Want to move on from Mastodon, but so confused on what platform to choose

Recently I've dove a little deeper into the Fediverse. I began with Mastodon like many others and I'm ready to move on. Mastodon as a software in comparison to similar services in the Fediverse like Calckey/Firefish, Friendica, Misskey, etc. just isn't as good and the only thing it has going for it is an established user base...

J12t, to fediverse
@J12t@social.coop avatar

What's a app that is as unlike Mastodon as possible?

Something that uses but is as far away from as one could think of?

sascha, to fediverse German

Fediverse | Wann ist ein Beitrag zu lang?

Wegen Beiträgen wie diesen wurde ich von mehreren Menschen die Mastodon benutzen und davon das sie in ihren Stream recht lange scrollen mussten um durch den Beitrag durchzukommen gefragt ob ich Mastodon Content Warnings nutzen kann. Ja kann ich, aber das sieht dann für andere Friendica User aus. Den selbst wenn ich in die Content Warnung die Überschrift des Beitrags hinein schreibe ist das doch recht unauffällig und nichtssagend.

Deshalb stellt sich für mich die Frage was zu lang ist. Und ob es evtl. eine Möglichkeit gibt mit so etwas wie einen Anriss im Blog zu arbeiten. Den das dürfe sowohl für User von Macroblogging Plattformen als auch für User von Microblogging Plattformen die beste Lösung sein.

-Warning -11-12 @helpers

smallcircles, to fediverse
@smallcircles@social.coop avatar

Witnessing another occurrrence of the anti-pattern this morning inspired me to write some thoughts about this social behavior that is so common on our that is based on mechanics.

On the forum I created a category for (or ) patterns, and the "Reply Guy" is the first entry in what might be turned into a pattern library collection.

https://discuss.coding.social/t/sx-considering-the-reply-guy-anti-pattern/530

corentinbechade, to bluesky French

J'ai toujours du mal a comprendre la fascination pour Bluesky par rapport à Mastodon. Techniquement c'est quand même moins riche que le fediverse, philosophiquement c'est super élitiste de ne passer que par la cooptation et politiquement c'est douteux d'encore faire confiance à un gourou de la Silicon Valley.

alexstandiford, to blogging
@alexstandiford@fosstodon.org avatar

This presentation covers how I transformed my website from being a static digital portfolio into a dynamic hub, ingrained with my social presence, containing the most authentic version of me online.

https://www.alexstandiford.com/articles/speaking/presentations/reclaiming-authenticity-building-your-personal-hub-in-a-post-twitter-era/

I wonder what microblogging will look like in Artemis.

Microblogs are an interesting thing. I was never able to get into Twitter or Mastodon because it feels so disorganized and chaotic to me. That said, I think microblog compatibility is low key one of Kbin’s best features with a lot of potential. The problem is that right now it seems like kbin doesn’t really know what to do...

gnulinux, to fediverse German
@gnulinux@social.anoxinon.de avatar

Fediverse-Serie - Foundkey: nicht nur Microblogging

Foundkey ist eine Microblogging-Software, die aber nicht nur Microblogging kann.

https://gnulinux.ch/fediverse-serie-foundkey-nicht-nur-microblogging

kev, to blogging
@kev@fosstodon.org avatar

I was recently talking to Jatan Mehta about vs traditional , and what should go where. I thought it was an interesting conversation, so decided to share my opinions.

https://kevquirk.com/having-a-microblog-on-a-traditional-blog

rwp0, to random

With Twitter and Mastodon, I feel like what accounts I follow never seem to be in Home (timeline) while what I don't want to see is deemed interesting for me.

gnulinux, to fediverse German
@gnulinux@social.anoxinon.de avatar

Fediverse-Serie: Calckey/Firefish - Kommunikation im Fediverse auf einem neuen Level

Calckey/Firefish gehört im Fediverse zu den Microblogging Diensten aber ist auf Grund seiner Herkunft und Fähigkeiten schon weit mehr als das allseits bekannte Mastodon.

https://gnulinux.ch/fediverse-serie-calckey-firefish-kommunikation-im-fediverse-auf-einem-neuen-level%C2%A0

vmstan, to random

I came across a Mastodin instance where the maximum post size is … 100,000 characters.

Ngapa Reaction GIF by MOODMAN

pseudo, to lemmy French

Laissez-moi vous chanter une de 1/5

Un samedi soir je dis à ma mère

@testfediverse

edendestroyer, to fediverse

is there a list of servers that have explicitly stated that they will pre-emptively meta's instance?

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rolle, to fediverse
@rolle@mementomori.social avatar

I feel for @nova who is exiting and fast paced microblogging type of social media in general (based on the statement on Twitch). I myself not long ago thought about leaving social media behind all together.

