Mastodon - my main social feed platform that first introduced me to the Fediverse in general.
Lemmy - my second main social feed platform that originally substituted Reddit from years ago.
Matrix protocol - communication platform I use to connect with users on the Lemmy instance I'm on
Peertube - would love to get an account going and use it more often but still don't know how but there's FediVideo.
Bookwyrm - Goodreads alternative that I signed up for that could use more work for a genuine reading tracker.

BONUS: my least favorite Fediverse platform lately

WordPress - because I used to run art blogs on there before I heard word about drama about the CEO of the corporation so I basically had to put out my last existing art blog...RIP.

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[–] JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago

Hubzilla. Closely followed by the intentionally nameless fork of a fork...... of Hubzilla that's colloquially being referred to as (streams).

Perks of both (excerpt):

not based on ActivityPub, it's actually optional; you can turn/keep it off if you want to
nomadic identity; my channels are resilient against instance shutdown because they aren't restricted to one instance
multiple channels = IDs on one and the same account/login; no need to register additional user accounts for this, and you can easily switch back and forth between channels
OpenWebAuth magic single sign-on, both client-side and server-side support
very extensive permission settings that let me control what I see, what I don't see and what others can see and do
per-contact permission settings
per-channel blacklist/whitelist filter plus per-contact blacklist/whitelist filters plus keyword-triggered, automatically generated, reader-side content warnings, supporting regex and (except the latter) a special filter syntax for extra features
what's "lists" on Mastodon is actually useful because you can use it both to filter your stream and to limit whom you send a post to, not to mention much easier to maintain
a concept of conversations, you can follow entire discussions, and you generally receive all replies to a post (something that at least Mastodon doesn't have, by the way)
not only native support for discussion groups/forums, but they can and do host their own moderated discussion groups/forums (Mastodon has neither)
no arbitrary character limits, characters only limited by the instance database (on (streams), that's theoretically over 24,000,000 characters for one post)
probably more text formatting options than your typical blogging platform and definitely more than any microblogging project in the Fediverse
full-blown blog posts rendered gracefully
non-standard BBcode tags for special features, often observer-aware
embedded links; no need to plaster URLs into your posts in plain sight
images can be embedded "in-line" within the post with text above them and text below them
no limit on how many images a post can have
unlimited poll options
multiple-word hashtags
post categories in addition to hashtags
tag cloud plus category cloud/list
quotes
"quote-tweets"
extensively customisable Web UI
built-in file storage with a built-in file manager, per-file and per-directory permissions settings and WebDAV support that's used for images and other media you embed in your posts (unlike on Mastodon and Lemmy, you know where your uploaded images land, and you can delete them yourself if you need to)
federated event calendar with support for Event-type objects
built-in CalDAV calendar server (headless on (streams))
built-in CardDAV address book server (headless)
support for OAuth and OAuth2
modular; can be extended with official or, if available, third-party "apps", widgets and themes

Extra perks of Hubzilla:

currently more reliable
more active development
easier to get new users on board because hubs are listed on various Fediverse sites, and more public hubs are available
newer and more configurable version of the Redbasic theme
switchable night mode
multiple profiles per channel which can be assigned to certain connections
you can configure new connections before you confirm them
can also connect to diaspora*
can also subscribe to RSS and Atom feeds
event calendar also doubles as a basic frontend for the CalDAV server
non-federating, long-form articles
"cards" that work largely the same
built-in wiki engine based on either BBcode or Markdown for as many wikis of your own as you want to, each with as many pages as you want
support for webpages (the official Hubzilla website is on a Hubzilla channel itself)

Extra perks of (streams):

more advanced
better integration of ActivityPub into the two supported nomadic protocols
contact suggestions also include ActivityPub contacts
new default theme in addition to an older Redbasic version
reworked, more powerful but easier-to-use permissions system
easier to use once you're on board
supports BBcode, Markdown and HTML within the same post
can set Mastodon's sensitive flag for images
built-in announcement/boost/repost/renote/repeat remover, no need to use filter syntax for that
extra protection against both mention spam and hashtag spam
alt-text can be added to images upon upload, no need to graft it into the image-embedding markup code
verification of external identities (available on Mastodon as well, but not on Hubzilla)

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I pretty much only use Lemmy but also contact friends and share photos on a Nextcloud instance one of them kindly provided (I assume it isn't federated though?).

I would really like to start using matrix but unless I host my own instance and get everything ready I'll never be able to convince my friends to switch, though some of them are slowly getting fed up with discord too.

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Matrix means less memes, trolls, and internet stuff and more civil discussions with humans.

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I mostly use Discord for a few group chats, unixporn (please post more of it to Lemmy :3 !unixporn@lemmy.world) and some BG3 stuff. If the group chats moved to Matrix+Jitsi or even some form of Signal (that is still foss and does not require a phone number, self-hosted if possible) I would barely use Discord.

