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.

  • dvlsg@lemmy.world
    9·
    1 year ago

    Enjoying it, but wondering if I’m missing a way to work backwards to find communities.

    I’ll give an example - Sleep Token, a band I like, released an album not too long ago. If I Google “reddit sleep token”, I can see a few communities like /r/metalcore and /r/progmetal discussing them, so I can guess I might want to join those communities.

    If I Google for “lemmy sleep token”, I get a bunch of random websites with articles about sleep token with links and quotes about motorhead.

    Whats the strategy for working backwards like that on Lemmy? Is there one?

    • femboy_link.mp4@beehaw.org
      3·
      1 year ago

      I haven’t been able to find a Sleep Token community either, I’m not sure one actually exists. I was thinking of making one.

      You could try this page to find communities though, it indexes most of the large instances: https://browse.feddit.de/

      • dvlsg@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I wondered if that was maybe part of the problem - that my Google search strategy would technically work, it’s just that no one is posting about it on lemmy yet.