I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, 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.

  • agreenbhm@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I dislike the idea of multiple communities for the same topic spread across multiple instances. Sure, you can subscribe to multiple communities, but that’s just extra overhead. I’m hopeful reddit backs down after the protest (as unlikely as it may be), but either way I will probably go back to using it regardless. Social media is about content, and unless there is a dramatic shift away from reddit being the content hub that it currently is, nothing else will be as useful.

    • chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      You may be interested to hear that the concept of binding together multiple communities is currently under official consideration (Github #818).

      There’s also a feature under consideration for post tagging (Github #317). Something like that would allow for browsing relevant posts originating from any combination of independent communities.

    • Aurix@lemmynsfw.com
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      1 year ago

      There is a good chance users will flock to the biggest one and we won’t have the doubling issue.

      • agreenbhm@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Yes, that probably right. But it also goes against one of the supposed benefits of the Fediverse. Which makes the whole distributed system thing a bit pointless.

        • Chris Trottier@beehaw.orgOP
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          1 year ago

          Eh, Mastodon is currently 80% of the Fediverse. Lemmy today just moved above 100,000 users – which is a big deal, but it’s no Mastodon. Even if everyone on Lemmy congregates to one server, that’s more diversity for the Fediverse.