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I like this significantly better than Mastodon (lemmy.one)
submitted 1 year ago by DidacticDumbass@lemmy.one to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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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.

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[–] mstrbtr@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Personally I find Kbin more usable (while still being reddit-like) as it also has functionality letting you follow on normal microblogging content from Mastodon and other places, making it more intertwined with the whole fediverse.

[–] ch1cken@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (8 children)

+1, kbin is great. I switched from my instance after hearing about it.

[–] Whar@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Can you move there from an instance of Mastodon/Lemmy or I misundertood you?

[–] themadcodger@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you asking if you can take everything of yours from Lemmy and move it to kbin? Or just if you can sign up and use it?

[–] Whar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I can sign in with an already created account from a Lemmy or Mastodon instance.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah no. Your login is only good for the server you signed up on. But once logged in you can talk to most of the fediverse. So the content is more or less the same. What differs is the experience between services.

[–] Whar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, I see! I may check it still, I won't marry to only one platform from now on. Thank you!

[–] themadcodger@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's the beauty of the fediverse, you get to see the same content but I whatever way works best for you.

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