• Fitik@fedia.io
      2·
      1 month ago

      It’s pretty dead, a lot of pods has closed down last year and it continues to shrink, they could maybe reverse the process by supporting ActivityPub or other additional protocol, but they have refused, and diaspora* protocol hasn’t gained any additional traction, sooo…

        • Jupiter Rowland@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Won’t happen.

          Around December 29th, multiple big diaspora* pods shut down. According to one source, diaspora* lost over half of its users within three days. On January 25th, diasp.org, one of the biggest pods, will meet its end.

          Also, if anything, Friendica (plus Hubzilla plus Socialhome) will suck the rest of life out of diaspora*. diaspora* users will move there from their own dying pods to stay in contact both with their friends who still hold out on diaspora* and with their friends who have moved on to something that uses ActivityPub. And the former will become fewer and fewer as more and more pods shut down.

      • Scott M. Stolz@loves.tech
        1·
        1 month ago

        I think Hubzilla and Friendica are its only links to the rest of the Fediverse. Both support ActivityPub and Diaspora.

    • Jupiter Rowland@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Ironically, Google+ was an all-out diaspora* ripoff. And Google got away with it because they brazenly stole from something that nobody even knew existed.

      Remember Google’s new UI style? The black bar at the top? Stolen from diaspora* for Google+.

      Also, everyone claims that Google+ invented the concept of “circles”. Actually, Google just ripped off diaspora*'s aspects. (And Friendica had them several months before diaspora* even. So Friendica had them first. Not diaspora*. And Google even less.)

      • mesamunefire@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        30 days ago

        Yep I was a very early developer (software developer) on the platform back in the day. Facebook and Google both stole a lot of what diaspora did with communities/circles and UI. I have not been on it for a very long time. I should take another look.

  • rowrowrowyourboat@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    As much as Facebook sucks, these things will never replace it.

    Just clicking through them, it’s apparent it suffers from the same problem lemmy has. You have to read things and follow instructions and then choose an instance…

    Yeah, you lost everyone at the first step of having to follow instructions. People just want a Sign Up button, and that’s it. That’s the only step they’re willing to go through.

    If, after clicking Sign up, they then have to figure out which instance (whatever that is) they have to choose, they’ll just quit right there.

    • blackn1ght@feddit.ukEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Such projects desperately need some professional UX/UI people involved. They always feel like they’re designed by back-end devs.

      I also can’t imagine there being any difference to the instances as the concept of “local” doesn’t really make sense like it does with Lemmy. Maybe they should obfuscate the instance selection and the sign up process just puts you onto a random instance or one that’s best suited by geographical location.

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    I tried both and it looks like Friendica has more features and is more compatible with other apps on ActivityPub.

    In the end I chose Friendica.

    • Qkall@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      I apologize for my ignorance but i did try to figure it out and read… but can i interact with lemmy on friendica and vice versa? i see mastodon should work…but not understanding i guess

      • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukMEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Yes, Friendica should work with pretty much everything on the Fediverse and beyond (Bluesky, Diaspora, Tumblr and anything that spits out an RSS feed). It handles communities a lot better than micro-blogging services.