Bicyclejohn

what social sites can you recommend?

https://lemmy.ml/post/1144002

what social sites can you recommend? - Lemmy

I’m looking to delve into the fediverse. I use Lemmy and mastodon already. I want to go deeper into the fediverse. Where do I go next?

Jun 4, 2023 at 10:20amWeb
Show threadStardenverJun 4, 2023
Pixelfed
Show threadjaxJun 4, 2023
Does it make sense to host your own Pixelfed instance (like I’m doing with Mastodon and Lemmy currently)? I occasionally do some photography and having a place to post my images to replace my current site would be nice.
Show threadStardenverJun 4, 2023
If you want to selfhost in general and/or to have control over your content, yes. If you want to explore photos and find new content you are probably better off joining one of the bigger communities.
Show threadjaxJun 4, 2023

Ah, so similar to the issues with finding content on a single user Mastodon instance :(

I think the biggest leap forward for the Fediverse would be making content more discoverable. Just not sure how that would be done.

Show threadStardenverJun 4, 2023
Actually that's not a problem on mastodon, as you can always add some relays and automatically fill up your federation timeline.
Show threadjaxJun 4, 2023
Ah, right. I’d set up some relays already, but I didn’t realize that it also shared your public posts with other instances subscribed to the relay.
Show threadDameJun 4, 2023
Pixelfed and Calckey