I’ve made accounts on servers running these different software and the user experience feels similar between them. They’re all FOSS Reddits. I can log into servers running all of em via the same Interstellar app on Android and see the same communities
Are there more notable differences for folks running the server or the mods running the individual communities/subredits?
Or am i misunderstanding them?
They’re different but compatible pieces of software.
A major difference is that Lemmy doesn’t allow following individual (microblogging) accounts, only communities. The other three allow following both AFAIK.
I don’t believe any have the ability to follow individual microblogging accounts unless I’ve overlooked it. I have a PieFed and a mbin account. Following individual accounts for microblogging sounds like mastadon.
Maybe I don’t understand what microblogging is though, that’s like Twitter/Threads right? If so then Mastadon
You can follow microblogs on mbin, also following flipboard too.
Edit:
The screenshot.
Oh cool, I found it! Guess I’ve been spending more time on Lemmy and PieFed but not enough on mbin
I managed to do this once on mbin - but I have no clue how. This is a commonly requested feature.
I found it, but I had to know an exact name. Like I couldn’t search aljazeera and select from a list I had to search Aljazeera@flipboard.com completely. But that means when you see a source you should be able to click their name and then there is a follow feature
Is it worth the effort to switch over from Lemmy?
Unless there’s a particular feature you’re after, like following microblogs, or better mod controls… Meh, it’s all about the same for the end user.
I shifted to PieFed because I like the direction they’re heading, the flexibility/volume of potential contributors Python provides, and to just generally show support for more options in the fediverse.
PieFed features come more quickly but the apps/front ends are slower to adopt them so it’s not all sunshine and rainbows but the basic functions generally work the same no matter where you are.
On Mbin the vote buttons for replies are on the right, which is the primary reason I picked it.
The rest is just momentum.
I’m on Summit for Lemmy and my vote buttons are on the right.
Just a BTW, I have no argument to make.
Depends - what don’t you like about your current instance? The ui will be different on each but that isn’t good or bad so much as what you like. (No project has a real ui designer)
Nothing wrong with my instance, just wondering if I’m missing out on anything by not going with the latest and greatest.