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I run a few groups, like @[email protected], mostly on Friendica. It's okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I'm testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It's in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it's coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration spurs adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yep, same. For that reason I never really managed to get into mastodon, tried it for a bit and found the signup system too convoluted, then dropped it altogether. Though granted, I also never used Twitter, never understood why people liked it (and still don't), so I tried mastodon out of curiosity, not actually looking for something.

With Lemmy it's all different. I feel like I need to leave reddit and find a new community, so there's an inherent desire to like it, which makes the adaptation way easier.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I also made a Mastodon account during that big Twitter exodus a few months back, and admittedly haven't used it that much either for the same reasons. I just never really have that many unprompted/creative things to say, which is kinda the primary use case for the Twitter/Mastodon genre of social media.

Reddit/Lemmy on the other hand is way more about the discussion, which is both way more interesting to consume as media and also way easier for me to get involved in.

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

You just explained to me why I could never get into Twitter (or blogging, except during high school with LiveJournal).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am admittedly still active on Twitter, but during the whole Twitter exodus, I decided to give Mastodon a try, and I abandoned it because I just kept running into people complaining about Elon without seeing much else.

Until I read somewhere during this whole Reddit fiasco that you can follow hashtags in addition to people on Mastodon. Total game changer!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That sucks, we don’t complain about Elon here.

Instead we just complain about Reddit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Valid. Spez is a liar who is angry that he got caught multiple times. I didn't want to see Reddit die like this, but watching the train wreck sure has been interesting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Spez has been around since basically the beginning of Reddit, so I think if there were to be an ejection of Spez, it would've happened years ago.

Reddit is too big to fail now, regardless of Spez's actions.

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

Sure, but Reddit is nothing without their mods and power users.