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Applications, social media interfaces, instances, I'm not sure what the correct word is πŸ˜….

Pretty much title!

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[–] eugenia@lemmy.world 104 points 2 years ago (6 children)

My favorite is PixelFed. I'm an artist, so Instagram was important for me, but for a few years now it's absolutely terrible (no reach at all with their special algorithms). PixelFed fixes all that, it replicates the feeling of IG as it was 8-10 years ago: chronological feed, tag-based, no extraneous features. I'm really enjoying it, as I can finally grow again my followship as an artist: https://pixelfed.org/

Bonus points for lack of normies posting crappy reels

[–] Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How can I find you there ? I joined not long ago and I lack interesting people to follow. Also, curious to see your work :)

[–] eugenia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Thanks, found you. Nice work you're doing. I'm new so I don't have much to feature, but I hope you'll like my photos :)

[–] christophski@feddit.uk 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Is there interoperability between pixel fed and lemmy at all? I'm so sick of Instagram, this piques my interest

[–] eugenia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

There is interoperability between PixelFed and Mastodon for sure. I often get a lot of likes from there, rather than PixelFed itself.

[–] Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Any great FOSS apps for that one yet?:)

[–] lenathaw@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

the official app works great on Android

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[–] Mr_nutter_butter@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

So much good photos on there no generic popular spam crap like you get on Instagram

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 96 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Here's a list of 130: https://the-federation.info/#projects

One I like not mentioned so far is bookwyrm, which is like a federated goodreads (track books you're reading, review them, read other's reviews).

Edit: the flagship instance is https://bookwyrm.social

I think it's worth noting that Mastodon is by far the most mature. Everything else is buggy and may not always work the way you might expect but I think many are still worth using if you can put up with the quirks.

[–] TeamAssimilation 24 points 2 years ago

Also worth noting that BookWyrm can import your books from a GoodReads export, so you can try it without risking much.

I just found Bookwyrm and love it! Now that's a great idea for a federated site.

[–] pimeys@lemmy.nauk.io 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Akkoma is also very stable and much faster than Mastodon.

https://akkoma.social/

[–] Cubes@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Still not sure what this is supposed to do based on the site? It's some kind of all-in-one fediverse thing? Doesn't help that they reference a ton of federated services that I've never heard of in the website

[–] ultimate_question@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Ya that website is totally useless if you don't already know what Pleroma is, it explains what the fediverse is like 4 times but never explains how the app integrates with it lol

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[–] spiderman@ani.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

is there any android app for bookwyrm?

[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 years ago

Yes and no. Yes an app exists, but it's not official, and the app is only a wrapper for the website. It may be better to "install" the website to your home screen using the option in your browser.

If you want to check it out, it's not on Google Play, but you can get it on F-Droid if you have it, otherwise you can install the APK directly by downloading it here.

[–] QuantumEyetanglement@lemmy.one 63 points 2 years ago (8 children)

PixelFed is federated Instagram!

[–] fattosan@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Thanks that’s exactly what I’m looking for!

[–] Kotking@mastodon.social 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@QuantumEyetanglement @Pickle_Jr If you mention Pixelfield than mention their pet project https://fedidb.org/

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[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

PeerTube, basically a federated YouTube-like

[–] AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I looked at it and have no idea where or how to start as a creator. It's a badly federated mess as far as I can tell. Hope it improved eventually.

[–] breakfastmtn@geddit.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why do you think it's badly federated? I've never been unable to find my peertube account from anywhere I've tried - Mastodon, Firefish, Friendica, Pixelfed, or Lemmy.

[–] AlteredStateBlob@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I might have no idea how it works, but I can barely ever find anything, let's say looking for crusader kings content. Either it doesn't exist (possible) or the instances are badly federated and I can't find that stuff searching on one of them.

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[–] L3s@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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[–] venoft@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Something that's often overlooked as being federated: Nextcloud.

[–] wmrch@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

How exactly does federation on Nextcloud work? I use a hosted Nextcloud instance but it's just an OneDrive alternative for me.

[–] CaptObvious@literature.cafe 5 points 2 years ago

Same here. Now I’m curious.

[–] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I think it's through the nextcloud social app, I haven't installed it though because my nextcloud is slow enough without it

Edit: just checked and it has mostly negative reviews and it's listed as beta

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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think it's federated but Matrix is decentralized

[–] eroc1990@lemmy.parastor.net 17 points 2 years ago

Federated under ActivityPub, no. But individual matrix home servers can federated with one another, so in that way yes.

[–] maajmaaj@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Friendica: fediverse facebook

Calckey and Firefish: Mastodon but with extra bells and whistles like the ability to use emotes in place of likes.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Calckey and Firefish: Mastodon but with extra bells and whistles like the ability to use emotes in place of likes.

The Firefish interface is also waaaaaay better than Mastodon's. Mastodon feels so archaic, but Firefish actually has a very engaging UI that makes exploring the platform actually fun.

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[–] breakfastmtn@geddit.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And Firefish has so many more bells and whistles than that! Full-text search, antennas, quotes, drive, pages, channels, MFM.

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[–] 7two@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

There's Bookwyrm which is a Federated version of GoodReads.

[–] janWilejan@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Owncast, a live video streaming platform, has fediverse integration.

[–] Kalcifer@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's the difference between Owncast, and Peertube's livestreaming function?

[–] azura@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Owncast is streaming only, PeerTube has streaming as a feature. If you're only looking to stream, run Owncast. It's lighter on resource usage, easier to set up, fewer moving parts. If you want video hosting with maybe streaming as a bonus, you want PeerTube.

[–] gunnm@monero.town 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Nostr. It's a decentralized protocol working with relays and no instances.

[–] optimal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Its filled with cryptobros and libertarians. Its a cesspool I wouldn't touch with a 10 foot pole.

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[–] Vuipes@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Misskey and Firefish
They are microblogs like Mastodon but with much more functions.

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[–] ominouslemon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Services or applications. An instance is just a server.

Bu yeah, there are a lot more than those! See here

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Fediverse.info Tildeverse.org

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