1: I'm running a kbin instance so. Yeah, think I've covered that.
2: Never had a twitter account. I used to check news from some companies that announce stuff there. But you can't even do that without an account now, so I don't visit them aside from if people send me direct links to stuff.
3: Yes and no. I'm using both, mainly because I don't control where everyone else goes.
4: I did (well still do) have a peertube instance up, I've just not moved it to the new server yet and not decided if I will. The problem is, storage. For threadiverse (kbin in my case) the space used is easily containable, the media goes onto S3 and I can surf the best combination of speed/price for that and the DB actually grows at a pretty controllable rate. But peertube takes a LOT of space quickly. I suspect it's a bit harder to have the kind of freedom to post long videos, also livestreaming. I tried 1440p and the server (which is decently specced) couldn't keep up. So, this might be a failed experiment for me I think.
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Still using Discord and YouTube fully and reading some things on Reddit and Twitter. Not posting ob the latter two anymore though.
- I'll follow a search result to reddit, but I don't actively browse it.
- Never used either. I created a Mastodon account somewhere once upon a time but never used it.
- My friends use Discord, and aren't interested in moving. So I use it.
- I don't post or comment on YouTube, but I do follow a handful of people. Not signed in, just using rss feeds.
Basically everything except discord. I don't use Twitter or anything like that so mastodon isn't my thing
Most of them! I'm struggling to understand peertube but maybe I'll get it eventually. In the meantime I'm still on YouTube but I've fediversed all the others π
Thats awesome! Peertube is an odd one but has character. The biggest issue imo is that you cant sort on sepiasearch.org with likes, views and comments.
I'm slowly migrating to Lemmy/Kbin.
The mods of Reddit are just power abusing shitheads. The same communities will eventually come to the fediverse.
PS - If someone wants to get into watching PeerTube, TILVids.com is a great start.
I realize I'm a bit strange when it comes to social media, but have never signed up for twitter, discord, youtube, facebook, instagram, or anything else like that. I had a reddit account, but bailed as soon as I heard about kbin. So yeah, I gues that makes me a full fedi.
Same, I've watched everything from MySpace to Twitter come and go without ever participating. I would browse reddit and did comment on the small subs for my hobbies in the early days.
I feel like the internet is collapsing, in 2-5 years things are going to be so different. I'm here to shit post and cry until it ends. It's was fun while it lasted.
I suppose it does. Congrats to not giving in to megacorp stuff. :)
to be fair, kinda helps that I was an adult and not in the US before most of those services even became a thing ;)
1-2 yes
3-4 no (or at least, not yet)
Has it been a perfect migration? No.
There are a ton of quirks that need to be worked out, but I'm still betting on the Fediverse because of its openness and philosophy.
I can relate. The constant amount of bugs is what makes using unpolished stuff a challenge. But itβs kind of the same thing if youβre living in a democracy. Being in an authoritarian regime allows for more streamlined visuals (dubai) but also leads to ethnic cleansing and other transgressions.
- I already had issues with Reddit long before the API drama, due to spam, etc. However when the API drama dropped, I almost 100% switched to kbin, save for the rare occasion I found some useful info on Reddit, with the occasional tumbling into some other interesting threads.
- I post more often to Mastodon, slowly leaving Twitter too, I just need to convince my fellow authors to do so, to give me even less reason to use it. I however decided to limit posting updates of my game engine to Twitter, and instead use the main account now dedicated for it ( @PixelPerfectEngine )
- I haven't heard of Matrix, I'll look up it. I don't have any major gripes with Discord so far.
- Peertube is fine and dandy, however it's even less adapted than other Fediverse platforms, all while YouTube would be mostly fine IF IT DIDN'T ACTIVELY TRIED TO SABOTAGE MY FIREFOX! I EVEN PAY FOR PREMIUM AND MEMBERSHIPS!
I don't really use any other save for following a bunch of Misskey accounts with my Mastodon. However, I was thinking on creating a federated game launcher/gaming-focused social network similar to Steam. Some parts of it would use ActivityPub (especially public stuff like achievements), others XMPP or something similar. Issues are the question of a copy protection system, and an anti-cheat system. Banning pirated copies of the game from official networks is probably easy even with open source tools, and likely not so controversial. Anything more than that would require more complicated setups, such as a lot of proprietary stuff, not to mention are very controversial, especially with gamers. Anti-cheat systems are also a though issue, likely being the responsibility of the developer, and also there' a lot of controversy with them with kernel-level anti-cheat systems.
I have been for years and haven't regretted it. Run my own micro-blog with go to social, tilvids is an excellent peertube, beehaw for lemmy, and matrix is the only option when talking to family imo.
- Yes
- Yes
- N/A (never used Discord)
- I post to PeerTube, but YouTube still has all of the content so that's where I go to watch things (via NewPipe & FreeTube though)