Pandoc with reveal.js is nice. I also use an asciidoc template with asciidoctor-pdf, but it’s a pdf output so no fancy animations or transitions.

I have a couple write ups about them:

• http://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/02/15/easy-decks-with-pandoc/

• http://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/02/26/quick-decks-with-asciidoctor/

My social media consumption looks roughly like this:

• Mastodon - 60%
• Pixelfed - 15%
• Loops - 10%
• Lemmy - 10%
• Reddit - 3%
• Facebook - 2%

1. Performance:

• Mastodon - Is a competitor.
• Pixelfed - Almost there.
• Loops - Not there, yet. Has potential.
• Lemmy - Not there, yet. Has potential.

2. Moderation:

• Mastodon - Solid
• Pixelfed - Solid.
• Loops - Seems solid. (Not sure if it is actually solid or just lack of users).
• Lemmy - Seems solid. (I don’t use it enough to make an honest comparison, but I have not come across anything objectionable to date).

3. Beehaw Improvement

• Honestly, I use lemm.ee and federate out to other instances. Most of the time, I do not even pay attention to where the post originates. I do this because early on there was talk of Beehaw defederating from all other instances and at that time the content just wasn’t there. Not sure where Beehaw is on that stance today or if that is something they are still working towards. Then, I tried kbin and unfortunately it imploded. Then, landed on lemm.ee.
• But, I use Lemmy so infrequently, that I don’t have much input on improvement. I think it just suffers from the same pain points as other fediverse organizations: user adoption and content creation.