So I’ve been starting to look further into the Fediverse and using it a lot more than any other part of the internet at this point. I wanna know the reasons why people might prefer Lemmy or Mastodon, I have both but seem to lean towards Lemmy for some reason, but not sure why maybe it’s the simple design and you can find topics a little easier or it might be because I prefer the idea of Reddit over twitter.
Why do you prefer Lemmy? (or mastodon?)
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I like having the conversation organized around topics instead of people
I agree as I generally don’t care about individuals opinions. I prefer to follow topics rather than people.
This.
I dislike Mastodon for the same reason I dislike Twitter. It seems to me like it’s more centered around individual people and what they share rather than building multiple communities around multiple things that interests me.
Sure, I can craft my own community, but then I have a feed where I only encounter posts from the same people, and chances are, opinions that I already agree with. It’s not as easy to switch from a tv show to programming, for example. Yes, hashtags exist but they don’t even come close to communities on Lemmy.
The worst part are the types of posts that only reiterate how stupid “the other side” is without seriously trying to understand their arguments. This is not only true about politics but many other topics as well.
I pretty much agree, I find being able to flip between communities more useful than just having a feed of the same like-minded people, you explained it really well thanks.
I think you make a great point. It’s easier to make an echo chamber in Mastodon/Twitter, since you mostly encounter people you already know (or are connected to via someone you know).
Not that echo chambers are impossible on platforms like Lemmy or Reddit, but I feel like the format of Twitter/Mastodon especially encourages it.
Lemmy feels like Reddit to me and Mastodon feels more like twitter
so to me they’re both decentralized versions of popular social media
i just think of them as my new reddit and twitter since those companies are sitting at their desks jerking it all day
Fair enough, I’ve been slowly looking Kbin as that seems to be a mix between the two.
I prefer Lemmy because it’s more like the *R site…whereas Mastadon is the little Blue Bird site. I like having a discourse with others in a single page thread.
I can see why using both Mastodon and Lemmy could be quite nice to be used for different types of content you want to find.
I am more interested in following topics than following individuals, so I use Lemmy way more than Mastodon.
That’s completely fair enough, I find topics are a good go-to but have recently been enjoying Kbin for the next of both.
I like both so I use both. I find myself much less “active” on Lemmy though.
I find the community aspect of Mastodon to be much better as you get to know people. Less likely to get that on Lemmy in my opinion as it’s content/topic oriented.
What about Kbin have you tired that as it’s meant to be like a Lemmy + Mastodon mix. Not sure if it is but I’m trying it out now to see if it’s truly worth it. I currently perfer Lemmy.
I have tried Kbin (before I’d even heard of Lemmy), but because I used Mastodon first, I’m unlikely to use another platform in that kind of way tbh. Maybe I should give it another look.
Well, you asked about our preference. As already said, the use case is totally different, so it can be a bit difficult to really compare.
However, I prefer long form discussions most of the time, which gives me a lemmy preference overall.
That being said, mastodon is very well developed and supported overall. Switching between the two on my author account is kinda like going from a nice, new sedan (mastodon) to a five year old economy car. Things are smoother on mastodon overall, there’s less bugs, etc that show up to an end user.
Thank you, this explained it very well. I’ll probably carry on using Lemmy even more than I currently do as I seem to enjoy it more as well as it seems to run very smooth like you said.
Lemmy if you vibe with Reddit.
Mastadon if you vibe with Twitter.
Pretty much what I thought it was like, but what about Kbin?
Lemmy for sure! Its hard to get interaction on Mastodon
I found that too, Seems like Mastodon feels like a continues moving river as Lemmy seems to be more calm and you can actually move around.
The only reason I don’t have the same Mastodon experience as you guys tbh is that I’m on a private instance, you have to have a membership (to something else) to get on and it’s all about that shit more or less, and so I stay on my instance and follow a few randoms. The Federated tab is a nightmare, I just avoid it. Here on lemmy it is the exact opposite, I mostly stay on subbed or all (but my instance is great here too).
Thank you for sharing your experience.
I prefer Lemmy because things are separated by topic thanks to communities. I also hate character limits, it so dumb
Character Limits are annoying, I don’t think Lemmy has one or at least I haven’t reached it.
I would assume there is a limit but probably very hard to reach. Like I don’t think you can copy a whole book in a post
Maybe someone should try posting the whole bible into a comment or something lol
Just use both and be done.
I find good content much easier here on Lemmy. I actually find it pretty frustrating to try to find engaging content on Mastodon. I appreciate the “algorithm-less” design of Mastodon, but I think users need a choice. The algorithm on Twitter was what kept me coming back until it really went to shit.
I agree, it seems like there is so much content being released on Mastodon every second as Lemmy seems to be slow but you can get a quick response when you wish too.
