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.

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    It matters in terms of keeping track of your subscriptions though, unless I’m missing something. I essentially need to decide if I’m going to use my account on server A and subscribe to all the federated content I want on server B, or vice versa. If A goes down or if I lose interest in it, I’ll need to re-establish somewhere else and resubscribe everything.

    I guess the answer is to host your own instance and federate everything, but federation isn’t terribly reliable and then you lose the local view.

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      If A goes down or if I lose interest in it, I’ll need to re-establish somewhere else and resubscribe everything

      Correct, as of now, but the point is that you can resub elsewhere. This is entirely impossible on centralised private platforms like Reddit.