I am new to this whole Fediverse stuff. Trying to privatize my life and break away from big tech.
But I have to ask, why are you guys here and not on Reddirt? Where the population us much larger and its basically the same? It appears a few instances dominate this landscape anyway?
Its not like this is unchecked social media, they still moderate these places right? So what’s the benefit?
Reddit’s enshittification has been steadily getting worse for years. I moderated a large sub that took part in the blackout protests over the API changes, until the admins threatened us into reopening the sub. That was the point at which I decided I was completely done with this garbage fire of a website.
We’re in an era where every large social media platform is becoming increasingly awful, and all of this can be attributed to corporate ownership of those platforms. I believe that the only way forward is federated platforms that no one CEO can control, putting power back into the hands of communities. The Fediverse is the only capitalism-proof solution to everything wrong with the internet today.
Have you been satisfied here?
Yes.
It’s not a utopia, but it’s the better social media platform for my mental health and I genuinely like it here.
Mind expanding on that more. What is it about Reddit that you would say is worse for your mental state?
People are, on average, much nicer here.
Ads
That greedy little pigboy Spez. Admins. Mods. Bots.
When they shut down Apollo (the app) I walked. Ended up here
Same but sync
Same but 'Reddit is fun"
same but RIF
But why did you migrate entirely instead of just going to the main app or a browser with Ublock Origen?
because the official app is ad-infested bloatware without decent modtools that gobbles my data bucket and keeps trying to show me popular / all instead of just my subscriptions
and because reddit cancelled all my coins and then brought out a new microtransaction currency within the year
and because spez is a shill for the US President and his reactionary right-wing entourage
You think Reddit is right wing!? Its the most Liberal circle jerk Infested website on the internet!
Welcome to the Lemmy lol. Our scale for left and right will differ.
not what I wrote
Because:
• The official app sucks
• The new web interface is awful
• The old web interface is painful on mobile
• /u/spez is a piece of shit
• The way they treated their free labor was disgusting
• I have no desire to create content for them any longer (free or otherwise)
• etc, etc, etc…Main reddit app and website user experience is garbage compared to 3rd party apps for lemmy.
I left for the same reason. I browse on mobile and I genuinely tried for years to find in the official app where to just type in a subreddit. Like if I just heard about and wanted to go to r/whatever, there was no field to type in ‘whatever’. You could search, there was a dropdown of pre approved subs, or subs that passed a subscriber count, very rarely did it include what I was looking for. On Apollo it would take you to the sub you typed in. If advertisers or shareholders demand an unusable website then great I won’t use it.
But why did you migrate entirely instead of just going to the main app or a browser with Ublock Origen?
It doesn’t feel good being herded into increasingly constrained solutions.
First they started charging for the API, then killed all free mobile apps, then killed various moderation tools, then started banning indiscriminately (probably using low quality AI)…
They just keep making the situation worse, intentionally, as much as they can get away with.
In contrast, this place keeps getting better, as features are added to the Fediverse.
No ads, working third-party mobile apps, better community, better discussion, fewer farmers and bots and less spam, and people generally post a text synopsis when linking to a video
How do I learn how to use this place and how it works?
You’ve already gotten over the largest hurdle. What would you like to know?
Like, is there a FAQ somewhere that explains things. Like I see xxxxx@xxxx
But sometimes I see Cxxxxx@xxxx?
Thank you! So wait though, I can see Mastodon posts here?
Not using Lemmy, but there are other options that can do both thread/Reddit style and microblog/Twitter style like mbin. Personally, I find them so different that I’m happy to stick with different accounts on different sites.
Not using Lemmy
I think if you’re looking at a piefed or mbin/kbin community (magazine?) from lemmy you might be able to see replies from mastodon users through the magic of federation (mastodon —> piefed or mbin/kbin —> lemmy), and the other way around, even if mastodon and lemmy can’t directly federate with each other…
Okay, so Lemmy is federated meaning anyone can host their own server and connect with others doing the same. Most of us choose to register with one someone else has already made and maintains. I chose sh.itjust.works, you chose lemmy.zip, and this specific community we’re commenting on happens to be hosted on lemmy.world.
But federation means each instance “server” of Lemmy share everything between each other.
Is that what you’re asking?
The obvious example of lemmy-like federation is email.
There’s lots of email servers, but all of them can send emails to each other (unless blacklisted, which would be the equivalent of defederation), and their users can read emails regardless of which server the sender has their account on.
It sounds like you’re talking about communities versus user. In the same way Reddit had u/xxxx for users, and r/xxxx for subreddits, its u/xxxx for users and c/xxxx for communities (our subreddit equivalent.)
Each server has its own users and communities (but they still all talk and subscribe to each other!)
