What is Lemmy to Mastodon?
Lemmy appears to be very similiar to Mastodon, with decentralised servers to prevent musky spezulence. Just a bit confused as i’ve tried Mastodon using the Tusky app and it felt like twitter but decentralised, whilst Lemmy feels like reddit but decentralised but language such as fediverse is shared.
The Fediverse are a number of services that use shared protocols to talk to each other. Each of these services can fulfill different roles and there are plenty of alternatives to existing sites.
So the threadiverse (Lemmy/kbin) are link aggregating forums like Reddit. Micro-blogging platforms (Mastodon/Calckey) tend to occupy a similar space to Twitter/Threads.
There are directories of Fediverse projects: * Fediverse.party [https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous/] * Awesome ActivityPub [https://github.com/BasixKOR/awesome-activitypub] * Delightful Fediverse Apps [https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-apps] However, they tend to be a little messy and not easily skimmable. I also wanted to focus on Fediverse alternatives to existing services, although I do like the idea of going on beyond what is offered by current social media. So, inspired by this discussion [https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/110789/] (and others [https://lemmy.world/post/780457]), I thought a curated list of the main alternatives (with beginner-friendly sites) might be handy (especially with a potential influx of new users): Reddit/threadiverse: * Lemmy [https://join-lemmy.org] * kbin [https://kbin.pub] Twitter: * Mastodon [https://joinmastodon.org] * Misskey [https://misskey-hub.net] * Pleroma [https://pleroma.social] * Calckey [https://calckey.org] Social networks (Facebook, Google+): * Friendica [https://friendi.ca] - works as a hub and publishing platform connected to the Fediverse and beyond (Twitter, Tumblr, etc) * diaspora* [https://diasporafoundation.org] - Friendica is technically part of diaspora* * Socialhome [https://socialhome.network] Instagram: * PixelFed [https://pixelfed.org] YouTube: * PeerTube [https://joinpeertube.org] WhatsApp: * Matrix [https://matrix.org] - not as interconnected as the core ActivityPub services but it integrates well with Lemmy to provide secure DMs (just add your Matrix ID into your Lemmy profile) Media hosting (Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, DeviantArt): * MediaGoblin [https://mediagoblin.org] - are there public instances you can join? Blogs: * Write.as [https://write.as]/Write Freely * Plume [https://joinplu.me] Activity planning (Facebook events): * Mobilizon [https://joinmobilizon.org] * Bonfire [https://bonfirenetworks.org] Goodreads: * BookWyrm [https://joinbookwyrm.com] Dropbox/Drive/Collaboration * Nextcloud [https://nextcloud.com] * Owncloud [https://owncloud.com] - Nextcloud is a fork LinkedIn: * Polywork [https://www.polywork.com] Linktree: * Linkstack [https://linkstack.org] Music: * Funkwhale [https://funkwhale.audio] Podcasts: * Castopod [https://castopod.org] Delicious: * Postmarks [https://github.com/ckolderup/postmarks] Dating apps: * Alovoa [https://alovoa.com] - not yet part of the Fediverse but it’s planned Pinterest: * Pinetta [https://fedi.software/@pinetta] - still early days there but as people have asked before Search engine (although not federated themselves they search big chunks of the Fediverse): * Lemmyverse [https://lemmyverse.net] * Fedi-search [https://fedi-search.com] - Lemmy, kbin, Mastodon and PeerTube * Lemmy Search [https://www.search-lemmy.com] And if you need some more background then try the Fediverse New User Orientation [https://lemmy.intai.tech/post/30829]. [https://feddit.uk/pictrs/image/62d971a3-578a-4730-9bf2-d8e65d90b179.png] Illustrations from Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse]
A lot of us have separate accounts for different uses. Mastodon is a microblogging platform where one follows users and hashtags. Lemmy is an aggregator and discussion platform where one subscribes to communities (and possibly follows users).
As I understand it, to see posts across services, you just look up and follow accounts and communities using their <@[email protected]> identity. Someone who’s more familiar with the process can probably give a better explanation or point you towards a tutorial.
Lemmy is communities. Like Reddit. You can curate a list of communities you subscribe to.
Mastodon is microblogging. Like Twitter. You can curate a list of bloggers you subscribe to.
Because they are decentralized, you can include off-server sources in your subscription list, for both your mastodon account and your lemmy account. Because mastodon and lemmy use same activitypub protocol, you can include lemmy communities in your curate mastodon list of subscribed sources. Or a mastodon microblogger in your curated lemmy feed. Also you can reply using your existing account to a post in that feed, including from the other service.
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