[kwlug-disc] Social Networks

[Bob Jonkman]

If you're looking for a social media application with a bit more reach,
try Friendica.  It connects to Diaspora pods, Mastodon, GNUsocial and
even Pump.io

I believe there are some people on this list who run a Friendica instance...

There are some diagrams of how the different social media applications
interoperate at https://sobac.com/wiki/Social_Media_Connectivity_Matrix
 Some diagrams are a bit old, so some apps no longer exist (Red,
RedMatrix), and other apps have grown to encompass more protocols
(Pump.io is rumoured to support both ActivityPump and ActivityPub).

Also, since ActivityPub was standardized earlier this year there has
been an explosion of other apps that interoperate, eg. Pixelfed
https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed

And this is worth a read:
https://medium.com/we-distribute/a-quick-guide-to-the-free-network-c069309f334

--Bob.


On 2018-10-10 9:59 p.m., Kirk Zurell wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:00 AM CrankyOldBugger
> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
>> ...pluspora.  Does anyone here have any experience with this?  Any good or bad impressions?
> 
> I have a soft spot for Diaspora, as compared to the more orthodox
> libre social mediums.
> 
> I have accounts on diasp.eu and joindiaspora, which I check
> semi-regularly. Don't know about the other pods, hadn't heard of
> pluspora until now (it's as new as the G+ closure, then?)
> 
> Have also tried setting it up on a home pod, got bogged down in
> Rubyisms and pre-Let's Encrypt cert. malaise.
> 
> All it needs is the same critical mass that took Facebook from a web
> app to a lifestyle.
> 
> Don't know if that innocent age will ever return...
> 
> Thanks
> Kirk
> 

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