So you’ve just signed up to a Friendica server, or node as it is often called, and you notice that your timeline is mostly empty. A bit of a disappointment when coming from Facebook where the all mighty algorithm keeps you glued to your chair. Not on Friendica (or Mastodon for that matter) where things […]
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A list of my favorite FLOSS programs for the PC (mostly) divided into several categories.
When my Mastodon instance was down I took another shot at Friendica. Here are my thoughts about it. This post is updated in January 2025 to reflect the changes in Friendica
Eleven years after Eben Moglen’s speech Freedom in the Cloud I’m looking back at was has been achieved in ethical social networking.
Framasoft published a roadmap for version 3 of Peertube and you can contribute.
If you’re new to the Fediverse you should know about ActivityPub and why it gives the Fediverse an edge over other social networks.
In the coming decade we need to take back control of the internet. The Fediverse will help us do that.
YouTube has a monopoly on video and this is bad news. Read what’s so bad about it and why PeerTube is a good alternative.
If you’re still looking for an alternative social network to replace G+ here is a guide to the Fediverse that helps you choose.
This post contains some use cases where Friendica could be a better choice than Diaspora*