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Hawkwinter :firefish:Jul 21, 2023

So, I never got into Reddit, but occasionally end up there while looking something up. I hear it's now a cesspool with stuff like this.

How are the fedi-alternatives? Should I try out kbin or lemmy? I heard people don't like the guy who makes lemmy. Is kbin the way to go?

For the people who use either of them, what do you like about them? What's a good instance?

Thanks. #Reddit #Alternatives #Fedi #Fediverse #Lemmy #Kbin

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Eeyore_Syndrome Jul 21, 2023

@Hawkwinter

Like choosing a Mastodon instance.....

Choose a Lemmy instance that you agree with their policies/rules etc.

You could even self host your own instance if you so chose to.

There's so many apps and even front ends like Voyager to consume it.

Unlike Reddit being stuck to their single app now.

https://hachyderm.io/@Eeyore_Syndrome/110713718566915081

And on Android side you're not stuck to PlayStore.

Can snag .APKs from GitHub/F-Droid Jeroba and Thunder have bleeding edge releases on GitHub for example.

Eeyore_Syndrome (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images "Gotta sign up for them all." But please don't, you only need to sign in/up on one. I love this meme though. #lemmy #lemmyverse #lemmyapp https://join-lemmy.org/instances https://sh.itjust.works ^What I am on https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa ^Jerboa for Android. https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder ^Thunder for basically everything. https://vger.app/ ^Voyager as Web App. https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/tree/main ^Self-hostable! https://browse.feddit.de/ ^Search 4 Lemmy communities. https://search-lemmy.com/ ^Search Lemmy easily.

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Eeyore_Syndrome

@Hawkwinter

I never used Digg myself.

But I felt Reddit was like an interactive newspaper meets threaded replies, more lasting than a chat message or a discord message.

But felt more real-time then forums.

I left for Lemmy as soon as the API changes were announced.

Not gonna use their App it's 🗑️.

Got my Data request and deleted my account, 12 years. Never looked back.

Losing control of things in life makes me sad.

So I do what I can to maintain control of it, at least online.