Prove it wrong: the fediverse is not as connected as we’re told, and it’s splintering even more now.

This is what makes the Fediverse so frustrating, been using: #Kbin #FireFish #Mastodon #Friendica #IceShrimp #Lemmy.

And no, they don’t speak to one another / find one another or are able to follow / like / reply to one another as one is told the Fediverse works.

The truth: some speak to some, and it rarely works both ways. Eg. Mastodon can do a lot more interacting with Lemmy, but not the other way around.

And then there are those that defederate from their own kind / federated social network, splintering the Fediverse even further apart.

Have had to either join new servers + delete current accounts, just because the server that was suggested, happened to be a server that others chose to defederate with.

Now with many accounts + many instances, been trying to find the best place to just have one space in the Fediverse + be able to communicate, follow and interact with other Fediverse users.

Maybe it’s this is wrong, but this has been the experience for almost a year now.

  • aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    “prove it wrong”? “as we’re told”? Do you start conversations this way?

    Bro, if you don’t like it you don’t have to use it.

  • technomad@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    8 months ago

    You are too impatient. We have this wonderful new thing, that’s just in the very beginning stages, with such incredible potential.

    I’m so excited to be here, and other places on the fediverse, and being able to experience this great paradigm shift is pretty special to me even with the current drawbacks/shortcomings that it comes with.

  • The Bard in Green@lemmy.starlightkel.xyzEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I run my own Lemmy instance that’s just me and a few close friends. I federate with who I want so I can follow the communities I want and it always works fine. Big instances defederate from each other, but I’m federated with both and so (so far) totally unaffected. I never have to make new accounts.

    I DO pay about $25 a month in hosting fees, plus do the server maintenance work for these privileges. It’s a price I am HAPPY to pay.

    I didn’t really use Twitter and I don’t use Mastodon (I get SO frustrated by character limits and don’t really want to spend my time on shallow conversation in metered soundbytes), so that part doesn’t really impact me either.

  • DessertStorms@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Let go of your need to see everything and just find a space you’re comfortable in and enjoy browsing, surely it’s not that deep?