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.
I’ve never been able to find the meme posts on mastodon, therein lies part of its core issues, federation makes discoverability iffy at best. It hasn’t yet reached mass yet.
Well, that is when looking at the federated timeline, which is basically breaking open the dam and hoping to catch something cool before I drown.
Oh god yeah, I’ve never ventured outside the mas.to local timeline (and a few hashtags and people in the replies). I assume there are vastly more funny local timelines with a few of the more shitposty or lgbt focused ones. Eh oh well.
Unless it is a feature that I never saw, I wish I could subscribe to other timelines/instances. There are a few communities that were exclusive and always interesting.
I suppose the best thing is to be promiscuous with who you follow so you have a healthy timeline.
You can on a lot of the apps, I know the app I use on iOS ‘Ice Cubes’ supports me following another instance, this isn’t the case for the official app/website however.
Haha. Just like third-party Reddit apps, the best experience is never through the website or official application.
if you’re on a major instance the federated timeline should have close to everything not specifically blocked. it’s a flood of stuff tho
I’ve been following hashtags on Mastodon, and that has worked pretty well for me. Still, it’s not the forum layout that I enjoy, but it’s still useful.