My best friends are my social media
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2024
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That's the best type of social (media)
I only use lemmy. Unless youtube counts but I don't think so.
Yes but I am enjoying Bluesky a lot this week in the wake of its rapid expansion while that hellpit Twitter burns. A really nice feature is that they have block lists, where someone makes a list of MAGA people or whatever and you can block them all at a click.
I just wish bluesky had an app on F-Droid (preferably GPL3)
I bet they will,things are moving quickly.
I'd say I actively use Lemmy and Discord nowadays (as in, I'm making new posts there). Some times I leave a comment under a YouTube video, other times I lurk Reddit just to see what other people have said about XYZ topic.
I used to be a very frequent user of Reddit during much of my adolescence, but got tired of it a few months ago. I'm not exactly sure what caused it, maybe the increased toxicity, or that some subreddits got boring after they reached a certain number of subscribers. Β―\_(γ)_/Β―
Lemmy is now. Followed by reddit, which I visit less and less. And no it doesn't feel like dual booting, there seem to be so many of the same people here, with the same issues and anger. But I prefer the lemmy UI and absense of ads. The lack of a personal karma total might be keeping at least some of them away.
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bruh
Lemmy is the only app I use because I want to. Others I gave to use for work etc.
Mastodon and lemmy, can't choose
Lemmy is my primary I lurk nowadays, I only visit reddit through google sometimes. I also use Discord with most of my friend groups, I need to use Facebook Messenger occasionally because of some friends and family. For entertainment, Youtube and Twitch only (I do have premium for yt though... I know it's not nice)
I use Cara, but that's because I am an artist.
Is that like a new deviantart
Yeah? Sorta? It is created by Jingna Zhang who you may recognize from deviantart back in the day. Cara has a pretty aggressive no AI policy and still technically in beta I believe. The vibes are super good though, everyone is pretty cheerful and happy and there does not seem to be any monetization whatsoever other than politely asking people to donate if they enjoy the app. Although that may change in the future.
Lemmy and BlueSky (primarily Lemmy).
BlueSkyβs mobile app is such a clone of twitter, transitioning is nearly seamless for the average user. I tried mastodon at first, but it felt pretty rocky and different (and Iβm rather techy).
Between BlueSky and Voyager for Lemmy (I was an Apollo user on Reddit), my user experience hasnβt changed at all β except for the pleasant lack of bots and Nazis on both platforms.
FYI the official Mastodon mobile app is pretty limited; you can't even view the global timeline (the web clients are fine). Most Mastodon users prefer using unofficial apps such as Tusky, Fedilab, or Megalodon.
Friendica is also nice and looks like 2008ish Twitter but not so full, sadly. For reference if anyone interested:
Mastodon mostly.
Been trying lemmy for a few months, and I have mixed feelings. Not going back to reddit even if hell freezes but if only I could strip the orange turd and the jumping dipshit (and all of us politics) from my feed Iβd enjoy it way more. This is most certainly user error, so if anyone has any recommendations I would welcome them. Being on .world is the problem?
Like the others have said, use Voyager to filter out the instances and communities you don't want to see.
Ive been using descovery for a while. It works mostly great. I have to learn a bit better how this works as instances and filters go, but I think I got it figured out for the better part
I love the helpful feeling you get from people responses here, not those snarky one liners replies that add nothing (but Iβve done plenty of those on reddit, donβt want to bring that vibe here, although I might have failed already)
Iβll be better, I promise
The Connect app (Android) allows filters by both keywords and URLs; not only do I not see anything with something in the title that I don't want to hear about, but also nothing from certain websites I don't either.
Did someone say "echochamber vibes intensifies"? Yeah yeah, my eyeballs, my choice.
Iβm using discovery in ios phone mostly. It works nice once you learn how (Iβm starting to sound like my old man)
But thanks for the help, youβre in my christmas list now
The voyager client has filters you could use to try and filter things out.
The instance could be a problem if you scroll through the 'local' feed often and thats where you see a lot of things you don't wish to see. A European or special interest instance might suit your context, (Portuguese?), better.
I spend more time on my 'local' (aussie zone) feed than 'subscribed' or 'all' and its definitely nicer, so a move like this can work.
But you could also optimise your own 'subscriber' feed as another option.
Well thanks Iβll try your suggestions. I tried a portuguese instance but it was really slow going, maybe I should check again. Truth is I havenβt entirely figured how this works and to be truthful staying out of social media as whole has been refreshing. But I find the lack of users and memes from 10 years ago kinda charming, being a decades old reddit user, lemmy holds some of the niceness of reddit in the old years so Iβll stick around. Would mastodon be any better? Have no interest on xitter clones like bluesky
No idea on Mastodon myself. I've heard a couple interviews of the developer, seems like a cool guy. But thats about all i can say.
I's playing round with this instance and community finder the other night, works really well. Might be useful to find a more active community that you'll enjoy.
Mastodon is single developer? π€
And thanks for the list, a question I should post on βno stupid questions β I need to create a new account on every instance I want to explore, right? This is a rabbit hole inside a rabbit hole π
So, further to mu previous comment, no you shouldn't need to create an account on each instance you want to explore. At best creating an account on the instance might make navigability better.
I just made my first post, chose asklemmy π€·ββοΈ
It went ok so far, testing the waters, you people have been nice and helpful π
Welcome!!! Come over to Aussie Zone for a banter anytime you like!
Mastodon is single developer
I think he has a few people with him now. But i listened to the interview at the start of the year, so i'm starting to the detail.
Exploring instances should be as easy as looking up any other website. At least to get their 'local' front page. Or just navigate to them through that link above.
As an example you could look up jlai.lu, a french instance. They're pretty active.
Didnβt know about that, now Iβm gonna research it. And thanks!
It is, I don't go on Reddit anymore, it's insanely toxic. I've gotten all I could've gotten from there anyway. I only use Lemmy nowadays.
It is. Both lemmy and Mastodon.
I cannot use Reddit or Twitter anymore.
It's my only social media. I have Voyager, and it's all I need. I never used FB or Twitter, or anything other than Reddit. And I'm done with that cesspool.
For an entire 8 days.
I made a new account recently, I used to be on Lemmy.world, but as I start to learned more about how the fediverse works, I wanted to get away from the giant main instance, help spread the users out.
Perhaps there is a way to transfer some account history? I didn't find any, so now I'm a Fediverse baby again.
Idk this is my first account, ha.
Lemmy has replaced reddit for me.