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/r/RedditAlternatives - "I like the idea of the fediverse but it's never gonna get popular." (old.reddit.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

As a software engineer I love the idea of the fediverse [...] I use lemmy and mastodon daily but they just don't have the content or the people

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Can I ask how does Mastodon actually work? I lurk on lemmy cause it works like Reddit but for the life of me can't figure out how to have some engagement or anything at all on M (i'm on "mas.to")

He complains about there not being content on Mastodon while not even knowing how it works. Some software engineer he is.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    To be fair, mastodon does have a problem of discoverability. Your shit isn't automatically publicly federated to other instances, even when someone from said instance is following and interacting with you. IE: your account on mas.to received a comment and was retooted by someone on to.mas. Other accounts on to.mas that check their public timeline won't necessarily see that original mas.to toot.

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