[kwlug-disc] Social Networks

[Chamunks]

I am absolutely excited to hear more and more people are shifting to this
whole opensource /r/selfhosted kind of life style.

On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 1:41 AM Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

> 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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