Im also asking this on TUMBLR to see what the general consensus is

  • oldmanspidey :Clairen_0:
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    161 year ago

    @Xxxthat_emo_kid im replying to this post from mastodon just to see how this works, since I heard you can follow lemmy servers/groups and interact with posts from a mastodon account. but yeah if the sub came back id still browse it if I’m still using reddit by then.

      • oldmanspidey :Clairen_0:
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        61 year ago

        @murkeyindividual2 I found the URL to the 196 lemmy from the subreddit before it went private. I learned out that you can find lemmy communities through mastodon by typing “@[CommunityName]@[lemmy instance]” into the search bar. The lemmy community shows up as a mastodon user that you and follow and such. It’s very interesting and kind of ingenious. So I thought why not just use my mastodon account I already have rather than make a new account just for lemmy.

        • @murkeyindividual2
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          11 year ago

          Thank you so much! I couldn’t figure it out and didn’t know before I made this account. I’m very excited to try it out!

    • @lazy_digestive
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      21 year ago

      Hey I was kinda trying to get to use Mastodon. What instance do you recommend?

        • @lazy_digestive
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          11 year ago

          I have even less clue about what is this and how it works, but I’ll still check out, dear Internet stranger

          • @magmaus3@szmer.info
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            11 year ago

            Foundkey (first link) or Akkoma (second link) are services that are compatible with mastodon (ActivityPub, also works with Lemmy), but have more features, like emoji reacts.

      • oldmanspidey :Clairen_0:
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        11 year ago

        @lazy_digestive right now I am part of a mastodon instance dedicated to the competitive Super Smash Bros community. I am a tournament organizer for Rivals of Aether, which is also a platform fighter (the same genre as Smash). A lot of people who play Rivals came from the Smash community, so it made sense for me to make an account on this instance as its a general community I am part of. I’d say try finding an instance for an online or IRL community you are part of and try to join.

        • oldmanspidey :Clairen_0:
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          @lazy_digestive On Mastodon, you have an additional “Local” timeline which is a timeline showing all the posts of the people in your instance. So you can stay connected to people through that. I know a lot of the larger instances can feel impersonal because of their size, and a bunch have turned off signing up for new accounts because of a large amount of people wanting to sign up from the Twitter exodus last year.