#mywebfriends — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #mywebfriends, aggregated by home.social.
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Thoughts about Mastodon's quasi-monopoly
The almost-monopoly that #Mastodon has on the #Fediverse nowadays is kind of becoming a nuisance and actively making other #ActivityPub federated software worse, sadly. This is not the fault of Mastodon or Mastodon users, but it's just an unavoidable side effect of this whole Twitter exodus.
Almost all your interactions are guaranteed to be with Mastodon accounts, even if you are on, say, #Friendica or #Diaspora.
The lowest common denominator between all of you ends up being the most minimal version of microblogging, so you often never get to use all the cool features and interaction paradigmae that your software offers. Usergroups, calendars, events, post titles, games, ...? Nope, everything must be Mastodon-compatible if you don't want to alienate all your friends.
It's just sad because software like Friendica on the technical side has the potential to replicate so much of what made early Facebook cozy and personal. Even though I founded the instance #MyWebFriends to specifically try and build a community in that direction, I still end up interacting mostly with microbloggers from Mastodon and microblogging AP in general.
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Thoughts about Mastodon's quasi-monopoly
The almost-monopoly that #Mastodon has on the #Fediverse nowadays is kind of becoming a nuisance and actively making other #ActivityPub federated software worse, sadly. This is not the fault of Mastodon or Mastodon users, but it's just an unavoidable side effect of this whole Twitter exodus.
Almost all your interactions are guaranteed to be with Mastodon accounts, even if you are on, say, #Friendica or #Diaspora.
The lowest common denominator between all of you ends up being the most minimal version of microblogging, so you often never get to use all the cool features and interaction paradigmae that your software offers. Usergroups, calendars, events, post titles, games, ...? Nope, everything must be Mastodon-compatible if you don't want to alienate all your friends.
It's just sad because software like Friendica on the technical side has the potential to replicate so much of what made early Facebook cozy and personal. Even though I founded the instance #MyWebFriends to specifically try and build a community in that direction, I still end up interacting mostly with microbloggers from Mastodon and microblogging AP in general.
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Thoughts about Mastodon's quasi-monopoly
The almost-monopoly that #Mastodon has on the #Fediverse nowadays is kind of becoming a nuisance and actively making other #ActivityPub federated software worse, sadly. This is not the fault of Mastodon or Mastodon users, but it's just an unavoidable side effect of this whole Twitter exodus.
Almost all your interactions are guaranteed to be with Mastodon accounts, even if you are on, say, #Friendica or #Diaspora.
The lowest common denominator between all of you ends up being the most minimal version of microblogging, so you often never get to use all the cool features and interaction paradigmae that your software offers. Usergroups, calendars, events, post titles, games, ...? Nope, everything must be Mastodon-compatible if you don't want to alienate all your friends.
It's just sad because software like Friendica on the technical side has the potential to replicate so much of what made early Facebook cozy and personal. Even though I founded the instance #MyWebFriends to specifically try and build a community in that direction, I still end up interacting mostly with microbloggers from Mastodon and microblogging AP in general.
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Thoughts about Mastodon's quasi-monopoly
The almost-monopoly that #Mastodon has on the #Fediverse nowadays is kind of becoming a nuisance and actively making other #ActivityPub federated software worse, sadly. This is not the fault of Mastodon or Mastodon users, but it's just an unavoidable side effect of this whole Twitter exodus.
Almost all your interactions are guaranteed to be with Mastodon accounts, even if you are on, say, #Friendica or #Diaspora.
The lowest common denominator between all of you ends up being the most minimal version of microblogging, so you often never get to use all the cool features and interaction paradigmae that your software offers. Usergroups, calendars, events, post titles, games, ...? Nope, everything must be Mastodon-compatible if you don't want to alienate all your friends.
It's just sad because software like Friendica on the technical side has the potential to replicate so much of what made early Facebook cozy and personal. Even though I founded the instance #MyWebFriends to specifically try and build a community in that direction, I still end up interacting mostly with microbloggers from Mastodon and microblogging AP in general.