The "social" media today is garbage and often only leeches energy out of you, bit by bit. I wanted to rid myself from that. I wanted to come back alive. After leaving Facebook and Twitter behind got more energy. But no matter how safe, free and open the platform is, it can become a mental burden and insidious time cruncher. We must remember that also good things can be tiring.

reticuleena, to twitter German
@reticuleena@digitalcourage.social avatar

Wir schreiben das Jahr 2011. Der Elektrische Reporter erklärt am Beispiel von und lässt sogar die Kritik an geschlossenen Plattformen nicht aus. ( gabs ja noch nicht.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wz_umllvhA

Ein echtes Zeitzeugnis. Spannend, was seither daraus geworden ist. Wie die Kritik an der Belanglosigkeit seiner Inhalte wich und Twitter zu einem bedeutsamen politischen Sprachrohr wurde. Wie sich Hass und Hetze breit machten und wie es nun den Bach runter geht. Wie es mal von offenen APIs profitierte und nun keine externen Apps mehr zulässt.

rexi, to kbin
@rexi@mastodon.social avatar

https://kbin.pub

is a decentralized content aggregator and platform running on the network. It can communicate with many other services, including , , , . The initiative aims to promote a free and open internet.

https://www.reddit.com/r/kbin/

Kbin is a Fediverse alternative to .

daredevil, (edited ) to LearnJapanese
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Gonna give in m/LearnJapanese a shot. I would also like to preface this by saying it's possible some information may be incorrect or missing context. I'm human, after all. That said, I'm open to learning, refining, and adding onto this over time.

Now for the topic I'd like to discuss, one thing I find fascinating about is their use of . Once a subject is established, Japanese sentences commonly stop referring to the subject in subsequent sentences and utterances. For example,

  • 猫は食べています。後で、(猫は)寝ます。

"As for the cat... (It) is eating. Later, (it) will sleep."

Both sentences technically omit the the subject that is doing the verb, and instead use the zero pronoun to refer to the cat.

Credits to @darq

Whereas in for example, if we were to the Japanese sentence as literally as we could, we would get:

Cat eating. Later, sleep.

Breaking this down, the sentence "Cat eating" is . Eating is a , which expresses a state or condition. In English, stative verbs require for a sentence construction to be grammatically correct. We also drop "is" in the literal translation is due to the differences in what a particle is as opposed to the notion of "is", which is both an auxiliary verb and an . English also requires a subject, and due to this, "Later, sleep" would be considered grammatically incorrect.

Anyways, I think subject-omission is a pretty interesting aspect of and as it streamlines what is said and written, and allows for more concise and efficient transmission of and . Thanks for reading.

Following Tags on microblog?

Hey all - just started using kbin today as I'm not 100% happy with Lemmy and really enjoying it so far. I also use Mastadon a fair bit, and it'd be awesome to just use kbin for all my social media needs going forward, but I noticed that there doesn't seem to be a way to follow hashtags on the microblogging portion of the site...

mitexleo, to fediverse

Our Mastodon server is open to all!

Feel free to join. We support up to 10k post characters and offer both MastodonBirdUI and TangerineUI.

Also, we have not yet reached our funding goal, currently at 15/100$. If you appreciate what we're doing, please consider contributing a few bucks. It makes a significant difference!

Thank you for your support!

Mastodon: https://buddyverse.xyz
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NerdyKeith, to threads
@NerdyKeith@mstdn.social avatar

Threads may seem like it's doing well for now. If I could join it, I still wouldn't. The fact that the EU won't approve it should worry people. The EU has been unable to determine how this app will protect user data privacy. That's a red flag. I'll be sticking to Mastodon for microblogging and might consider BlueSky when it's fully available.

And honestly I could do without another Zuckerberg product.

https://www.joemygod.com/2023/07/threads-approaches-100-million-users-on-third-day/

mbryson, to threads
@mbryson@thecanadian.social avatar

My big thing about is that I use Twitter (now Mastodon) vastly differently to how I use instagram. Having a microblogging platform directly tied to my personal Instagram account is not ideal for me and - judging by how few of my friends, coworkers and family have joined the service - others as well I imagine.

zaclys, to random French
@zaclys@mastodon.zaclys.com avatar

Merci pour vos partages. Le bouche à oreille est très certainement notre premier soutien.

À propos des avantages donnés aux abonné(e)s, je me posais la question de vous offrir un service de type https://writefreely.org/

Ça serait intéressant ça ? On nous demande souvent si on propose une solution moins lourde et coûteuse que les WordPress dédiés que nous proposons, plutôt adaptés pour les pros. Ça pourrait être ça. Juste une idée...

atareao, to mastodon Spanish
@atareao@mastodon.social avatar

Federación con GoToSocial en Docker n
Como levantar de forma sencilla tu propio servicio de #microblogging ligero y federar con #mastodon utilizando #gotosocial y #docker en #linux

Escucha: https://atareao.es/podcast/federacion-con-gotosocial-en-docker/
Feed: https://atareao.es/mp3-feed/

box464, (edited ) to random
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Micro.camp is today! If you've ever used micro.blog, or want to take a closer look before diving in - this is the day.

https://micro.camp/

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