What Fediverse services do you use?

Submitted ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨gon@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨fediverse@lemmy.world⁩

cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/57576884

There’s so many ways to interact with the Fediverse. The most popular, by far, seems to be Mastodon, but Lemmy, Misskey, and Pixelfed are also relatively popular. Kbin used to be popular, but it has apparently been abandoned, and is mostly dead at this point.

I recently learned that Mbin is a thing, checked it out, and it looked really cool! Has anyone used it? How different is it from Lemmy? I hear they have better integration with Mastodon.

What Fediverse services do you actually, regularly use?

For me, it’s mostly Lemmy, though I do hop on Mastodon every now and then.

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m_f@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mostly Lemmy via discuss.online, with a little bit of Pixelfed via social.photo and Mastodon via utter.online.

I was using Loops pretty heavily for a while, but the most recent update made it not work right on my phone (and there’s no web version), so maybe I’ll try again when it’s out of beta. It’s also not truly federated atm, so only sort of counts.

I’ve tried out a bit of PieFed and it looks really nice. Probably the best Lemmy threadiverse alternative atm. The dev does some interesting experiments like Private Voting

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  How’s Pixelfed’s federation work? I thought it was an image-based thing, like Instagram, so how does that interop with, say, Lemmy?
  
  I was using Loops pretty heavily for a while
  
  Is that like TikTok? Or like Reels, I guess, since it’s Pixelfed. A shame it doesn’t work for you… I’m big on TikTok, might just give it a try, though I’m not sure I can find the content I want on such a niche platform.
  
  PieFed and it looks really nice. Probably the best Lemmy threadiverse alternative atm.
  
  Over Lemmy? Why do you say so? I see what they list as differences from Lemmy and some of the features seem pretty nice, but I’m skeptical of this reputation business. Feels a little like Reddit karma, I don’t know.
  
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  - mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Pixelfed federatipn works well. it shows up on anything activityhub related.
    
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  - OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    PieFed is more advanced than Lemmy in several ways, while less so in others.
    
    Like for one it offers fantastic onboarding to the Fediverse via a wizard asking users what topics they are interested in and then signs them up to communities.
    
    And for another, at any time users can view Categories of Communities, such as all things Fediverse, News & Politics, or Gaming, and now users can even create our own customized Feeds - all of this is in addition to rather than instead of the traditional Subscribed and All feeds.
    
    Users can also follow anything - a user, community, post, single comment, etc. - plus stop following comments that you've written but no longer wish to receive notifications for.
    
    It's REALLY cool! The major downsides revolve around it being newer and so a bit less polished, like there's now a post preview feature but that is not yet available for comment replies.
    
    The codebase is written in Python, so is possible for more people to help out with making changes than Lemmy, written in Rust. Some people wonder if it might not scale as well to larger number of users, but so far that is not a problem and the speed of updates seems well worth that trade-off.
    
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  - m_f@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Pixelfed/Mastodon/etc sort of work with Lemmy, in that they can see Lemmy posts. Lemmy can see posts from them if you tag them appropriately, which rarely happens. They only sort of federate properly. And yeah, Loops is like TikTok for the Fediverse.
    
    I’m not saying PieFed is better than Lemmy, just saying that apart from Lemmy, your best option is probably PieFed atm.
    
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- 3dmvr@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  loops needs to add selfhosting for vid quality options alone, everythings so blurry
  
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TommySoda@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mostly Lemmy for me but sometimes Pixelfed. I’m also a psychopath and browse “everything” with all NSFW filters turned off while at work, so I’m probably not a good judge.

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That is actual insanity yeah, I have NSFW turned off even at home…
  
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  - TommySoda@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I open the links too.
    
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xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Only Lemmy. I could never find anything interesting on Mastodon and hate the Twitter-based format.

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- JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Same, same, and same.
  
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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Understandable, really. I follow the #caturday tag and a comedy account called @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social so my feed is lovely.
  
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ray1992xd@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
In random order

Loops Peertube very sparingly. Youtube is still king. Lemmy. Nuked my 14 year old Reddit account today. Lemmy is great. Pixelfed Mastodon Wordpress if that is counted as federated

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Gosh, I have to try out Loops…
  
  Lemmy. Nuked my 14 year old Reddit account today. Lemmy is great.
  
  NGL, I think Lemmy is better than Reddit. I enjoy it more. I can’t put my finger on why, though… They’re basically the same… Maybe it’s just a UI issue.
  
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  - ray1992xd@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I do believe the type of people and lack of the karma system also makes it better. People do anything to get some karma.
    
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  - circuitloss@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I can tell you why, it’s the absolutely shitty Reddit mobile app that’s filled with annoying ads. Meanwhile, Lemmy has some really good third-party apps
    
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- freamon@preferred.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Wordpress if that is counted as federated
  
  It's an option for the blog owners to select, but it's more federated than Loops (which currently isn't federated at all). As a random example, here is a Wordpress blog post that was federated out to Mastodon, and then federated out to PieFed.
  
