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

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This is awesome! (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Can we all stop the in-fighting for a minute and realise how awesome the platform we are on is?

We are forming communities on the realized image of the internet that we were told we would have back in the 80s and 90s.

You can make your own home on the web and have your own niche community, not owned by any corporation, while still being connected to the wider internet.

This feels like something out of a sci-fi movie.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This place is fantastic. I'm still working on convincing my husband that it's going to take the place of Reddit but I'll wear him down. He thinks because a lot of the posts only have a few comments and 20 or so up votes, it's not a valid community. I think it's just getting started and it's exciting to be here early.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

we're now at 500 upvotes and a custom meme!

@mindfultameprison 's husband: ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm really enjoying the relative lack of content and what feels like an absence of astroturfing or bot content and votes. Way less dillholes and the interactions I see are generally meaningful and kind. I'm slowly building my subscription list of communities and can check in on top posts for the day in the morning and evening. I really felt a compulsion to read most of the posts for the day on my few favorite subreddits (mostly picture based so lots of cool shit to look at and get inspired by). I have those communities set up in an RSS feed for when I'm looking to scroll through stuff.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This may sound like a stupid question, but how do you find communities? Is there a list or anything?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I remember Reddit days when 5k upvotes was off the charts.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I remember when they switched the formatting of vote numbers, e.g., from 5,238 to 5.2k, and realized it’s getting mainstream (which is not bad in itself, but... there’s something with a small community).

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Any community is a valid community, if there's 20 upvotes that's still 20 people who saw, enjoyed, and gave it some time, and that matters on the modern internet where there's a bit more gatekeeping than usual!

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

It is not as resourceful for asking a specific technicial question, but other than that, I am actually enjoying the smaller communities. It feels a lot more civil.

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

I think over time it will be. Usenet used to hold the body of knowledge, then it was fora and then reddit.