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Other use cases for the fediverse (self.fediverse)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by gredo to c/[email protected]
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I never got into mastodon because I couldn't connect multiple instances. I like this a lot about Lemmy so far (just here for a few minutes though).

Reading about the fediverse got me thinking. What other use cases could you think of? Maybe outside social media?

Would a fediverse password manager be more or less secure than some company owned pm?

How about "clones" of other social media like FB and Insta, TikTok?

What about a blogging community like Medium?

Other ideas?

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

@gredo There is a clone of #Facebook (actually 2 or 3: #Friendica, which uses AP, #Diaspora, using it's own protocol and #Hubzilla, using both AP and it's own, #Zot protocol).

Then there's #Pixelfed, which is an alternative to #Instagram

Edit: what I really find missing is an alternative to #IMDb

[–] gredo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks. I'm quite new to the fediverse, but really love the idea.

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

@gredo I think I am into a year almost, lol. I was looking for a Facebook alternative so there I am, on Friendica 😁

[–] gredo 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did you get your friends over?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@gredo I didn't, yet, haha. I'm still on Facebook, yet once they move to other platforms to chat on there, I will pull the plug.

I had one friend that got to Mastodon, then got bored by it, then there was another one that tried the very server I am on, currently. She didn't seem to stick either.

I try to keep the number of accounts on social networks low tho. I started to be more active on chat apps with friends and the like. Over here I am mostly posting news, pictures and commenting stuff around 😁

Edit: I'm still figuring out how to use this whole thing (the account) tbh. But I enjoy the features of it and try to maximize them to their full potential. For example there's no way you can add a title to your post on Facebook, format your text using BBCodes for instance (whether in posts, comments or on the profile), add inline images and other media (inside the text, like, you write something, add an image, then continue writing below it), follow RSS feeds directly etc.

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

I'm curious, what would a federated IMDB add to the experience for you?

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

@gunnervi maybe being something like Goodreads but for movies, I think

@gredo

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

yeah, i guess i can see that. personally i never really grokked goodreads but honestly I feel that way about most social media platforms so its definitely a me issue

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

Is there an app to access friendica? Or just the website?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@notacat There are a couple of apps listed on their website, and there's also Relatica, created by one of the devs. This looks like the most modern Friendica dedicated client at the moment, although in beta. It is also cross-platform, or that's what the dev wants. But from what I understand, you can use Mastodon client apps as well (haven't tried tho).