For me flair is probably the most important. I follow a lot of organized sports and being able to quickly identify which team someone supports helps the conversation move along without having to write "as a fan of..." in every single comment. And this isn't a like talking shit, sports guy thing. It's genuinely extremely useful...
As a reddit migrator myself, I ended up here because it seems like the best open source version of reddit. But I have a few bugs and problems that I can't find a solution:...
There's also a setting under Settings > General > Appearance called "Homepage" that you can set to "Subscriptions" and it will make your default homepage your subs. The advantage here is when you click on the server name on the top bar, it will take you back to your subs instead of to All, like it would if you just bookmark the subs link.
Does anyone else have multiple accounts while looking for new reddit alts? So far I've got accounts on Lemmy, kbin, and Squabbles and I've been lurking on Raddle, Sqwok, and Tildes from the outside....
Platform level: There is a company. they run the show. They have the software, hardware, networking, user accounts, all for themselves.
Example: Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, TikTok, Instagram...
Federated network: There are many entities that all use a common computer language of communication to build up a connected service. And all of them are mutually intelligible to each other, and talk frequently.
Example: Mastodon, kbin, Beehaw, Lemmy
They all use different servers. They all run the same (or very similar) open source software to make it work. You can register to any of them. Now you have an account and can interact with the content on the server you've registered to and any other servers that speak the same language and agree to cooperate.
Usually they are going to be in the Fediverse, which just means they accept content (posts, likes, interactions, etc) from all other servers.
Protocol level: All the servers, whether they are connected on the network level, will speak the same language, or at the very least can interpret what the other is saying. They are not necessarily connected.
This is ActivityPub
This seems insane, but basically all of the internet works this way. We just got used to using the Platforms as users since the web2.0 social media revolution of the last decade.
Now many people think we should go back to it, and build better services. They are a mess right now, but many clever people are currently working on making it more user-friendly. Welcome to what the internet would have looked like if we didn't just given all the power over to the 5 companies that run all of it.
Long and short term, which features would you like to see implemented?
For me flair is probably the most important. I follow a lot of organized sports and being able to quickly identify which team someone supports helps the conversation move along without having to write "as a fan of..." in every single comment. And this isn't a like talking shit, sports guy thing. It's genuinely extremely useful...
[Tips] Here are some shortcuts for your old reddit habits
Your list of subs, in a grid make sure you set it to private...
Reddit r/all page right now - posting a screenshot here so you don’t have to open it
Please, I need help to understand the interface of kbin
As a reddit migrator myself, I ended up here because it seems like the best open source version of reddit. But I have a few bugs and problems that I can't find a solution:...
Multiple reddit alternatives
Does anyone else have multiple accounts while looking for new reddit alts? So far I've got accounts on Lemmy, kbin, and Squabbles and I've been lurking on Raddle, Sqwok, and Tildes from the outside....
Reddit used to be fully open source, it’s entertaining now reading their excuses for going closed in 2017. (old.reddit.com)
Welcome to the Rexxit