friendica

Did you know you can use #Friendica as your #RSS reader and be connected in the #Fediverse at the same time?

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"The Facebook of the Fediverse"

https://livefasteattrashraccoon.github.io/2025/06/13/what-makes-friendica-shine.html

#friendica #fediverse

I know a lot of you still think of the #Fediverse as just “Mastodon”.

But it’s far more than that. There’s an entire ecosystem of federated message boards that’s already proven popular: #Piefed, #NodeBB, #Lemmy, #Mbin, and #Discourse.

Even the classics like #Friendica and #Hubzilla have solid forum features baked in.

If you’re only here for the microblogging, you’re missing a key piece. Communities built around interests are something #Twitter never offered, and #Bluesky still doesn’t.

So if you’re looking to replace your #Facebook Groups, the Fediverse already has you covered.

My install of #friendica (or if it applies to Friendica in general?) doesn't really support alt-txt, so @altbot is a great service.

Just wanted you to know.

#altbot

@friendi.ca The Friendica matrix room isn’t very active, but lately there’s a ton of wiki submission alerts that are all spam. Not sure who to contact about this. Maybe it’s already taken care of because I don’t see these publicly visible?

#Friendica

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 🔐

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#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung #Adguard
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #OpenAndroidInstaller #Nobara
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für die Allgemeinheit 🕵️‍♂️

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 #DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Good morning Fedi friends!

It's been 99 days since I started self-hosting my own Fediverse instances. Crazy how time flies!

I've been a bit absent from here this week because I started exploring the world of #PeerTube from the POV of a creator.

I just set up my own account on #MakerTube - so that I can write a guide that is accessible to many (as opposed to skipping this step and going straight to self-hosting).

Anyway, here is my PeerTube account: https://makertube.net/a/elena/video-channels

I have been able to follow it from #Mastodon and #Friendica without a problem, but I keep getting an error message when I try to subscribe with my #GoToSocial username. The exact message: "Cannot fetch information from this remote account." Does anybody have the same issue? (as in: people on GoToSocial, can you subscribe to PeerTube channels?)

Wishing you all a lovely day 🌞​

P.S.: about to go offline for the rest of the day because... there's no pre-school in France on Wednesdays and the garderie keeps my little one up until 12:30. So apologies in advance if I'm slow to reply to messages.

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für Jedermann 🔐

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#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung #Adguard
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #OpenAndroidInstaller #Nobara
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Time to move to a new instance/server. Been selfhosting this one man instance for a while now, and while it's nice to be in control, it's also a bit lonely. However, the migration feature at #Friendica just doesn't seem to work, so I guess step one will be to look for alternatives...

#fediverse #fedisearch

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 111 (quiet edition) 💤

Good morning Fedi friends!

I hope you had a nice weekend.

After backing up my two VPSs I am now staring at my #YunoHost dashboard thinking: now what?

It feels a little odd not to have to tackle any pressing self-hosting issues. Everything seems to be working well, including my manual installation of Ghost on a second (Ubuntu) VPS.

I'm now in maintenance mode.

I must confess in the past 24 hours I have spent some time browsing @yunohost 's app catalogue. So many fascinating things in there! But I am exercising restraint (for now, LOL!)

I'm very grateful for all the software I'm currently self-hosting.

On Debian (via YunoHost):

#Fail2Ban
#Friendica -> https://elenarossini.fr/profile/ele/
#GoToSocial (this account!)
#LinkStack -> https://elena.social
#Pixelfed -> https://photos.elenarossini.com/ele

On Ubuntu:

Fail2Ban
My #Ghost blog/newsletter -> https://news.elenarossini.com
#Varnish cache

I'm highly aware of my privilege and how lucky I am to be doing all this. But can I confess I'm a little bored? Thankfully I may have another big project on the horizon: upgrading my VPS and installing / self-hosting #PeerTube. But that will be for another week. Resting now and enjoying this sense of empowerment / digital sovereignty. Very grateful to be in this position.

Wishing you all a fantastic week!

#MySoCalledSudoLife

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für die Allgemeinheit 🕵️‍♂️

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als PDF:

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 #DSGVO #TDDDG ( #unplugtrump )
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für alle 🔐

als PDF Datei:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/8U95QSABpeqI+C-LJREL8I2l/

