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Mastodon

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[–] Lurkerino@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is mastodon good? I use lemmy but as I never used twitter I also never use mastodon so idk if im losing something. I never understood the appeal of twitter.

[–] Aku@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Just commenting to say I feel the exact same way. I am curious if mastodon is something worth getting into?

[–] transientDCer@lemdro.id 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think reddit/lemmy are good if you enjoy following communities. Twitter/mastodon are good if you prefer following specific people.

[–] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It looks like Twitter, feels like Tumblr. Since its not very big, people will post the most raw, vulnerable moments in their life, both good and bad. My feed ping pongs between people learning to use Godot to make their first game ever and proudly sharing their work, to a anarchist TTRPG dev struggling with medical bills in the USian Healthcare hellscape. I love it. I am not looking forward to whenever it blows up in popularity.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

i feel like it may never. i think lemmy has the highest probability of getting 'big' due to its community centered aspect.

I would describe it as "what if Tumblr decided to have the layout of Twitter?" The interface looks and feels like Twitter, but since there's no algorithm people will post the most raw shit. My feed is one part guinea pig videos, one part OSR Dnd memes, one part people learning to code and sharing their early janky work with pride, and one part entirely from one queer anarchist TTRPG dev struggling with medical bills and the fucked USian Healthcare system.

The most trouble you'll have is deciding which instance to settle down in. Self-hosting is really not reasonable for Mastodon, since the local feed is pretty important.