I have a draft designed for all types of fediverse software, but i narrowed it down to just threadiverse stuff
This is a guide meant to be linked for beginners, to explain the fediverse in as short time as possible.
Concepts
What's "federation"?
In easy terms; it's a concept where instances seamlessly integrate with each other. Users can talk to each other and participate in their communities. For example, my account is on lemm.ee and the community i am posting to is on slrpnk.net, yet i feel no friction.
What's an instance?
An instance is a server running software, with users, and communities, etc. (Each of these is like a mini-reddit/twitter/etc!)
The software part is important, since instances can either be forums, microblogs, video-sharing sites, etc etc. And they can all interact with each other!
What's the "fediverse"?
The fediverse (federation + universe) is a coalition of federated instances running all types of different software, so a user from a forum instance (lemmy) can interact with a user from a microblog instance (mastodon)
Another example is bluesky, but that uses a different protocol, and is much less effective than ActivityPub.
Why should i use the fediverse over normal social media?
Many reasons. A few:
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it can never truly die - People can always create software and run instances, and if one goes down, the others will still be up.
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No one person controls the fediverse. We are all on equal grounds.
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Unlike corporations who back social media platforms, fedi is 100% ran by normal people. You can talk to developers, instance hosters, the mods, all as normal people, and they (unless you use their server) have no control over you.
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There is no need to appeal to advertisers
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Freedom of choice. Disagree with an instance's values, or a developer's? Easy, defederate or just don't use their software. You will still have the fediverse as a whole accessible to you, without the parts you do not like.
I'm convinced! How do i begin?
Excellent!
First you must choose what software you want your instance of choosing to run:
- Lemmy if you care about apps
- Piefed if you care about features/fast development, or a lightweight instance
- Mbin if you want both your blog and forum account in the same place
Instances
Lemmy
Piefed
Mbin
Apps/clients [everything after this point is optional]
some people may not like the default frontends or want to access their instance through mobile, here is a curated list:
Lemmy
Mbin
Communities
Here are some good community recommendations, based on topics:
Memes
Software
Politics
Casual
Knowledge
History
Animals
Art
Postface
That's about all there's left for you; have fun!
Finally... im done writing this...
in my dms ofcourse ๐