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Do any of you use any other fediverse platform(s) other than Lemmy (ex. Pixelfed, Mastodon, etc.)? If so, then please tell us what your experience has been like. (beehaw.org)
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More specifically:

  1. How do you feel the platform performs compared to corporate ones?
  2. How do you feel moderation is handled?
  3. Do you believe the people of Beehaw (admins, moderators and users) could do a better job? If so, then why?
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[โ€“] baggins@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I (currently, may change in the future) use Mastodon via Vivaldi Social. For me I find Mastodon as a whole rather 'clunky' and often when trying to reply to a post get the 'need to sign in with xxxx.social' message and that just puts me off using it. I don't want to sign up on lots of different instances or whatever they are called. This may be what stops more people taking it up. I may have missed a setting somewhere that allows this, but it's not obvious. Not come across any issues with moderation.

Don't use Pixelfed, had a look but not that interesting. Then again I don't use Instagram and never have used TikTok.

Haven't used FB for years so can't comment. Never really used Twitter.

For me Beehaw seems to have it just right.

The only other social media I use is BlueSky. I know it's not the fediverse, but it's much more polished and easier to use than Mastodon.

[โ€“] irvinefantasyno@beehaw.org 3 points 2 days ago

That's the thing- you only need to have an account with one instance, and you can follow others from your "home" instance.

But I bring this up to bolster your point- Mastodon feels "clunky" because their onboarding process for new users is severely lacking, in my opinion.

It is offputting. It is intimidating. And that is a turnoff for a lot of people.