I’ll go first…

My favorite Fediverse platforms as of 2024

  1. Mastodon - my main social feed platform that first introduced me to the Fediverse in general.

  2. Lemmy - my second main social feed platform that originally substituted Reddit from years ago.

  3. Matrix protocol - communication platform I use to connect with users on the Lemmy instance I’m on

  4. Peertube - would love to get an account going and use it more often but still don’t know how but there’s FediVideo.

  5. Bookwyrm - Goodreads alternative that I signed up for that could use more work for a genuine reading tracker.

BONUS: my least favorite Fediverse platform lately

WordPress - because I used to run art blogs on there before I heard word about drama about the CEO of the corporation so I basically had to put out my last existing art blog…RIP.

  • I feel like there’s still a pretty big gap in the drawing / art space. I want something that works like the furry art sites all work, which means (a) art posts and text posts separated into distinct feeds, and (b) thumbnails in a grid instead of a vertical timeline. I built a web app to do this but unfortunately it’s single-user (and basically locked to the Azure cloud). In the meantime, Pixelfed works pretty well for following Mastodon artists.

    • C126@sh.itjust.works
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      4 days ago

      The problem with any media heavy content is storage. Fediverse is diy, mom’s basement servers. Who’s going to pay for all the storage?

      • Jupiter Rowland@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        Ackchually, most of the Fediverse runs on professionally-operated Hetzner rack iron at huge data centres in Germany.

        Even if this comes from 22% of the Fediverse being mastodon.social.

    • Kyle Judd@lemmy.autism.placeOP
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      4 days ago

      I was a Mastodon artist before, but then I almost left the Fediverse and came back restarting my entire social status also.

      I have characters, but no inspriation.

      Plus, I killed off my WordPress websites because the CEO was setting a bad example.