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I have fully transitioned to using Lemmy and Mastodon right when third party apps weren't allowed on Spez's place anymore, so I don't know how it is over there anymore.

What do you use? Are you still switching between the two, essentially dualbooting?

What other social media do you use? How do you feel about Fediverse social media platforms in general?

(I'm sorry if I'm the 100th person to ask this on here...)

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[–] pineapple@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago

I only use lemmy. Unless youtube counts but I don't think so.

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 19 hours ago

I'd say I actively use Lemmy and Discord nowadays (as in, I'm making new posts there). Some times I leave a comment under a YouTube video, other times I lurk Reddit just to see what other people have said about XYZ topic.

I used to be a very frequent user of Reddit during much of my adolescence, but got tired of it a few months ago. I'm not exactly sure what caused it, maybe the increased toxicity, or that some subreddits got boring after they reached a certain number of subscribers. Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

[–] teagrrl@lemmy.ml 4 points 23 hours ago

I use Cara, but that's because I am an artist.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Lemmy and BlueSky (primarily Lemmy).

BlueSky’s mobile app is such a clone of twitter, transitioning is nearly seamless for the average user. I tried mastodon at first, but it felt pretty rocky and different (and I’m rather techy).

Between BlueSky and Voyager for Lemmy (I was an Apollo user on Reddit), my user experience hasn’t changed at all – except for the pleasant lack of bots and Nazis on both platforms.

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

FYI the official Mastodon mobile app is pretty limited; you can't even view the global timeline (the web clients are fine). Most Mastodon users prefer using unofficial apps such as Tusky, Fedilab, or Megalodon.

[–] emmie@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 22 hours ago

Lemmy is the only app I use because I want to. Others I gave to use for work etc.

[–] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 23 hours ago

Mastodon and lemmy, can't choose

[–] Suppoze 1 points 23 hours ago

Lemmy is my primary I lurk nowadays, I only visit reddit through google sometimes. I also use Discord with most of my friend groups, I need to use Facebook Messenger occasionally because of some friends and family. For entertainment, Youtube and Twitch only (I do have premium for yt though... I know it's not nice)

It is. Both lemmy and Mastodon.

I cannot use Reddit or Twitter anymore.

[–] crash_thepose@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Mastodon mostly.

[–] unyons@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's my only social media. I have Voyager, and it's all I need. I never used FB or Twitter, or anything other than Reddit. And I'm done with that cesspool.

[–] renegadespork@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] unyons@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I made a new account recently, I used to be on Lemmy.world, but as I start to learned more about how the fediverse works, I wanted to get away from the giant main instance, help spread the users out.

Perhaps there is a way to transfer some account history? I didn't find any, so now I'm a Fediverse baby again.

Idk this is my first account, ha.

It is, I don't go on Reddit anymore, it's insanely toxic. I've gotten all I could've gotten from there anyway. I only use Lemmy nowadays.

Lemmy has replaced reddit for me.

[–] Pechente@feddit.org 33 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Same for me. Mostly using Lemmy and Mastodon since they’re filling two different roles. I also reluctantly still use Instagram since all my friends are on it.

Some people seem to see it as a negative that Mastodon with its linear feed doesn’t get them nearly as addicted as corporate social media but for me that’s a huge plus.

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 days ago

Same! The "lack of content" is really refreshing somehow.

Not having some proprietary algorithm spoon-feed you content is very nice. It literally only shows you exactly what you tell it to.

[–] socialpankakemix@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

yeah i basically only use lemmy and watch youtube videos, or i pirate media, play games with friends, or do stupid stuff with my computer that i shouldnt be allowed to do

[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ok that is fair. I commented on someone elses comment here that they should try out PeerTube, as that is a decentralized option with all the benefits of the fediverse.

it does have the deficit of not having anybody i regularly watch on there, although i would love that to change

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago

I primarily use Lemmy. It's the only place to really find intelligent conversation. I hop over to reddit on occasion for topics that just aren't here yet. But almost every comment thread is either full of bots or those with little reading comprehension.

