• Compgeek@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The specific point for me was the attacks on @christianselig@mastodon.social from that dumpster fire of a website.

    I had been looking at Mastodon since @deviantollam@defcon.social spoke so highly of it and the platform it provides for marginalised groups but personally dislike the microblogging format, and when looking for Reddit alternatives it seemed like Lemmy would be a catch all for me. Looking forward to the integration getting tighter to expand discussions across the fediverse.

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      1 year ago

      @Compgeek thank you for the reply! This is really interesting to hear what specific moments in time cause such drastic change in our ability to reach different communities.

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        1 year ago

        I think federation is the future of user-created content sharing, it just was always a bit ‘early’ for me when replacing existing social media and not having my existing networks there. I think the Reddit/Lemmy mindset being around connection over interests instead of with specific people reduces that friction and the technology is mature enough for prime time (scaling issues aside).

        It’s an exciting time for the internet!

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          1 year ago

          I am really impressed with how quickly it feels like people are getting the hang of this part of the fediverse!