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gispyskov

Do I know anybody hereabouts that have any experience with ?

@gispyskov My own most recent Friendica experience is from the mid-2010s; I've only been using its various descendants ever since. But I'll forward your question to a bunch of Friendica veterans.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Friendica
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@jupiter_rowland thx! I'm trying to figure out if i can help some people to move their communications from FB to something a bit less....evil.
they are looking to have multiple groups with different moderation rules.
i know i can spin up a basic forum, but I like the idea of being able to use one login for different things. i was thinking about self hosting an instance, but I'm not sure.

@gispyskov I made a user there just last week. I used to like Facebook, and Friendica seems to have many of the same functions, plus some more. And I love that it talks with *every* other fediverse-platform. And it works with RSS feeds, so now I got my own little news/blog updates hub! 😁

But: the user interface is a bit complex for a tech newbie as me. But I am making progress!

@Ivarv93 thanks for the info. I'll dig a bit deeper

@gispyskov What sort'a experience you lookin fer? I've been a happy Friendica user for a few years'r more. I can't really be of much help with the administery bits of it though.

@eshep thx! I'm trying to figure out if i can help some people to move their communications from FB to something a bit less....evil.
they are looking to have multiple groups with different moderation rules.
i know i can spin up a basic forum, but I like the idea of being able to use one login for different things. i was thinking about self hosting an instance, but I'm not sure.

@gispyskov Prolly best to just set one up and see if does what you want. You might also wanna play around with Hubzilla or Streams as well.

@eshep thanks. I wasn't aware of these, but I'll definitely have a look

@gispyskov They're both successors to Friendica.

@eshep ah... cool! I'll do a bit of research on them

@gispyskov yes (but our Friendica server is currently being moved, so reply from Mastodon)

Here are some insights into #Friendica:

- video series "Friendica tutorial Pt 1 of 6: Explaining Friendica/Facebook comparisons and how to join.": peertube.stream/w/p/1e4ebc30-d by @anubis2814
- Blog "The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)" blog.elenarossini.com/the-futu by @_elena
- Blog "When to use Friendica over Mastodon" homehack.nl/when-to-use-friend by @ericbuijs1

@gispyskov Hello I am on #Friendica if you need help do not hesitate to ask your question with the hashtag #Friendica there are lots of people who can answer you ,

@tness thanks! I think I'm getting the hang of it, right now :)
do you know anything about using private groups?