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Hello all! I am new to the Fediverse, and am currently exploring it all. Very exciting concept and future! So far, I am here on Lemmy (Reddit alternative) and Nostr (Twitter alternative). Which Fediverse software is the best Facebook alternative? Thanks in advance!

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

I haven't used it personally but I believe Friendica is the thing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Friendica, apparently. I've never used it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder why Lemmy isn't listed as an alternative to Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That's actually strange... It /was/ listed there not too long ago, that's how I found it. Kbin was the less-known site at the time too (about a month ago).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thank you all! It seems like there's consensus that Friendica is the one. I'll probably check it out, but I'll most likely not end up using it, since there's no way all my normie friends will ever get on there...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That really is the biggest hurdle for new social media platforms when there are established platforms already in use. Overcoming the inertia of having your entire network on one platform is a monumental task and requires a collective consensus that is hard to reach.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Friendica is also a good way to follow Mastodon and Twitter accounts, so you combine that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nostr? I never heard of that one , how active it is?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nostr is very active, actually, and works a little bid different than Lemmy. Go watch this video, it explains it very well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIccRIEr2gQ

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was using Mastodon as Twitter as most of the people I used follow move there

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

I heard that Mastodon isn't great because apparently it basically turned into de-federated instances with power hungry admins. But I haven't tried it out myself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Not sure about any that try to be exactly like Facebook. The closest off the top of my head is Pixelfed which is meant to be like instagram if that seems like something you’d be interested in.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I use my local real world bar instead of Facebook

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Which fediverse software is the best pile-of-dogshit alternative? hmm.

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