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.

  • Rumblestiltskin@lemmy.caEnglish
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    2 years ago

    Micro blogging like Mastodon I like more for following the personalities. I don’t have a big attention seeking personality so I do not get a lot of followers on that type of social media. I am more of a reply guy so Lemmy style content aggregator with comments I am able to participate more in.

    • DidacticDumbass@lemmy.oneOPEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      For sure there are cool people I liked to follow, and frankly miss. As much as I say that I really just care about topics and go deep into things and ideas, it is still other people providing that information. I ultimately care about people and their passions.

      The organization of Mastodon just sucks. Still, the people on there are worth the jank.

    • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      What exactly is a conteny agregator, I don’t get it… is reddit a content agregator? If so, why?

      • perkele@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        It’s in the name, mostly. It aggregates content. You can post links, text posts, images to specific communities and have them displayed in a feed of your communities of choice. That’s what Digg was and Reddit is, and kind of what Lemmy is doing- except on the Fediverse.

        • 0x4E4F@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          4·
          2 years ago

          Mhm, I see.

          So FB is not a content agregator?

          I am really confused regarding these labels, social network, content agregator…

          • perkele@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            I don’t think so, but I could be wrong. I guess the “groups” functionality of Facebook could technically qualify it as such, but its primarily aimed at being a social media website. I’m not 100% on it either, because there’s a lot of overlap between platforms and their functionality.