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Just a quick (and short) note to the people who aren't actually visiting my profile on #Friendica but actually are reading this on #Mastodon or other #ActivityPub software: your software/server might not actually display all or most of my posts because they're too long for you! :O
It's better to visit my #MyWebFriends profile directly.
Friendica is a traditional social network, whereas you are likely micro-blogging with a character limit. -
Just a quick (and short) note to the people who aren't actually visiting my profile on #Friendica but actually are reading this on #Mastodon or other #ActivityPub software: your software/server might not actually display all or most of my posts because they're too long for you! :O
It's better to visit my #MyWebFriends profile directly.
Friendica is a traditional social network, whereas you are likely micro-blogging with a character limit. -
Just a quick (and short) note to the people who aren't actually visiting my profile on #Friendica but actually are reading this on #Mastodon or other #ActivityPub software: your software/server might not actually display all or most of my posts because they're too long for you! :O
It's better to visit my #MyWebFriends profile directly.
Friendica is a traditional social network, whereas you are likely micro-blogging with a character limit. -
Just a quick (and short) note to the people who aren't actually visiting my profile on #Friendica but actually are reading this on #Mastodon or other #ActivityPub software: your software/server might not actually display all or most of my posts because they're too long for you! :O
It's better to visit my #MyWebFriends profile directly.
Friendica is a traditional social network, whereas you are likely micro-blogging with a character limit. -
Just a quick (and short) note to the people who aren't actually visiting my profile on #Friendica but actually are reading this on #Mastodon or other #ActivityPub software: your software/server might not actually display all or most of my posts because they're too long for you! :O
It's better to visit my #MyWebFriends profile directly.
Friendica is a traditional social network, whereas you are likely micro-blogging with a character limit. -
Today's #Friendica tip! :dog:
You can go to your settings, navigate to the "Display" settings, and activate the "Stay local" checkbox.
This makes it so that when you click on people's profiles from other places, you don't automatically visit their home site, but instead it displays their profiles directly on MyWebFriends! This is the behavior you might know from #Mastodon and makes sure you stay on #MyWebFriends so you can easily follow them or browse their posts.
The disadvantage you should be aware of is that you might lose out on some information from their profiles that the site they call home offers; for example, profile decoration that Friendica doesn't have, you might miss out on some not-yet-synchronized replies or posts, special formatting, smileys and other server-specific info.
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Today's #Friendica tip! :dog:
You can go to your settings, navigate to the "Display" settings, and activate the "Stay local" checkbox.
This makes it so that when you click on people's profiles from other places, you don't automatically visit their home site, but instead it displays their profiles directly on MyWebFriends! This is the behavior you might know from #Mastodon and makes sure you stay on #MyWebFriends so you can easily follow them or browse their posts.
The disadvantage you should be aware of is that you might lose out on some information from their profiles that the site they call home offers; for example, profile decoration that Friendica doesn't have, you might miss out on some not-yet-synchronized replies or posts, special formatting, smileys and other server-specific info.
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Today's #Friendica tip! :dog:
You can go to your settings, navigate to the "Display" settings, and activate the "Stay local" checkbox.
This makes it so that when you click on people's profiles from other places, you don't automatically visit their home site, but instead it displays their profiles directly on MyWebFriends! This is the behavior you might know from #Mastodon and makes sure you stay on #MyWebFriends so you can easily follow them or browse their posts.
The disadvantage you should be aware of is that you might lose out on some information from their profiles that the site they call home offers; for example, profile decoration that Friendica doesn't have, you might miss out on some not-yet-synchronized replies or posts, special formatting, smileys and other server-specific info.
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Today's #Friendica tip! :dog:
You can go to your settings, navigate to the "Display" settings, and activate the "Stay local" checkbox.
This makes it so that when you click on people's profiles from other places, you don't automatically visit their home site, but instead it displays their profiles directly on MyWebFriends! This is the behavior you might know from #Mastodon and makes sure you stay on #MyWebFriends so you can easily follow them or browse their posts.
