Post #2629590

2022-10-31 06:41 UTC

@feditips@mstdn.social This looks great, thanks so much for all the work you put in to the fediverse community. One little niggle, I think comparing Friendica to FB sets people up for disappointment when they try it, rather than allowing them to evaluate it on its own merits. Maybe there was more equivalence at one time, but these days neither the feature set nor the UI of FB is much like Friendica. It's more akin to a federated LiveJournal or WordPress.

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@jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu 2022-10-31 08:33

@@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz @@feditips@mstdn.social To be fair, #Friendica was seen as a kind of "#Facebook without being Facebook" once it was discovered. It was mainly a federation powerhouse that could connect with everything that moved to the point of even the federation with #Diaspora being entirely the work of the Friendica devs. It was social first and. foremost while already showing hints of the Swiss Army knife that'd later be known as #Hubzilla. Speaking of which, there are some more projects on the #Fediverse that could be mentioned under "The Fediverse beyond Mastodon". I've already mentioned the federated social jack-of-all-trades Hubzilla which is sometimes described as a "federated social content management system". #Pleroma could be mentioned as an alternative to #Mastodon for those for whom 500 characters are too few, and who still don't want to go all the way and use a heavyweight like Friendica or Hubzilla. Then there's #WriteFreely, currently the most promising federated blog engine. And, of course, #Funkwhale which is audio hosting and streaming in the Fediverse. Maybe also #Lemmy which is similar to #Reddit.

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