I'm currently busy setting up my own Lemmy instance and PeerTube instance. Before the Fediverse, YT and Reddit were basically the only things I used, I was never a big fan of twitter-like social media. So those slot in nicely into those itches to scratch. (although there are still some creators I follow on YT, I have been watching it a lot less after getting serious with PeerTube)
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Can you find a lot of content on PeerTube? What do you look for on there?
By now: Yeah, there are some nice creators on PeerTube. Overall, it feels a bit more like old YouTube, many more people just creating because they want to, instead of chasing fame, as well as bizarre and weird little videos here and there. One advantage of it: It has much better native embedding into Lemmy (at least on newer versions)!
Much like in other fedi-places, it's work to curate your own feed instead of having algorithms feed you. I have ADHD, so usually, I have some video or something running on my second screen while working on other stuff, and whenever my attention is spent, I switch to there and scour the recent or trending feed (or new vids from subscribers) for something interesting to share and watch.
For anyone interested - I am always happy to plug !peertube@lemmy.world - we recently hit 200 subscribers and have been steadily growing. If you are looking for an instance to join, I am still tinkering with it, but mine is open to new applications for as long as the server resources allow.
Hmmm, I see... I'm interested in getting into PeerTube and dropping YT, partially, at least, so that's good to know.
I see you talk about EU regulations in your instance. Is it hosted in the EU? If that's the case, I'd love to join it! :D
I see you talk about EU regulations in your instance. Is it hosted in the EU? If that’s the case, I’d love to join it! :D
Yupp, hosted in Finland over a German provider (Hetzner)
Well, I'm in there!!!!
Lemmy, Mastodon and Pixelfed. what I like about the last one is that I managed to find enough accounts posting pictures that I like, that I pretty much get to press like on everything I see on my feed there.
You know, I think image-based social media just isn't for me... I already use Mastodon as that, pretty much... It's my cat image generator, but with the benefit of also occasionally including some news and memes. Lots of people love Instagram though, so I'm sure there's a market there.
Lemmy and Mastodon. Only lemmy really interests me. I got pixelfed and bookwyrm too, the latter seems pretty good replacement for good reads. I don’t see myself posting just to myself on pixelfed. I also find mastodon very difficult if you don’t want to talk about Linux or American politics. I absolutely do not get the point of friendica and think the low MAU shows that no one wants Facebook 2.0
I absolutely do not get the point of friendica and think the low MAU shows that no one wants Facebook 2.0
Quite frankly, I don't even want regular Facebook...
That’s just my point! Facebook but federated is still facebook
Piefed /Lemmy for keeping up with topics.
GoToSocial for keeping up with people and how they are going.
Pixelfed for my dog pictures and other people's pets.
Peertube mostly for my family (dog or otherwise) videos.and subscriptions. I have around 40 now :)
Other than Lemmy/piefed, I self host everything on a very small server. It's fun if you like that kinda thing.
Other than Lemmy/piefed, I self host everything on a very small server. It’s fun if you like that kinda thing.
That's totally awesome :D So GoToSocial, Pixelfed, and Peertube? Awesome!!!! :D
Piefed /Lemmy for keeping up with topics.
Which one do you prefer, actually? Piefed, or Lemmy? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each? I'm really interested in all the threadiverse services.
That's a very good question. I don't have a good answer ATM. I have both because I'm on the fence.
Lemmy and piefed both scratch the topic discovery itch. Both are excellent software.
Piefed pros:
- Topics (collection of communities) are awesome to subscribe to.
- One of the best fediverse integrations out there.
- The python is easy to read.
- Mod tools are great.
- The main dev is a treasure
Lemmy pros:
- Very reddit like UI.
- Lots of apps phone or otherwise.
- Very well supported by admins of the bigger instances
Lemmy has an easier way to post than piefed. The selection of communities is a bit better. Piefed is much easier to stand up on home servers (I did it once). It's also seeing a large amount of dev work right now. And as I've said before it has much better fediverse integration than Lemmy. Lemmy has this issue where it's hard to federate with other services, even when you search using the search tool.
You know, you make it sound like Piefed is pretty strictly better! If the pros for Lemmy boil down to a larger user-base...
Well, I'll definitely be checking it out! Thanks for the reply :D
Edit: Hilarious first impression.
Oh yeah filters! They are a thing. Works pretty well on piefed.
Do all filters have that 3 level system? Blocking all, most, or none of a certain topic? Because that is a Feature, capital F Feature.
Also, do you know of an alternative front-end for Piefed? I use alexandrite.app for Lemmy, there's also phtn.app. Does Piefed have something like that?
Do all filters have that 3 level system?
Yes - that Trump/Musk form is just a shortcut to setting up your own filter - the options on that form equate to 'hide completely', 'make semi-transparent' (so you can see the post, but it's faded out), or "don't set up a filter"
Also, do you know of an alternative front-end for Piefed?
There's the one I made (the one linked to by OpenStars), but I think the more promising development is that the Interstellar dev has made some progress supporting PieFed too (Interstellar is already the only app that supports both MBIN and Lemmy, and I like the idea of one app for 3 different platforms).
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It has front ends but it's inbuilt.
Hmmm, I see...
What Fediverse services do you actually, regularly use?
I am an instance administrator for three Friendica instances, Mastodon glitch-soc and Lemmy. I am also a moderator for three large Mastodon instances, Pixelfed and Flohmarkt...
Putting the software I use the most in the first place, I would say I use:
- Mastodon, that is my historical account @informapirata (Mastodon is really immediate) and Friendica (the most complete experience even if less ergonomic)
- Mastodon glitch-soc (immediate like Mastodon, but with formatting)
- Lemmy (fast and with the best layout in the fediverse)
- Peertube
- Pixelfed, Mbin, Pleroma, Misskey, Piefed, Bonfire etc that I use mostly for testing
- Flohmarkt that I started using only a few weeks ago
You're deep into the Fediverse!
Flohmarkt is an interesting concept, I've heard of it before, but I don't know much about.
You’re deep into the Fediverse!
Yes... 😅 "E il naufragar m'è dolce in questo mare... 🤣"
Flohmarkt is an interesting concept, I’ve heard of it before, but I don’t know much about.
at the moment it is very little: it is almost touching for how basic it is in its functions! it even lacks the RSS feed which is a constant for almost all the software of the Fediverse... 😅
However I am convinced that it could have a very interesting development in the medium and long term
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