Here are some specific questions.

  • Are the upvotes and downvotes I make, private? If I report a comment, is my report private?

  • Can someone follow me across lemmy instances based on my username?

  • If I want to make a community, is there a reason I would choose one lemmy over another?

  • Are the powers of moderators similar to reddit’s?

  • Where can I find a list of most active lemmy instances?

  • Any other differences from reddit I should know about?

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
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    2 years ago

    Are the upvotes and downvotes I make, private?

    no

    If I report a comment, is my report private?

    yes

    Can someone follow me across lemmy instances based on my username?

    yes

    If I want to make a community, is there a reason I would choose one lemmy over another?

    no

    Are the powers of moderators similar to reddit’s?

    somewhat, lemmy is still kind of new. mod abilities are being expanded.

    Where can I find a list of most active lemmy instances?

    https://fedidb.org/

    Any other differences from reddit I should know about?

    lemmy cannot use the ‘microblog’ part of the fediverse (tweeting, communicating to Mastodon)

    i use mbin for this reason. it can do both. https://moist.catsweat.com/