So I’ve been starting to look further into the Fediverse and using it a lot more than any other part of the internet at this point. I wanna know the reasons why people might prefer Lemmy or Mastodon, I have both but seem to lean towards Lemmy for some reason, but not sure why maybe it’s the simple design and you can find topics a little easier or it might be because I prefer the idea of Reddit over twitter.

Why do you prefer Lemmy? (or mastodon?)

  • alokir@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 years ago

    I dislike Mastodon for the same reason I dislike Twitter. It seems to me like it’s more centered around individual people and what they share rather than building multiple communities around multiple things that interests me.

    Sure, I can craft my own community, but then I have a feed where I only encounter posts from the same people, and chances are, opinions that I already agree with. It’s not as easy to switch from a tv show to programming, for example. Yes, hashtags exist but they don’t even come close to communities on Lemmy.

    The worst part are the types of posts that only reiterate how stupid “the other side” is without seriously trying to understand their arguments. This is not only true about politics but many other topics as well.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      5·
      2 years ago

      I pretty much agree, I find being able to flip between communities more useful than just having a feed of the same like-minded people, you explained it really well thanks.

  • GeekFTW@kbin.social
    9·
    2 years ago

    Do you prefer the style of Twitter, or Reddit? Tweets or threads? That’s the big difference.

    As a side option: Kbin. It’s a Reddit alternative like Lemmy (and pretty much works the same way for the purposes of this), but it also has better federation with mastodon, and every community has both a ‘reddit-like’ half and a ‘twitter-like’ half so you kinda get the best of both worlds.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Oh I didn’t release there was that much difference between Kbin and Lemmy, I knew they were similar but I didn’t release they sort of work together a bit more.

      I like the UI of Threads sure but never been a huge user of Twitter or Reddit. haven’t really been a user of Social Media but I do find Lemmy a lot more freeing in the chatting sort of way.

      • GeekFTW@kbin.social
        3·
        2 years ago

        Oh I didn’t release there was that much difference between Kbin and Lemmy, I knew they were similar but I didn’t release they sort of work together a bit more.

        More than that too. Different coding, better (subjectively) UI, you can block users, communities, domains, and (coming ‘soon’) instances, the stuff I mentioned, plus we can see upvotes/downvotes and who did them on threads and comments like admins on lemmy can. Not sure if lemmy has userstyles yet via tampermonkey and the like, but we got tons too to customize the UI and add extra features, there’s even a Kbin Enhancement Suite now lol.

        Only drawback is the dev(s) don’t have an API yet, so no apps at this time. Several apps are ready to add kbin once the API is up tho, and the mobile kbin is real damn good so it’s hard to complain on that 1 point. I made a Beehaw and Kbin account at the same time, haven’t touched Beehaw in weeks lol.

  • DonnieNarco@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    2 years ago

    I prefer Lemmy because it’s more like the *R site…whereas Mastadon is the little Blue Bird site. I like having a discourse with others in a single page thread.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I can see why using both Mastodon and Lemmy could be quite nice to be used for different types of content you want to find.

  • uhauljoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Lemmy feels like Reddit to me and Mastodon feels more like twitter

    so to me they’re both decentralized versions of popular social media

    i just think of them as my new reddit and twitter since those companies are sitting at their desks jerking it all day

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Well, you asked about our preference. As already said, the use case is totally different, so it can be a bit difficult to really compare.

    However, I prefer long form discussions most of the time, which gives me a lemmy preference overall.

    That being said, mastodon is very well developed and supported overall. Switching between the two on my author account is kinda like going from a nice, new sedan (mastodon) to a five year old economy car. Things are smoother on mastodon overall, there’s less bugs, etc that show up to an end user.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Thank you, this explained it very well. I’ll probably carry on using Lemmy even more than I currently do as I seem to enjoy it more as well as it seems to run very smooth like you said.

  • EighthLayer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I like both so I use both. I find myself much less “active” on Lemmy though.

    I find the community aspect of Mastodon to be much better as you get to know people. Less likely to get that on Lemmy in my opinion as it’s content/topic oriented.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      What about Kbin have you tired that as it’s meant to be like a Lemmy + Mastodon mix. Not sure if it is but I’m trying it out now to see if it’s truly worth it. I currently perfer Lemmy.

      • EighthLayer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I have tried Kbin (before I’d even heard of Lemmy), but because I used Mastodon first, I’m unlikely to use another platform in that kind of way tbh. Maybe I should give it another look.

  • small44@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 years ago

    I prefer Lemmy because things are separated by topic thanks to communities. I also hate character limits, it so dumb

  • Roundcat@kbin.social
    3·
    2 years ago

    I like them for different reasons. Mastodon is somewhere I check on my phone for updates on things I care about, random posts, memes, or interesting topics that make it into my feed.

    Lemmy on the other hand is somewhere I actually hang out. Sure, there are the memes, but there’s more room for in depth discussion here, and I can spend hours here while I usually browse mastodon in minutes. In a way they are both how Twitter and Reddit used to be before they got massively popular and I find it refreshing.

    In the end, I went with kbin because it combines features and integration of the two platforms while having stuff unique to it. I definitely recommend it if you like both platforms.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Thanks yeah been looking into Kbin, seems very confusing but I’ll give it a chance when I’m board of Lemmy or Mastodon and want to see what I can find on the platform.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I found that too, Seems like Mastodon feels like a continues moving river as Lemmy seems to be more calm and you can actually move around.

  • gzrrt@kbin.social
    3·
    2 years ago

    I never really ‘got’ Twitter-style microblogging, and still don’t really get Mastodon for the same reason. But I could some use for it if I represented some kind of group or organization that needed to publish regular updates.

  • ruckblack@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I find good content much easier here on Lemmy. I actually find it pretty frustrating to try to find engaging content on Mastodon. I appreciate the “algorithm-less” design of Mastodon, but I think users need a choice. The algorithm on Twitter was what kept me coming back until it really went to shit.

    • Samantha E Xavia@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I agree, it seems like there is so much content being released on Mastodon every second as Lemmy seems to be slow but you can get a quick response when you wish too.