Yo, im pretty new to the fedverse world bu Im really enjoing it btw i got some doubt and i dont understand what are the main differences between lemmy and mastodon? Maybe I m even asking the wrong question but you got the point I guess

Edit: thank you to everyone who answered my question, every answer was very useful to me

  • ZeroEcks@lemmy.ml
    17·
    11 months ago

    Ones kind of like Twitter and the other is like Reddit. They can talk to each other a bit but generally you would want an account on either if your going to use it much

    • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
      15·
      11 months ago

      To add on

      The format of Lemmy/Reddit is forums with threads, where you subscribe to a particular community and make posts / comments for that topic

      The format of Mastodon/Twitter is microblogging, where you follow individual accounts and read their posts.

      They both CAN communicate with each other, but the format won’t always make sense. For example, you can follow a Lemmy community on Mastodon, but it will pretend that the community is a person, which makes it a weird experience. What DOES make sense is using your mastodon account to comment on Lemmy threads when you want to do that.

      Ultimately I separate it like this

      • account with my real name on Mastodon, to follow friends/family/public figures

      • anonymous account for Lemmy content, so I can discuss freely