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There's a Fediverse alternative to called . More info at kbin.pub

Still VERY new, not many servers yet, two so far in English:

fedia.io
kbin.social

No app yet, use it through these sites. Subreddits are called "Magazines". You can interact with magazines from other servers.

Coders help Kbin at codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core, non-coders donate at buymeacoffee.com/kbin

(Sorry to people bored of this, had many requests to put info in one place)

kbin.pubHome | kbin.pub - Fediverse of content

p.s. Kbin is part of the Fediverse. You can follow Kbin accounts and magazines from Mastodon etc, and follow Mastodon etc accounts from Kbin.

However, the cross-platform federation doesn't seem to be working properly yet (bear in mind the project is only a few months old!).

There's also a complication about the Kbin.social server being overwhelmed over the last few days. Kbin.social has had to use Cloudflare to cope with the overwhelming load, which is known to mess up federation.

@feditips I'm joining the "get bent reddit" movement but it's definitely a learning curve. I've never heard of the fediverse before this and I'm definitely lost but willing to learn.

@kelce @feditips

Mastodon has already replaced birdsite and book of faces for me so I am eager to get my HFY and other reddit fixes here too.

@mstrmustache @feditips I'm liking it so for. Like reddit without the toxicity haha.

@kelce @mstrmustache @feditips The one thing I miss about Twitter is the random posts. I'd get a fair number of left-field posts that were actual interesting. Lots of toxic, too, of course Maybe I'm doing Mastodon wrong, though.

@Secret_Squirrel @kelce @mstrmustache

If you want truly random posts, try browsing the Local and Federated timelines on your server.

They are feeds of all the public posts made by people on your server (Local) or people from other servers that your server has noticed (Federated), in chronological order.

More info at fedi.tips/what-are-the-local-f

Also, try Explore which shows trending posts and trending tags. (On the official app, click the magnifying glass but leave the search box blank.)

fedi.tipsWhat are the Local, Federated and Home timelines? How do I stop them scrolling too quickly? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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@Secret_Squirrel @kelce @mstrmustache

Having said that, if you're on a massive server like mastodon.social those feeds will be really, really random firehoses.

If you join a smaller server you'll see more of a theme, especially on the Local feed.