Asklemmy

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

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

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

I tried out mastodon once, but since I really didn’t spend much time on twitter in the first place, I really didn’t use it at all. But apart from that short endeavor, this is my first time.

Yes

Lemmy is not my first time on the fediverse, nor is this my first time on Lemmy. I got my start with Mastodon a few years ago and slowly lost interest. A few months ago I found out about CalcKey and joined an instance of that. Now with the reddit situation I have ended up also joining the Lemmy server run by the same people who run the CalcKey instance I'm on (I've got the same username on both CalcKey and here on Lemmy)

Taking some getting used to but it reminds me of very old school Reddit in a lot of ways. Feels good so far.

I tried Mastodon first but I never really was much of a Twitter user. I find that format in general makes it difficult to find information about specific topics and there's not as much discussion. I'm liking Lemmy way more because I like the forum style format. It's certainly interesting watching all the "duplicate" communities across the instances though, I'm hoping it'll settle down a bit.

Yes it is the first time. I’m liking it. I’ve never tried Mastodon as I was never into Twitter and the two seemed similar.

I dabbled a little in Mastodon, but never really got off the ground with it.

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.

I tried mastodon but I didnt understand it. Lemmy is my first experience with Fediverse where I understand how it works, kind of.

I already used Mastodon. In fact, I never used Reddit, but Lemmy was mentioned in some comnents in news related to it. Since I also never really used Twitter but liked Mastodon, I figured I'll give it a try.

I like it so far, it works well enough for me. Time will tell how it goes later, it's only been a few days.

I know you cán post from your Mastodon account, but I still made a new acount for Lemmy. Partly because it's easier. I can't login to Jerboa with my Mastodon account (I did try), and Tusky isn't really made for Reddit like content. Also partly because I like seperation. I don't want my social media any more spagetti-like than my code (and I don't write spagetti code). Heck, I even have 3 different Mastodon accounts with different purposes because of that.

I've tried Mastodon when Musk bought Twitter but I didn't enjoyed it much... I found a lot of polarization and there was not much engagement by the community, so I left after a while. On Lemmy I'm experiencing a whole different experience and I'm enjoying it just like Reddit! Hope more people come and stay

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 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?

Yep, I've heard of Mastadon before. Honestly, I prefer the Nostr model more. I'm kinda worried about the moderation of instances messing things up for Lemmy, but so far enjoying myself.

Technically, I have used mastodon, but for at most 10 minutes. Lemmy is the first fediverse app I use daily.

Not really, I heard of Mastodon after the Twitter shit that happened but never really used it. Until now and then I actually like Lemmy more than Reddit even though I only spent like 20 minutes here. Might be because I only ever used Reddit's official website and app (so never really touching 3rd party apps)

I've tried to use Mastodon in the past but for whatever reason I was denied to create account xd

I had (have) a Mastodon account, but I didn't put in the time and effort to understand the fediverse, so it's just been sitting there. Now, with kbin and lemmy I see the potential and I'm off to explore!

I also like the fact that 'fediverse' is pronounced very similar to 'Faits Divers'. Litterally 'miscellaneous facts', but is used for smaller news items, anecdotes, tidbits of information, ... which seems very appropriate.

Yup first time here. Have heard of it and looked into joining Lemmy maybe you a year ago (probably due to some reddit bs) but decided not to. Took the plunge now and perhaps will take a peek at Mastodon at some point. Though I never used twitter so I don't care that much.

I have a mastodon account but didn't really use it at all.

I created a Mastodon account awhile back but wasn't active for long. I noticed a mastodon user commenting on a Lemmy post earlier today and honestly that confuses me.

I can wrap my head around there being various Lemmy instances that communicate with each other, but other platforms communicating? I haven't quite grasped that yet

No, I signed up for Mastodon long ago. Didn't get a ton of use out of it, but I posted there occasionally. I've had too many platforms bought out from under me and turned to crap, so the idea of the fetaverse appeals to me. Okay, the fetaverse was invented by Android voice dictation. I invite everyone to come up with their own ideas of what that Greek cheese-based universe might be like. 😆

But I've gotten far more into the Fediverse In the last two or three days then in the previous 59 years. I've set up Lemmy, kbin, and BookWyrm accounts. I know they can all theoretically connect, but I don't know how to do it yet.

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?