Applications, social media interfaces, instances, I’m not sure what the correct word is 😅.

Pretty much title!

    • @Vlhacs@reddthat.com
      1•2 years ago

      What are the common attributes between each app that allows them to be federated with each other? Users, a post with multimedia support (images, links, maybe videos), a comment thread, and what else? Can an app deviate completely from this user/post/comment model and still be federated? Do each app need to manually integrate with another app to be considered federated or is any app using ActivityPub automatically integrated to your app?

      • @rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee
        1•2 years ago

        Do each app need to manually integrate with another app to be considered federated or is any app using ActivityPub automatically integrated to your app?

        ActivityPub provides the framework, but a platform also has to be designed to support another platform. It’s not automatic.

    • Peruvian_Skies
      1•2 years ago

      Very neat, thanks for sharing! What do the dotted lines between non-Fediverse protocols and Fediverse platforms represent? Do those platforms use multiple protocols?

      • Peruvian_Skies
        3•2 years ago

        It’s called the Network Effect. Most people, like you, want to be on the platform that everyone else is using. Others want to be on the “best” platform (whatever that means for them) and when they find one they like, they’ll start advertising it to others. Eventually, enough people will move to a new platform that it starts making sense for people like you to move there as well.

        Remember how everyone used to be on ICQ, then MSN Messenger, etc? It used to happen a lot with messaging and social media platforms until Facebook and Twitter got big enough to start buying and shutting down the competition. It’s happening now with people leaving Reddit for Fediverse platforms like Kbin and Lemmy.

        There is nothing wrong with waiting for the Network Effect to push you to a new platform, if it ever does. The point of social media is being social - if you’re there to interact with friends, you obviously want to be where your friends are.

      • @WhipperSnapper@lemmy.ml
        1•2 years ago

        Getting a teeny bit slammed for your comment, but I think the simpler answer is: you probably wouldn’t. If instagram is working for you and yours, then I’d imagine you’ll stay there. That’s totally fine. This is a thread about federated alternatives, though, so the overall subject may not apply to you.

        I like pixelfed because a) it doesn’t have ads for 2/3 of the content, b) it doesn’t have reels (which IMO go against the entire point of instagram to begin with), and c) I’m specifically not looking for pictures of my friends. For me, instagram is a platform for discovering art from other people. It still works for that, but there’s so much other stuff on there getting in the way. Pixelfed is “back to basics” for what I’m looking for in an art sharing platform.

  • @Dave@lemmy.nz
    2•2 years ago

    Here’s a list of 130: https://the-federation.info/#projects

    One I like not mentioned so far is bookwyrm, which is like a federated goodreads (track books you’re reading, review them, read other’s reviews).

    Edit: the flagship instance is https://bookwyrm.social

    I think it’s worth noting that Mastodon is by far the most mature. Everything else is buggy and may not always work the way you might expect but I think many are still worth using if you can put up with the quirks.

      • @Cubes@lemm.eeEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        Still not sure what this is supposed to do based on the site? It’s some kind of all-in-one fediverse thing? Doesn’t help that they reference a ton of federated services that I’ve never heard of in the website

  • @Ziggurat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1•2 years ago

    • Peertube is a relatively popular federated-decentralized video platform, a couple of serious youtuber even have a mirror set there. But if you look for a place to share informal video with or without personal data it’s better place than youtube (When reddit r/guitar had the weekly* first take challenge* I uploaded a few video on peertube because I don’t want to tell google or the world about my bad but fun attempt jamming a guitar for an online challenge)

    • Pixelfed is a photo sharing app, I have an account there but don’t use it as I am not that much in photography, They do even have an instance dedicated to artists

    • I heard about Calckey/Firefish/Misskey but not really sure what’s the benefit over Mastodon

    • Diaspora* is the great old one of federated social network last time I opened it it was full of conspiracy nuts

  • Vuipes
    1•2 years ago

    Misskey and Firefish
    They are microblogs like Mastodon but with much more functions.

    • TheOPtimal
      1•2 years ago

      Its filled with cryptobros and libertarians. Its a cesspool I wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole.

  • Eugenia
    0•2 years ago

    My favorite is PixelFed. I’m an artist, so Instagram was important for me, but for a few years now it’s absolutely terrible (no reach at all with their special algorithms). PixelFed fixes all that, it replicates the feeling of IG as it was 8-10 years ago: chronological feed, tag-based, no extraneous features. I’m really enjoying it, as I can finally grow again my followship as an artist: https://pixelfed.org/

    • @ruckblack@sh.itjust.works
      1•2 years ago

      Do you have any suggestions as to how to find people on there? I have it installed and am trying it out, but I’m running into a lot of the same problems I was having on Mastodon; it seems difficult to discover engaging content.