I have a draft designed for all types of fediverse software, but i narrowed it down to just threadiverse stuff
This is a guide meant to be linked for beginners, to explain the fediverse in as short time as possible.
Concepts
What's "federation"?
In easy terms; it's a concept where instances seamlessly integrate with each other. Users can talk to each other and participate in their communities. For example, my account is on lemm.ee and the community i am posting to is on slrpnk.net, yet i feel no friction.
What's an instance?
An instance is a server running software, with users, and communities, etc. (Each of these is like a mini-reddit/twitter/etc!) The software part is important, since instances can either be forums, microblogs, video-sharing sites, etc etc. And they can all interact with each other!
What's the "fediverse"?
The fediverse (federation + universe) is a coalition of federated instances running all types of different software, so a user from a forum instance (lemmy) can interact with a user from a microblog instance (mastodon)
Another example is bluesky, but that uses a different protocol, and is much less effective than ActivityPub.
Why should i use the fediverse over normal social media?
Many reasons. A few:
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it can never truly die - People can always create software and run instances, and if one goes down, the others will still be up.
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No one person controls the fediverse. We are all on equal grounds.
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Unlike corporations who back social media platforms, fedi is 100% ran by normal people. You can talk to developers, instance hosters, the mods, all as normal people, and they (unless you use their server) have no control over you.
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There is no need to appeal to advertisers
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Freedom of choice. Disagree with an instance's values, or a developer's? Easy, defederate or just don't use their software. You will still have the fediverse as a whole accessible to you, without the parts you do not like.
I'm convinced! How do i begin?
Excellent!
First you must choose what software you want your instance of choosing to run:
- Lemmy if you care about apps
- Piefed if you care about features/fast development, or a lightweight instance
- Mbin if you want both your blog and forum account in the same place
Instances
Lemmy
- lemm.ee, discuss.online, sopuli.xyz for general instances
- jlai.lu for french
- feddit.cl for chile
- lemmy.ca for canada
- feddit.org for german speakers
- slrpnk.net/lemmy.dbzer0.com for leftist/anarchist instances
Piefed
- piefed.social for the flagship instance
- feddit.online for an NA instance
Mbin
- kbin.earth, fedia.io, kbin.melroy.org, thebrainbin.org, moist.catsweat.com for general instances
- rimworld.gallery for rimworld content
- cesto.garden for a leftist [italian] instance
- m.a9press.com for a korean instance
Apps/clients [everything after this point is optional]
some people may not like the default frontends or want to access their instance through mobile, here is a curated list:
Lemmy
- Photon [PC]
- Alexandrite [PC]
- Tesseract [PC]
- Voyager [MOBILE]
- Mlem [IOS]
- Arctic [IOS]
- Raccoon [ANDROID]
- Jerboa [ANDROID]
- Connect [ANDROID, NOT FOSS]
- Thunder [MOBILE]
- Interstellar [ANDROID]
Mbin
- Interstellar [ANDROID]
Communities
Here are some good community recommendations, based on topics:
Memes
- !funny@sh.itjust.works
- !programmer_humor@programming.dev
- !onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !historymemes@lemmy.world
- !youcantparktheremate@feddit.uk
Software
- !open_source@programming.dev
- !privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
- !selfhosted@lemmy.world / !selfhosting@slrpnk.net
Politics
- !anarchism@lemmy.dbzer0.com / !anarchism@slrpnk.net
- !world@lemmy.world / !world@quokk.au / !globalnews@lemmy.zip
Casual
- !actual_discussion@lemmy.ca
- !asklemmy@lemmy.world
- !casualconversation@lemm.ee
- !casualuk@feddit.uk
- !dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
Knowledge
- !dataisbeautiful@lemmy.ml
- !documentaries@lemmy.cafe
- !math@lemmy.world
- !til@lemmy.world
- !vexillology@lemmy.world
- !wikipedia@lemmy.world
History
- !ancientcoins@lemmy.world
- !ancienthistory@slrpnk.net
- !askhistorians@lemmy.world
- !historyartifacts@lemmy.world
- !historicalpropaganda@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !history@lemmy.world
- !historyporn@lemmy.world
- !historyruins@lemmy.world
- !historyillustrations@lemmy.world
Animals
- !superbowl@lemmy.world
- !bats@lemmy.world
- !catposting@lemmy.blahaj.zone
- !cat@lemmy.world -
- !catsstandingup@lemmy.world
- !opossums@lemmy.world
- !scrungycats@lemmy.world
Art
- !artporn@lemm.ee
- !astrophotography@lemmy.world
- !desire_paths@sh.itjust.works
- !fakehistoryporn@lemmy.world
- !imadethis@lemm.ee
- !inhabitedbeauty@lemmy.world
- !nocontextpics@lemmy.world
- !gameart@sopuli.xyz
- !wallpapers@lemmy.ca
Postface
That's about all there's left for you; have fun!
Finally... im done writing this...
