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.

  • mstrbtr@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Personally I find Kbin more usable (while still being reddit-like) as it also has functionality letting you follow on normal microblogging content from Mastodon and other places, making it more intertwined with the whole fediverse.

    • cowleggies@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      Just checked out Kbin from this comment (and signed up) - the functionality definitely feels better. I love that I jumped straight into this same thread immediately from the Kbin homepage. Federated content is awesome.

      • Whar@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        Can you move there from an instance of Mastodon/Lemmy or I misundertood you?

          • Whar@beehaw.org
            1·
            1 year ago

            Oooh, I see! Then I’ll think a bit before joining, I’m enjoying it now as it is.

        • themadcodger@kbin.social
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          1 year ago

          Are you asking if you can take everything of yours from Lemmy and move it to kbin? Or just if you can sign up and use it?

          • Whar@beehaw.org
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            1 year ago

            If I can sign in with an already created account from a Lemmy or Mastodon instance.

            • themadcodger@kbin.social
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              1 year ago

              Ah no. Your login is only good for the server you signed up on. But once logged in you can talk to most of the fediverse. So the content is more or less the same. What differs is the experience between services.

              • Whar@beehaw.org
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                1 year ago

                Oh, I see! I may check it still, I won’t marry to only one platform from now on. Thank you!

    • Nodachi216@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      To me, it seems to be the most “reddit-like” of the options out there. It pulls from across the fediverse so it has content from Mastodon, Lemmy, and whatever gets posted locally on kbin itself. While not perfect, it is being actively worked on so I’m really hoping it’ll get even better.

      I literally just posted that in r/RedditAlternatives to answer the question, “Where would you go?” lol

    • DidacticDumbass@lemmy.oneOP
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      1 year ago

      I will check that out! One of my confusions with the fediverse is that I thought having one account would allow me to access all the services, and the account acted as a kind of “base” through which I did everything. I now understand that federation basically happens at the application level, or really at the administration level, and how many services the community provides for any given account.

      What I wanted was to avoid having to create so many accounts for everything the fediverse offers, but I guess it is not possible, and honestly is no different than having separate accounts for any other online thing I participate in.

      • themadcodger@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        Yeah, that seems to be a common misconception. But it’s more that your Twitter account can interact with FB, IG, YT, etc, not that your Twitter account lets you log into all the different services.

        I ended up with probably a dozen as I was exploring the fediverse, but ended up with 3 more or less but only primarily use two of them (kbin and Calckey… I have a Pixelfed, but use it as much as I used IG, which is rarely).