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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

Fediverse is a portmanteau of "federation" and "universe".

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I like this significantly better than Mastodon (lemmy.one)

submitted 2 years ago by DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Kuroneko@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried a Mastodon instance and couldn’t get into it. Maybe it’s my ADHD talking but I prefer the slower pace of a forum. It lets me take my time and really think about how I want to phrase things.

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[–] spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago

I've noticed that after migrating mastodon instances and losing my hashtag follows that my home feed has improved significantly. Unfortunately this is extremely counter intuitive. I would love to be able to see a particular hashtag exclusively from the people I follow. This brings up another problem with mastodon and that is that development has been incredibly slow. I suspect threadiverse will not have this issue due to the popularity of tree-ed forums among programmers.

[–] WheeGeetheCat@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Agreed. I was never a twitter user so mastadon never made sense to me.

This just worked for me instantly.

That said I was just thinking about making a community for new users with like - tips and tricks. Or does that exist?

edit: nevermind found lemmytips, seems to have all the info I was thinking about adding.

[–] DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago

Nice. It is comforting that the people running the platform are conscientious and have made a guide so the transition is as smooth as possible.

[–] vamp07@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

The problem with mastodon is the same problem as twitter. Its just not a good social experience. I have said this before. Twitter/Mastodon are for individuals with a high follower count to get their message out. Its not for the other 99.99% that want to engage each other and discuss topics o interest.

[–] vaguevoid@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago

same here! i’m also thinking about using calckey

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