Have you written code to speak with both Mastodon and Pleroma servers? Perhaps it’s quite a bit of work to support both. And over never heard of Pleroma before. It seems glaring obvious why these 1.0 apps are Mastodon-only. Mastodon is where the action is.
Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of microblogging, photo sharing and video hosting - GitHub - caraesten/Fedilab: Fedilab is a multifunctio...
After all, you *can* run Mastodon without the Fediverse. Essentially, that's what Truth Social is.
Further, another thought for you: while Mastodon is the main service people are using now, what will happen when Tumblr joins the Fediverse? Or Flickr? Or Post? That's going to happen this year!
Or what will happen if there's a user migration from Instagram—like there just was with Twitter? That's feasible!
You can run Mastodon without the fediverse. It is just Mastodon. It's decentralized with or without other software being present, and in fact predates & is the inspiration for most fediverse software that's around today.
@Gargron @gruber BTW. Ice cubes support for other kind of server is coming… I guess. But also I have « For Mastodon » in the app name on the App Store so 🤷♂️
@dimillian @gruber I don't think there's any obligation for you to support other types of software. Different software has different UX and completely different client-side APIs. Tumblr and Flickr have their own apps.
@patrickstewart Interoperability means that you can seamlessly follow a Pixelfed account from your Mastodon account. It does not mean you have to be able to use Pixelfed from a Mastodon app or vice versa.
@Gargron @patrickstewart A certain amount of interoperability for microblogging apps would be nice though, like using Pleroma on a Mastodon app.
Speaking of which, what name do you use to refer to the entire group of microblogging platforms, like when you want to talk about mastodon/pleroma/akkema/misskey/etc together, but not about pixelfed/peertube/etc? Is there a word for that?
Chris Trottier
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •For example, you can find posts that have been edited. Super useful!
Chris Trottier
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Chris Trottier
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •If you touch the number of posts icon, you get all of them.
If you click the icon on the right, it will deliver fresh new posts one-by-one.
Chris Trottier
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •This is what so many of you wanted!
cc: @taylorlorenz
Chris Trottier
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •What does it do? It improves your post through some sort of predictive A.I. magic.
Many of you might not like that feature. However, some of you might find it to be a game changer if you struggle at composing a post.
Personally, I don’t mind it.
Chris Trottier
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •🤔
Chris Trottier
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Unfortunately, I’ve only been able to get this to work for Mastodon. Pleroma and Misskey aren’t recognized even though they are part of the Fediverse.
Why is it like this? There’s no reason to limit to Mastodon.
😡
John Gruber
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Chris Trottier
in reply to John Gruber • • •For example, here's one: https://github.com/caraesten/Fedilab
Fedilab supports Mastodon, Pleroma, Peertube, GNU Social, Friendica and Pixelfed -- and it's open source!
More to the point, ActivityPub was created with interoperability in mind.
I get that these are 1.0 apps -- and I appreciate what they're building.
But the goal of the Fediverse (including Mastodon) is the de-centralization of social media.
GitHub - caraesten/Fedilab: Fedilab is a multifunctional Android client to access the distributed Fediverse, consisting of microblogging, photo sharing and video hosting
GitHubJohn Gruber
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Chris Trottier
in reply to John Gruber • • •It's as much the Fediverse as it is Mastodon.
After all, you *can* run Mastodon without the Fediverse. Essentially, that's what Truth Social is.
Further, another thought for you: while Mastodon is the main service people are using now, what will happen when Tumblr joins the Fediverse? Or Flickr? Or Post? That's going to happen this year!
Or what will happen if there's a user migration from Instagram—like there just was with Twitter? That's feasible!
Eugen Rochko
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Chris Trottier
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Why does decentralization matter?
Official Mastodon BlogThomas Ricouard
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Eugen Rochko
in reply to Thomas Ricouard • • •Chris Trottier
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •If this happens with more apps, this will get confusing -- since many users will believe they're using Mastodon when they're not.
https://akkoma.social/
Also see screenshot.
Akkoma - Magically Expressive Social Media
akkoma.socialChris Trottier
Unknown parent • • •Eugen Rochko
in reply to Chris Trottier • • •Fediverse Report
in reply to Eugen Rochko • • •Speaking of which, what name do you use to refer to the entire group of microblogging platforms, like when you want to talk about mastodon/pleroma/akkema/misskey/etc together, but not about pixelfed/peertube/etc? Is there a word for that?