The FediVerse is huge. So many bits that are connected in one way or another, all through the marvels of something called ActivityPub. I’ve joined my first bit of Fedi back in November ’22, when the whole of Twitter started to head to the shitter, excuse the language…
I joined Mastodon. I leaned about Mastodon and instances and all that. I made different accounts as my brain required to keep certain things separated. Which may be weird to some, it that’s just how my brain wants it… So I was active on Mastodon, and then I joined Pixelfed in February of 2024. I joined PeerTube later that year, and I’ve been trying out Loops. I tried a Sharkey instance, which is like Masto but with more options. And now… I’ve been trying out Friendica.
Some say it’s the FediVerse’s answer to Meta’s Facebook. But then, without the ads, without the algorithm, without the spam, and with the ability to connect to other FediVerse projects and also RSS.
As I started writing this post, I’ve been on the platform for several days. I’ve mostly been using the mobile site, which doesn’t have all the options that the desktop version offers. But changes made on desktop will transfer to mobile. For instance, I changed the theme and it’s colors when I used it on my laptop, and the next time that I used the phone, it showed me that these and those colors.
I started following my own FediVerse accounts first. And then I slowly started adding some friends. Most are on Masto, so they link through the ActivityPub bits. When I started on an instance that was high in the list of the index on the Friendica site, I didn’t know that the instance was having some issues every now and then with some downtime. But the admin was working on it. With the developers of Friendica, so I hoped that they would be able to resolve the downtime bits.
There are many options to have your Friendica become the social media style you want it to be. But as most options were needing to be set on a desktop, and I used my phone most, it took me some time to find out all the settings and options.
The first thing I noticed was, when people want to follow you, there are options like “follow back” or “have them see your content”. So if that person’s profile isn’t showing you things you’re not interested in following, you can still allow them to follow you while you don’t have to see their content. There is an option called “circles”, where you can add friends to different kind of circles. And then you can filter them out easily, or share things with just them… I haven’t tried it all, as I write this, as I don’t have that many friends yet, so it’s all just still rather basic. 😊
I will need to log some more time on my laptop with Friendica to check out all it’s options. And, at the moment that I’m wiring this, the instance often has issues starting in the night and it lasts a few hours. It’s just my instance, probably because it’s a busy instance and they have no experience with that usage yet. But for now, I hope that they wil be able to fix it ASAP. Or I’ll need to ask for advice to find a new instance. And I have no idea what I can transfer. As on Masto, you can’t transfer your toots when you change instance…
Screenshot of my webapp of Friendica, showing part of my profile.
For those that would like to find me on Friendica, my profile is at: @pixy@friendica.world I can’t find a weblink to my profile, only the Fedi type of link. But from most of the Fedi services, you should be able to find me using this profile name. 😊
If and when I’ve tried more of the service, I’ll share more with you all here!
Edit before this post went live: The instance I joined Friendica on, Friendica.world, has been having a lot of downtime during the night. As that’s usually my busiest time, I found a second instance to make a back-up account. I would like to stay with the first one, but if they can’t resolve the issues, it’s a bit hard for me to really enjoy it. My back-up account can be found at: social.trom.tf/profile/pixy.
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