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  - ray1992xd@feddit.nl ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I did try to federate my blog to Mastodon. Haven’t made a post in a long time though, so I can’t tell if it works or not.
    
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coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mastodon, via jorts.horse. I use it mainly to shitpost, and occasionally catch up on news.

PeerTube, via spectra.video. It was part of an effort to switch away from YouTube, but due to the abysymal discoverability, I am forced to concur that it hasn’t been doing well as a replacement. I now just use Grayjay to see videos, regardless of platforms.

For now, I use Lemmy via lemmy.cafe. However, when PieFed gets a stable app, I plan to switch over to it, probably via feddit.online.

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  However, when PieFed gets a stable app, I plan to switch over to it
  
  Yeah, lots of people have been talking highly of PieFed.
  
  Maybe I’ll try out Loops when it gains federation support.
  
  Oh, no Fed yet?! Dang…
  
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AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’m currently busy setting up my own Lemmy instance and PeerTube instance. Before the Fediverse, YT and Reddit were basically the only things I used, I was never a big fan of twitter-like social media. So those slot in nicely into those itches to scratch. (although there are still some creators I follow on YT, I have been watching it a lot less after getting serious with PeerTube)

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Can you find a lot of content on PeerTube? What do you look for on there?
  
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  - AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    By now: Yeah, there are some nice creators on PeerTube. Overall, it feels a bit more like old YouTube, many more people just creating because they want to, instead of chasing fame, as well as bizarre and weird little videos here and there. One advantage of it: It has much better native embedding into Lemmy (at least on newer versions)!
    
    Much like in other fedi-places, it’s work to curate your own feed instead of having algorithms feed you. I have ADHD, so usually, I have some video or something running on my second screen while working on other stuff, and whenever my attention is spent, I switch to there and scour the recent or trending feed (or new vids from subscribers) for something interesting to share and watch.
    
    For anyone interested - I am always happy to plug !peertube@lemmy.world - we recently hit 200 subscribers and have been steadily growing. If you are looking for an instance to join, I am still tinkering with it, but mine is open to new applications for as long as the server resources allow.
    
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noodlejetski@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Lemmy, Mastodon and Pixelfed. what I like about the last one is that I managed to find enough accounts posting pictures that I like, that I pretty much get to press like on everything I see on my feed there.

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You know, I think image-based social media just isn’t for me… I already use Mastodon as that, pretty much… It’s my cat image generator, but with the benefit of also occasionally including some news and memes. Lots of people love Instagram though, so I’m sure there’s a market there.
  
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ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Lemmy and Mastodon. Only lemmy really interests me. I got pixelfed and bookwyrm too, the latter seems pretty good replacement for good reads. I don’t see myself posting just to myself on pixelfed. I also find mastodon very difficult if you don’t want to talk about Linux or American politics. I absolutely do not get the point of friendica and think the low MAU shows that no one wants Facebook 2.0

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  I absolutely do not get the point of friendica and think the low MAU shows that no one wants Facebook 2.0
  
  Quite frankly, I don’t even want regular Facebook…
  
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  - ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That’s just my point! Facebook but federated is still facebook
    
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chottomatte@lemdro.id ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mostly Lemmy, but also Peertube, rarely Mastodon

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pan0wski@infosec.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I mainly use Lemmy (infosec.pub) and I sometimes use Mastodon (mstdn.plus).

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Pillavoine@l.hostux.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed and Peertube.

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You’re a mime?! That’s so cool! :D
  
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  - Pillavoine@l.hostux.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yes i am! :-) thanks.
    
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mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Piefed /Lemmy for keeping up with topics.

GoToSocial for keeping up with people and how they are going.

Pixelfed for my dog pictures and other people's pets.

Peertube mostly for my family (dog or otherwise) videos.and subscriptions. I have around 40 now :)

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Other than Lemmy/piefed, I self host everything on a very small server. It’s fun if you like that kinda thing.
  
  That’s totally awesome :D So GoToSocial, Pixelfed, and Peertube? Awesome!!! :D
  
  Piefed /Lemmy for keeping up with topics.
  
  Which one do you prefer, actually? Piefed, or Lemmy? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each? I’m really interested in all the threadiverse services.
  
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  - mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    That's a very good question. I don't have a good answer ATM. I have both because I'm on the fence.
    
    Lemmy and piefed both scratch the topic discovery itch. Both are excellent software.
    
    Piefed pros:
    1. Topics (collection of communities) are awesome to subscribe to.
    2. One of the best fediverse integrations out there.
    3. The python is easy to read.
    4. Mod tools are great.
    5. The main dec is a treasure
    
    Lemmy pros:
    
    Very reddit like UI.
    
