My experience with the Fediverse has only been through Mastodon, through which I struggled to find a community I really gelled with. Either it was supper overwhelming with meme posts or NSFW, or it was too chill to the point of nothing. Or, it was hyperfocused like FOSS/Linux and became uninteresting after awhile. May try again, but I think I will explore the other fedisites like Plemora or Calckey to see if I like it better.

I love the pace of a forum. I grew up primarily with GameFAQS and some lucid dreaming forum, and honestly it was very formative in teaching me how to write and use critical thinking skills, as well as how to respond to a variety of temperaments. I stopped participating in online forums awhile ago, and while I loved Reddit as a resource, I never felt inspired to participate. In the same way, there are an incredible number of forums dedicated to a certain topic, and are extremely valuable, it would be annoying to make an account for all the things I am interested in.

I like what lemmy is becoming. Glad to find system that makes interacting with people enjoyable.

  • Dookie@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    mastodon servers usually subscribe to a generic block list, and have sensitive moderators that are even worse than the ones you find on reddit. it creates a boring feed that scares off new users and kills any differing opinions. its annoying that something with so much potential is stomped on like that. im glad i found a good pleroma server. still like the mastodon software better though.

        • JustinA
          2·
          2 years ago

          Pleroma supports the Mastodon UI btw.

          The biggest surprise for many is that Pleroma includes the Mastodon UI, too. As the Mastodon UI is mostly just another API client, it will run fine on Pleroma. As you can see in the screenshot, you can use it quite well on any Pleroma instance. We bundle it with Pleroma, so you don’t need to install anything new.

          https://blog.soykaf.com/post/what-is-pleroma/

            • JustinA
              1·
              2 years ago

              Ah ok. Yeah, I just found out about Pleroma today so I thought it might be good to know.