FrostBolt

The only thing holding people there, much like Twitter, is their addiction. I admit I miss it

I feel that too, though I'm heartened to see tens of thousands of people joining here, and already it's feeling lively. Just yesterday I asked a random question of the m/scifi (no idea how to link to magazines heh) and it's gotten half a dozen replies :-D

Nice on mentioning fediverse in the sub description too. I hope more reddit mods do that!

What a myopic ding dong

The no karma thing is a great point and one I overlooked. I wonder how that difference will influence how people post and comment.

Thank you for the transparency

https://botsin.space/@threadcount

Let’s lead by example

Thanks for posting

It is interesting how, no matter how much technology changes, human nature doesn’t and history repeats itself

Interesting

I’m already noticing “cultural” differences between the different instances, almost like they’re virtual countries with their own traditions, but still able to see and talk to each other

It’s beautifully chaotic and open, like the Internet should be!

Could one move instances while retaining their own post / comment history? That’s the part that I’m unclear on (new reddit refugee here)

I tested the waters at several sites:

• Mastodon felt too much like Twitter my taste, too many angry people and too much politics; the UI is slick, though
• Squabbles UI felt weird
• Lemmy had some problematic stuff around the person who runs it, and it felt more confusing on which instance to pick
• kbin has been my favorite; familiar UI, and people seem mostly friendly and chill

they actually do populate automatically with microblog posts (from Mastodon for example) if you add relevant tags

Thank you! This is a great piece of info to know.