BallyMFeb 3

Is Lemmy inherently more “social” and Mastodon more “individual” media?

https://lemmy.world/post/42592070

Is Lemmy inherently more “social” and Mastodon more “individual” media? - Lemmy.World

Setting aside Big Tech and surveillance capitalism for a minute — I wonder if fediverse microblogging apps like Mastodon aren’t fairly antisocial and inclined to individualism, while apps like Lemmy are more community and artefact/stuff-to-share centric. People are complex, societies infinitely more so, but software can nudge us this way or that way too. I’d be interested to hear what others here think.

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I think it depends on how you use them.

I spend a lot of time lurking on Lemmy. I read discussions. I don’t post or comment much. There’s no social element to that experience. (This is an indictment of me, not Lemmy.)

I just recently rejoined Mastodon, and there I find myself replying to people’s posts and having short discussions even though I don’t “know” anyone. It’s not “community” at this stage, but it could become that if I continue using the platform that way. And when I made a post introducing myself, there were several comments offering direction toward finding “my people” (a.k.a. community) on that platform. It’s just up to me to make it happen.

Feb 3 at 11:57amWeb
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Yeh, I see your point. But I think every app’s design also nudges us one way or another