I migrated from Twitter to Mastodon when Elon Musk took over. It's been really nice, and I I wish I'd have known about the Fediverse before then. I may have found an instance that is too comfy and perfect for me, though... I've been tempted to migrate my account over to a Calckey instance, but there's no way that I'm not staying...
I've been on Mastodon for several years, most of it on a singular instance (well before the Twitter migration). You definitely have to go looking for your own list of interesting people to follow, and the hashtags are quieter than I'd like, but I enjoy it as a chill place to just hang out and read fun stuff and occasionally have low stakes conversations.
I've tried a few other fediverse services but none have really stuck with me except for probably now Lemmy and Kbin.
picked an instance where the local timeline looked interesting/relevant to some of my personal interests
looked through there and also #hashtags for my interests
through those avenues, followed everybody who looked remotely interesting at all! With the understanding that I was going to start big and some of those people probably wouldn't accept my follow, and some of them probably wouldn't turn out to be interesting to me/compatible in the end so I would remove my follow.
I feel like casting a wide net and filtering down to match your own taste and the kind of people you want to meet is a good way to start curating the Mastodon you personally want to see, since an algorithm isn't going to do it for you. It takes time but is rewarding in the end. With Masto in specific, most instances by now have upgraded software to the point where migration tools are available, so if you end up not even liking your local timeline you can take all your followers, follows, blocks etc and just try someplace else.
You could probably also use lists to help with this process somehow but I never really understood them either here or on Twitter lol.
I have a rare muscle condition, to the point where I feel like I have to be careful where I even mention it because it might make me identifiable. It's pretty lonely sometimes because of the subset of people who have this condition, most of them don't make it to adulthood and I really don't have anybody to discuss shared...
I feel awful for those being laid off, but honestly this was inevitably coming for SWTOR sooner or later. I'm just thankful they aren't outright shutting it down. My personal experience of the game is that it was never a great MMO, but it's an excellent single player game with occasional multiplayer interaction. I've gone back multiple times just to replay the numerous single player storylines.
I guess the audiophiles can enjoy that if they're willing to pay whatever ridiculous price it's going to be, meanwhile a lot of us are just enjoying our music on our average relatively crappy headphones/other devices and would get little benefit from hifi anyway.
Those of you who've been around in the fediverse a while longer, is there any established etiquette specific to Lemmy as opposed to the normal behavior in places like Reddit? I've been a Mastodon user for several years and I'm aware of how norms differ over there, so just wondering if this corner of fedi has anything similar.
No, I had a readthrough of all that before joining to make sure I'd be a good fit here. I was more just curious if there was often-seen Lemmy culture in general as there is on many Mastodon instances :)
A few quick notes on discussions the administrator team has had, since we've fielded a lot of questions in these particular fields. We're posting this both for transparency and to help us limit the load of having to respond to each of you individually....
I imagine you can count on one hand the people who have Dragon Age 2 as their favorite video game ever of all time, but I'm one of them.
My previous #1 was Chrono Trigger. Other ones that are way up there are Final Fantasy VI, Phantasy Star IV, Phoenix Wright original trilogy, Guild Wars 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Hakuouki original (not the remakes) and Reimeiroku, Uta no Prince-sama Repeat, Quest for Glory 1-4, Suikoden 1-3...
Seems like foldable phones are taking over (e.g. Motorola Razr making waves) and only Apple is missing an entry in this form factor now. Almost everyone who can afford one swears by it with the exception of weak build quality....
I've had a Flip 3 for about a year and I honestly love the phone, but more for the style/fun factor of the flip over the actual usefulness. I was a huge fan of flip phones in the feature phone era and hated having to switch to candybar, lol, so I had to give it a try!
Pros for me:
Looks very cool, flip phone nostalgia value
I have some mobility problems and being able to set the phone on a table to use it as opposed to having the weight stressing my hands is nice
Great for reading ebooks in a 2-page view
Can see notifs, quick check music, dismiss alarms etc without opening
Fits great in small pockets
Cons:
This particular model is so ridiculously slidey on the outside that it won't even stay still on a level table so a case is 100% required, but hopefully other foldables will avoid this lol
Relatedly, not exactly a big case variety for this style of phone
worry of "what if the screen cracks" hanging over my head
It's been a fun purchase, but I'm not completely sold on the necessity or usefulness yet. If my screen is still okay by the time I'm ready for a new phone in a couple more years then I'll call it a good purchase. So far I haven't had any problems or signs of issues at the folding point, hopefully the trend continues, but I do make a point to leave the phone open most of the time when I don't specifically need the folding functions.
Do you have an account on the wider Fediverse beyond Lemmy or Kbin?
I migrated from Twitter to Mastodon when Elon Musk took over. It's been really nice, and I I wish I'd have known about the Fediverse before then. I may have found an instance that is too comfy and perfect for me, though... I've been tempted to migrate my account over to a Calckey instance, but there's no way that I'm not staying...
[WING]s of Freedom - A Griffon Compilation 2 (www.youtube.com)
Hey all. Decided to go through the footage we all made in [WING] and make a cool compilation video. Hope you'll all enjoy! :D
Does anybody else live with a rare disease?
I have a rare muscle condition, to the point where I feel like I have to be careful where I even mention it because it might make me identifiable. It's pretty lonely sometimes because of the subset of people who have this condition, most of them don't make it to adulthood and I really don't have anybody to discuss shared...
BioWare confirms layoffs as Star Wars: The Old Republic shifts to new studio (www.eurogamer.net)
Announcing Guild Wars 2: Secrets of the Obscure (www.guildwars2.com)
My first read on this is to be pretty excited; the new dailies system looks interesting, more accessible skyscale will be good for newer players, etc.
r/The_Donald now on Lemmy (edit: not anymore)
It was banned on Reddit because it is racist, hatefull and spread Conspiracies....
Spotify HiFi to Debut With Forthcoming 'Supremium' Tier: Report (www.digitalmusicnews.com)
Owner of Destructoid, The Escapist, Siliconera, and others Fires Writers and Hires for "AI Editor" to Churn Out Hundreds of Articles Per Week (futurism.com)
According to their website, Publications owned by GAMURS Group include:...
Etiquette in Lemmy instances
Those of you who've been around in the fediverse a while longer, is there any established etiquette specific to Lemmy as opposed to the normal behavior in places like Reddit? I've been a Mastodon user for several years and I'm aware of how norms differ over there, so just wondering if this corner of fedi has anything similar.
ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works
hey folks, we'll be quick and to the point with this one:...
A few quick notes
A few quick notes on discussions the administrator team has had, since we've fielded a lot of questions in these particular fields. We're posting this both for transparency and to help us limit the load of having to respond to each of you individually....
what're some of your favorite games of all time? (beehaw.org)
What do you think of foldable phones?
Seems like foldable phones are taking over (e.g. Motorola Razr making waves) and only Apple is missing an entry in this form factor now. Almost everyone who can afford one swears by it with the exception of weak build quality....