter user. Singed up in 2007. Mastodon felt like a superior platform and I've been quietly waiting for Lemmy to take off.

[–] fiskfan1999@nixnet.social 5 points 2 years ago

@arthur @DidacticDumbass Being on the fediverse is definitely more fun, interacting with people from different websites adds a new element of variety.

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[–] croobat@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I think Lemmy has it easier than Mastodon.

The bird app is mostly about following specific individuals, so the masses will go the where said individuals go.

The R app is all about communities and topics, so people will be more inclined to try it out. Personally I couldn't care less about who or how many people use Lemmy, as long as I got my Zelda memes.

[–] thilo@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I hope the cross-service-integration will get better. Think about the many embedded tweets within reddit. Now think how nice a seamless discussion of all participating on either mastodon or Lemmy will be.

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[–] jeffalyanak@social.rights.ninja 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

@DidacticDumbass

I think one of the best things about the fediverse is that it allows for a diverse set of paradigms.

A "twitter-like" experience isn't for everyone and it's great to have variety. I have friends who mostly use bookwyrm—a fediverse "goodreads" alternative—and it's awesome that I can still follow and interact with them even though I picked a different fediverse option.

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