Usually I see usernames written in the form
@user@lemmy.zip, while communities!InterestingSubject@lemmy.zipThanks I am still trying to differentiate stuff
Welcome to the platform!
- You signed up for the lemmy.zip server (=“lemmy instance”), but you can see posts, post comments, and talk to users from any other server. Just like you can send email from your personal email to your work email, it’s still just email! Other than the fact that usernames have a i.e. “@lemmy.zip” part, you shouldn’t really need to think about it 😅 (But when you want to login to your account, you can’t login to another server, you need to login on lemmy.zip)
- No need to learn much more to get started, you just participate in any discussions you want etc 😊
- You can find some communities to subscribe to at https://sub.rehab/ and https://lemmyverse.net/communities . To subscribe to a community, you can search for the community’s full name on your server, lemmy.zip
- Here you can find a mobile app to download: https://join-lemmy.org/apps/ . You can download whichever you want! You can just try them and pick the one you like the most, and you can have a couple of them at the same time and they still access the same content
- Lemmy.zip also has a list in the sidebar, “Useful links”, these four are just alternative websites you can use to access the same thing; again you can just pick whichever you like the most!
Fuck spez
Banned for implying that Nazi’s need to die… In a wolfenstein thread
Well that makes sense because spoilers, duh
I got a temp ban for telling Elon is ‘follow his leader’ 🙄
I did nazi it coming.
The difference is that here you are not the product.
Can you expand on that? And by the way, it seems like upvoting and downvoting are pretty much worthless here right? Like there is no ranking system that permanently folllows you correct?
Can you expand on that?
The fediverse is free. No shareholders.
And by the way, it seems like upvoting and downvoting are pretty much worthless here right? Like there is no ranking system that permanently folllows you correct?
I’d argue the only worth of votes is for posts and comments. Nothing good came from running aggregate “karma”.
When someone contributes here it’s because they thought it worth sharing. Not that they knew a lot of people would push the happy button.
Upvoting and down voting were always about sorting content by worthiness, and they are the same function here.
Upvoting here is more “thanks for sharing” and less “i agree.”
Do I have like…a giant history of all my upvotes that is used to “Rank me” like in Reddit
That greedy little pigboy Spez decided to lock down the API and kill third party apps, and we all left.
It’s been only bots there for the last two years.
My concern is the extensive data Reddit collects and stores, and I’m sure will hand it over to whichever government agency wants it, and probably already have. They even keep track of what we upvote and downvote, including comments.
I feel less exposed here, I don’t know if that’s true, but it feels that way.
Fyi due to the way the fediverse works all votes and comments etc. are essentially public information. Or at least that’s what I’ve heard people say
It’s true.
Thats what I am wondering. Like, what are the benefits of this style of social media, aside from that Elon Musk cant buy it? But in a way, couldnt he buy the most population Instances like Lemmy.World? Is that a possibility?
That’s the beauty of decentralization. If a billionaire somehow wants to buy a lemmy instance (unlikely), and the instance owners agree (unlikely), users will just switch to a different instance and other instances will just defederate from it (likely).
But in a way, couldnt he buy the most population Instances like Lemmy.World? Is that a possibility?
Unlikely, but either way, I’m not registered there and neither are you. There’s already many of us hesitant of their size and are quick to recommend making new communities somewhere else.
If that were to happen many people would make accounts elsewhere.
To reiterate, this place isn’t own by anyone. I’m confident we would all just move to other instances.
Like, what are the benefits of this style of social media,
The fact that you can choose your instance, and therefore the moderation policy of your instance. If you think your instance admins are too power trippy, too ban-happy, not ban-happy enough, lean too much into censorship, don’t lean enough into censorship, don’t censor the right people, censor the wrong people, etc you can find an instance modded by like-minded people rather than have to accept it if your instance is suddenly run by Spez. I personally have a couple of instances I would’ve hated to be on, so it’s good to have options.
But in a way, couldnt he buy the most population Instances like Lemmy.World?
Only if the admins agree to that, since they’re not running a public company. And even if they did, people can just jump ship.
Because fuck reddit
Lemmy feels like the old Reddit that i love.
Bots,
Reddit’s full of em. Much more than you’d think.
And I don’t use an app, and never will.
Like ANY app? What don’t you like about Apps
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They shut down third party apps like Apollo. That was my last draw.
Fuck using that garbage official app.
Same for me as well. Voyager and lemmy instances are what filled that immediate reddit void for me.
Because Reddit is run by a psycho who looks forward to owning slaves after the downfall of civilisation.
Because Reddit locked out third party apps and when asked for an explanation, their first instinct was to lie.
Because Reddit disguises its adverts as user posts.
Because Reddit is overrun with fake user accounts trying to control discourse on the internet.
Because Reddit’s real users will post Among Us jokes in threads about school shootings to farm karma.
Because Reddit sucks ass, and not in the good way.
