lemmy-ansible VS mastodon-ios-apps

I followed the documentation and it says there are two recommended ways to set it up, docker compose or Ansible automation script, i don't know how to use docker so i chosen the second method, basically you just install Ansible on your local machine, and copy paste commands on its github page, then you have it. I think the docker method is even simper because from what i heard it's designed to easily deploy services

Hello, please bear with me as I have almost no experience with this. I am setting up a lemmy instance, and using the ansible instructions found here https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible

perform steps 1-4 of the instructions at https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible.git

Based on its functionality and UI, I'd really like for FlingUp to succeed. It looks like the best reddit alternative that's currently available.

But if it's just going to descend into being another Voat, I'm not going to bother encouraging my communities to switch over. We're all familiar with what invariably happens to forums / social media sites that have no restrictions on what type of speech is allowed.

Lemmy is looking like a viable alternative. According to this[0] page running your own instance is pretty light on resources, and they have an official Ansible playbook install option[1].

And, whereas with FlingUp I have no control over their moderation policies, with Lemmy I can set the moderation policies for the instance and defederate any other instances as needed.

0. https://join-lemmy.org/docs/en/administration/administration...

1. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible

The ansible documentation appeared to work pretty well, while the docker documentation did not. I had to setup an ansible control server though which is an extra set of steps.

Like to Ansible, if you want to host your own. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ansible

Here is sample nginx config file provided by the lemmy devs

Give this and this a check. Unless you're a developer you're better off copying someone else's open source alternative than trying to build one from the scratch.

Mastodon has been in use in lieu of Twitter, most of the time I'd otherwise have seen a Twitter link on things I personally read, ever since the rate limiting thing.

I believe kbin integrates better with Mastodon (compared to Lemmy), so you might be able to create/use a Mastodon account with one of their many client options.

Jerboa is for lemmy, here’s some apps for mastodon

Mastodon is a protocol. There are plenty of alternative UIs https://joinmastodon.org/apps

Apps: https://joinmastodon.org/apps

FWIW you might be able to enjoy the Fediverse via a Friendica server (which also interacts with Twitter) if your desktop twitter client isn't hardwired, though likelier to find desktop client/s that suits down amongst joinmastodon.org/apps or just using web-interface. Best wishes anyway

> Doesn't have an app

It does have an app. See https://joinmastodon.org/apps for not only the official app, but also literally dozens of third-party apps.

There's a whole list of them here: https://joinmastodon.org/apps

The most noteworthy Android ones are listed on https://joinmastodon.org/apps along with other platforms.