I have written a short piece on "How to use Mastodon as a Facebook replacement", mostly for my friends on FB, but worth sharing.

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@Shanmonster @markmeisner

There is a platform on here specifically for replacing Facebook Events called Mobilizon, more info at https://fedi.tips/mobilizon-event-organisation-and-discovery

Facebook Groups is trickier, there's not a direct replacement yet. Some Fediverse platforms like NodeBB seem to be looking at group privacy but they're not ready yet.

[alexchapman@tweesecake.social]

@markmeisner @FediTips Um, image with no description? Excuse me, but please remember to use alt text, some of us can't read the text of the image, and we don't wanna have to screw around with OCR bullshit. Sorry if I sound rude but I'm getting tired of the same old image with no description image with no description crap.

[crcordray@ieji.de]

@markmeisner @FediTips there is a Facebook replacement based on same structure as Mastodon - called friendica.

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@alexchapman @markmeisner

The image has a description which was edited into it today. It's possible the edit didn't federate to your server yet, and your server is showing the old version without the description?

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@crcordray @markmeisner

There is, but Friendica is lacking some things such as a moderation system:

Feature Request: implement Moderation system · Issue #8724 · friendica/friendica

I think it would be good to have a moderation system similar to Mastodon where you can report problematic content, an admin will be notified and decide what to do with that reported post: warn the user silence the user (content won't be ...

GitHub (github.com)

[madjo@mstdn.social]

@markmeisner @FediTips I'm sorry but the image doesn't have any ALT text associated with it in your post.

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@madjo @markmeisner

It definitely does have alt text, you can check on the original page for the post:

Mark Meisner 🌎 (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image I have written a short piece on "How to use Mastodon as a Facebook replacement", mostly for my friends on FB, but worth sharing. I hope it's useful for people. If so, please share. Feedback welcome. Full text with links here: https://meisner.ca/2025/02/02/how-to-use-mastodon-as-a-facebook-replacement/ Attn: @[email protected]

Mastodon (mastodon.social)

This was added to the post later, perhaps the edit hasn't federated to your server yet?

[rinmari@urusai.social]

@markmeisner I feel like another part of why people stay on Facebook is because it has community tools like Groups and Events, which Mastodon doesn’t have. As much as I would prefer that people not use Facebook for event management, there aren’t any other sites that are widely used for such.

[markmeisner@mastodon.social]

@rinmari Apparently there is a Groups feature on Mastodon. Here is yet another great tip from @FediTips

How to use groups on Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

(fedi.tips)

As for events, see this tip.
https://fedi.tips/mobilizon-event-organisation-and-discovery/

[rinmari@urusai.social]

@markmeisner @FediTips Ooh, good to know. Thank you!

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@rinmari @markmeisner

Just to clarify, the Groups feature in that particular guide is basically a "super hashtag", it lets people on different servers more easily participate in discussions with accounts that their server hasn't noticed yet.

It's similar to the email discussion lists of the 1990s/2000s.