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
    5·
    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) and will probably go back to using it regardless. Social media is about content, and unless the 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
      8·
      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.

    • pre@fedia.io
      3·
      1 year ago

      @agreenbhm Why it it worse to have multiple communities for the same topic spread across multiple instances vs having multiple communities for the same topic spread across multiple subreddits?

      Seems like better redundancy and if they’re all in the same app speaking the same protocols then similar functionally.

      Even if there was only one subreddit why would it be better to have one instead of a long tail of many?

      @fediversenews @atomicpoet

    • Ekis@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      I actually see this as a strength/advantage. There is no single point that can be controlled. All the more harder for the greedy to rule over the entire fediverse.