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Re: "I've recently been thinking about getting back on Tumblr...."
If your main issue with the fediverse is the interface and you want something more minimal or text-based, maybe you'll like https://brutaldon.org or https://github.com/dimkr/tootik.
Mar 16 · 5 days ago
yes, i also think if you don't like twitter like interfaces, then there are 2 tootik instances afaik, so you can use fedi via gemini browser. there is also snac2 - it is a minimalistic web software for activity pub. there is also
i only left a link to epicyon, but do not hesitate to ask for the links to other mentioned services instances or source code.
also there is friendica and hubzilla - thoe two, as well as socialhome, support both diaspora and activity pub protocol. so deos socialhome, take a look at one of my instances, this one for photography community:
eventually, try to join a diaspora pod - this is how they call instances.
diaspora protocol is much simpler and arguably, better designed. it looks like
— google plus have had stolen the design of diaspora.
and, btw, tale about libre software: google closed google plus. but diaspora communities exist. where did google plus people go? the set up own diaspora pod and were socializing fromit.
🚀 blah_blah_blah · Mar 20 at 11:08:
Aether is dead. It's main author is MIA, and there hasn't been any movement on the file since 2021.
I've recently been thinking about getting back on Tumblr. There just isn't a good FOSS/Fediverse alternative. The twitter-copycat interface of Mastodon, Pleroma, Misskey, Soapbox etc just doesn't cover everything like people seem to think it does. I don't know, though, maybe I just miss how internet communities were in the late 2000s. It seems most people online today are there for entirely different reasons. Back in 2009 if someone added you somewhere, they wanted to connect. Today they're...
