cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/57576884

There’s so many ways to interact with the Fediverse. The most popular, by far, seems to be Mastodon, but Lemmy, Misskey, and Pixelfed are also relatively popular. Kbin used to be popular, but it has apparently been abandoned, and is mostly dead at this point.

I recently learned that Mbin is a thing, checked it out, and it looked really cool! Has anyone used it? How different is it from Lemmy? I hear they have better integration with Mastodon.

What Fediverse services do you actually, regularly use?

For me, it’s mostly Lemmy, though I do hop on Mastodon every now and then.

  • Scott M. Stolz@loves.tech
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    1 day ago

    A marketplace of apps is actually a good thing. Not everyone wants something based on Twitter (i.e. Mastodon, and similar). Not everyone wants Reddit (Lemmy, Mbin, etc.). Not everyone wants a traditional forum (NodeBB). Not everyone wants a blog (WordPress, Hubzilla, etc.). Not everyone wants Facebook (Friendica, Hubzilla, etc.).

    One of the goals is to build increased compatibility between apps so that you can choose which experience you want, yet can still talk to anyone else on the fediverse. Some big players will certainly emerge, but I think that there will always be hundreds of compatible apps.

      • Scott M. Stolz@loves.tech
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        1 day ago

        We never know what the future holds. But one of our goals is to decentralize social media. If we wind up with only a few major players, we have failed in that goal.

        • gon [he]@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          23 hours ago

          Well… Is that true, I wonder. Is that what decentralization means?

          Software wise, these are open-source projects with strong community contribution. Just a few major players doesn’t imply just a few major servers, so no one company or project can ever truly dominate.

          Additionally, just the threat of forking could be enough of a deterrent for more authoritarian services not to implement anti-user features. Say Lemmy sells out or something; Lemmy.ml might turn bad, but that means nothing to .world or .ee or any other server. They can just… Not update. Not implement the bad features. Lemmy can just be forked. That’s not like Twitter or Facebook.

          Right?

          I’m not a tech wizz or anything, but that’s my understanding of the spiel of the thing of the stuff.