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Derek Ross · 146w
Meta (Zuck) realizes that some decentralization is needed to be relevant in the future. Because of this, they are integrating Threads into the fediverse. This will continue to eat away at Twitter's re...
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It was such a smart move for them. I already have friends checking it out. I told them I won’t be on Threads, but I’m open to using a Mastodon instance to talk to my friends on IG. I never liked IG, but it’s cool that I can maintain the connection better with my friends on there now.
jack · 146w
What is Lemmy and how is it?
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Lemmy is for Reddit what Mastodon is for Twitter.

Personally, I was disappointed that it doesn’t connect with Mastodon well despite using ActivityPub. And I’ve already seen a server switch admins and shake up their content policies.

My biggest issue with the Fediverse is that I’m required to have a home server and hope that their moderation goals align with mine; otherwise I’m server hopping a lot. I’m more excited about the communities being built on Nostr right now.
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C4RP3 N0CT3M · 146w
Exactly, and it already appears to be happening.
badonyx · 146w
Kbin is another alternative with microblogging and compatible with Lemmy and Mastodon. I enjoy all of them to an extent but I feel like ActivityPub is ultimately just an interoperability layer for institutional socialization, like email has become for the most part.
mister_monster · 146w
Yes but user goals are different in a link aggregator paradigm built around threaded comments vs microblogging. With microblogging, you care about your pseudonym, your reputation, and you're at the mercy of an admin. If you say something you don't like, good luck moving if they don't want you to, if...
JoYo · 146w
it costs me $5 a month to host my own along with all my other web services.