“Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a “hero,” because what’s a hero? But sometimes there’s a man who… well, he’s the man for his time and place!” – Sam Elliot (the Stranger) from the glorious The Big Lebowski

You know that classic quote about standing on the shoulders of giants (and pioneers)? Honestly, in so many ways, that’s how I truly feel about the good ol’ Fediverse.

So, to sum up-- who are YOUR heroes here, and what does keep you hanging on here, baby…?

  • sol6_vi@lemmy.makearmy.io
    1·
    2 小时前

    I self host every fediverse thing I can and when I open it I know its mine and I can glance over at the machine running it all and see where it all is and that feels good enough to deal with whatever comes up. That said, these days its all pretty easy.

  • puppinstuff@lemmy.caEnglish
    7·
    7 小时前

    All social platforms get worse all around us. Fedi isn’t perfect or drama-free but around here every third post isn’t a targeted ad that knows too much about me trying to make me feel guilty or inadequate.

  • spacemanspiffy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    11 小时前

    It mostly works well.

    Plenty of good and garbage content. I want both.

    I don’t get the feeling there is a “motive” behind what I see when I am browsing content. It feels organic, like the old internet.

  • Zak@lemmy.world
    13·
    10 小时前

    I don’t find that commercial social services are free of bumps and difficulties; they’re just different bumps and difficulties. They variously want me to:

    • Log in to view this content
    • Complete a captcha to view this content
    • LOOK AT THIS AD
    • Look at this other thing instead of reading through the rest of the comments on the post I opened
    • Look at this other content instead of the people I chose to follow
    • Consent to 237 different forms of tracking
    • Pay for a premium account
    • Don’t post anything too spicy for the advertisers
    • Install an app

    And people think picking a server to sign up or using an unpolished UI is a hassle? It’s a small price to pay to avoid that load of crap.

    I use Lemmy and Mastodon because independent services that interoperate are how I want the internet to work. I still use some of the big commercial services because people or communities I value are there. It’s not all-or-nothing.

  • RodgeGrabTheCat 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️@sh.itjust.works
    6·
    11 小时前

    Bumps and difficulties - I haven’t noticed any such thing.

    I stay on Lemmy because it’s similar to Reddit (topics based) without the need to follow anyone. I can’t stand social sites where I need to follow people - Mastodon, Bluesky, and Twitter (always did) suck imho.

  • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
    4·
    13 小时前

    To be honest, after some initial difficulty in grasping the concept of federation (which I certainly don’t claim to fully understand even now) this place feels just as easy to use as Reddit.

    I think that’s partly because I almost exclusively used Reddit via the Sync app, and I now use Lemmy almost exclusively through Sync as well. The experience is basically the same, except that it’s a bit quieter, but as someone else alluded to, that’s maybe no bad thing as it means I spend less time here. Instead I just dip in and out, and that’s fine.

  • matelt@feddit.uk
    14·
    19 小时前

    My anger for the destruction of the old internet. My hatred of those who profit from aforementioned destruction. My pettiness for going against the current.

  • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
    15·
    21 小时前

    Joined Lemmy because of the whole r€ddit API thing. I was only on there maybe a couple years at the end, so I had no real super attachment like people who have been there for years. Not much else to say.

    • D_C@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      18 小时前

      Same.
      Except my -oldest- account was well over 10 years old when the API thing shut down the Baconreader app for good. Joined the squabbles app which imploded when the owner decided to let ‘free speech’ be allowed and it basically turned into a hateful place in about two weeks . Then joined lemme.ee, which got shuttered a few months back. Joined sh.itjustworks annnnd, bam, here I am.

      Though I’m only on here for about half hour or so a day due to deciding it was time to have less screen time in my life.

      • AceFuzzLord@lemmy.zip
        2·
        9 小时前

        It sucks that lemm.ee was shuttered because that was where I first joined Lemmy as well before moving to whatever instance I’m on. Never heard of squabbles and don’t wanna known what it’s like Noe based off what say about it.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.world
    5·
    17 小时前

    Lack of real alternatives, I guess? This is the alternative to the other site, but I’d love it if there were similar sites with different focus and different people.

  • Pazintach@discuss.tchncs.de
    13·
    22 小时前

    I feel comfortable here. Fediverse overall gives me an earlier Internet feel. Organic, but better. Maybe it feeds my nostalgia…