#TIL about @frequency, a federated photo-sharing app;
"I'm trying to be very upfront. Like, OK you're going to have to pay for this service. But I really want to make it as affordable as possible. I want to give you options to pay for your family and friends, to bring everybody in if there's someone that can't pay for it ..."
#JesseKarmani, 2024 (@jesseplusplus)
https://wedistribute.org/podcast/frequency-jesse-karmani/
EDIT: Link is working again as of 2025-06-15.
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"And obviously it's federated, so you can connect with people on PixelFed, if they're really not willing to be on Frequency."
#JesseKarmani, 2024
https://wedistribute.org/podcast/frequency-jesse-karmani/
EDIT: Link is working again as of 2025-06-15.
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What I find intriguing about Frequency is that Jesse isn't building an app in the sense of a client for existing fediverse servers. She's not building an app in the sense of a server stack like Friendica or Pleroma that's intended to be the base software for many people's servers.
What's she's building is an app in the sense of a commercial social network service, with its own branded client, revenue model, etc. But interacting with the rest of the fediverse, like FlipBoard now does.
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I'd like to see source code published under a libre license for the Frequency iOS client app, before I'd recommend it to anyone. Hopefully that will come as the software reaches a stable state.
But this is an approach I think has legs. Only enthusiasts want to dive into the minutiae of choosing software, host, and client. What most people want is to join a service that combines all 3 with a sustainable organisational model, and get on with using it.
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This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
