I’ve been on Lemmy and Mastodon for a little while but still not super active on either, and haven’t really kept up with fediverse stuff as a whole.
With that said, I’m interested, what are you using, how are you using it, and what are you using it on? Do you have a bunch of accounts per platform? Do you try use one account across everything as much as you can?
I’ll go first with something of a template that might make responding easier for people:
EDIT: Apologies for the formatting, it seems like some of the markdown stuff is broken/very different to any other markdown formatting I’ve used and this is the best I can do. Hope it’s legible enough.
template
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Accessed from:
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Platform name
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Accounts:
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Apps:
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Uses:
Accessed from:
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Safari on MacOS
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Apps on iOS
Mastodon
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Accounts: 2 — an anonymous one that I occasionally post from (on an NZ instance) and one under my real name that I basically just use to save my name as a handle (on mastodon.social, cos it seems like the one most likely to endure all things)
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Apps: Ice Cubes, Mammoth — I have both accounts on both apps, I like each for different reasons. Ice Cubes is super customisable and open, Mammoth is pretty.
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Uses: Following some podcast hosts, keeping up with local news.
Lemmy
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Accounts: 1 — just this one I’m posting from.
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Apps: Memmy and Mlem. I was a long-time Apollo user and have been seeking out a Lemmy app with that level of polish. Nothing really feels quite the same, but I’m sure with time one of them will get there.
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Uses: Trying to replace Reddit as a discussion board for a bunch of topics I my real-world friends aren’t as interested in, and for keeping up with tech news.
Pixelfed
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Accounts: 1 — under my real name.
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Apps: 0 at the moment. I used the Pixelfed test flight app for a while, but it seemed to be hurting my battery life. When it gets a proper app store release, I’ll probably grab it again if nothing else comes along.
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Uses: Trying to make it as much of an old-Instagram replacement as possible.
Now it’s your turn. What other platforms are you on, how are you using them, etc.
I get what you’re saying, but I think that’s kinda reductive. When I see a picture on Facebook of my uncle on his dirt bike all smiles after winning a race, I think that’s a positive and fruitful use of social media.
And personally, I like sharing a picture of a cosplay I made, hopefully to help someone else who might be on a similar creative path. Or at least to discuss creative processes.
I guess this is my actkually moment, but I think your assessment is off.