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@atomicpoet @fediverse TBH I think a lot of people (including me) have a very sketchy idea of how the different bits of the Fediverse link together... I'm still a bit vague about how my #Mastodon and #Pixelfed accounts could work better together.

There's a lot of *assumed knowledge* about the #Fediverse ... and people don't want to ask 'stupid' questions because they don't want to 'look stupid'. There needs to be easily accessible and explicit step by step instructions *to get people started*.

Where could I find a group about #ux or #humancentredesign for example? Or #photography ?

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Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I have literally zero interest in cross pollination between social media types.
They each have their own interfaces that work best for their communities and content types. You’re always missing something trying to access one from another.

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- shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  If you have zero interest in the fundamental architecture of the fediverse, why are you in this community? You’re probably interacting with “cross pollination” way more than you realize.
  
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  - Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    I follow topics and have discussions on Lemmy, keep up with individuals and announcements on Mastodon, and look at cool photos on Pixelfed.
    None of my accounts are following anything on other systems.
    
    The reason I’m in this community is for discussions like this. We disagree on the nature of using he fundamental architecture of the Fediverse.
    I think using Mastodon to engage in Lemmy discussions is extremely awkward without the threading to keep it all organized. Equally, Lemmy is designed specifically around following communities. Following individuals on Mastodon breaks the pattern of the feed. And good luck following either Mastodon accounts or Lemmy groups in Pixelfed.
    
    However, having multiple decentralized servers within each system, is plenty of reason for the Fediverse to be better than a centralized platform.
    
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  - atomicpoet@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    For real. He replied to my Akkoma post, which tagged this Lemmy group. 😆
    
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    Steve@communick.news ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Which I would never respond to on Mastodon, as it’s terrible for discussions.
    
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atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
@Coolmccool @fediverse The best way to explain #Pixelfed is that it’s an Instagram-like front-end for the Fediverse. But practically speaking, it’s Mastodon if pictures were a requirement on Mastodon. You interact with a Pixelfed account from Mastodon in much the same way you interact with another Mastodon account, or how you’re interacting with my Akkoma account right now. It really is just like email.
Regarding group topics, the best way to find them is to do a search on a place like lemmy.world or lemmy.ca. For example, uiux@programming.dev is one. And you can find the URL here:
https://programming.dev/c/uiux
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- IronKrill@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  The best way to find groups is actually lemmyverse.net/communities . All individual servers are missing other communities due to de-feds or lack of federation. While I can’t say numerically how comprehensive Lemmyverse is, it’s a lot better than any instance I’ve tried.
  
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- jwcph@helvede.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  @atomicpoet @fediverse @Coolmccool I think you're missing the point - it's not "what is PF/Masto/whatever", it's "how do they relate to each other, exactly, in a way I can understand & benefit from?" I've been in fedi for a few years & have, in fact, been asking the stupid questions, but I still don't quite understand either...
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  - atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    @jwcph @fediverse @Coolmccool The best way to understand the Fediverse is not as a collection of servers but instead as actors that implement activities.
    
    You are an actor. A Lemmy community is an actor. A bot is an actor. An app is an actor.
    
    All these things do activities. One activity is to like a post. Another activity is to repost.
    
    And all these apps like Mastodon are just presenting these actors/activities in a certain format.
    
    Hope that explains things.
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    jwcph@helvede.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    @atomicpoet @fediverse @Coolmccool It doesn't, not even close. It's way too abstract, even for me - I absoutely guarantee you, nobody looking for an alternative to keeping up with friends on Insta or Facebook will be able to connect what you just said to that need / desire, let alone make a decision based on it.
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