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Is Lemmy your first time on the Fediverse? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by koncertejo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This question is especially for people who have joined in the last week. Have you used other fediverse platforms or is this your first time really using one? What do you think of it so far? Are you aware that you can comment on Lemmy posts with a Mastodon account?

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[–] computerboss@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard about the fediverse before, but never made an account until a few days ago. It is kinda cool how Mastodon, Lemmy, and Kbin can interconnect somewhat, but it does not feel like a fleshed out feature to me yet. There are still too many bugs when interfacing with other parts of the fediverse.

I like how maluable it feels right now. I really feel like if I dedicate a bit of time and effort I can make changes to and improve things. Or at the least break off and do my own thing that interacts with the fediverse.

I don't like how spread out and small all the communities feel. I think piracy has 5 different communities at this point. I am also torn on not having at least a centralized login. I kinda trust sh.itjust.works with my account, but there is little assurance that the instance, and my account on it, won't just disappear or attempt to do something malicious with my email and password.

I want Lemmy to take off and I think it has potential, but I also believe it will take at least another year before I am completely satisfied with it.

[–] Dalek@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not having a centralized login is a downside for me. Not a dealbreaker but I definitely don’t like it

[–] jmp242@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't really understand this complaint. It's the same as an e-mail account? You log in to your instance and don't need a log in anywhere else, you just post / reply on whatever you want from your instance.

[–] PhantomPhanatic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's a question of trust and stability. If anyone can spin up an instance and collect user emails and logins then there will be some bad actors. You have to trust your native instance admin. With many potential instances in a new platform it's hard to know what you can trust. Also you could join an instance that can't pay the bills and you lose your account.