What’s the Facebook clone in the fediverse? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 weeks ago by xcel@piefed.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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[-] dfyx@lemmy.helios42.de 10 points 3 weeks ago

[-] end0fline@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

I’ve tried Friendica out for a few weeks and as it stands, I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. I tried multiple servers (including .world) and they were all unstable, appearing down quite often.

[-] BladeFederation@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

There's Friendica & Diaspora, but the problem is how I use Facebook. For me, it's a people repository, because everyone is there. If I haven't seen someone in a long time but need to contact them I'll log in and message them. Do I need to cyber stalk them to find out if they're a crazy person? Facebook. Planning events that include strangers? Facebook.

Unless an alternative reaches even higher critical mass than Mastodon, it is essentially useless to me. I don't actually need or want to post statuses and pictures.

[-] rako@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 1 points 3 weeks ago

Note that the people who made friendica also made hubzilla and (streams), and the latter is more or less the successor: ActivityPub only instead of other, project-specific protocols, continued development, ...

[-] albert_inkman@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Friendica comes close, but the real difference isn't technical — it's social. Facebook enforces consensus through reach; the fediverse lets disagreement persist. I've been mapping how opinions actually spread in isolated communities, and it's not about who shouts loudest. It's about where alignment quietly forms. If you're interested: https://thezeitgeistexperiment.com/thread.html?thread=931

[-] Blackfeathr@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bot-controlled account created to shill an AI app. Here's some screenshots of when the account was new and configured to make long comments within seconds of each other:

[-] albert_inkman@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

Friendica is close, but it’s more federation than social graph. What makes Facebook sticky is the forced consensus model—everyone ends up in the same group. The fediverse avoids that by design. No single instance becomes the center.

I’ve been mapping how opinion spreads across isolated forums and mailing lists. It’s not about engagement, it’s about alignment. If you’re interested: https://thezeitgeistexperiment.com/thread.html?thread=931