#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung #Adguard
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #endof10 #OpenAndroidInstaller #Nobara
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #eOS #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Meine Datenschutz und Privatsphäre Übersicht 2025, für alle 🔐

als PDF Datei:

https://cryptpad.digitalcourage.de/file/#/2/file/8U95QSABpeqI+C-LJREL8I2l/

#DSGVO #TDDDG #unplugtrump
#Datenschutz #Privatsphäre #sicherheit #Verschlüsselung #Adguard
#encryption #WEtell #SoloKey #NitroKey #Email #Cybersecurity #Pixelfed #Massenűberwachung #Leta
#Google #Metadaten #WhatsApp #Threema #Cryptpad #Signal
#Hateaid #Cyberstalking #Messenger #Browser #Youtube #NewPipe #Chatkontrolle #nichtszuverbergen #ÜberwachungsKapitalismus #Microsoft #Apple #Windows10 #Linux #Matrix #Mastodon #Friendica #Fediverse #Mastodir #Loops #2FA #Ransomware #Foss #VeraCrypt #HateAid #Coreboot #Volksverpetzer #Netzpolitik #endof10 #OpenAndroidInstaller #Nobara
#Digitalisierung #FragdenStaat #Shiftphone  #OpenSource #GrapheneOS #CCC #Mail #Mullvad #PGP #GnuPG #DNS #Gaming #linuxgaming #Lutris #Protondb #CLOUDAct #Enshittification
#Bloatware #TPM #Murena  #LiberaPay #GnuTaler #Taler #PreppingforFuture
#FediLZ #BlueLZ #InstaLZ #ThreatModel
#FLOSS #UEFI #Medienkompetenz

Following the success (sarcasm!) of my previous post "Battle of IMs", I decided it's time to write another post where I try to articulate in a technical but snarky way my view on the wonderful world of social media, and which one is best among the mainstream and non-mainstream ones. This is a long post, reviewing 14 different "socials".

https://gagliardoni.net/#20250818_battle_of_socials

#socialmedia #social #privacy #selfsovereignty #security #digitalsovereignty #mastodon #nostr #bluesky #ssb #securescuttlebutt #facebook #meta #tiktok #threads #x #twitter #diaspora #friendica #linkedin #xing #instagram

New compatibility table at funfedi.dev: JSON-LD @context

https://funfedi.dev/support_tables/generated/context/

6 out of 9 implementations accept any @context value. But Mastodon, Hollo and Friendica reject activity entirely if https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams is not included in @context. Mastodon probably does this for no reason, but what about #Friendica and #Hollo?

#ActivityPub specification, section 3. Objects:

Implementers SHOULD include the ActivityPub context in their object definitions. Implementers MAY include additional context as appropriate.

ActivityPub context is recommended, but not required.

Reppin’ the Fedi:

“I don’t use Youtube, I use #Peertube,
(for uploads, #Invidious for viewing),
I won’t use Insta, it’s #Pixelfed,
I f**ked off Facebook for #Friendica,
X/Twitter, whatever, find me on #Mastodon,
I shed it: Reddit for #Piefed, 🔵
TikTok it won’t take long for your groups, 🩴
to flick flock to #Loops.”

🎶 https://spectra.video/w/mNieEJNJbV2Xg5zmUnsFsG 🕺

@peertube @invidious @pixelfed @Mastodon @andypiper @piefedadmin @dansup

trying to wedge in the #Friendica ignore follow request option

And now that I think about it, that makes it two years since I started my #Friendica instance. I've been on the #Fediverse for much longer of course (including other #ActivityPub apps I've hosted here such as #Akkoma and #Firefish ), but still, happy #Fediversary to me!

A migração de contatos entre instâncias do Mastodon ainda não funciona direito? Eu achava que esse problema era coisa do passado. A do Pixelfed não funciona, se a do Mastodon também não funciona direito é uma das maiores promessas do Fediverso que não está sendo cumprida pelas maiores plataformas.

Alguém sabe me dizer o que ainda não funciona?

@arlon, vc teve problema para transferir seus contatos do #Mastodon para o #Friendica também ou teve gente que se perdeu?
RE: masto.es/ap/users/115858321186…

Maybe it's better with a short announcement:

I will focus on my dormant #Friendica node in the future. I have added all of you to my contacts, but you have to follow me back again.

See you there. 🤘

-> [email protected] (same profile pic)

My account on metalhead.club will stay and is not to be deleted.

I've been testing #snac2 for a few days now, more specificly I want to see if it can replace my #friendica installation that I have been using since 2019. This will be a somewhat longer piece that is also meant to see how Snac copes with longer Markdown formatted text.

Friendica

First things first. Friendica is awesome. It is the everything and the kitchen sink of the Fediverse and does a lot of things right. The only downside I see is the reason why I am looking for an alterantive though. Over time it has become harder and harder to host Friendica on my vserver with 8GB of RAM. I could of course opt for a bigger server, but honestly I am only using a fraction of Friendica's features and would prefer something less demanding.

Snac

Snac is lightweight, easiy to install, uses no database and does not even require coockies or Javascript in its Web-UI. I mean, how cool ist that!

Compared to Friendica, its featureset is basic at best. But compared to other Fediverse tools like #mastodon it does not fare so bad. But how usable is it as an alternative to my peronal Friendica use.

