Alright! So one fine day I decided to check the Fediverse out and eventually joined mastodon. I've downloaded the Megalodon app on my phone and everything. And now I'm at a loss on what to do with it. In reality, how do you use Mastodon? I've never used Twitter before, so I'm completely new to this form of social media. All I saw were people talking about strange topics only they understood with no engagement whatsoever, and the other posts were straight up anime furry porn left and right. I only found out about Lemmy today. and it's even amazing than I expected. I'd love to hear how you use the Fediverse platforms and any tips you have.
"All I saw were people talking about strange topics only they understood with no engagement whatsoever, and the other posts were straight up anime furry porn left and right"
That? Right there? Is why I absolutely fucking hate the fediverse.
Not to mention the comments are posted FIRST and then the post? Makes no dam sense. Every one is just taking about whatever with no context.
There's no topics or communities to follow. That's what I'm into. I'm not into following 'people '
Lemmy and kbin are gunna be your best option when it comes to being more reddit like. But lemmy bans just like reddit does.
Not sure about kbin, but from what I've seen they seem more relaxed
But isnβt it the instance/server owner the only one who can ban a user? So it depends on how ban-happy the admin is for the server you joined.
And if Lemmy bands other instances that you use but also bans you on their instance you can't use the app
You can use the app just fine, or you should be able to. If you can't, then you should file a bug report.
Lemmy bans just like reddit does?
Indeed
Notably, you can follow hashtags in Mastodon, in addition to people. My Mastodon feed is pretty well tuned to my interests because I went through and followed a bunch of hashtags I'm interested in.
However, I much prefer the format of reddit so Lemmy is probably a better fit for me.
Have you tried kbin? It lets you follow mastodon easier than Lemmy, so sorta best of both worlds.