Does Mastodon bring anything of value to a Lemmy user? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 days ago by catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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As far as I can tell from my venture into Mastodon's feeds, the demographics of that part of Fediverse isn't that different from what Lemmy has: the same political takes, FOSS stuff, "big corpos bad", etc.

I wonder, is there anything that Mastodon excels at that Lemmy just doesn't provide? For example, I noticed that there are game developers and artists posting their stuff on Mastodon. Not many game developers (or any creatives, really) on Lemmy though.

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[-] ccunning@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago

Mastodon is personality focused rather than topic focused like Lemmy/piefed/et al.

If there is a person or organization that you’re interested in following (or if you’re a person or organization that is or aspires to be followed) then mastodon is the service for you.

[-] catfeeder@piefed.blahaj.zone 45 points 2 days ago

Mastodon is personality focused

Sadly I have no personality! Lemmy it is then.

[-] EastofEdson@piefed.ca 21 points 2 days ago

Exactly why I'm here.

[-] Triumph@fedia.io 8 points 2 days ago

I have impersonality.

[-] ARMADILLOMANIA@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago

People-oriented networking feels like staring in the void when one is asocial enough. In topic-oriented networking one does not need to contribute that much. Maybe that's why Lemmy seems better than Mastodon for me.

[-] arindam01@piefed.iridescent.nz 1 points 2 days ago

You are comparing apples with oranges. The two apps serve two different purposes. Mastodon is mostly for individual one on one interactions, lemmy is for building communities.