@verge Thankfully, there is now the billiionaire-free decentralized #threadiverse: #Lemmy, #Mbin and #Piefed
@verge Thankfully, there is now the billiionaire-free decentralized #threadiverse: #Lemmy, #Mbin and #Piefed
so as part of quitting slumming on reddit, yesterday I went thru and found some Lemmy-adjacent communities. I already had the Thunder and Voyager clients installed on my phone, so as I use those I'll figure out which I like best.
it's still pretty small, with fairly fragmented communities, in that a given topic might have 6 communities on various instances, 4 or 5 of which are completely or mostly dead. #threadiverse
#Piefed has a great new feature. When you search for a community, it doesn't just look for communities that your server knows about, but it also looks through the #Lemmy index, via LemmyVerse.net, to find Lemmy communities that you can then bring into the Piefed instance you're on.
https://piefed.social/post/531611
Want to join the #threadiverse? I use Piefed. It's new but powerful. You can find an instance to join here: https://join.piefed.social/try/
@Prozak @mdione If I put this URL in the search bar in Mastodon I see the post. You should be able to boost, favorite, etc, from there.
(exactly what #threadiverse posts behave like when federated to microblogging systems like Mastodon can turn into a deeper rabbit hole, but basic things like in the previous paragraph work as far as I know).
@shellsharks I crossposted you over to lemmy (https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/37326743) but do consider pinging an #threadiverse comm like @fediverse as your first mention and your note will also be crossposted to that comm (with the first sentence becoming the article title). Then all the interactions from that comm will also appear as your mastodon comments.
The #Fediverse and particularly the #Threadiverse (#Lemmy, #Mbin, #Piefed) is the most I've been genuinely excited about social media since Digg! The people in our own instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com are all just the right type of radical weirdos I like hanging out with.
@BeAware I haven't had (almost) any such issues with #fediseer, but my primary audience has been #lemmy and the #threadiverse instead of microblogging. There's surprisingly different norms that have been organically reached in mastodon over the past decade which are fairly alien outside it.
It honestly feels more like a small group of people trying to futilely hold back the Eternal September through scolding and pile-ons.
There are many #Friendica fans, and for good reason. Once you get past the learning curve from the difficult UI, you get to appreciate the extra benefits of built-in #Bluesky, #Lemmy/#Piefed/#MBIN, #Tumblr, and #RSS feed integration. It also has #Diasporia integration and some other protocol integrations. Of course, it's also a #Mastodon alternative.
Nobody ever mentions Friendica as being a #Threadiverse app, but it has Groups, which is built-in Threadiverse capability. If you follow a Community on Lemmy/Piefed/MBIN, for example, it gets categorized as a group and is placed into a separate section for the groups you are part of. Then you can read and post in the Group (Community/Magazine) just like you would on a Threadiverse application. You can also create public and private groups.
And there is no need to use a Bluesky bridge if the Friendica instance you are on has the integration turned on.
Here's an excellent 5-minute video showing Friendica created by @earthman
A popular open source software for forums marks their 4.0 release with ActivityPub support, bringing their message boards to the network.
https://wedistribute.org/2025/01/nodebb-officially-joins-fediverse/
For anyone new (or "old") to the Fediverse that is interested in #infosec / #cybersecurity, we have a #Lemmy community (similar to Reddit) that you can join. You can join directly on infosec.pub or even directly interact with threads and replies from Mastodon / other fedi software!
Here is an example of a weekly "mentorship" thread we do on the c/cybersecurity community: https://infosec.pub/post/22645039
Infosec.pub is run by @jerry (of infosec.exchange) and as such is very stable and well-run. It is also a pretty active and lively instance with a wide variety of communities, both "technical" and not!
I wrote some stuff up on the #threadiverse (which originally meant platforms of the Fediverse that we're Reddit-esque) here if you're interested in reading - https://shellsharks.com/threadiversal-travel
Reddit doesn't deserve you, come to the Threadiverse!
Mother fucking 2 year #lemmy cake day.
For me, lemmy was the actual start of the fediverse experience.
A reddit/forum style platform on the same protocol as Twitter style platforms that even kinda interacted with each other (first time seeing which was genuinely wonderful).
Since, I’ve always said the Fedi should do more group based things, and I stand by that. I even think Reddit/forum/group-based platforms are a better story on AP than microblogging and I’d wager they could stick around longer than the Twitter clones.
Either way, whenever I come back to the Fedi, I’m usually heading for lemmy / #threadiverse first. Reddit culture aside, I find it a much nicer way to find my people.
I hope all the best for the other platforms too… #kbin , #mbin , #piefed , #nodebb (and #friendica too)!
There are at least two maintained #fediverse software for Reddit-like, StackExchange-like, communities:
1. Lemmy
2. Mbin
Both have a lot of instances already.
fedia.io is one example powered by #Mbin.
Oh, and they're collectively called #Threadiverse.
Fedia - content aggregator and...
Mbin release v1.7.4
Mbin release v1.7.4 #mbin #version #new #fediverse #threadiverse #link-aggregator #updatesHow do you get updates if my-place.social is down?
https://my-place.social/display/e599373b-1667-83c4-fc52-8cc764646613
After seeing so much great currated content from @Flipboard on the #Fediverse, I finally downloaded their app and connected it with to #Mastodon account. Really enjoy how well #FlipBoard and Fediverse go together.
I see a real opportunity for them to enhance interactions and reach even further for publishers with a tight #Lemmy #Threadiverse integration.
The #CIM family of #Fediverse services:
Theme: single-letter domain name.
1: https://c.im — a Mastodon software instance. (#microblogging)
2: https://c.wtf — a Rebased+Soapbox (fork of Pleroma with Soapbox frontend) software instance. (microblogging)
3: https://p.lu — a PeerTube software instance. (#video hosting)
4: https://r.nf — a Lemmy software instance. (#threadiverse)
#ActivityPub #Lemmy #Mastodon #PeerTube #Pleroma #Rebased #Soapbox
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