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[breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca]

Yes, there needs to be a Pixelfed-global feed. It was planned at one point. Right now, the Pixelfed servers are islands separated by an ocean of Mastodon posts. It's a problem.

Because there’s no value in limiting what the users can do on it. Because it’s very easy to bypass, but in a very shitty way, which people are already doing all the time.

I already told you the value. When I'm on Pixelfed, I only want to see photos. If it was like you're proposing, I'd stop using it and encourage someone to make the thing that currently exists. If I'm on loops, I don't want a bunch of long- or short-form text. At all. Including other things is removing value.

You should use Friendica! It's exactly what you want. We can all have what we want.

[haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com]

They said matrix, not element.

[haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com]

Bluesky can fuck right off.

[haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com]

Wonderful. You can just make a different frontend for any of these platforms.

Thats the beauty of open source. The protocol is open, the backend is open, the frontend is open.

Example: you go and find 10 friends and decide you want this to happen. Everyone takes 100 coins (whatever your currency is) and you post on the fedi for a dev that can make you a frontend similar to facebook for 1000 bucks initially. While developing, you see if more people want to use it and maybe get more cash so your app looks better in the end.

Done. You made your own. The end.

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

This happend to me on other clients too

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

It is not open source. That's why its not allowed on fdroid. It has parts that are open source, like most apps. But the app itself is closed source and a risk

[astro_ray@piefed.social]

I donated with open collective before and it was a pretty smooth experience

[ulrich@feddit.org]

You should use Friendica!

I might think about if I could actually see absolutely anything without creating an account.

[ulrich@feddit.org]

• PixelFed
• SUP
• Loops
• fedidb
• pubkit

Five.

[nursery2787@lemmy.ml]

Simplex is a much closer alternative

[astro_ray@piefed.social]

Or XMPP for those who doesn't like matrix

[dilroopgill@lemmy.world]

you go on matrix and some of the communities are like no matrex bad goto simplex we're there now

[suoko@feddit.it]

The number of cell phone companies is so high nowadays that it could be compared to the number of fediverse instances.
They would just need a prepackaged docker to set it all up and they would just do it.
No need for eternal history of messages and media, they could manage it a la WhatsApp.

[hmmm@sh.itjust.works]

Matrix? Just use telepathy already! /s

I prefer Matrix over Signal because it required personal numbers.

[hmmm@sh.itjust.works]

Sup is more like Messenger I guess? Signal is will fit more.

[jackalope@lemmy.ml]

The only part that isn't open source is their spam filter.

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

Nope. Google deps

[jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world]

Stuff like this is a major, major component of dealing with nazis.

And even after they're dealt with, it's a better way of doing things, anyway. If it's a company, you're not on their social media platform, as much as you can possibly manage.

Which is a lot.

[sudneo@lemm.ee]

I don't know how sup will be, but signal is a mature product, run by a nonprofit, with functional apps etc. I moved my group of friends and my family years ago and it has all the essential features. People want stuff that just works, especially for talking and communicating daily. I doubt sup will be the same level of maturity while also offering the same security and privacy features as signal does, at least for years to come.

[scrollone@feddit.it]

Also, Google will kill RCS sooner or later.