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@aasatru @ALostInquirer @TheLugal I got kicked off of Farcebook three years ago for not going along with the Covid-19 Vax agenda. I started a friendica at that time because of all the fediverse software available at the time, it looked the most like facebook. My intent was to provide an alternative platform where you were free to say what you wanted.

Since that time I’ve also put up a Misskey, a Hubzilla, and a Mastodon. I personally don’t like the micro-blogging format, thus I don’t use Misskey or Mastodon much, just enough to make sure they are working. I prefer long format macroblogging because they make actual intelligent discussions possible (even if it is a capability people rarely use), where as microblogging isn’t good for much beyond an occasional snarky remark.

Of the two macroblogging applications, friendica and hubzilla, I prefer friendica because it displays full photos by default and it also makes better use of a wide display (I have a 2560 x 1440 monitor) so I find it more readable.

I also like it’s support for bbcode, which while not 100% complete is still better than most other platforms. The only downside to Friendica is that it is relatively resource intensive. Originally I had it on a six core 3.6 Ghz i7-3850 with 128GB of RAM, but it had a hard time keeping up and responsiveness wasn’t great. Now it is running on a 4.4 Ghz 18 core 36 thread i9-10980xe (the machine will run at 4.8Ghz but not 100% stable) with 256GB of RAM.

Friendica is not that hard on the database however, averaging around 300 tps, and I’ve tested MariaDB and found it, on this hardware, to be capable of almost 14,000 tps, so not straining. Seems the PHP code is just not particularly efficient.

Hubzilla, in spite of supporting more protocols, is quite a bit less resource intensive, and Mastodon and Misskey are very resource light.

@TheLugal @ALostInquirer If you want an old facebook look, take a look at friendica. friendica.eskimo.com/

It is reliable, reasonably light weight, and has connectors for a number of protocols. I’ve been running one for a couple of years now. Very low maintenance compared to other social media software I am running. Feel free to check it out, hubzilla.eskimo.com/

@subignition @Fediverse_Champion Was directing at threads, don’t want the fediverse to become Farcebook II. I run a Mastodon myself, also Friendica, Misskey, and Hubzilla. Prefer the long format post of Friendica, but don’t want to see any form of centralized moderation because that just leads to centralized indoctrination, ala Farcebook.

Reads to me like, "We want to control the fediverse just like Fuckerberg controls Farcebook, no thanks.

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@NABDad I don’t think we’re allowed to have cows where I live at all, and horses are only permitted if you have five acres or more.

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@sunzu2 @secret300 @Yingwu Unfortunately, some people, if not held accountable, abuse things and other people.

@recursive_recursion @SharkAttak I’ve yet to get anything beyond a form letter from the abuse addresses I’ve reported spam to and the spam keeps coming uninterrupted. Blocking offending IP space is more effective.

@secret300 @sunzu2 Odd, I just use it from Firefox on my desktop. It does want me to accept cookies, that is how websites maintain a login session since otherwise http is a stateless protocol.

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