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Not a video, but I always use this EFF article to introduce the concept.
One thing that would have been nice to know as a newbie on the Fediverse:
The most common misconception, or at least from this side, was that they make it seem as if they all can connect and interact with one another. But this is not the case, as some work one way, some can only like or follow, others don’t get notifications at all when tagged.
So have been testing over the past few weeks and made accounts on: a) Hubzilla b) Friendica c) Mastodon d) Kbin e) Lemmy f) Iceshrimp g) Bonfire h) Peertube i) Funkwhale j) Pixelfed
And just out of curiosity: a) Using Bridgyfed, to test interactivity between the AT protocol of BlueSky and AP protocol of the Fediverse. b) Meta’s Threads for testing with Mastadon. c) Starting to test Nostr with its peer-to-peer network.
TL;DR:
The fediverse holds a lot of promise, but it the ideal level of interconnectivity isn’t there yet. (And yes, not all of them need to be able to connect and interact on the same level of details as with the others, as they are different tools.)
So have been testing over the past few weeks and made accounts on: a) Hubzilla b) Friendica c) Mastodon d) Kbin e) Lemmy f) Iceshrimp g) Bonfire h) Peertube i) Funkwhale j) Pixelfed
I’m only interested in moving my friends away from Facebook, and have the same fun we used to have as a group, for now nothing seem to match FB functionality unfortunately…
- Have your own profile
- Public and Private Groups
- 1 to 1 chats
And of course no one would consider joining a platform without a ( feature complete ) mobile app, Firefish is amazing but it has no mobile clients that look as a good as the website, and people say Friendica is the ethical Facebook, but it’s ugly…😅 i don’t know what to recommend ?
@electro1@infosec.pub wrote:
but it’s ugly…😅
Have you tried changing the default theme? I changed mine to Frio Dark Blue and it looks like this.
Sorry, should have expressed myself better, sometimes you’re not exactly speaking what you thinking … I was referring to the mobile apps, Friendica main app looks horrible last time I checked
This one called Friendiqa, it’s on top of other apps so I’m assuming it’s their flagship app
however, you want a dedicated mobile app, then check out Relatica.
Oh this one looks way nicer, judging from the screenshots…
Friendica also supports the Mastodon API, so you can also log in with pretty much any Mastodon app.
Idk, on their website they list a few compatible clients, maybe other clients won’t work well…
@electro1 they do need to update their website a bit fwiw. Friendiqa is not that great at all. But no, that’s not an official one either. They do not have any first-party app at all.
Edit: You can also find a help section wherever you might choose to create an account, or a wiki available at wiki.friendi.ca/ with more information.
And if you want to get more familiar with how Friendica works, you can also check out (and share) anubis2814’s videos on YouTube on the topic:
Can you make a flowchart (or maybe there is one already) that shows what platforms can interact with others and how? Sort of kidding, but maybe not. I really like the idea of the Fediverse, but it does seem to have a bit of an “apples and oranges” problem with the different platforms. Hopefully an issue that’s being worked on.
