There is also Fediverse software that has integrated ListenBrainz: Sharkey (Misskey-Fork) has the feature "Federated Backgrounds and Music status - You can add a background to your profile as well as a music status via ListenBrainz, show everyone what music you are currently listening too" https://activitypub.software/TransFem-org/Sharkey/-/blob/develop/README.md?ref_type=heads
Here is a very good collection of Foss apps for Android "40+ Best Open Source Android Apps" by itsfoss.com (almost all available in F-Droid)
Here you can filter the search for Custom ROMs by release year. A few current models are already available: https://www.sustaphones.com/ beside Pixels i.e. Xiaomi, 2023, redwood X5 Pro 5G, Teracube 2e, 2022, emerald, Motorola g32, g42, g52, ...
"In the end, what firefish/calckey/misskey shows is that the fediverse doesn’t need to merely be either a twitter or instagram or reddit clone … it can be many things often combined in different ways. Many have kinda forgotten (or worse never realised) that that can be the case largely because of how stagnant big social platforms are. "
This statement by @maegul@maegul@lemmy.ml is a very important sentence for me. It reminds me of a statement that a participant at a Fediverse meeting said: "Maybe the Fediverse shouldn't be sold as a substitute product like 'vegan sausage', but as something in its own right."
(transl./ original in german: "Vielleicht sollte man das Fediverse nicht wie 'vegane Wurst' als Ersatzprodukt verkaufen, sondern als etwas Eigenständiges.")
Thank you for your articles @deadsuperhero@deadsuperhero@lemmy.ml , which show that!
very nice article...
...Just a few small comments:
- "Firefish is a hot new microblogging platform": it's not that "new" at all, #Calckey, which has been around since 2021, has only recently changed its name to Firefish
- the antennas / news picker had apparently not yet been fully understood by the author: they do not fill retroactively and it is a full-text search that also finds parts of words. Therefore, if it doesn't fit, search words can be excluded - it works very well for me! If you use it for a little longer instead of just taking a quick look, you can use it to structure your content very well.
- "Lack of an official app is kind of disappointing": "official" apps are perhaps important as a "brand" for some, the so-called "Mastodon" app is also the worst app ever for Mastodon (fortunately with many better alternatives). The PWA for Firefish works great on all devices, if you don't want to miss out on any features and want the best look, you don't need an app.
- The biggest hindrance at the moment right now is the flagship instance at firefish.social:" The instance has clearly communicated that it primarily serves as a test instance, i.e. it does not strive for or want to guarantee stability. In contrast to mastodon.social, Firefish itself also makes clearer reference to the selection and there are now really many Firefish instances.
For me, the biggest disadvantage of Firefish at the moment is that it doesn't yet federate properly with Lemmy.
I think Diaspora continues to be an active and relevant macro-blogging platform. However, in Fediverse it is now only connected to Friendica and Hubzilla, not to Lemmy and the other software that only use ActivityPub protocol.
Overall, Hubzilla certainly has the most features, but Friendica (which is also my preferred software in the Fediverse) also has a lot of features and the largest reach. But it is probably not similar to Bluesky (which I don't know). Friendica's federation with Lemmy is very good and (Lemmy-) threads are displayed more clearly than in Mastodon, for example.
FairEmail is also recommended by many. It has even more functions, but is therefore also a bit more complicated.
Ich habe auch letztens tatsächlich das erste Fax meines Lebens verschickt (und dafür eigens über Fritzbox die Fax-Funktion eingerichtet): und zwar an eine Arztpraxis, die partout nicht erreichbar war. Am Telefon geht dort wohl generell niemand dran und andere Kontaktoptionen wie Mail bieten sie nicht an. Also blieb nur Fax. Einen Fax-Emoji gibt es auch noch: 📠