Comparison of Lemmy and Reddit, Plus Connecting to Friendica

Posted by dandylover1@reddit | RedditAlternatives | View on Reddit | 5 comments

I joined Friendica in October of 2024, after Facebook shut down their Basic Mobile site (not app). I recently heard of Lemmy and read that it's a Reddit alternative. How does it compare to Reddit for general use? How do I connect it to Friendica? That is, do I need to create a Lemmy account and link the two, or do I just post with a tag or the at sign with my Friendica account, as with groups?

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MigrateOutOfReddit@reddit

You can post in Lemmy from your Friendica account just fine, but it's probably easier to create a separated Lemmy account, specially if you want to use Lemmy regularly later on.

I've been using Lemmy daily. It works well as a Reddit alternative, specially if you're into tech, science, anime, or politics.

Your instance has some impact on your experience in Lemmy so I recommend sticking to the instances ~~@BlazeAlt\@reddit.com~~ u/BlazeAlt recommended.

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dandylover1@reddit (OP)

I find technology to be quite interesting, and some science stories are as well. I know nothing of anime, and I have little to no interest in politics, so this is good to know.

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mighty3mperor@reddit

Friendica works better with communities than something like Mastodon. You can start threads or reply to posts on Lemmy directly from Friendica:

https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/post_to_lemmy_from_friendica

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Die4Ever@reddit

You don't typically link the accounts.

It seems to be possible to browse Lemmy from Friendica, at least I was able to find a friendica.world user who commented on a Lemmy post

https://programming.dev/post/22089670/13554532

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BlazeAlt@reddit

Lemmy has 42k monthly active users

https://discuss.online/ if you want a server located in the USA (content is still accessible from any server, the most difference latency)
https://sopuli.xyz/ if you want a server located in the EU
https://vger.app/ if you want an app

For your questions

it is similar to Reddit for general use
Not sure about Friendica, but there should be a way to browse one from the other
Having a Lemmy account is probably easier, but feel free to have a look before deciding to create one