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   Audun (audunmb@todon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:13:15 JST Audun

   So about #FreeOurFeeds and social media without billionaires: who do I have to give money to if I want someone to build a good alternative to Facebook? Built on #ActivityPub or other actually decentralized protocols? And who makes something I can convince my friends to use (ie someone whi uses as much time on UX as on anything else)?

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     Jupiter Rowland (jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:13:18 JST Jupiter Rowland

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     • tobias
     • Harald Eilertsen
     • Mario Vavti
     @Audun Doesn't seem like there's any active developers either.
     Um, Friendica has only just released a new version less than two weeks ago. It is very much still under development, and it has multiple active main developers, especially @Tobias.
     
     Oh, and @Mike Macgirvin 🖥️ isn't the Hubzilla main dev anymore either. In 2018, he has passed Hubzilla on to the community in the shape of @Mario Vavti and @Harald Eilertsen to concentrate on the advancement of Zot. He launched Osada (2018), Zap (2018), another Osada (2019), yet another Osada (2020), a new Mistpark (2020; that's Friendica's old name), a new Redmatrix (2020; that's Hubzilla's old name) and Roadhouse (early 2021).
     
     His current works are an intentionally nameless and brandless social networking application from October, 2021, which the community has decided to refer to as (streams) after the name of the repository and still experimental Forte from August, 2024, which is the first Fediverse server application to ever rely on only ActivityPub for nomadic identity.
     
     Mike is working on both almost all alone and entirely in his spare time. He has officially "retired" from software development effective September 1st, 2024, so he has more important things to do in his spare time like tend to his land in Australia. You can't expect something from him that looks like several million dollars have been spent by a Silicon Valley corporation on the UI design. Or from anyone in the Fediverse.
     
     #Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Facebook #FacebookAlternative #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte
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     Audun (audunmb@todon.nl)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:13:19 JST Audun

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     • freezr

     @freezr yes, I even tried to test it, but the instance died. Doesn't seem like there's any active developers either. If someone put up an active Friendica instance with developers and a focus on UX (especially for mobile) I would give them money. Though, as the lead developer left for Hubzilla, that might be a better option.
     Still, an organization of sorts, with a vision and a plan to make a decentralized Facebook replacement is needed for something to happen.

     anban repeated this.
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     freezr (freezr@friendica.myportal.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 23:13:20 JST freezr

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     @audunmb

     Have you ever heard about #Friendica?