I run a few groups, like @[email protected], mostly on Friendica. It’s okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I’m testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It’s in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it’s coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration spurs adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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    I’m curious how well niche communities will work. It seems too niche here, like it’s hard to find, hard to grow.

    Like I do alternative keyboard layouts. If someone on Reddit wants to find it, it’s rather easy and everyone in that community is there (there are dozens of us, dozens!). But on lemmy I think those dozens will be spread out more.

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      You could just announce it on reddit and establish a community here. People follow content. A website has a pull, but it’s much smaller than content itself.

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      It will definitely is a hard to find hard to grow. So far federation and different instances might make redundant communities, but I think these will naturally tend to merge/go inactive in time.

      This browser of communities https://browse.feddit.de/ is a godsend to find communities I may like. Though it’s all centered in Lemmy and I want a similar tool for kbin (or this browser to add kbin instances communities).