Eugen RochkoMar 10, 2023
If Meta is really working on a new ActivityPub-powered social network, I see it as a very positive signal overall--my personal feelings towards Meta notwithstanding. For one, it's validation for our entire ecosystem from the biggest player. It also tells me that they don't see themselves as strong enough to keep users locked inside their walled garden anymore. It means the tide is really turning for interoperable social media, and that's always been the goal.
Show threadChris TrottierMar 10, 2023

@Gargron My thoughts exactly. They see the future and they know it's not walled gardens.

More to the point, just because they're Meta doesn't mean they'll be successful.

Kodak was an early adopter of digital cameras, but they went bankrupt.

Why? Because they just couldn't leave film photography behind.

Show threadChris TrottierMar 10, 2023

@Gargron All of Facebook's recent successes aren't a result of innovation. Any recent success they have is because they either acquired or copied the competition.

Meta can't acquire the Fediverse. Therefore they copy.

But now they're on our terrain, and the game has changed. They don't get to set the rules anymore 🙂

Show threadBrennan StehlingMar 11, 2023
@atomicpoet @Gargron The Fediverse can copy FB groups, events and shared photo albums. It would allow so many people to finally to get off the platform.
Show threadChris Trottier
@brennansv @Gargron You can do this with Friendica right now.
Mar 11, 2023 at 2:44amIceCubesApp
Show threadBrennan StehlingMar 11, 2023
@atomicpoet Perhaps. I just had a look and it does not seem to be as far along as Mastodon which now has many apps. I use @ivory and @IceCubesApp which are quite good in terms of usability and visual design. I may be an early adopter but it will be hard to convince others to get onboard.
Show threadChris TrottierMar 11, 2023

@brennansv Friendica has actually been around since 2010. Because it too uses ActivityPub, it’s largely cross compatible with Mastodon. This is why people on Mastodon can contribute to @fediversenews, which is a group hosted on a Friendica server.

Also, Friendica also uses Mastodon’s API. Mobile developers like @ivory should support it but they choose not to.

By the way, Android has better support for the rest of the Fediverse 😀

Show threadBrennan StehlingMar 11, 2023
@atomicpoet Nearly everyone I follow on Mastodon do not use Android. I think @ivory would be open to expanding, but has simply ported features from the other @tapbots app for the #Birdsite. Perhaps they could consider other Fediverse apps.
Show threadErik Uden => [email protected]Mar 11, 2023
Wait, can you import posts from Facebook to Friendica?
Show threadBrennan StehlingMar 11, 2023
@Erik I read that Facebook blocked that.
Show threadErik Uden => [email protected]Mar 11, 2023

Bruh. That’s so sad. So I guess no luck on Pixelfed importing Instagram posts either…

However, Gallery-DL is a thing, downloading Instagram posts or Facebook posts isn’t hard, I really don’t see why the devs don’t implement it, but then again, I don’t know their software.