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Wafrn is for People Who Miss Tumblr’s Chaotic Energy (wedistribute.org)
submitted 4 months ago by deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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For those seeking out a federated and open alternative to Tumblr, Wafrn is looking extremely promising. It can speak both ActivityPub and AT Protocol, offers a ton of interesting features and customization, and focuses on making an incredibly fun experience.

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[-] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 6 points 4 months ago

@deadsuperhero

Two questions: how well does it handle Lemmy groups? And can it follow RSS feeds directly in some way? If so, I'm tempted to move from Friendica to WAFRN

[-] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago
  1. From what I can tell, there have been successful tests with posting to the Threadiverse. I'm not sure how good this experience actually is on Wafrn yet, but it's promising: https://community.nodebb.org/topic/5fa12345-e4ff-4da3-8a95-d1ef1c4bd186/wafrn-a-tumblr-clone-that-federates-with-fedi-and-now-also-has-opt-in-native-bluesky/
  2. I don't think it will natively support RSS anytime soon. It's not a bad idea, but I've only seen platforms from the Friendica family tree and maybe Emissary supporting this. That being said, a lot of publications are on the Fediverse or Bluesky, and it's not too complicated to set up an RSS bot?
[-] deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

This is what the thread looks like on Wafrn's side: https://app.wafrn.net/fediverse/post/39562254-048e-4224-8445-36bba052ea91

[-] csolisr@hub.azkware.net 3 points 4 months ago

Good to know, but I think I'll need to develop the questions a bit to explain my expectations.

  1. On most of the other Fediverse apps I've used (Mastodon, Akkoma, Iceshrimp), Lemmy threads are not actually threaded on the home timeline, instead showing every single individual reply as a separate repost. Friendica does manage threads properly, showing the original post and its replies as a single group. Does WAFRN do the former or the latter?
  2. I could technically use a RSS-to-AP bridge, but in my particular case it would almost certainly be considered an abuse of the terms of service: I use RSS feeds to follow YouTube channels, over 1500 of them to be exact. Even if I spun my own local bridge server, that would mean 1500 local accounts to manually generate and follow from my main account just for the sake of notifications. Add 1500 more of those if the software doesn't support Bluesky natively and I need to follow their RSS feeds instead.
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