Starting to explore migrating away from corporate social media like Facebook or Twitter, to the fediverse. The biggest obstacle is of course the network effect: I have a group of friends on Facebook, we all follow each other, will they migrate with me? I guess I'll find out. I am doing this gradually, first migrating to the fediverse (links in my profile), and starting a blog at write.as/leastaction/ with some longer pieces about topics that interest me: the meaning of democracy is a big one for me these days. And yes, the rise of oligarchic despots around the world.
If any of these things resonate with you, do let me know. I am very happy to have conversations about these important topics.
What's a good app for this on android? I'm currently using fedilab but I don't like having mastodon using the same app as this for autism related reasons.
I'm very new to this (as of yesterday, actually π), and I found this page listing some mobile clients.
I'm experimenting with using the "Raccoon for Friendica" (via F-Droid), and also the one you're using, "Fedilab". I'm still learning to navigate, so I'm also using Firefox ("Add to Home page") from my smartphone (this is from desktop, though). Maybe the last one is worth a try for you - just go via a web browser?
I can't believe this is the global server and it's only like a couple hundred people here. I love it though, growing tired of the massive metaverse. Greetings from around the middle of the Europe! πβοΈ
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California checking in. Looking for new social media after deleting Facebook. No more free content for fascists! Let's talk nature, bikes, GenX retirement, music, and global events.
Well, I didn't quit my FB account yet, but definitely looking for alternatives. Also joined mastodon today (it's X alternative). Hi from across the big pond.
So far I like it! Very customizable. It's nice having control over the content I see. And it's got a bit of that MySpace vibe with the BBcode. Switching up my background is fun.
Hi, I also joined mastodon today (an X alternative) and I also had these old times vibes, like when Google plus was starting. It feels nice, so niche. Almost like everyone's a part of a big family π
I'm still struggling to get the hang of it all or to find relevant content to me -- I also need to learn the art of macroblogging to create content of my own... seems we both have work to do!
Lemmy is great for finding different communities that interest you. Friendica needs some work in that department, but a great way to start is to follow hashtags of your interest. They get added to saved searchs, and then show up in your latest posts feed.
Have you tried inviting your friends? We all kind of need to migrate together, with our social circles for it to work. If people are not on here already, you will not find them.
(Btw, they do not have to be on Friendica for you to follow them. They can be on Mastodon or any other federated site and should be searchable and able to see their posts once you follow them.)
This is my cute dog, Muksis, to get your attention.
I am in the train from Tampere to Helsinki. Looking out of the window, seeing beautiful winter scenery, I suddenly had enough of billionaires profiting with my social media and promoting hate speech.
Hi everyone! Iβm an immigrant from Facebook and Instagram and so far like what I see here. But itβs different, and Iβm old enough to have that be annoying. Is there actually an app that I can download?
Iβm also interested in finding my people, so any tips on searching for groups sharing interests?
I am also new; yet probably younger. If you have an IPhone you can basically add the site to your homescreen and it will provide and icon that mimics app like behaviour. i think using the search bar and typing hashtag topics might help like #philosophy for me. Good luck and feel free to reach out and I will help as best I can.
@ruud @tinagw make sure you have the 0.4.0 version when you download it. The F-droid file is outdated. They are working on getting an app in the play store.
I just downloaded Raccoon for friendica via the F-droid app, and got v.0.4.0.
(I'm trying out the Raccoon, and Fedilab (from Google Play), but may settle for Firefox's "Add to start page" ... which is the one I'm posting this comment from, as the Raccoon gave me "An unexpected error occurred".)
Ah. I can't find any iOS apps listed on [https://friendi.ca/resources/mobile-clients/] β I'm unsure of how iOS works with "Add to Home screen", but go to [https://friendica.world/], then check if something like that is available in the browser settings menu thingie? This basically gives you a direct-link to that page. Like a bookmark, that you can access "directly". π
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