I was already on Mastodon by just having a Vivaldi (the chromium browser) account, and it's just lovely I've spent most of the day setting up lemmy, even though I joined feddit.dk 2 years ago, it's only just now I'm taking it seriously.
And, while not related to the fediverse per se, I switched to linux a year ago.
The only service that's hard to drop/switch away from is Youtube imo.

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[–] breadcat@sh.itjust.works 17 points 15 hours ago (5 children)

I keep seeing this type stuff but neither peertube or friendica are genuine replacements at this point, mastodon is weaksauce compared to akkoma or a misskey fork, and loops is alpha software. also yes signal is centralized but it just works and has contact discovery so it owns matrix and xmpp when compared to whatsapp. basically none of this stuff is truly ready

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 10 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

As software, PeerTube is great and there’s actually plenty of content to consume if you can find it. The more content creators we can get to use PeerTube, the more appealing PeerTube will also become.

Check this link out, if looking for content: https://peertube.wtf/

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[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

matrix too has contact discovery, if you add your phone number (or email). most users don't, and that tells me something

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[–] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 11 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Loop.video is “currently not accepting new members”.

[–] doctorbllk@programming.dev 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's also a pretty rough experience tbh. It took about 2 days for me to gain access after signing up. Only usable via the Android sdk or iOS beta app. The infrastructure just isn't there yet.

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[–] Chewget@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Damn

[–] Chewget@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

I was able to sign up just after seeing this comment. The wait is only 2 days...

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 5 points 13 hours ago (6 children)

Friendica seems like a new thing? No apps for that yet either

[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 10 hours ago

Bookface replicates the Facebook UI in Friendica :)

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago

It's been here the a long time actually

[–] MoreZombies@lemm.ee 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Raccoon

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[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

FB Marketplace --> Flohmarkt is missing!

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of it yet but it's very interesting! link for those who struggle to find it among german search results

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[–] malcriada_lala@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago (15 children)

I like this. I hope it starts conversations. Does anyone know if there are good alternatives to Discord?

[–] mitexleo@buddyverse.one 4 points 12 hours ago

Revolt is the way.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Matrix. Seems to be the hottest thing for group chats. Also what a lot of open source projects that used IRC before are switching to (or, if not switching, are providing a bridge for).

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[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemmy.fish 39 points 21 hours ago (21 children)

Signal is centralized, loops is closed source and not accepting new users.

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[–] Opinionhaver@feddit.uk 18 points 20 hours ago (32 children)

Switching from WhatsApp to any other messaging service isn't a realistic option for quite many places. I'd be more than willing to switch but of all the people in my contacts (including my entire customer base) there's like 3 people using Signal but every single one of them has WhatsApp. Even the 60+ year olds.

[–] callyral@pawb.social 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Same (Brazil), Whatsapp is pretty much a requirement and I hate that I'm forced to give Meta my information by using their shitty app.

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[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (9 children)

Youtube is probably the one that you can't "Just Switch To Fediverse"

Youtube content is mainly by creators. If they won't leave, there will be no transition. And unlike reddit posts, you can't just reupload. Because they will copyright strike you and take it down. Also, videos take up a lot more space than just text and some low-res memes like reddit-type sites.

reddit is essentially a bunch of strangers talking to people, moving froms stranger Group A to stranger Group B is very easy to do. The reddit > Lemmy transition is probably one of the easiest. You're just joining a new group of strangers.

For everything else, your contacts will also need to switch.

For Mastodon, the people you follow will also need to switch. This is even harder than getting your friends to switch.

[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

For Mastodon, the people you follow will also need to switch. This is even harder than getting your friends to switch.

Well I switched from the birdsite to Mastodon because a) I like to shout in the void and b) see what other people are shouting into the void. Doesn't really ultimately matter who's doing the shouting. People who go to social media exclusively for news and updates are a bit strange when you really think about it. You've got to have the shout in you.

(I'm only being half facetious here)

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