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   AudraTran :debian: (audratran@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 02:16:46 JST AudraTran :debian:

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   @feditips @fediverse Is there a Fedi version of something like Facebook Groups? Social circles for a specific topic? Calckey looks like it has something similar but they are currently not federated and also I've found the platform in general to be very unstable.

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 02:16:46 JST FediTips has moved!

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     Yes and no.

     The longest-established discussion systems are Guppe groups and Chirp groups, which are basically accounts you follow which repeat anything sent to the account. It's a very simple system but these can have quite good conversations on them. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

     Mastodon itself is working on Mastodon Groups, but this isn't ready yet. This seems it might be more like Facebook Groups?

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     FediTips has moved! (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 06-Jul-2023 02:19:55 JST FediTips has moved!

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     @AudraTran

     Then there are Reddit-style discussion groups. The older system is Lemmy (but I don't recommend it https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379). The newer system is Kbin (https://kbin.pub, https://kbin.social) which is less problematic, but it's still in its early stages and the interaction from Mastodon still seems a bit flaky.

     So, at the moment the Guppe and Chirp groups seem best, but there should soon be more choice.

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