I don't fully understand how lemmy works completely yet. But for example I made an account at Division by zero and subscribe here to post. Is it not just a more inconvenient version of making a reddit account and being able to post practically anywhere?

Also what's the difference between making an account at one instant and just making one centralized account for the social media?

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[–] half_built_pyramids 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is it not just a more inconvenient version of making a reddit account and being able to post practically anywhere?

Reddit is convenient, but then one corporation owns you and they can decide to fuck over anyone for any reason. Hence the 3rd party app fiasco.

No single entity owns the fediverse. It is a little more inconvenient if your server dies, but other servers survive. It is a little more inconvenient if your server blocks other servers and you don't agree with the reasons why. That's the trade off for not having one centralized asswipe in charge.

Also what’s the difference between making an account at one instant and just making one centralized account for the social media?

Not sure what you're asking. You make an account on one lemmy server and that's it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There's a flip side to everything of course:

It is a little more inconvenient if your server dies, but other servers survive.

Assuming the server is going to die, it's arguably more convenient on the Fediverse as most communities won't die with it. If Reddit disappears the entire site will be gone; if lemmy.world dies the Threadiverse will continue on without too much trouble.

It is a little more inconvenient if your server blocks other servers and you don’t agree with the reasons why.

That's true, but the added convenience is that you can join a server where you agree with moderating decisions. Content moderation is not one size fits all; at least on the Fediverse it's theoretically possible for everyone to end up on a server they're happy with.

[–] gedaliyah 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Exactly this. I left Xitter because the moderation became so bad that literal bigoted harassment of entire communities was left unchecked. What are my options? Stay or leave.

I left reddit because the server became hostile to the ways that it was useful to me (third part app usage, corrupt moderation and administration, etc.). Again, the options were to stay or go.

If any of those problems were to happen here on lemmy.world, I could migrate to another instance and still have access to the platform.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can also host your own server and not rely on anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yes but also a lot of fediverse instances autoblock small one person servers because of how often they are used by spammers and harrassers