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X (twitter): “Oh shit, most of our users are bots.”
Mastodon: “Oh shit, we have a bunch of extra users.”
I like Lemmy a lot, and I liked Reddit before. I never really liked Twitter, just followed some NASA accounts that told what certain probes/landers/rovers were doing. I’m interested in Mastodon because federated platforms seem to sustainably fill the gap the big 5 are trying to enlarge. What kind of content are you guys getting from there?
Lemmy was kind of jarring at first, but extensions like the universal link switcher help a lot. Any stuff like that to help onboarding Mastodon? Thx folks.
Cats. Mastodon has a lot of cats. It’s great.
I follow hashtags on Mastodon sort of like how I follow communities on Lemmy, but instead of “content” I get quick thoughts from people. It’s different but, as someone who also didn’t use Twitter, it’s nice to have a space where the barrier to engagement is a bit lower; you need a thought, not a link or discussion, and sometimes that’s enough to prompt engagement.
It’s more a question of culture imo, not necessarily site design. I’ve seen a few communities use reddit for microblogging (posting quick half formed thoughts in self post). No reason it couldn’t happen on lemmy
link for reference https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/469273-lemmy-universal-link-switcher
Any questions/requests direct here please :D
Good job on the script :) you should put a link to it in your lemmy bio so people know it’s you
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If aomeone posts a direct link to another instance, you’ll be brought to the version of it on your own instance instead of moving sites. This means you stay signed in etc.
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Thank you, sir or madam
Hey, thanks a lot everyone! Got something to start up this week :-)
Hey, thanks a lot everyone! Got something to start up this week :-)
The only thing I use it for so far is to follow ARS Technica as they don’t have a mobile app, so I just subscribe to their news feed through Mastadon. I was never a Twitter user really so I only do it to support the platform.
Since the protest, I’ve really cut back on social media anyway so that’s good. But Lemmy fits as much as I need this stuff.
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thanks for telling me about universal link switcher
I never really liked Twitter, either, and joined Mastodon in 2019 for fun. I’m very active in it, now, as I have spent the time curating the stuff I want to see. I interact with watercolor artists, green technology enthusiasts, “good news” orgs, sustainability advocates, and travel photographers. It takes a bit of work to set up, first, but the biggest thing is to search keywords as hashtags and follow everyone you think you might like and interact often with them. You can always unfollow, later.
Good for Mastodon.
Honestly quality of Mastodon interactions is much superior to Twitter or Threads. People are just nicer and more real on fediverse. Maybe a bit of an barrier to entry is a good thing after all!
Bit unrelated, but who drew that? The elephant looks sooo cute!!
Huh. So is there some Lemmy Instance somewhere that has like a quarter of the userbase on it that I don’t know about too?
New tech is fun. lol
That’s what hexbear used to be.
Does this include Gab?
Mastodon – more like Mastodong lol
Pleroma/Akkoma, Misskey, Kbin are better, and even Twitter alternatives Bluesky and Threads are better
It might seem like there’s little traffic on the site… until you say #Ukraine then all of a sudden you’re going to be deluged with some of the most unhinged liberals on this side of the internet.
What kind of #ukraine comments are you making on there?
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