[–] sinewyshadow@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 day ago

Lemmy after reddit banned me. I've been getting into Bluesky, too. Sometimes Mastodon. I'm open to other suggestions, too.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

lemmy is my first and only social account (unless you consider software forums or gitlab lol)

Matrix too but not using that in a social media way, only as a direct messenger.

[–] thoralf@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Lemmy and Mastodon

I have deleted my accounts on Reddit, Twittet and Facebook.

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[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 days ago

s/main/only/

Lemmy and matrix, I still use Discord though because the communities are more active

[–] krysel@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 days ago

Lemmy is the only thing i post to occasionally. On Reddit and Instagram i just lurk

[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

I use rdx.overdevs.com to read reddit still as it has a lot more fashion, art and vegan content than here, but the only places I interact online in that way anymore are the Fediverse and Fragrantica, but the latter only really for perfume related stuff.

[–] FriedRice@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

For me its startet for some years ago with Mastodon,then I grew into the fediverse (I didn't know anything about it) and now I use loops.video (stil its made for doomscroling) mastodon, Lemmy and pixelfed. Loops I think I'm to old to use that much, (to fast for me) but else I'm really happy with the social media. I haven't been on a mainstream SOME for 3 years.

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah I'm on Lemmy and Mastodon. I also still watch YouTube. They haven't passed whatever my threshold is for suckitude, yet. I'm sure it's coming.

[–] Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

My only use for Reddit now is reading r/hfy stories, though I'm doing that through a local Redlib instance, hoping that those glitter sniffers don't lock website content behind accounts like almost every other social medium does (but we all know that if something can get worse to make more money, it WILL get worse to make more money).

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[–] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 6 points 2 days ago

Lemmy, though I admit two days ago I put on political filters. I'll open the flood gates again in a couple weeks.

That being said, before Lemmy I hadn't used main stream social outside of Reddit for years anyway.

[–] astla@midwest.social 5 points 2 days ago

Bluesky at this point. It has most of the people I used to follow on twitter already.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I went full Lemmy for a while but have to admit I'm reading reddit again, but without their dumb app. Just the web browser.

Looking through a few subreddits, see what's new for five minutes. I don't post anymore, don't have an account.

[–] menemen@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

I am so sorry, but several of my favorite journalists are still on Twitter.

Youtube

There are so many really good animators on the platform

Lemmy is too quiet and has little local activity so I still glance at FB and Reddit

[–] AwakenedAce@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I completely switched to Mastodon and here, I'd rather not use platforms that are locked down by corporations and will inevitably enshittify without leaving me a simple way to migrate

[–] eatham@aussie.zone 4 points 2 days ago

I don't really have a main social media right now, I use lemmy masto and yt tho.

[–] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

Mastodon doesn't do it for me, most of what I find interesting isn't really... there yet.
So my mains are Instagram > Discord > Lemmy > Reddit
In that order I'd say.
Instagram is just the most "personal" social network. I watch my friends' stories, share some of my own here and there.. It's close to how we used facebook back when it wasn't a cesspit of ads and "pages".
Discord is where I keep in direct contact with most of my friends, besides like messengers. Reddit is for specific problem solving and random hobby content.
Lemmy is filling the same niche but I just scroll it more than I do reddit for news, articles, hobby stuff...

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It is for me, I use an account on Lemmy.ml for general browsing (and correcting misconceptions about Marxism, if I'm being honest), and a Hexbear.net account I pretty much only browse locally if I just want to relax and not have to worry about getting into an argument.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 days ago

I use Lemmy almost exclusively. Mastodon and Twitter never appealed to me, as I simply don’t see the point. Unless you use it for receiving info from local authorities and such.

I do still use Facebook for all the local and niche communities, which you can’t find anywhere else. I wish Mobilizon was more equal to Facebook Groups and had an actual mobile app.

[–] thezeesystem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I'm pretty much using TikTok and Lemmy. Lemmy because of ability to have filters and accessibility options. TikTok for the same reason plus much more likely to get videos of creators who are not all about money grabbing and care about LGBTQIA and nerodivergent people genuinely. Haven't found any other app that does that.

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[–] Commiunism 3 points 2 days ago

Lemmy is my main but I still use Reddit sometimes for more niche subreddits.

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