Is Lemmy inherently more “social” and Mastodon more “individual” media? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by BallyM@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

20 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Setting aside Big Tech and surveillance capitalism for a minute — I wonder if fediverse microblogging apps like Mastodon aren’t fairly antisocial and inclined to individualism, while apps like Lemmy are more community and artefact/stuff-to-share centric.

People are complex, societies infinitely more so, but software can nudge us this way or that way too.

I’d be interested to hear what others here think.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 day ago

No, both social. "Social media" means content is provided by the users, not the website proprietor.

[-] BallyM@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

By that definition, Wikipedia and Google Search are social media too

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago

Wikipedia is, yes.

this post was submitted on 03 Feb 2026

36 points (92.9% liked)

Asklemmy

52682 readers

536 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 6 years ago

MODERATORS