I run a few groups, like @[email protected], 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.
The idea is outstanding. The parts of the UI that work are great. There’s much work to be done, especially with regard to subscription and discovery. The whole “copy/paste this into your server’s search bar” thing is… not great.
That’s probably the most janky feeling thing. The other thing is that communities from other instances only sync on yours when the first subscriber from your instance adds it to their feed.
The copy/paste thing has got to go. It’s somewhat non-obvious and make federation even more confusing when people click links and end up not logged in anymore.
100%. That’s probably the biggest gripe I had initially. Finally wrapped my mind around the fediverse as a concept (more or less) just in time to get booted from my login over and over trying to subscribe to some communities
I’m still enjoying it here, but I could see someone less determined ditching over something like that.
I still haven’t figured out how the search thing is even supposed to work. I was searching for communities on other servers and it wasn’t working, but then after a while it worked fine and appeared in the communities list.