Asklemmy

Yes and no.

Some months ago (or years?) I tried Mastodon for a total of 5 minutes and didn't understand it, so I left. That time I didn't really know that Mastodon was federated and if I had known it was I didn't know what it meant.

With Lemmy I'm understanding the concept a little bit more. Also I am aware that I can comment while on a Mastodon account but so far I've tried everything and I still have no clue how to do that, my smooth little brain can't comprehend that yet.

First time, liking the experience though the no central login is my biggest concern. What works for Reddit is that it’s really easy for a non-technical person to get in to it; Setup an account, login in, find, view, subscribe, post, and comment all in one place. With Lemmy/Fediverse there is a barrier with trying to explain it straight away e.g is it called Lemmy or Fediverse or Kbin etc

I get why it’s better, and I don’t know what a solution could be, but at the moment the simplicity of it in one place will keep Reddit a viable solution for a lot of people who would like it to “just work”. And it’s those people that helps build large communities.

As an example here’s a comment and reply from PrequelMemes

squabbles.io is a pretty good reddit alternative. I hear a lot of people suggesting lemmy and other federated options, but those are just confusing to me tbh. Squabbles works very similarly to reddit, so the transition should be painless.

And the reply

Thank you! I’m heading to squabbles.io right now, based upon your description of it!

I really don’t get it at all and am unsure how to do that with a mastodon account but I’m here

I first used Mastodon but I was never one to really "get" or use Twitter either so I haven't actually used it much. This suits my needs far better.

Yep. Twitter was never my jam so Mastodon doesn't appeal to me at all. I have been aware of PeerTube for quite a while but the content just isn't there. I've been aware of Lemmy for a month or two and finally signed up a week ago. It definitely feels like it has the potential to be a viable reddit alternative. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm trying out both kbin and lemmy now but I'm not new to fedi. I joined mastodon back in 2016 or 2017, stayed for a bit, eventually forgot about it, came back around Jan 2022 or so? I forget because I checked out several instances before I got on the one I'm on now. I also dabbled in some other fedi software but nothing I spent much time on. I always meant to try Lemmy but obviously recent events reminded me I was going to do that.

Yes, this is my first dip in.

Thus far it seems promising and near, but with a huge downfall of slow adoption/scale to where many instances are hosted in either un-scalable or unstable environments so some instances go down easily.

Apart from that, though, it's very reminiscent of Web1.0 and early Web2.0 and I like that a lot.

I use Element (Matrix) to talk to friends and family. I really enjoy the Fediverse, it feels like we're going back to the user owned internet.

IMO email counts as part of the fediverse.

I run my own Calckey instance. :3

First time heard of the fediverse, even though I knew about mastodon. Lemmy made it Click for me. Overall the decentralized approach clicked and it just makes so much more sense than the current solutions

Is there an app for lemmy? It seems to work well in mobile browsing but dont like leaving tabs like this just open..im lazy..

Honestly, I had never even heard of the Fediverse before, and I'm extremely active on the internet and opensource projects. It feels insane to me that I had no idea what it was, but now that I understand it - I'm here for good.

It's a first for me. I wanted to join Mastodon but didn't know what instance to choose and was generally confused about how everything works so I didn't create an account. With Lemmy it was different since I really wanted to join. So I took my time to figure everything out and it is way less complicated than I initially thought. But I get why it might seem confusing at first, especially subscribing to communities on different servers.

Yes, I had briefly heard of Mastodon but knew next to nothing about it, and Twitter never interested me so I ignored it. After using Lemmy for a week I have now signed up for Mastodon and PixelFed, massive potential with these.

This is my first time and frankly I'm a bit confused by everything but I'm willing to give it a try and learn o/

Lemmy was my first fediverse app. I i joined ages ago, then eventually went back to reddit because usage was so low. Then later I joined mastodon after Twitter imploded. And now I'm back on Lemmy. There are people here now! It's great!

I've heard of mastodon before but never really got into it since I wasn't a fan of the idea of twitter. I've always like the idea of reddit so I've signed up on lemmy and kbin and wait to see which one I prefer, so this will be my first time in the fediverse. So far I like the idea but currently not fully on board with it because of a few issues I have with its functionality, but that could just be due to the heavy load all the instances are dealing with.

My first fediverse app is mastodon

Is Matrix considered part of the Fediverse? If so, Matrix would have been my introduction to the Fediverse.

I've used Mastodon briefly for about 4 months or so. Decided to give Kbin a try after seeing it in the comments on Reddit, so here I am. Still trying to get the hang of the UI here, but it's looking like a promising platform to move to after giving up on Reddit. Looking forward to growing an account here. Would love to see a Kbin mobile app come along someday.

This is my first time on any kind of federated network. It's pretty neat. I've known about federated projects for a while, but with Mastodon being the most popular one, and with me never having an interest in Twitter to begin with, I never bothered.

I'm the type to want to run it myself instead of joining a public instance, and I have to say, this isn't half bad at all. Wasn't hard to set up, and isn't as resource intensive as I was expecting.

I see a lot of potential in Lemmy, but I don't think it can really "go big" without some significant, but hopefully manageable, improvements to how it works. You can read me ramble about my thoughts here. I'm crossing my fingers that the exodus from Reddit brings some extra attention to Lemmy's GitHub.

I heard about the fediverse before, but never made an account until a few days ago. It is kinda cool how Mastodon, Lemmy, and Kbin can interconnect somewhat, but it does not feel like a fleshed out feature to me yet. There are still too many bugs when interfacing with other parts of the fediverse.

I like how maluable it feels right now. I really feel like if I dedicate a bit of time and effort I can make changes to and improve things. Or at the least break off and do my own thing that interacts with the fediverse.

I don't like how spread out and small all the communities feel. I think piracy has 5 different communities at this point. I am also torn on not having at least a centralized login. I kinda trust sh.itjust.works with my account, but there is little assurance that the instance, and my account on it, won't just disappear or attempt to do something malicious with my email and password.

I want Lemmy to take off and I think it has potential, but I also believe it will take at least another year before I am completely satisfied with it.

I tried Mastodon before, but I never understood how to use Mastodon/Twitter. How am I supposed to find interesting posts? Should I follow... people? Who should I follow?

Yes, and I just learnt about Lemmy an hour ago because of r/linuxmemes

yeah, i did go to mastodon a while ago, but not my cup of tea

This is my first venture into the fediverse. Confusing at first, but all the guides are helpful. I'm still unsure how to subscribe to communities I'm interested in

I have been on Mastodon for just over a year and am really enjoying the relaxed and polite atmosphere compared to the Birdsite

I was made aware of Lemmy a week ago and it has been a real eye opener. Prior to that, I had no interest in Reddit at all, mainly because I didn't understand its purpose

I remember telling myself:

Wah, the concept of Mastodon is insane! Makes me want to creat an account

Followed by:

Wait it's an alternative to Twitter, so it's still inferior to Reddit by how it works

I've been using mastodon for a few months even though not very actively, so when reddit shenanigans took a turn for the worse, I looked for an alternative and found out about kbin.

For me it was pretty straight forward. Following feeds from other instances is simple enough to do but the exact user experience varies depending on which service you're using.

Right now from kbin, I'm following my own mastodon account and a few communities from mastodon, a couple from lemmy and several from beehaw.

Personally, I'm hopeful. I think as more people figure things out and the culture of the system starts to spread more mainstream, it (the fediverse as a whole) will make a good platform for all sorts of social media needs from twitter-like microblogging to forum discussions.