There's a Fediverse alternative to #Reddit called #Kbin. More info at https://kbin.pub
Still VERY new, not many servers yet, two so far in English:
https://fedia.io
https://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 https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core, non-coders donate at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kbin
(Sorry to people bored of this, had many requests to put info in one place)
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.
@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 https://fedi.tips/what-are-the-local-federated-home-timelines-how-do-i-stop-them-scrolling-too-quickly/
Also, try Explore which shows trending posts and trending tags. (On the official app, click the magnifying glass but leave the search box blank.)
@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.
@feditips@mstdn.social @Secret_Squirrel@mastodon.social @kelce@mastodon.social @mstrmustache@kolektiva.social and if you’re on a single user instance you’ll see nothing but your own feed again
@feditips @kelce @mstrmustache It would never have occurred to me to search but leave the field blank. Thank you! Sometimes the truly random stuff is neat and you find great accounts to follow. Still learning the system around here and appreciate all the tips you post.
@Secret_Squirrel @kelce @feditips
You still get that by following a wide variety of accounts and seeing what they boost.