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Is Lemmy your first time on the Fediverse? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by koncertejo@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This question is especially for people who have joined in the last week. Have you used other fediverse platforms or is this your first time really using one? What do you think of it so far? Are you aware that you can comment on Lemmy posts with a Mastodon account?

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[–] TechnicolorRex@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is my first dip into the fediverse.

I have no interest in a personal page like twitter or facebook / meta, so no plans for mastadon as well.

That said, can someone ELI5 the difference between Lemmy and Kbin?

Is there a reference for all the fediverse places outside of those mentioned above?

[–] aram855 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The difference is only on who runs the instance, and what particular rules said instance has, like restricting submissions, or disabling downvotes or nsfw communities. That's it. That's why you can make an account on lemmy but still post and comment and suscribe in kbin communities.

https://join-lemmy.org/instances this is a list of most but not all instances out there.

[–] TechnicolorRex@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for the response.

To make sure I understand correctly, kbin and lemmy are essentially different sites running different instances of effectively the same thing on the fediverse?

I appreciate the link as well.

Just trying to understand this federation interwebs a bit more.

[–] aram855 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much, yeah. See them as different entryways into the same social space.

[–] TechnicolorRex@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Awesome. Thanks for confirming!