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.

  • pohart@lemmyrs.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’m trying to use jerboa, but I haven’t been able to figure out how to subscribe to communities on other instances. Even if i have the url

    • kiithwarrior@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      At the moment I’m just using the search within Jerboa to do that. It’s at the bottom of the app, and I just search for Formula 1 it will bring up a list of communities with that title.

    • tweeks@feddit.nl
      1·
      1 year ago

      I believe from Instance A, you can only subscribe to a community on instance B if both A and B allow it. Otherwise you need to create a different account in instance B.

      This way an instance can have some kind of governance over its users and the content they see.

      I wonder if an SSO solution exists and is supported by many instances, so as a user you won’t notice much of the different accounts you could have.

      • FreeHugsFromSenpai@beehaw.org
        1·
        1 year ago

        not OP, but thanks very much for this very straightforward explanation, I’ve been struggling with figuring out all the pieces to the puzzle.

      • pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io
        1·
        1 year ago

        You can define whitelists and blacklists separately. By default none of these are enabled, and any instance can federate with any other instance.