Asklemmy

Yes, it is my first time, and don't know what i'm doing

Yes this is my first time and my first comment too :) Glad to be here

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?

I first used Mastodon but I was never one to really "get" or use Twitter either so I haven't actually used it much. This suits my needs far better.

Just joined my first instance was kinda difficult but finally got my acceptance email excited for this platform and fuck you reddit

Back when the switch from Twitter to Mastodon was recommended I tried it but didn't really understand how it worked, didn't know how to get to the content I wanted and gave up. This is the first time after that

Yes and embarrassed to admit I didn't even know what a Fediverse was until yesterday.

First time doing anything fediverse related. It took a while to wrap my head around it, but all the reddit drama is helping since people are trying to encourage others to move over and are offering guides/explanations.

This is my second comment. Refugee from Reddit

Yes. Actually made this account today, and here are my first impressions: The learning curve is existent, and likely the largest problem with mass adoption. The way communities work is cool, but not easily explained to end users. But now that i see how it works, i like it better. Now we just need the content and community to thrive.

Nope. I joined a couple big Mastodon instances, then started running a solo on DigitalOcean. It's a hobby. I'll probably give up the self-hosted and continue on a regular Calckey account.

Also played with Pixelfed, and before that all the way back to Matrix/Rocket... and pre-AP good ole diaspora*. Basically, anything but corporate social media. I just don't like it enough to deal with the bullshit.

I liked Reddit though, but haven't been on there for more than a year, now.

Lemmy seems pretty cool though. I'm interested in playing with the tech. Seems like a good way to take my Rust skills to the next level.

Honestly, I had never even heard of the Fediverse before, and I'm extremely active on the internet and opensource projects. It feels insane to me that I had no idea what it was, but now that I understand it - I'm here for good.

Yea I hadnt even heard of the Fediverse before Lemmy. I had kind of heard of mastodon but didn't really know what it was.

I really don’t get it at all and am unsure how to do that with a mastodon account but I’m here

How do I comment on posts with my mastodon account?

Yes, this is my first dip in.

Thus far it seems promising and near, but with a huge downfall of slow adoption/scale to where many instances are hosted in either un-scalable or unstable environments so some instances go down easily.

Apart from that, though, it's very reminiscent of Web1.0 and early Web2.0 and I like that a lot.

IMO email counts as part of the fediverse.

I first used Mastodon but I was never one to really "get" or use Twitter either so I haven't actually used it much. This suits my needs far better.

I tried friendica years ago as an alternative to Facebook, back when Facebook was still for connecting with friends and family. But since none of my friends were interested in it, I quickly lost interest myself.

I checked out Mastodon when Musk bought Twitter, even though I never actively used Twitter. I don't use it as social media, I use it for news aggregation.

Lemmy is now the first Fediverse software I actively use and I really like it so far.

Yes it's my first time. I'm a little worried about long term stability of communities and accounts if individuals get tired of hosting servers, but seems like everyone is really nice and invested so far.

Yes definitely. I would have neverbhesrd about it if it wasn't for the bkackout.

Is Matrix considered part of the Fediverse? If so, Matrix would have been my introduction to the Fediverse.

Taking some getting used to but it reminds me of very old school Reddit in a lot of ways. Feels good so far.

This is my first time and frankly I'm a bit confused by everything but I'm willing to give it a try and learn o/

I’d messed around with Mastodon, but Twitter was never my thing so it didn’t really stick. Lemmy is the first Fediverse thing that will likely see a lot of use from me.

I've been on Matrix and Mastodon for a number of years, but I'm new to Lemmy. Matrix is already better than competitors like Discord, in my opinion. It has a healthy pool of users including several major tech organizations.

I've never been too active on Mastodon for the same reason I never got into Twitter. I just don't enjoy "microblogging," and prefer mediums that are more oriented towards actual conversation. Lemmy does an excellent job in that respect.

Yes

Yea first time. Never heard of it. I like it so far. There little stuff that needs to be ironed out, but it's better than serviceable so far and I'm quite enjoying it. Figuring it out.

First time for me. I had heard about Mastodon when Elon first bought Twitter, but I never liked Twitter so I didn't look into it. I think it's okay so far. Kind of reminds me of old internet, which I miss.