Edit because somehow I missed the most relevant part: I already barely get memes or trolls so not too many changes there.

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

O_o

[–] Ziglin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

What does that face mean?

[–] muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Lemmy Peertube - the linux experiment is all i got so far but more content would b great. Also tubular integration is sick Matrix Mastodon

Havnt tried the rest but open to beibg convinced

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmy.autism.place 1 points 2 days ago

You’d like Fediverse apps instead of all the more mainstream apps the world is using.

I left Facebook and Reddit because other people in my life are the real monsters.

Mastodon and Lemmy are nicer communities depending on what instance you go to.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For me it's definitely Lemmy. I don't like the microblogging format and never have. I've always used forums and then reddit.

The fediverse just works so well with Lemmy I think. It's so fun seeing new communities from instances I've never heard of. I think this format is perfect for the fediverse

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmy.autism.place 2 points 3 days ago

I like it too. :)

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 57 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Lemmy, shortly followed by Piefed.

Will probably switch once Piefed gets mobile apps support and comments view

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What's so good about PieFed?

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 37 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

Much more advanced moderation tools: https://join.piefed.social/2024/06/22/piefed-features-for-growing-healthy-communities/

Actual instance blocking compared to the incomplete "mute communities" instance blocking on Lemmy

Development seems fasters than Lemmy, they are almost at feature parity while being much younger

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

On the other hand, it has some weirdly opinionated features:

Hiding downvoted comments (mob rule)
Marking people with many downvotes as "low reputation". I get it, getting many downvotes is a bad sign but I don't think the software should try to make a ruling here, I think human moderators should look at the whole picture. It doesn't make you a bad person that people disagree with you.
Communities organized into "topics" - I'm not certain if these groupings are decided by the dev or the admin? Either way I find it a bit problematic.
Marking certain communities as "low effort" and not counting "reputation" for those. I don't feel like the software should be making this kind of value judgement.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

If it helps:

this is controlled by a user setting. I left the one that automatically "collapses" comments below a threshold at the default, but I disabled the one that "hides" comments by setting the threshold to -10000. So, far from taking away user power, it strictly enhances choices by providing new options, only at the user's behest.
it does have such a "reputation" feature, as too does life. Someone who constantly trolls others gets rather "known" for such. But crucially, it's a label - it doesn't hide anything, only enhances what is already there. And yeah it's a bit of an experiment, perhaps it won't work. Or perhaps it will be improved further? Based on the above and the responsiveness of the devs, I would expect complete control if features were ever added to actually do anything wrt this score.

Btw apps already have something similar, as too does PieFed, when adding a label for new accounts - bc people have asked for it, and it can be helpful to know when talking with someone that they are a new account (perhaps they are an alt, but it's something, and again it's just a label).

Yeah, I constantly get downvoted - and some of my posts are among the most heavily downvoted content existing in certain communities (but I also note that such things as Innuendo Studios The Alt Right Playbook got heavily downvoted by the same community as well so... I feel vindicated:-). So I mean it when I say that believe me I KNOW what you mean when expressing those concerns. Perhaps the experiment won't work out, or perhaps it merely needs tuning - e.g. so that any one post or comment doesn't weigh so heavily but rather only their aggregate (median rather than mean perhaps? or maybe only the binary choice of positive or negative total score, and even then perhaps not centered at zero but something more highly negative like -10?).

Also PieFed.social has defederated from hexbear.net and lemmygrad.ml, so those sources of downvoting are entirely removed. It also preferentially weights scores more highly feedback from those with high reputation already - which state I achieved in roughly a week and with only two posts, one a cross-post of the other even. So it's not like seniors are locking out the noobs.

Anyway yes there's enormous potential for misuse there, but it's also something that people have been clamoring for - so it's something that they are being responsive enough to try it out?

I'm not sure about the categories - but again the devs are very responsive so surely easy to change things? Also I've definitely joined communities that aren't in those, and while there are large federation issues with any non-Lemmy.World instance right now (I see the same from many instances including my 2 alt accounts elsewhere - so it has little to nothing to do with PieFed; especially after the enormous surge in content surrounding the USA election), I believe that they show up in the main feed.
I have never heard that before but I would support it - more "experimental" communities should be allowed, to try things out, a "safe space" if you will:-).

All of these are valid concerns - and seem like they are being worked on.

[–] dborba@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Honestly assigning a label to users that everyone can see based on other users' opinions seems like a bad idea anyway you put it. Independent of it's intention, it can stifle constructive arguments, encourage mass alt accounts, cause classism and mobbing. There is a Black Mirror episode with this exact premise where it impacts your real life reputation, people's perceptions of you & what you're allowed to do.

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[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 6 points 4 days ago (4 children)

It doesn't really help for me, but the beauty of the fediverse is that it doesn't have to. You can like PieFed, I can prefer Lemmy and we can both still talk :)

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[–] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 21 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Pretty sure Kbin is dead and gone, might want to update your tree.

