Post #2338548
2026-04-13 12:23 UTC
It’s shocking how many small businesses are still using Facebook. And Facebook is becoming increasingly hard to access for non-members.
I’m wondering what an open alternative would look like—maybe:
• Support for a few simple web pages. Maybe not even fancy layouts but only Markdown-based text (with links, images, tables, etc.).
• News updates could be provided via ActivityPub. IIRC, Mastodon has plans to let you subscribe to those via email.
Anything else?
Replies (3)
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@rauschma@fosstodon.org 2026-04-13 12:58
It’s possible that Mastodon eventually gets simple account portability via domain names. Then you could even reach an account via a URL with the user’s domain.
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@fnordius@muenchen.social 2026-04-13 12:43
@rauschma@fosstodon.org ownership, and who pays for hosting. Facebook made it easy to ignore that question.
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@burningTyger@nrw.social 2026-04-13 13:13
@rauschma@fosstodon.org My favourite club uses Instagram to post events. Totally annoying, I never know what they're up to (doesn't matter much in the end, but still). They do have a web site with events announced and ticket sales, yet the tickets can also be bought from a different platform via insta. Like two completely different clubs posting stuff. I don't get it.