I’m curious if any of you still use anything other than fediverse. Since discovering it last year I’ve deleted all my non fedi social media, and it feels great!
Nope.
Tried the big two didn’t get anything out of it.
Dropped Reddit during the big storm.
I’m fine with things as they are now.
The lower amount of content on Lemmy is balanced by the increased quality and the fact I can’t spend all day on here
The lower amount of content on Lemmy is balanced by the increased quality and the fact I can’t spend all day on here
This is easily one of the greatest aspects of the fediverse for me so far; Reddit seemed great at first, when all of its content and communities were new to me, and as it gradually got more familiar and filtered and fine-tuned through my own activity, I noticed that I’d been just scrolling the thing mindlessly, aimlessly, hoping to experience something good, have a nice laugh, a nice read, just anything - ultimately wasting dozens of minutes, sometimes hours, with nothing but a sad sigh as a result.
Browsing Lemmy is a genuinely fun activity for a relatively short amount of time a couple of times a day max, always having a good time thanks to its quality and always having nice conversations because it’s the culture so far, and never scrolling through endless equally poorly-thought-out posts or comments because even if there are any, they’re few and far between.
I think I say the same things whenever I get to praise the fediverse in general and Lemmy in particular, but I just can’t help myself.
Same here. Had it all back in the day but gradually ended up winding everything else but Lemmy down. These days I stick to RSS and Lemmy. Good balance of quality content and entertainment.
Share your RSS feeds with us.
I used reddit and discord. Now I use lemmy and discord and occasionally mastodon but I dislike the format.
I didn’t like twitter before so I didn’t really get into mastodon
Nope. I will never use centralised social media again. Too many years exposed to social media that just doesn’t give a shit about the welfare of its users
This
Discord and Tumblr.
Reddit, Twitter, BlueSky. Does Discord count as social media?
There’s something insular and self-righteous about the fediverse so I’ll never only use it. But lemmy is pretty great.
YouTube+discord
Since Musk bought Twitter I’ve been more active on Tumblr and as long as you don’t go anywhere that takes itself too seriously, it’s actually refreshing and lovely.
Similarly, when I signed up for Bluesky I decided I’d only follow people I know IRL and artists, and to not be afraid to use the mute or block, and it’s been great. Just a steady stream of art and people discussing art.
I’ve also got Mastodon, Pillowfort, and Cohost accounts I never really use.
All of them. If a social media site exists, I’m on it. I have the world record for the most sites having signed up for.
I have a bluesky account because several twitter friends went over there. I barely use it because my mastodon feed is a lot more interesting.
Discord until I find a reasonable alternative
YouTube, Reddit, Twitter and Pixelfed
Not really. I have an Instagram account I haven’t truly used in years but that’s about it
Youtube and check IG like once a week
Yes, one beside Lemmy out of necessity. There is this app called LINE that started as a humble instant messaging service to serve as a communication aid during the Tohoku Earthquake in Japan. Now it tries to be everything: payment, shopping, interest groups, food ordering, ride calling, music, news, loaning money, etc.
I only use the LINE core function to get by every day, because everyone around me is using it, casually and professionally. My country is using it for everything, even in governmental affairs. It’s however only very popular in Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, and Thailand, where I reside. There are theories regarding why it is so popular in those countries, but one I believe is its “cuteness” functionality, where you can send “stickers” to each other, something like an elaborated emoji.
I, too, use LINE regularly because I used to live in Japan and have many friends there I’m in regular contact with. I agree with you that the cuteness is a significant factor for its popularity.
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