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.
From what I’ve seen, the general sentiment seems to be that the Fediverse is simply too complicated for it to gain traction. Since most people are just looking for an easy to use site, where you can just make an account, pick your communities and start browsing content.
In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with not seeing the appeal of the Fediverse. I just hope enough people become interested in it, that we can be self sustaining, without the need of migrating users from other platforms into here.
I was intimidated by Lemmy at first. It felt hard to understand and not easy to use. I stuck with it and kept trying to figure out how to use it and after about 15 to 30 minutes I felt pretty confident and am now happily using Jerboa and understand what instances are etc.
It does seem complicated at first and daunting but hey.
Ah, that I can agree. For one second I expected some kind of past controversy.