I have fully transitioned to using Lemmy and Mastodon right when third party apps weren’t allowed on Spez’s place anymore, so I don’t know how it is over there anymore.

What do you use? Are you still switching between the two, essentially dualbooting?

What other social media do you use? How do you feel about Fediverse social media platforms in general?

(I’m sorry if I’m the 100th person to ask this on here…)

  • Jo K. Wine@aussie.zoneSvenska
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    5 months ago

    Lemmy is my main one, yes. I browse Pinterest every now and then, though I’m not sure how many would consider it social media in the traditional sense.

    • Smorty [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      5 months ago

      I feel like that would compare two very different types of social media:

      • Consumption oriented: Platforms which mainly tailor to consumers, like Tiktok, Pinterest, Instagram and Youtube.
      • Collaboration oriented: Platforms where engagement with the content and discussions are encouraged, like Lemmy and Mostodon and their proprietary equivalents.
  • astla@midwest.socialEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Bluesky at this point. It has most of the people I used to follow on twitter already.

  • corroded@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I have never really considered Lemmy or Reddit to be “social media.” They’re entirely anonymous, and you’re not being exposed to posts where a apecific person is talking about themselves (at least for the most part). I think a modern equivalent to a PhpBB forum or (if you’re old) a BBS is more accurate.

  • chobeat@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Definitely Instagram.

    While Lemmy is slowly making a dent in my reddit participation, it doesn’t do much for other things. I’m involved in IRL politics, food, and the clubbing scene, all stuff that is almost completely absent on the fediverse, especially the American-dominated side of it.

  • Vivian (they/them)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 months ago

    I completely switched to Mastodon and here, I’d rather not use platforms that are locked down by corporations and will inevitably enshittify without leaving me a simple way to migrate

  • Meldrik@lemmy.wtf
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    5 months ago

    I use Lemmy almost exclusively. Mastodon and Twitter never appealed to me, as I simply don’t see the point. Unless you use it for receiving info from local authorities and such.

    I do still use Facebook for all the local and niche communities, which you can’t find anywhere else. I wish Mobilizon was more equal to Facebook Groups and had an actual mobile app.

  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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    5 months ago

    Lemmy, though I admit two days ago I put on political filters. I’ll open the flood gates again in a couple weeks.

    That being said, before Lemmy I hadn’t used main stream social outside of Reddit for years anyway.

    • maniclucky@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      May want to give that four years or so. It’s just going to be predictable, depressing slog with no avenue to affect change between here and there

      • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Be local. A voice at a local meeting has the potential to have more impact in your life than your side being president. This is why my feed will start in 2-weeks, vs 4-years, no matter how much I want to keep that filter on 😀

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 months ago

    Lemmy and Mastodon as well for me. With a little bit of discord and matrix for my projects’ realtime chat

  • telepresence@discuss.tchncs.de
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    5 months ago

    no, not really. i kinda quit social media in the sense that i no longer use reddit, instagram, twitter or snap. they were all just too addicting. i log into lemmy once in a while, to see what’s new, since there are some nice niche linux related communities, but apart from that i’m only on youtube (when i’m eating) or on discord (few small-ish servers). i don’t really care much for news or polictics, and if i really need to know what’s going on, i check the front page of wikipedia or ask my friends. i’m still struggling with using my phone more that i’d like, but this week i took a break from discord and youtube, with mixed results so far (see: i’m on lemmy), but overall it’s been really freeing to not be on them and have a bunch more free time.