    Lots of apps phone or otherwise.
    
    Very well supported by admins of the bigger instances
    
    Lemmy has an easier way to post than piefed. The selection of communities is a bit better. Piefed is much easier to stand up on home servers (I did it once). It's also seeing a large amount of dev work right now. And as I've said before it has much better fediverse integration than Lemmy.
    
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SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Forgive my ignorance but i dont see mention of Bluesky? I beleive thats also fediverse?

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  It very much is not Fediverse. They use a federated protocol, but not ActivityPub, which is the Fediverse’s protocol. They use AT Protocol instead, and they’re the only thing using ATP, by the way… That should tell you everything about how “federated” they are.
  
  While there are different servers, there’s a dependence on central nodes. The simple existence of central nodes is antithetical to decentralization… So we’re really not talking about the same thing at all here, with BlueSky vs the Fediverse.
  
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- tetrahedron@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  No, Bluesky is a centralized platform, literally twitter 2.0. The Fediverse’s main selling point is the opposite.
  
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  - SheenSquelcher@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    But there are different servers, similar to Lemmy?
    
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umbraroze@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy and Bookwyrm. They all seem to cover most of my social media needs which (in all other cases beside Lemmy) can be described as shouting in the void and being happy if someone else is there too.

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  (in all other cases beside Lemmy) can be described as shouting in the void and being happy if someone else is there too.
  
  Yeah, I get this, to be honest.
  
  Though, I do feel the same way with the centralized social media platforms. I mean, if I make a Tumblr post, I’m really not expecting people to see it. If I just Tweet, as opposed to Tweeting at someone, I don’t really expect engagement either… YT videos, Instagram posts… Unless my friends and family use the apps — which is another issue altogether, since I could try to get them to join — I just shouting in the void.
  
  I think it’s the lack of theme. Lemmy makes you post with the theme of the community you post to, so it’s kind of implied that your posts will reach people that are interested in what you posted. That’s kind of how tags work on Mastodon and Twitter, I guess, but it’s not quite the same thing.
  
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tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I’ve been using Mastodon for eight years and got involved with hosting a small instance for some years now. Also running a Bookwyrm instance and, since a few days, this Lemmy instance which will remain single user most likely.

I have several more Mastodon accounts I’m switching between and inactive Pixelfed, GoToSocial and Friendica accounts.

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  this Lemmy instance which will remain single user most likely.
  
  You’re an evil person, keeping a name as cool as nocturnal garden all to yourself… Where has compassion gone? The world… The world is falling apart, one cool server-name at a time… /j
  
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  - tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Hehe thanks! Not 100% decided yet but since it’s running on my homeserver and not some VPS I guess I won’t open except for friends maybe.
    
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hanrahan@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mastodon, Lemmy, Goto Social, Pixelfed, Bookwyrm.

Peertibes default no federation thing is too frustrating for me to deal with

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yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Lemmy, Sharkey (like Mastodon but with more features), and WAFRN (the fediverse’s Tumblr alternative)

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Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Other than Lemmy, I’ve got a self-hosted and federated Matrix instance. I don’t actually do much with Matrix at the moment, it’s mostly the result of me tinkering with self-hosted services. I did recently bridge it to Discord, and I’ve let my friends know it’s a potential alternative if Discord continues going down the shitter.

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  Discord continues going down the shitter.
  
  How so? And what do you mean bridge Matrix to Discord?
  
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  - Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Mostly referring to the recent rumblings about their potential IPO. Once shareholders get their hands on something, it’s all downhill.
    
    Matrix supports “bridges” for a number of third party services so you can keep in contact with friends who haven’t made the transition to federated services.
    
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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Lemmy and Matrix. And I don’t use Matrix a helluva lot.

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Xed@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Mastodon and MakerTube

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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  …And Lemmy?!
  
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  - Xed@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    duh
    
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Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Lemmy and Mastodon.

You can definitely find solid content outside of tech and politics on Mastodon, although the scope tends to be more limited than what Twitter used to be (no idea what state it is now).

Need to check out BookWyrm.

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- mesamunefire@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Bookwyrm is awesome :)
  
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- gon@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  
  You can definitely find solid content outside of tech and politics on Mastodon
  
  I think tags are under-utilized, to be honest. Follow #caturday and chill.
  
  Need to check out BookWyrm.
  
  I tried it out about a year ago, but I think that sort of thing just isn’t for me.
  
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realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Rebased

Mastodon

Akkoma

Soapbox

Lemmy

I also have Lotide accounts but I don’t use them very much. I also have an emergency alt on Nostr which federates via Mostr but IDK if y’all are counting that as being part of the Fediverse.

Also Kbin was superceded by Mbin

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