Magnus Manske
and 10 others
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2nd Retoot From: @mho
How far will it go this time?
This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more.
That's #Sharkey, #Misskey, #Pixelfed, #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma…
If you see it, please share it.
#SocialMedia @fediverse
First results 👇🏼
https://social.heise.de/@mho/115587959515516682
We need more than 2 popular and accessible types of mobile OS 📱
We need more than 2 popular and accessible types of desktop OS 🖥️
We need more than 2 popular and accessible types of browsers 
We need more than 2 popular high-capacity cloud services ☁️
We need more than a 2 popular and secure end-to-end encrypted email services 📧
We need more than a few popular and secure end-to-end encrypted messaging apps 💬
We need SO much more diversity in tech!
There seems to be a tendency to just pit projects against each other (or buy each other) until we only get 2 options in the end. This is horrible for consumer choices, for security, for privacy, for resilience, and just leads to more enshitification everywhere once people are locked in systems without viable alternatives.
We need much more options, everywhere.
Celebrate and encourage diversity.
In tech, and everywhere else.
Tim Chambers
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I know a lot of you still think of the #Fediverse as just “Mastodon”.
But it’s far more than that. There’s an entire ecosystem of federated message boards that’s already proven popular: #Piefed, #NodeBB, #Lemmy, #Mbin, and #Discourse.
Even the classics like #Friendica and #Hubzilla have solid forum features baked in.
If you’re only here for the microblogging, you’re missing a key piece. Communities built around interests are something #Twitter never offered, and #Bluesky still doesn’t.
So if you’re looking to replace your #Facebook Groups, the Fediverse already has you covered.
I know a lot of you still think of the #Fediverse as just “Mastodon”.
But it’s far more than that. There’s an entire ecosystem of federated message boards that’s already proven popular: #Piefed, #NodeBB, #Lemmy, #Mbin, and #Discourse.
Even the classics like #Friendica and #Hubzilla have solid forum features baked in.
If you’re only here for the microblogging, you’re missing a key piece. Communities built around interests are something #Twitter never offered, and #Bluesky still doesn’t.
So if you’re looking to replace your #Facebook Groups, the Fediverse already has you covered.
just small circles 🕊
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Mbin v1.8.3 Released: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.3 #linux #update #release #foss #mbin #activitypub
Mbin v1.8.3 Released: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.3 #linux #update #release #foss #mbin #activitypub
Reminder: Many bsky links require a sign-in, and are, hence, useless to anyone who is not on bluesky.
I am not on bluesky. I have reasons not to be, that I won't bother rehashing for you.
If you want to share things on mastodon, you might want to consider using links that are usable by people who are on mastodon.
@GeePawHill #mbin has the same issue, and it's a Fediverse service. So it's not just BSky.
👋 Everyone: see what you think:
The Seven Deadly #Fediverse UX Sins Part 2: The Road To Redemption: https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/06/24/the-seven-deadly-fediverse-ux.html
Don't claim that these are final answers - but hope they help continue constructive motion to final answers!
cc: @renchap @dansup
@cheeaun @scottjenson @newsmast @andypiper @ricmac @evan @laurenshof @pfefferle @fediversenews #fedidev #mastodev @timbray
Also: i talk up the idea of #Lemmy and #Mbin and #Piefed and the #Threadiverse in the idea on surfacing content...
Much of that idea was spurred by this from Piefed on it's potential feed format that can pull in multiple other community fediverse acocunts into one feed:
https://join.piefed.social/2025/04/30/how-piefed-federates-feeds-aka-multi-reddits-or-multi-comms/
And would love to hear what @rimu thinks of my riffing on this for discovery fedi wide, and if he had notes.