The disadvantage you should be aware of is that you might lose out on some information from their profiles that the site they call home offers; for example, profile decoration that Friendica doesn't have, you might miss out on some not-yet-synchronized replies or posts, special formatting, smileys and other server-specific info.
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What is MyWebFriends?! Introduction to a new social network.
Hello everyone! ❤
This is the administrator of MyWebFriends.online, and I'd like to talk a bit about the concept of this little social network that will launch properly in a couple of days.
What makes MyWebFriends unique?
We are an invite-only, new #Friendica instance. If you are reading this on another software (e. g. Mastodon); it's basically to early Facebook what #Mastodon is to Twitter.
We are trying to do some things differently from other #Fediverse communities.
This is what #MyWebFriends aims for:- We are trying to emulate the feeling and UX of early real life- and hobby-focused all-rounder social networks such as #Facebook, #Myspace or #MeinVZ.
- We are actually utilizing groups, circles, photo timelines, calendars and all other Friendica features to their full potential, and are strongly encouraging our users to make use of them.
- Users are encouraged to treat this as a site about their hobbies, special interests, projects, daily real lives and families and friends, rather than a totally anonymous shoutbox mostly centered around the internet, global politics, news and media.
- We are chasing an early 2000s #Y2K or #frutigeraero vibe in aesthetic and interaction. The #EarlyWeb was not perfect, but a cozier place for many than today's WWW. Our theme is unfortunately not yet implemented due to compatibility issues between it and the software version, but we are working on it. #FediHelp is appreciated. ;O
- We are focusing on fostering a tight-knit strong local community over interacting with the #Fediverse as a whole - since the vast majority of the Fediverse by now consists of Mastodon and similar microblogging systems, and Friendica has a very different feature set. Also, this is necessary to get to the critical mass needed to actually populate a community with such a focus.
Moderation and Content
We offer an actively moderated community with a somewhat restrictive ruleset needed to foster a positive, personal space.
For example, political posts and venting are generally discouraged and only allowed as an open-ended discussion format, questions and similar interactive content; as opposed to simply publishing an opinion into the void, posting a link without further commentary, or sharing whatever terrible stuff is happening around the globe.
We believe there are a lot of sources for information, news and activism out there, and MyWebFriends does not want to become a space of negativity, opinion window shopping and anxiety. Of course we do our best to moderate away bigotry, and hate is not a valid opinion in our book, so do not worry about being silenced when you mention or discuss your identity that other people unfortunately politicize.
We know that this is not the way all open social networks should be run of course, and you're free to disagree or dislike these things of course. We are just trying to offer an alternative to the way the #Fediverse at large has ended up being like now, mainly also due to the almost-monopoly of Mastodon. More choice is always better, we think! :)
Reshares are always welcome! :bow:
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What is MyWebFriends?! Introduction to a new social network.
Hello everyone! ❤
This is the administrator of MyWebFriends.online, and I'd like to talk a bit about the concept of this little social network that will launch properly in a couple of days.
What makes MyWebFriends unique?
We are an invite-only, new #Friendica instance. If you are reading this on another software (e. g. Mastodon); it's basically to early Facebook what #Mastodon is to Twitter.
We are trying to do some things differently from other #Fediverse communities.
This is what #MyWebFriends aims for:- We are trying to emulate the feeling and UX of early real life- and hobby-focused all-rounder social networks such as #Facebook, #Myspace or #MeinVZ.
- We are actually utilizing groups, circles, photo timelines, calendars and all other Friendica features to their full potential, and are strongly encouraging our users to make use of them.
- Users are encouraged to treat this as a site about their hobbies, special interests, projects, daily real lives and families and friends, rather than a totally anonymous shoutbox mostly centered around the internet, global politics, news and media.