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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I only use Lemmy, so... Lemmy.

[–] VanHalbgott@lemmy.autism.place 2 points 3 days ago

I understand that.

Lemmy is a handy platform.

[–] PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, Lemmy is the only one with content that appeals to me so far (at least to my knowledge, given the near-unsearchable nature of the fediverseso far). The platforms just aren't large enough.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Iirc Mastodon is about to add a global search function. I've never used it, nor even Twitter (back before it was cancelled into X), just passing on what I heard.

And PieFed and Mbin are also sort of "Lemmy" (though neither in that graphic that I saw:-).

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[–] John@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Events is missing Gancio. Its worth a look :)

[–] nate@social.trom.tf 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@VanHalbgott I like friendica, it works with Lemmy, microblogging platforms, and macroblogging platforms. I'm maybe not online as much as the average user (and often read fediverse content via bridges instead of nativly), so it's a nice consolation of everything. It also supports rich text and higher char limits for more nuanced posts/replies.

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[–] WamGams@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago

I am finding I like Mastodon the best. Lemmy has potential, but I think the political extremism and lack of hobbyist culture here currently, mixed with the incredibly confusing on-boarding process beginners have to navigate, along with the name, all contribute to making it DOA.

[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

How is matrix even considered a fediverse platform lol? It largely exists independently from the rest of the ecosystem. I do appreciate the representation tho because this is fairly decent free advertising and id like to see it grow

[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I guess because it can federate with other servers and protocols?

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[–] lizard-socks@pandacap.azurewebsites.net 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I feel like there's still a pretty big gap in the drawing / art space. I want something that works like the furry art sites all work, which means (a) art posts and text posts separated into distinct feeds, and (b) thumbnails in a grid instead of a vertical timeline. I built a web app to do this but unfortunately it's single-user (and basically locked to the Azure cloud). In the meantime, Pixelfed works pretty well for following Mastodon artists.

[–] C126@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The problem with any media heavy content is storage. Fediverse is diy, mom's basement servers. Who's going to pay for all the storage?

[–] JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

Ackchually, most of the Fediverse runs on professionally-operated Hetzner rack iron at huge data centres in Germany.

Even if this comes from 22% of the Fediverse being mastodon.social.

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[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

Lemmy, I like the simple post structure with all related commentary under the original submission.

Mastodon is fine for people who like it but it's hard to follow the thread of replies as every reply is its own individual post.

I guess the twatter format makes sense for dashing off quick messages but I find it hard to follow and it's difficult to find communities and topics of interest without also including a shit-ton of noise along with the signal.

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Mastodon. Easily better than Twitter in every way, even when it wasn’t full of garbage. Can’t say the same for Lemmy, it’s not bad, and in some ways better but in some ways worse.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nextcloud is federated? First time I hear about that.

For me it's Lemmy, without a doubt. Never used Twitter, tried mastodon to see what it's all about, didn't like it.

Matrix seems decent, but nobody I know uses it, and finding useful groups is painful, especially on other instances (servers, whatever they call them).

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 9 points 4 days ago

Also, I am confused at why nextcloud is at the intersection of networking, music, and multimedia.

Yes it technically has a video viewer and music player, but I would be very surprised if any person in the world right now is genuinely using it to post that content to the fediverse social-network style.

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[–] Cossty@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I really wanted to like bookwyrm and use it but it's just so bare bones. Instead, I switched from goodreads to StoryGraph like two years ago. I really like some of its features like content warnings, moods, very detailed stats of my reading habits, etc.

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[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Lemmy
Mastodon
Pixelfed
Various Misskey forks that are all about the same
Peertube

Lemmy has eaten up just about all the time I used to spend on Mastodon. Pixelfed would be in the running for #1 if it hadn't become so vaporware-y in the last few months.

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[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

kbin obviously!

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 13 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Mbin now!

God willing ernst comes back

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[–] hankskyjames777@thebrainbin.org 9 points 4 days ago (5 children)

A Roblox alternative in the fediverse.

Because I want to get off Roblox.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

mbin!

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[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

Here on Lemmy is my favorite considering that's what I use most on the Fediverse. Second would be the only other one I use: Mastodon.

[–] jaxiiruff@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

Lemmy & Bluesky until that eventually falls off or Mastodon decides to improve itself

[–] eldrichhydralisk@piefed.social 11 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Mastodon has successfully replaced Twitter for me, so it's by far my favorite. It does still need better tools for dealing with large-scale posts and users, but overall it feels like it's actually doing the job I want done.

I want to like Piefed/Lemmy more than I actually do. The Fediverse answer to Reddit just doesn't feel ready for prime time yet. It's hard to find/connect with communities and the user base doesn't have that "can address basically any question" magic.

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