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jupiter_rowland, 2 months ago to random

@Various Fediverse features

Another FediGroups fact:

FediGroups is basically a "hack" based on Mastodon that recreates Friendica's most basic group/forum functionality on Mastodon. Each group is a Mastodon bot that automatically boosts everything that mentions it. And since it's all based on Mastodon, you have to mention the group in each comment unlike on Lemmy, /kbin, Mbin, PieFed, Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) etc.

#FediGroups

youronlyone, 2 months ago to fediverse

If you haven't heard, sadly, #ChirpSocial, one of the popular #ActivityPub “groups” platform, is shutting down “probably” on February 29th.

In an email they sent to admins, the owner and developer can no longer support https://chirp.social financially as they failed to find a new job after they were laid off by #Google last year.

So, if you have a Chirp.Social groups, either move to #Guppe (https://a.gup.pe) (as suggested by Chirp.Social), or if I may, to #FediaIO (https://fedia.io), an #Mbin [flagship] instance.

This reminds us the importance of having a built-in groups feature, and one where the groups feature actually federates.

Back in 2008, when the #Fediverse was born, we did have a built-in federated groups in #Laconica / #StatusNet (today known as #GNUsocial). We used bang (!) instead of at (@). A built-in groups feature is more stable as established instances can host them.

Today, we have #Friendica and #Hubzilla (as well as #Streams-based instances) to fill in that, as groups is a built-in feature in those software products. It's just a matter of finding an instance that's open to hosting groups for any topic for the ActivityPub protocol.

That said, any Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams-based instances you suggest for groups?

hello, 2 months ago to random

Sad to read that chirp.social is closing down from 29 February. Always sad to see innovative services go.

We're here to help provide an alternative Group Boosting service.

We wish you well @mpuckett

#FediGroups #Chirp #ChirpSocial

hello, 3 months ago to mastodon

It's almost time. We're super-excited. #FediGroups is entering public testing now, before a full live launch.

Many of us have used other Boosting Groups, but they only work well if you follow from Mastodon accounts. We know there is a wider fediverse. FediGroups works with all the favourites, including #Mastodon, #Firefish, #Iceshrimp, #Catodon, #Sharkey, and more. One big happy family 👪

Read a little more at https://about.fedigroups.social

Tell all your friends.