- We are chasing an early 2000s #Y2K or #frutigeraero vibe in aesthetic and interaction. The #EarlyWeb was not perfect, but a cozier place for many than today's WWW. Our theme is unfortunately not yet implemented due to compatibility issues between it and the software version, but we are working on it. #FediHelp is appreciated. ;O
- We are focusing on fostering a tight-knit strong local community over interacting with the #Fediverse as a whole - since the vast majority of the Fediverse by now consists of Mastodon and similar microblogging systems, and Friendica has a very different feature set. Also, this is necessary to get to the critical mass needed to actually populate a community with such a focus.
Moderation and Content
We offer an actively moderated community with a somewhat restrictive ruleset needed to foster a positive, personal space.
For example, political posts and venting are generally discouraged and only allowed as an open-ended discussion format, questions and similar interactive content; as opposed to simply publishing an opinion into the void, posting a link without further commentary, or sharing whatever terrible stuff is happening around the globe.
We believe there are a lot of sources for information, news and activism out there, and MyWebFriends does not want to become a space of negativity, opinion window shopping and anxiety. Of course we do our best to moderate away bigotry, and hate is not a valid opinion in our book, so do not worry about being silenced when you mention or discuss your identity that other people unfortunately politicize.
We know that this is not the way all open social networks should be run of course, and you're free to disagree or dislike these things of course. We are just trying to offer an alternative to the way the #Fediverse at large has ended up being like now, mainly also due to the almost-monopoly of Mastodon. More choice is always better, we think! :)
Reshares are always welcome! :bow:
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What is MyWebFriends?! Introduction to a new social network.
Hello everyone! ❤
This is the administrator of MyWebFriends.online, and I'd like to talk a bit about the concept of this little social network that will launch properly in a couple of days.
What makes MyWebFriends unique?
We are an invite-only, new #Friendica instance. If you are reading this on another software (e. g. Mastodon); it's basically to early Facebook what #Mastodon is to Twitter.
We are trying to do some things differently from other #Fediverse communities.
This is what #MyWebFriends aims for:- We are trying to emulate the feeling and UX of early real life- and hobby-focused all-rounder social networks such as #Facebook, #Myspace or #MeinVZ.
- We are actually utilizing groups, circles, photo timelines, calendars and all other Friendica features to their full potential, and are strongly encouraging our users to make use of them.
- Users are encouraged to treat this as a site about their hobbies, special interests, projects, daily real lives and families and friends, rather than a totally anonymous shoutbox mostly centered around the internet, global politics, news and media.
- We are chasing an early 2000s #Y2K or #frutigeraero vibe in aesthetic and interaction. The #EarlyWeb was not perfect, but a cozier place for many than today's WWW. Our theme is unfortunately not yet implemented due to compatibility issues between it and the software version, but we are working on it. #FediHelp is appreciated. ;O
- We are focusing on fostering a tight-knit strong local community over interacting with the #Fediverse as a whole - since the vast majority of the Fediverse by now consists of Mastodon and similar microblogging systems, and Friendica has a very different feature set. Also, this is necessary to get to the critical mass needed to actually populate a community with such a focus.
Moderation and Content
We offer an actively moderated community with a somewhat restrictive ruleset needed to foster a positive, personal space.
For example, political posts and venting are generally discouraged and only allowed as an open-ended discussion format, questions and similar interactive content; as opposed to simply publishing an opinion into the void, posting a link without further commentary, or sharing whatever terrible stuff is happening around the globe.
We believe there are a lot of sources for information, news and activism out there, and MyWebFriends does not want to become a space of negativity, opinion window shopping and anxiety. Of course we do our best to moderate away bigotry, and hate is not a valid opinion in our book, so do not worry about being silenced when you mention or discuss your identity that other people unfortunately politicize.
We know that this is not the way all open social networks should be run of course, and you're free to disagree or dislike these things of course. We are just trying to offer an alternative to the way the #Fediverse at large has ended up being like now, mainly also due to the almost-monopoly of Mastodon. More choice is always better, we think! :)
Reshares are always welcome! :bow:
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What is MyWebFriends?! Introduction to a new social network.
https://mywebfriends.online/display/40e27c8f-2967-45eb-8574-d72085559658