My experience with the Fediverse has only been through Mastodon, through which I struggled to find a community I really gelled with. Either it was supper overwhelming with meme posts or NSFW, or it was too chill to the point of nothing. Or, it was hyperfocused like FOSS/Linux and became uninteresting after awhile. May try again, but I think I will explore the other fedisites like Plemora or Calckey to see if I like it better.

I love the pace of a forum. I grew up primarily with GameFAQS and some lucid dreaming forum, and honestly it was very formative in teaching me how to write and use critical thinking skills, as well as how to respond to a variety of temperaments. I stopped participating in online forums awhile ago, and while I loved Reddit as a resource, I never felt inspired to participate. In the same way, there are an incredible number of forums dedicated to a certain topic, and are extremely valuable, it would be annoying to make an account for all the things I am interested in.

I like what lemmy is becoming. Glad to find system that makes interacting with people enjoyable.

  • simple@kbin.social
    34·
    2 years ago

    I never really liked Twitter as a concept. It feels like it’s built on an “old man yells at cloud” concept where people just shout their thoughts and nobody gains anything from it.

    By comparison forums are there to foster discussions and communities. I thought Mastodon would be better but I spent 5 minutes and it’s exactly the same nonsense.

    • Dessalines@lemmy.ml
      18·
      2 years ago

      Same, same. If I follow 3 high-volume posters on mastodon or twitter, there goes my entire day.

      I prefer to follow topics / communities, not people / celebrities.

      • Icarus@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        the upvotes/downvotes also filter out a lot of noise, mastodon doesn’t have that

    • mustyOrange@beehaw.org
      11·
      2 years ago

      Thats my feel as well. The whole idea of small text blurbs that arent conversational and not grouped by topic never really worked for me. It also just feels too personality driven, where large accounts are what gets major precedence - I prefer when a small account or whatever can make a great post that gets a lot of attention.

      I can already tell the Lemmy is going to fit me a lot better than Mastodon, even tho I did enjoy that for a few months

    • DidacticDumbass@lemmy.oneOP
      9·
      2 years ago

      Yes! I remember A LOOONG time ago when Twitter was just beginning, and the articles about it were very confused about how to use it. It was described like a kind of social telepathy, where the sharing of thoughts brought about a quick intimacy with strangers. Now it is just a playground for corporations and narcissists. Well, I suppose it was always like that.

      • saba@lemmy.ml
        6·
        2 years ago

        at some point in the past I created an account on twitter but it seemed pointless to me. Then it got bigger and was always getting mentioned/quoted and I gave it another shot thinking maybe I was just doing it wrong. Nope, still sucked.

        That said, I do have a mastodon account, but I don’t like a lot of things about it. When I’m looking at my timeline, I never know if something is a top level post or a reply to someone else unless I click on it.

    • XLRV@lemmy.ml
      5·
      2 years ago

      Yeah, and I don’t like Twitter threads with their character limit and using multiple post to make 1 message. It looks stupid imo.

      The real discussions are really limited by this concept, and it makes reading those a chore.

    • tmpod@lemmy.pt
      2·
      2 years ago

      Agreed. I think a forum-like interface is much more apt to allow interesting and rewarding discussions. Never liked Twitter’s interface either, I only think it’s good to spread announcements and the likes, which benefit exactly from that “person yells at cloud” idea :P