Asklemmy

I tried Mastodon a few years ago, but I just have no interest in the microblog format. Glad to see there's a threaded forum version now.

First time doing anything fediverse related. It took a while to wrap my head around it, but all the reddit drama is helping since people are trying to encourage others to move over and are offering guides/explanations.

No. Sometimes i use mastodon.

I've technically used Matrix, but I don't use it for much. This is my first main entry. I never cared about Mastodon that much because I don't Twitter. This Reddit nonsense, though..

First time. I don’t know what I’m doing but I’m happy to be here.

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.

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.

I dabbled a bit in Peertube but never made an account or anything, so Lemmy's the first one I've engaged with.

I signed up for Mastodon too now to try it out, but I never had Twitter so never really had much interest in Mastodon either. Still this fediverse stuff is exciting, so trying it out now.

PSA: there is PixelFed which in an image publication platform. ("Instagram-like")

IMO email counts as part of the fediverse.

I’ve been using Matrix for some time now (have a dedicated synapse server set up so I can mess around with the bridges and stuff — still haven’t quite gotten the iMessage bridge working, but also haven’t put in a lot of time to it). As soon as I saw the whole thing with Reddit going down, I pretty much immediately stood up a Lemmy instance.

Safe to say, I’m pretty much sold on fediverse platforms.

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 it's my first time. I'm a little worried about long term stability of communities and accounts if individuals get tired of hosting servers, but seems like everyone is really nice and invested so far.

This is my first time with any federated app. My wife figured it out so I figured I should be able to too. Once I understood the jist of it, it was a pretty smooth transition from Reddit.

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’ve dabbled on Mastodon but it’s not my style. Never was one for twitter. Still getting familiar with the whole Fediverse concept though so if there are any resources or communities anyone would like to recommend I’d be grateful

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..

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!

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

First time user here. I have heard of Mastodon, but never attempted to use it. I always was under the impression that it was sort of a Twitter alternative, and I've never had any interest in Twitter, Instagram, etc.

How do I comment on posts with my mastodon account?

I still use mastodon to this day, but I find I get more interaction rather than just lurking and viewing pictures here. Aka more actual conversation. It's easier to participate and not feel like you're posting to a void

My first fediverse app is mastodon

I tried out mastodon once, but since I really didn’t spend much time on twitter in the first place, I really didn’t use it at all. But apart from that short endeavor, this is my first time.

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.

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

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

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 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

Not my first. I also am on Mastodon over at https://infosec.exchange. I far prefer using the Fediverse versions of services, but without critical mass, you can't move away easily imo.