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    Well they all use a different interface style. For example Lemmy is “Reddit like”. Mastodon is “Twitter like”. So just use whatever platform works best for you. You’re on Lemmy right now so I would guess you’re looking for a Reddit style. There’s also kbin to serve the same, but they’re having some problems federating right now. They may not offer the best user experience. kbin is newer and still in early development. Lemmy has a few years under its belt.

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        So is kbin part of lemmy? Or is it different like mastadon?

        Kbin is another Reddit like platform. All Fediverse platforms communicate using the ActivityPub protocol, but each platform has it’s own development team. Right now ActivityPub is not seamless between platforms, for example Lemmy is not talking to Mastodon very well right now. The goal is for seamless communications between platforms, but that’s not the case yet. It’s just growing pains that should get worked out over time.

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          May be a controversial opinion but I don’t think lemmy instances should talk to mastodon, I feel like twitter and reddit are two entirely separate platforms for entirely separate purposes and if you mix them together you kinda destroy that individualisation

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            We were about to read Kbin posts from Lemmy.ml just a week ago but I think the server updates might have caused federation issues cause I no longer see them on my feed.

            But yes, you should be able to subscribe to Kbin “magazines” (their version of communities/subreddits) and see their posts from Lemmy and theoretically vice versa.

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            People at Kbin can also see our upvotes and downvotes (perfect for toxic stalkers…).

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        Similar UX but different project, just like how you can get stuff from Lemmy in your Mastodon feed.

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          So can we get stuff from mastodon in our feed? Also, I see Wordpress in there too, which isn’t a social network.

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              Normal mastodon posts you can’t, but if they post a specific way then it’ll show up. Theres one in my comment history.

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        Different, just providing a more or less a similar experience making it more compatible to lemmy by nature, technical difficulties still exist tho, like it was said before, obviously, but that’s normal, things are still in development

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      Kbin also has a user karma system, which I want nothing to do with. I feel it’s a system that was abused on reddit and didn’t make anything better.

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    Reminds me of all the linux distros.

    I imagine the surge in the fediverse has the linux community frothing at the mouth. Moving away from privatized software to open source, a step closer to ushering in the mythical year of the linux desktop.

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      Linux has actually become measurably more popular over the past few years, recently cracking the 3% mark (actually 7% including Chrome OS). I know, doesn’t sound like much, but keep in mind even sub-1% browser projects like Brave or Vivaldi are not only alive, but also rather well known and doing great… And Mozilla is co-defining internet standards with Firefox at 9%.

      I think we can thank not only Chrome OS (which actually is a Linux desktop distro, no matter how you look at it), the Steam Deck, and finally Microsoft and Win11 for that trend lol

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      FOSS becoming mainstream would be so good for humanity’s future…I think we’re a long way off from that being more than a dream though.

      I’ll just keep doing my part by trying to convince my friends to go Linux though lol.

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      Maybe, but the scale is different. We’re talking about a client-server application versus a whole operating system. The Fediverse has created new open source communities, but I think it’s had minimal impact on existing ones. In other words wide scale adoption of the Fediverse may not significantly increase the popularity of Linux over any other OS. Though many instance admins are using a VPS so it could be a boon for server farms running on open source software.

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        If the whole fediverse thing gets to the mainstream, more people can start looking at ways to be less corporate-dependent in their digital lives, and maaaybe start considering Linux as their main OS.

        I know it’s a bit of a stretch, but hey! people can dream I guess.

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    I wish nomadic identities were more of a thing, then I might actually use other ActivityPub services.

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      admins could roll deployments that are tightly integrated if they wanted now, just takes time to setup. I think most servers are dealing with the basics right now.

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      Negative, to force that would oppose the goals of open source. Now if someone wanted to develop a one size fits all Fediverse platform there’s nothing stopping them.

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      No but they could all run on a single domain. For example I’m on lemmy.blahaj.zone but blahaj.zone is primarily a calckey (like Mastodon but less minimalist than Mastodon) instance.

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    Didn’t know nextcloud used activitypub, how does it federate? Had assumed it was just a self hosted alternative to Dropbox/OneDrive/whatever

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    The issue is the compatibility. You can follow Lemmy from Mastondon, but not vis-versa.

    Lemmy is pretty dismissive of the rest of the fediverse.

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      I don’t really agree, Lemmy made sure that posts+comments show up in Mastodon and that Mastodon users can post+comment to Lemmy.

      More compatibility would be great though.