So far I use: Matrix, Friendica, Lemmy, PieFed. I also follow 1 or 2 persons on Mastodon, using Friendica.
I want to try vutuv now. Maybe in the future some more services.
Now I wonder if I should really register a new account for each service. May I ask for your advice? What do you recommend?
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Now I wonder if I should really register a new account for each service. May I ask for your advice? What do you recommend?
Do you get any benefits from the accounts? You can subscribe to Lemmy communities from Piefed and vice versa. Piefed can now follow Mastodon users iirc. So do you get any benefits from having accounts on both Lemmy and Piefed separately? Are there other benefits to a Friendica account for you than following Mastodon accounts?
That’s the important question really. If they don’t have anything to offer to you that the others already provide, then you don’t need that account.
I didn’t think that Matrix was considered part of the fediverse? Lemmy and Piefed are redundant since their core functionality is very similar, unless the two accounts are to segment your online personas, like politics, NSFW, and everything else. I had never heard of vutuv until now.
Many fediverse platforms do have specialized functionality so it’s beneficial to open an account for them specifically. Here’s a good reference article with guidelines: https://fedi.tips/using-multiple-accounts-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
Thank you for the hint on the article and your points regarding my question! Regarding Matrix : yeah, also other guys here pointed me at that. Good to know better now ; before I thought it was part of fediverse. now I know that fediverse is basically defined by some level of communication via ActivityPub.
As many as you want; the est practice is to link to your other accounts in the profile, though.
No offense, but sounds like you’re trading one social media addiction for another. If you’re just checking them out, why even make an account? I thought the whole point of the fediverse was to use an account and go across services? I’ve seen piefed stuff on Lemmy and iirc, mastadon too.
Different services have different functions, even within microblogging and different apps support different sites, don’t think any support all services on activityhub at once.
That’s absolutely NOT the whole point.
The main point is to avoid vendor lock-in, and monopolistic abuses.If you make a pixelfed account somewhere and want to follow Lemmy conversations, you’ll have trouble for a number of reasons.
Not all the different services talk to each other in a way that you can use just 1 account for the entire fediverse. Lemmy, Piefed and Mastodon can all cross communicate (tho afaik Mastodon is one way only-you can post to Lemmy from Mastodon, but not Lemmy to Mastodon); but none of them communicate with Matrix. So you need at least 2 accounts if you wanted to use all of these services.
Thanks. Good to know.
