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Fediverse

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A community dedicated to fediverse news and discussion.

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

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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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[–] stefenauris@pawb.social 2 points 2 years ago

the nice thing about the fediverse is that you can still interact with the other platforms if you so choose, so you aren't limited! I'm glad you found something that works for you and i hope you have a great time :)

[–] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I tried Mastadon too, it didn't gel with me. Turns out I don't care to follow people. I follow topics.

Is this so hard for big tech to understand?

[–] baronvonj@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

You can follow hashtags on Mastodon. You can also follow Lemmy communities from Mastodon! Search @<community>@<instance> (ie @fediverse@lemmy.ml)

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Similarly, I wish Matrix/Element would grow in popularity to compete with Discord, who will also eventually be pursuing and IPO and will allow enshittification to swallow them whole.

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

I have never liked Discord. It is like IRC with more steps, more surveillance, an excess of security features that doesn't actually make anything secure.

I should give Element another chance. I think I had it before, but I was confused on how to find rooms.

[–] bigbox@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I found that discord is mostly filled with immature teenagers. It's tough to have a mature discussion there

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[–] theory@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago
[–] rlaimondas@venera.social 1 points 2 years ago

@DidacticDumbass Kbin.social fedireddit, or try friendica.

[–] Skooshjones@vlemmy.net 1 points 2 years ago

Just started here myself, excited to see where this community can go in the future!

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