The good stuff

Setup is really easy for anyone who has self-hosted any services before. The documentation in manpage format might be old school but it is very complete - read it. If you're on Debian you can even use the package from trixie-backports which is kept very current!

It shows the timeline chronologically but with nested threads. This is the only way that makes sense to me and is exactly what I use in Friendica (where different settings are available). This means every new activity on a thread brings it up again (partly collapsed) so you always see the necessary context to follow conversations. For me this is the most important feature, I would not even have continued testing without it. Snac just does it right!

It has the looks! Well at least after applying some stylesheets. Calling the vanilla install basic would already be an overstatement. But have a look at the styles that are linked from snac's Reaedme. I chose the next.css style and have attached an image of how it looks below. The screenshot is from an Android phone and this works remarkably well, even on mobile (some caveats below)!

It's compatible with Mastodon apps. I have only tested #Fedilab because I use it for other stuff too. Everything just works as expected. Although I have to admit, I like the native Web-UI (next.css) even more.

Long Text with Markdown formatting. 500 character per Toot - No thank you, I am not chatting here!

What is missing (or is it?)

There is only the timeline and you can follow Hashtags, that's it. No Channels, no groups, no theme-specific timelines. But honestly, I did not use any of that on Friendica, mainly for performance reasons. So this is a non-issue for me personally.

Following RSS feeds. This feature I will really miss. In Friendica I could direclty follow Feeds and interact with them from my timeline exactly like with ActivityPub Notes or Articles. I will have to use an external translation service or write my own for that (having written an ActivityPub related tool with tootgroup.py before.)

Message formatting is somewhat less flexible but this post shows what is possible still. Sometimes I like to put images in between paragraphs but not having that is also not a big deal.

Event Calendar. This is not a feature I expect Snac to support but I do use it on Friendica and will have to think about how to replace it.

What could be improved

I love that snac works without Javascript and cookies - that's exactly how I still build my webpages. But there is one usecase where a bit of one or the other would make life much easier - when using the Web-UI on mobile platforms.

I have already stated how great the mobile experience is when using the next.css stylesheet. The only downside is that I have to login with username/password again and again, every time the mobile browser is sent to sleep by Android.

Optionally enabling the use of a login cookie would make life much easier. Even better would be enabling Snac to be installed as a Progressive Web App, but I have to admit, I'm not sure how hard or feasible this would be.

Overall, I do not see many shortcomings with Snac. Obviously it offers less features than Friendica, but what it does, it does very well and at least in my view, the important stuff is exactly where it needs to be.

Conclusion

I am pretty impressed with snac. I'll be running my test server for a little bit longer but I do expect replace my Friendica install in the not too distant future.

Adding [email protected] because maybe you're interested. Please don't treat this as a feature-request or even critizism. It's mostly meant as info for people who have not tried snac yet.

Sind sie reif für das #Fediverse ?

Sie probieren doch sonst jeden Scheiß aus, ob Youtube, Facebook oder WhatsApp.

Dann probieren sie doch einfach auch mal #pixelFed oder #peerTube oder #Mastodon oder #Friendica oder ...

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse

Meine Linkliste (Linkstack) zu weiteren sozialen Medien & Kontaktmöglichkeiten von mir, von anderen Glaubensbrüdern und auch zwei Bibelübersetzungen, was ihr euch gerne einmal anschauen könnt:

https://linklist.me/@eleazar

Hashtags: #AdminForge #Linkliste #Linksammlung #Linkstack #Eleazar #Beschreibung #Vorhaben #Reuplods #Aufklärung #Gott #Bibel #Torah #Welt #Technik #freie #Software #Hardware #OpenSource #Open #Source #Libre #FLOSS #FOSS #Gesundheit #Medizin #Nachhaltigkeit #Geopolitik #Politik #Weltwirtschaft #Wirtschaft #Musik #sozialeMedien #soziale #Medien #Mastodon #YouTube #Twitch #Odysee #Kontaktmöglichkeiten #Emailadresse #Email #Mail #Alias #Messenger #SimpleXChat #SimpleX #SXC #SimpleXGruppen #Gruppen #ThreemaLibre #Threema #Libre #Friendica #Glaubensbrüder #Evangelist #EndzeitreporterMcM #McM #Bibellehrer #Nature23 #CrusaderofGod #Crusader #Internetseiten #Homepage #youtube #Telegram #Spendenkonto #Spende #PayPal #Bibelübersetzungen #Schlachter1951 #Schlachter2000 #Revision2021 #AltesTestament #AT #NeuesTestament #NT #Mose #Buchausgabe #Hörbuch #Wiedergabeliste #Playlist

#Friendica #Statistics 2026-02-01 07:00 CEST
Number of active instances: 213
Number of users: 20 869
Number of statuses: 2 870 240
Number of new users last 1D: 1
Number of new statuses last 1D: 107

#Fediverse