Asklemmy

I tried Mastodon, but Twitter was never my thing anyways, so it didn't really click. This is been a much better experience. I'm quickly getting the hang of how it works.

I tried Mastodon before, but I never understood how to use Mastodon/Twitter. How am I supposed to find interesting posts? Should I follow... people? Who should I follow?

First time heard of the fediverse, even though I knew about mastodon. Lemmy made it Click for me. Overall the decentralized approach clicked and it just makes so much more sense than the current solutions

Yea I hadnt even heard of the Fediverse before Lemmy. I had kind of heard of mastodon but didn't really know what it was.

Yes it's my first time. I'm a little worried about long term stability of communities and accounts if individuals get tired of hosting servers, but seems like everyone is really nice and invested so far.

I'm trying out both kbin and lemmy now but I'm not new to fedi. I joined mastodon back in 2016 or 2017, stayed for a bit, eventually forgot about it, came back around Jan 2022 or so? I forget because I checked out several instances before I got on the one I'm on now. I also dabbled in some other fedi software but nothing I spent much time on. I always meant to try Lemmy but obviously recent events reminded me I was going to do that.

Honestly, I had never even heard of the Fediverse before, and I'm extremely active on the internet and opensource projects. It feels insane to me that I had no idea what it was, but now that I understand it - I'm here for good.

This is my first venture into the fediverse. Confusing at first, but all the guides are helpful. I'm still unsure how to subscribe to communities I'm interested in

Is there an app for lemmy? It seems to work well in mobile browsing but dont like leaving tabs like this just open..im lazy..

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.

IMO email counts as part of the fediverse.

been lurkin around the fediverse for years, but only recently found lemmy. nice change of pace, never liked the microblogging format so masto never kept me.

I still use mastodon to this day, but I find I get more interaction rather than just lurking and viewing pictures here. Aka more actual conversation. It's easier to participate and not feel like you're posting to a void

Yes definitely. I would have neverbhesrd about it if it wasn't for the bkackout.

I really don’t get it at all and am unsure how to do that with a mastodon account but I’m here

I run my own Calckey instance. :3

First time, liking the experience though the no central login is my biggest concern. What works for Reddit is that it’s really easy for a non-technical person to get in to it; Setup an account, login in, find, view, subscribe, post, and comment all in one place. With Lemmy/Fediverse there is a barrier with trying to explain it straight away e.g is it called Lemmy or Fediverse or Kbin etc

I get why it’s better, and I don’t know what a solution could be, but at the moment the simplicity of it in one place will keep Reddit a viable solution for a lot of people who would like it to “just work”. And it’s those people that helps build large communities.

As an example here’s a comment and reply from PrequelMemes

squabbles.io is a pretty good reddit alternative. I hear a lot of people suggesting lemmy and other federated options, but those are just confusing to me tbh. Squabbles works very similarly to reddit, so the transition should be painless.

And the reply

Thank you! I’m heading to squabbles.io right now, based upon your description of it!

How do I comment on posts with my mastodon account?

Yes and no.

Some months ago (or years?) I tried Mastodon for a total of 5 minutes and didn't understand it, so I left. That time I didn't really know that Mastodon was federated and if I had known it was I didn't know what it meant.

With Lemmy I'm understanding the concept a little bit more. Also I am aware that I can comment while on a Mastodon account but so far I've tried everything and I still have no clue how to do that, my smooth little brain can't comprehend that yet.

First time doing anything fediverse related. It took a while to wrap my head around it, but all the reddit drama is helping since people are trying to encourage others to move over and are offering guides/explanations.

It's a first for me. I wanted to join Mastodon but didn't know what instance to choose and was generally confused about how everything works so I didn't create an account. With Lemmy it was different since I really wanted to join. So I took my time to figure everything out and it is way less complicated than I initially thought. But I get why it might seem confusing at first, especially subscribing to communities on different servers.

Joined Lemmy last week but moved to kbin, I've been on the Fediverse for a few years now. First joined on Mastodon, but now I actively use Calckey, Akkoma, and am a mod on a Peertube instance. As for what I thought of Lemmy, I liked it, but I was more curious about kbin as I'd heard about it for a while

This is my first time with any federated app. My wife figured it out so I figured I should be able to too. Once I understood the jist of it, it was a pretty smooth transition from Reddit.

Lemmy was my first fediverse app. I i joined ages ago, then eventually went back to reddit because usage was so low. Then later I joined mastodon after Twitter imploded. And now I'm back on Lemmy. There are people here now! It's great!

I've heard of mastodon before but never really got into it since I wasn't a fan of the idea of twitter. I've always like the idea of reddit so I've signed up on lemmy and kbin and wait to see which one I prefer, so this will be my first time in the fediverse. So far I like the idea but currently not fully on board with it because of a few issues I have with its functionality, but that could just be due to the heavy load all the instances are dealing with.

I've been using mastodon for a few months even though not very actively, so when reddit shenanigans took a turn for the worse, I looked for an alternative and found out about kbin.

For me it was pretty straight forward. Following feeds from other instances is simple enough to do but the exact user experience varies depending on which service you're using.

Right now from kbin, I'm following my own mastodon account and a few communities from mastodon, a couple from lemmy and several from beehaw.

Personally, I'm hopeful. I think as more people figure things out and the culture of the system starts to spread more mainstream, it (the fediverse as a whole) will make a good platform for all sorts of social media needs from twitter-like microblogging to forum discussions.

This is my first time on any kind of federated network. It's pretty neat. I've known about federated projects for a while, but with Mastodon being the most popular one, and with me never having an interest in Twitter to begin with, I never bothered.

I'm the type to want to run it myself instead of joining a public instance, and I have to say, this isn't half bad at all. Wasn't hard to set up, and isn't as resource intensive as I was expecting.

I see a lot of potential in Lemmy, but I don't think it can really "go big" without some significant, but hopefully manageable, improvements to how it works. You can read me ramble about my thoughts here. I'm crossing my fingers that the exodus from Reddit brings some extra attention to Lemmy's GitHub.

I’ve been on Mastadon for a while, and have liked it for content that was less mainstream on Twitter. Gave a better way to get more frequent content from folks I wanted to follow over Reddit. Glad to see Lemmy finally gain momentum due to the Reddit drama.

I have been on Mastodon for just over a year and am really enjoying the relaxed and polite atmosphere compared to the Birdsite

I was made aware of Lemmy a week ago and it has been a real eye opener. Prior to that, I had no interest in Reddit at all, mainly because I didn't understand its purpose

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.

I first used Mastodon but I was never one to really "get" or use Twitter either so I haven't actually used it much. This suits my needs far better.

I've used Mastodon briefly for about 4 months or so. Decided to give Kbin a try after seeing it in the comments on Reddit, so here I am. Still trying to get the hang of the UI here, but it's looking like a promising platform to move to after giving up on Reddit. Looking forward to growing an account here. Would love to see a Kbin mobile app come along someday.