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mastodon and lemmy (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yo, im pretty new to the fedverse world bu Im really enjoing it btw i got some doubt and i dont understand what are the main differences between lemmy and mastodon? Maybe I m even asking the wrong question but you got the point I guess

Edit: thank you to everyone who answered my question, every answer was very useful to me

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is a link aggregator where people post to communities of a given topic. The closest mainstream analog is reddit.

Mastodon is a microblogging platform where you post on your profile and boost other people's posts. The closest mainstream analog is X.