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.
The only thing that confused me as a complete newcomer to lemmy, mastodon, etc is the decision of which instance to join. I ended up picking one mostly randomly but I’m still not really sure what the implications of this decision were. Did I choose correctly? Does it matter at all?
The implication is what the mods of that instance allow you to subscribe to (which instances they federate) and how they moderate your content.
Thanks. So is it just that you can’t subscribe to any instances they block or is there more to it? And what do you mean by how they moderate your content? Can they remove your posts on other instances? I wasn’t clear if the rules listed in your instance apply to you anywhere in the fediverse or only in that instance.
It does matter and you made best choice. I am biased of course 😊
Haha well I’m happy so far. It’s just my lack of knowledge that makes me question it.
I definitely chose the wrong instance when I first came across it a couple of days ago. Deleted that account and came to lemmy.world until I better find my feet. No idea if we can migrate accounts with Lemmy yet.
Did you get an answer to this?
Sort of, I have a better idea of what it affects now. Basically each instance is a separate website, so probably the first thing you’ll want to make sure is that the server is stable and won’t shut down because then you’ll lose your account and any communities hosted there. Hopefully in the future you can migrate these things but currently that’s not possible.
Second, you’ll want to look at the moderation and federation policies of your instance. This will affect what instances you can access—federation is usually allowed by default but either instance can block the connection unilaterally. So for example, most instances have blocked a few far-right instances because they were posting some unpleasant things and not following the rules the rest of the community wanted to abide by.
Finally, for smaller instances especially you might want to consider the ethos and community of the instance. This isn’t essential since most of the time you can post anywhere, but it is nice to have that little community if you find a place of similar folks, and your voice may carry more weight on instance related decisions if it’s your local instance.
From what I’ve seen, sh.itjust.works is a pretty good general one, but unfortunately beehaw which hosts a number of pretty active communities has defederated so you won’t be able to access those. Hopefully it’s temporary since that kind of fragmentation I think is harmful when there are so few active communities right now. It might be worth checking out the communities on beehaw to see if you really want access to those, and if so you could make an account elsewhere.
Thanks for the super detailed response. I really appreciate it. I signed up through sh.it just.works which was top of the list. Hopefully that sticks around as a good stable jumping off point.
No problem. I just realized we’re on beehaw right now. Does that mean they’re federated again?