Submitted 1 week ago by ALostInquirer@lemm.ee to fediverse@lemmy.world
By technical I’m referring mainly to ActivityPub/federation as well as the ability to host your own instances and related details.
I see the same names appearing over and over again in different communities. This is, of course, because this is still a relatively small space, but it’s something that has the potential to remain true even as things grow, because we don’t all need to be in the same politics community, or in the same gaming community, etc.
There’s more active moderation.
Tan Eggs.
the @instance helps remember names, id just ignore names in reddit
Much less bots and reposts. I feel like there’s less content, but it’s more real than I what I experienced on Reddit for example
Artists (Capital ART) are on the fediverse. Things and art I have never seen before.
There are makers that are truly doing things that are super awesome. Building machines/automation that are helping out their lives. You can find these things on the open web as well, but not as “free” (IE locked behind some sort of wall).
I switched over when I saw Zuckerberg and company at Trump’s inauguration. No fucking way am I supporting anything those fucks are offering. So the fact that I can still enjoy content and be connected to the world without making them more money is very appealing to me.
It took about a week to get through Facebook withdrawals because of the friends and family I had on there but it feels so good now without all the ads and bots. I made a last post before I checked out, explaining why I was going and inviting everyone to do the same.
Public modlog is nice and seems to be a good selling point to people.
I love the idea of online communities that are run by the people and not by massive tech corporations.
The idea that we had a free and open internet back in the day, only to surrender the entire thing to fascist corpo fuckwads like Musk and Zuckerberg, or hostile authoritarian government pawns like ByteDance, is a perfect example of the tragedy of the commons.
The Fediverse feels like our one and only chance to take the internet back on behalf of all people, all over the world.
It’s the most organic way of socializing
Run by us, for us.
It’s not so focused on the US. I live in the US and I’m getting tired of hearing about us.
thats actually huge for me aswell
The inability for America’s unelected president to just buy it for 44 billion…
The fediverse is ran by volunteers. Engagement is organic and isn’t trying to sell you something. Everything you see is there because someone thought it was worth sharing
Authenticity.
Fuck ads, fuck bots, fuck karma farming.
It’s small enough that I can post a comment on something, and my girlfriend will independently run across my comment. Though she doesn’t read the usernames, so she doesn’t know it was me. Then I’ll mention it and she’ll say “oh yeah, I saw that comment.”
People just getting along together
VinesNFluff@pawb.social 1 week ago
Doesn’t feel like I’m constantly being sold shit while I’m here
The corporate web feels like a shopping mall, the indie web feels like a flophouse.
technomad@slrpnk.net 1 week ago
Uh, what’s a flophouse?
sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
A cheap, run down, shady motel.
VinesNFluff@pawb.social 1 week ago
A cheap hotel, usually.
More generally “cheap housing inhabited by people who are down on their luck”