QuadratureSurfer

Statistically speaking there has to be some other life out there. Although, with how rare that is and large the universe is, we’ll never find them, and they will never find us.

But with the magic of your question? I’ll go to the nearest planet with another spacefaring civilization!
I just need to remember to bring my towel.

Some things just don’t federate well across services. Here on the threadiverse we can all see each other’s upvotes and downvotes. However Lemmy users can’t see the likes/boosts of Mastodon users. Mbin/Kbin users can see boosts though.

On the other side, Mastodon users can’t see the upvotes/downvotes of Threadiverse users, or even their own upvotes/downvotes that they may have received from the Threadiverse.

So, while the fediverse as a whole may have 20 million users, sometimes the more common way that people engage is by simply liking/boosting/voting something. That information isn’t always supported by different services and it may look a little emptier than it actually is.

Engagement on the Threadiverse may be a bit easier, because all you need to do is find a popular community and post in it.

Engagement on the other side of the fence is usually found by following a popular hashtag, or mentioning users with a large following. They can still create posts in Threadiverse communities as well, but that’s not the typical route that they’re used to.

No, my game backlog is too long as it is.

Votes on Lemmy are basically public.
Mod logs are public, so it’s a lot easier for users to judge a moderator’s actions. This is usually handled over at !yepowertrippinbastards@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Mastodon (Twitter/like) users can create posts on Lemmy communities.
PieFed has more features that Redditors will be familiar with (post flair, polls, etc). It also has some useful features specific to the fediverse such as feeds for combining similar communities and the ability to view comments organized from every crosspost at once.

Welcome to the threadiverse!