[kwlug-disc] Social Networks

[Stuart Seeley]

Thanks Bob, gonna give a coupe of these a try... keep threatening to leave bookface, but man... that’s just where EVERYONE is.

Is there perhaps somewhere that’s tracking user #’s on each of these disparate platforms?

Maybe some of them will merge soonish...

Stuart

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> On Oct 11, 2018, at 1:40 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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