I know I’ve made the jump to Mastodon, and now lemmy. But what are the other sites that I’m missing out on?

  • hiajen@feddit.de
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    2 years ago

    Pixelfed as instagram alternative is a big one i guess.

    Not realy fedi but somewhat: Matrix as mesenger/discord alternative.

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      2 years ago

      I was just looking at Matrix, are there community servers like on discord people can join? or is it all private rooms?

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        2 years ago

        @lackthought
        > I was just looking at Matrix, are there community servers like on discord people can join? or is it all private rooms?

        There are loads of public rooms on matrix, eg:
        https://matrix.to/#/#fediverse-city:matrix.org

        FYI what Discord calls a “server” is actually just a group of chat channels and their pool of members. The equivalent of a Discord “server” on matrix is a “Space”. This blog post is a couple of years old out-of-date, but it gives you the general idea:

        https://matrix.org/blog/2021/05/17/the-matrix-space-beta/

        @hiajen

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          2 years ago

          thanks for the info!

          I will read more about it, sounds exciting!

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            @strypey ist right :) matrix has a equivalent to guilds/servers.

            In theory it has same functionality as discord (chat/voice/video/etc) via integration but thats lacking good ui/ux. so right now i would only see it as a chat platform with potential.