Grumpy404

Must know/use sites for newcomers to the fediverse?

Im right now using lemmy/piefed but what other neat projects should i look into as a newcomer to this world?

Im not looking for anything in particular, i just want to expand what i use and see more projects.

Feb 22 at 5:37pmWeb
Show threadbirdwingFeb 22
You mean other federated sites? Mastodon, Friendica, PeerTube, to name a few.
Show threadisidro_carleFeb 22
fedi.tips
Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

Show threadsquirrelFeb 22

FediDB lists 67 software projects in the Fediverse. Just scroll through it and try whatever suits you.

My personal favorites:

  • PieFed (Threadiverse)
  • PeerTube (Videos)
  • Mastodon (Microblogging)
  • Bookwyrm (Books)

And lately I scrolled a bit through Wafrn, it’s a whole different vibe over there. I don’t understand much, but that’s what I love about it.

Show threadred_bull_of_juarezFeb 22

Can you explain PeerTube? From what I gather, people set up their own instances for their stuff and no instance allows sign ups. So I need to create my own instance in order to even get a feed and notified of new posts?

Bookwyrm is nice, but it only knows about 20% of my Goodreads book shelf.

Show threadsquirrelFeb 22

There are a lot of instances that allow signups. Go to fediverse observer, filter by registration and country, order by active users and you’ll get a decent list.

Or check one of these instances and request an account, just to name a few.

Fediverse Observer checks all sites in the fediverse and gives you an easy way to find a home from a map or list or automatically.

Peertube Sites Status. Find a Peertube server to sign up for, find one close to you!

Show threadRimuFeb 22
PieFed can subscribe to peertube channels as if they were communities. https://piefed.social/f/peertube shows some of them.
peertube

Federated, open‑source, ad‑free, and fully under your control. Build or join a community that reflects your values with no corporate overlords. This instance is run by the founder of PieFed. [Mobile apps for PieFed](https://piefed.social/post/1258559)

Show threadMeldrikFeb 22
Check out the pinned posts at [email protected] for an instance to register on and channels to follow.
PeerTube - Lemmy.wtf

[https://lemmy.wtf/pictrs/image/95935a65-bee4-4af1-a483-1547351e046f.png] PeerTube is a tool for sharing online videos developed by Framasoft [https://framasoft.org/], a french non-profit. # Rules - Only posts about PeerTube. - Be nice. For videos from PeerTube, check out [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.world/c/peertube] # Resources - Official website [https://joinpeertube.org/] - Documentation [https://docs.joinpeertube.org/] - Forum [https://framacolibri.org/c/peertube/38] - FAQ [https://joinpeertube.org/faq] - Sepia Search [https://sepiasearch.org/] (Search engine) —

Show threadklangcolaFeb 22
You can subscribe to a peertube channel with a Mastodon account if you want
Show threadstraddleFeb 23
And Lemmy has about 1% of Reddits users but here we are.
Show threaddiscoplasmFeb 22
i like NeoDB, it’s handy for me to log movies/books/shows/music in one place
🧩 NeoDB

Mark the things you love.

Show threadHiplobbeFeb 22
Cool, I didn’t know about this. Thank you! :D
Show threadProdigalFrogFeb 23
Lemmyverse.net is a very useful site to find communities that may not have federated to your instance yet (at least 1 user on your instance must be subscribed to it for it to begin federating). Especially useful for smaller instances.
Lemmy Explorer

Instance and Community Explorer for Lemmy