UPDATE: Yesterday, I posted about hey.cafe โ€” a fully Canadian alternative to Facebook.

They got SWAMPED with people. More than doubled their user base in a few hours.

Doors are still open, but they're capping new accounts at 250 per hour. So if you get a "we're full right now" message, just try again in a couple of hours. ๐Ÿ™‚

@tod Is this built on Frendica? /can it federate?

@alexblock @tod

Came here to ask those exact questions! ๐Ÿ˜„

Had a look around the About sections but wasn't able to find details - what's this built on?

@technically_good @alexblock @tod

I poked thru the about-ish stuff panel at the bottom-left of the Explore page and it appears to be a completely new thing: https://gitlab.com/heycafe

If its a fork of anything existant, its not apparent.

Hey.Cafe ยท GitLab

Hey.Cafรฉ is a free and open social network with out ads, or algorithms.

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@tezoatlipoca @technically_good @alexblock I believe the developer hand coded the whole thing himself.