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I dunno, *can* we build #European alternatives to #Facebook and co?
The #EU community managers are at it again with promoting the EU instance on #Mastodon!
PS: the community management team (that's my team) are up for an award. Any chance you'd give us a vote? Project 32 on this link: enonet.eu/survey/index.php/227…
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Matt Vestengen-Cox
in reply to Hannah Grace • • •Like, for real - companies and organisations sign up to Mastodon and then just expect people to show up.
But you gotta post on Facebook / Twitter / Threads / Instagram / whatever, to say:
"Hey! Look, we have our own accounts on Mastodon. Go get the Mastodon app and follow us over there!"
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DFX4509B (Joshua Mason)
in reply to Hannah Grace • • •Can't you just self-host a Friendica instance in the EU? That would very much be a Euro FB replacement.
Ditto for Pixelfed with regards to IG, Mastodon with regards to Twitter, Lemmy with regards to Reddit, Loops with regards to Tiktok, and PeerTube with regards to YT.
Cecilia | MeraOrd
in reply to Hannah Grace • • •The Fedibook already exists.
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fedibook.netLeander Lindahl has moved
in reply to Cecilia | MeraOrd • • •@meraord indeed, its early days yet, but a promising concept.
fedibook.net/groups/digital-so…
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in reply to Cecilia | MeraOrd • •@Cecilia | MeraOrd @Hannah Grace
Is that a Friendica instance, or something totally new?
Cecilia | MeraOrd
in reply to Ivar Espås Vangen • • •Ivar Espås Vangen
in reply to Cecilia | MeraOrd • •@Cecilia | MeraOrd
Thst sounds awesome!
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in reply to Ivar Espås Vangen • • •Gilberto Ficara
in reply to Hannah Grace • • •I would argue that it really depends on what "Facebook", "instagram" and "whatsapp" mean for this person.
I think we don't really have a valid alternative to the Marketplace for example.
Instagram is pretty much covered by Mastodon and Pixelfed, but would it work at scale? (with millions or billions of photos and videos to store and moderate)
Whatsapp is a lot harder. I don't think that Matrix is a good alternative and unfortunately Signal is under US influence too.
Luca Sironi
in reply to Gilberto Ficara • • •@zompetto
Friendica, would be the fediverse alternative to Facebook, giving the possibility to have private groups.
Here an article from (of course) @_elena
blog.elenarossini.com/the-futu…
There are not that many #friendica instances, unfortunately
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)
Elena RossiniChristopher Stark
in reply to Luca Sironi • • •@luca @zompetto @_elena
How "usable" is #friendica by now? Does anybody know?
#fediverse #socialmedia
Informa Pirata
in reply to Christopher Stark • • •@Christopher Stark I'm a big fan of Friendica, but it's clear that, while Friendica has achieved a good level of usability, it isn't and never will be as usable as Mastodon.
Friendica is still the most complete software in the entire Fediverse and deserves a larger community of users and, above all, developers: currently, there are practically three of them maintaining the system!
I recommend trying the Raccoon for Friendica Android app (also usable with Mastodon) because it has significantly improved many of the web version's ergonomic issues. The app is currently still in beta, and I recommend downloading it from GitHub because the one on the app store is still version 0.4 and has some significant flaws.
github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRac…
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Matthias (feb)
in reply to Informa Pirata • • •@Informa Pirata
The team is working very hard to simplify the WebUI. The current stable Friendica version (2026.05) already includes a number of changes. The development version will take things a step further.
The project welcomes people who want to contribute their experience and skills for the benefit of the Fediverse.
For those interested: Friendica has a theme and add-on system. So if you want to bring your own ideas for a great UX/UI to life, you’ve come to the right place.
@Elena Rossini 🌈 @Gilberto Ficara @Christopher Stark @Luca Sironi @Hannah Grace
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in reply to Christopher Stark • •@Christopher Stark @Elena Rossini 🌈 @Gilberto Ficara @Luca Sironi @Luca Sironi @Hannah Grace
I think Friendica works fairly well, especially when you organize your feed into categories. I love the RSS feed and the Bluesky-feed, which works way better than Mastodon's.
The main problem as far as I see it, is that there are so few people there.
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