I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, mostly on Friendica. It’s okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.

Currently, I’m testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It’s in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it’s coming along nicely.

Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration spurs adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.

All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!

Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.

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    I like the concept, and overall experience. On a more technical side getting my own private lemmy instance up and running (I wanted to retain full control of my account) was not easy due to somewhat lacking documentation on the process. Had to dig through posts from other people having similar issues, and do a bit of troubleshooting to fill in the gaps.

    Now that I have it working will see if I can find the time to do a writeup on the process if others are looking to do the same.

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      The first person to do a good write-up on that process and share it around will probably end up having the go-to resource on it for a while.

      Hope you can find time to do it!

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      Did you use the ansible script? I found it to be pretty easy to use, with 1 or 2 very minor hickups along the way.

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        no I used docker. I think some of the issues with it have been fixed upstream now but there were a few broken things and missing elements to the documentation.