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I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, mostly on Friendica. It's okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I'm testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It's in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it's coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration spurs adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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[–] Hellebert@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I think it's important not to become overly attached to an identity on any social media platform, which is kinda the concept they're going for here. Your post history doesn't really matter in the big scheme of things for the most part and will still be there anyway unless that server shuts down (even then there's ways around that if you're really concerned).

Personally, I was already in the habit of creating a new Reddit account about once a year so that any previous baggage, things I'd revealed about myself and so forth didn't follow me for too long. Once I got over that big karma number go up dopamine hit I stopped caring at all for my previous identities. I say this as someone who has accounts on Reddit dating back to almost the very beginning.