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.

  • Kronusdark@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    2 years ago

    Mastodon is WAY better if you follow tags. that said, I am very optimistic of Lemmy, it just needs a quality app.

    • SammichParade@vlemmy.netEnglish
      19·
      2 years ago

      I’m currently using Jerboa (edit: Android). Seems pretty good but I’ve only been here a couple hours. Have you tried it?

      • KreekyBonez@lemmy.mlEnglish
        18·
        2 years ago

        I’m on Jerboa now, and I think it’s got good bones, but it still needs some work. Minor stuff tho, like how setting the overall font size affects pages slightly differently.

        I also miss how RIF would open articles/media natively, instead of utilizing my default browser for everything. It’s actually nice using reader view in firefox for some stuff, but the extra loading and app-swapping is a little clunky. I’m sure it’s something I could get used to if I stick with it.

        I also need to figure out what pages/instances to follow so I can curate what shows up on my home page. I’m on day 2 here, so a grain of salt is needed for my commentary on a project that I can nitpick, but could not build on my own.

        • SammichParade@vlemmy.netEnglish
          13·
          2 years ago

          I hope the devs from the third party apps that Reddit is murdering are able to get similar/better jobs elsewhere. Maybe the dev teams whose platforms are now getting flooded with Reddit refugees could use the help.

          • KreekyBonez@lemmy.mlEnglish
            8·
            2 years ago

            anyone who isn’t burnt out by the circumstances would do well to get in early on this. I see it in my industry all the time; shittier companies shoot themselves in the foot, and the laborers that made them big in the first place bail to make other startups better.

            fingers crossed

            • SammichParade@vlemmy.netEnglish
              51·
              2 years ago

              And we should donate to all these new places. I’ll have to figure out where to send my money to support this massive migration.

      • Lemmington@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I love how similar it is to Boost for Reddit, just wish I could stop the white flash on page transition.

          • Kronusdark@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I installed that one… I am not sure if it’s the server load to blame, but it’s not entirely stable right now. I keep getting signed out.

          • Kronusdark@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Oh dang. Glad to see Android has some good apps coming along, hopefully the iOS community can catch up. The Mastodon client ecosystem exploded back in January, hopefully we can have the same happen here.

    • ArtificialLink@lemmy.mlEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      I for the life of me can’t actually figure out how to get started with mastodon. Like how do i even create an account or find where to start?

    • DidacticDumbass@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
      7·
      2 years ago

      You know what, I feel like the second part of my name right now. The solution for discovery has always been there. Like, it is the MAIN feature.

      Okay, I think I am ready for another Mastodon account. Just need to find the right instance.

      • ErilElidor@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        I didn’t even know you could follow tags, that might actually change how I feel about Mastodon, let’s see!