Does anyone know of a lively and wellbalanced #Friendica instance?
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Does anyone know of a lively and wellbalanced #Friendica instance? If you'd like to show and explain it to regular people?
I never managed to join a good instance. There are none for Sweden that I know of.
I joined friendica world, but that's completely dead and has a warning message since this summer ('25) when I first visited it.
Are there "key in hand" hosting solutions like Mastohost?
I think friendica would be a good way to get regular people onto the Fediverse who are motivated by Di-day or "danmark skifter" type initiatives, but who are not the microblogging type of person. But I've yet never been able to "kick the tyres" of a Friendica instance that's alive, healthy and thriving.
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I think friendica would be a good way to get regular people onto the Fediverse who are motivated by Di-day or "danmark skifter" type initiatives, but who are not the microblogging type of person. But I've yet never been able to "kick the tyres" of a Friendica instance that's alive, healthy and thriving.
I think that Friendica is under appreciated.
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Does anyone know of a lively and wellbalanced #Friendica instance? If you'd like to show and explain it to regular people?
I never managed to join a good instance. There are none for Sweden that I know of.
I joined friendica world, but that's completely dead and has a warning message since this summer ('25) when I first visited it.
Are there "key in hand" hosting solutions like Mastohost?
@leanderlindahl Good question, I was just looking myself. Selfhosting looks like the thing to try for this.
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I think that Friendica is under appreciated.
@MichelPatrice I'd like to try a well hosted instance with active users and a friendly community and then decide if it would be good fit to set up for "normies" in my area and maybe for Sweden in general, who want to leave big tech, but never got it what it is one actually does with a microblog. The Friendica format could potentially fit quite a lot of people better. But I've never seen an alive and thriving instance...
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@leanderlindahl Good question, I was just looking myself. Selfhosting looks like the thing to try for this.
@Prometheus sure, but you'd want to be able to assess what it's like before you talk people into trying it.
Its no use wasting their enthusiasm on something that works poorly and leaving them disappointed when they maybe in turn convince friends and relatives to come along and try it out.
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@Prometheus sure, but you'd want to be able to assess what it's like before you talk people into trying it.
Its no use wasting their enthusiasm on something that works poorly and leaving them disappointed when they maybe in turn convince friends and relatives to come along and try it out.
@Prometheus maybe someone who knows a good "happy" instance will spot this thread and let me be a visiting member for a while, to experience the dynamics.
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@MichelPatrice I'd like to try a well hosted instance with active users and a friendly community and then decide if it would be good fit to set up for "normies" in my area and maybe for Sweden in general, who want to leave big tech, but never got it what it is one actually does with a microblog. The Friendica format could potentially fit quite a lot of people better. But I've never seen an alive and thriving instance...
I have never seen a thriving instance either. I have an account that I used to experiment (an instance in Québec).
Because of the interoperability of the fediverse, to some extent, it doesn’t matter much if everyone is on Mastodon while you are alone on Friendica. Both networks interact.
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I have never seen a thriving instance either. I have an account that I used to experiment (an instance in Québec).
Because of the interoperability of the fediverse, to some extent, it doesn’t matter much if everyone is on Mastodon while you are alone on Friendica. Both networks interact.
@MichelPatrice I tried friendica.world and it wasn't a good experience. It was more or less only me, 404 messages, time outs and federated (non friendica) posts for content.
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@thomas THX. anonsys was unresponsive, timed out. Loma looks fairly nice (by fedi standards
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Does anyone know of a lively and wellbalanced #Friendica instance? If you'd like to show and explain it to regular people?
I never managed to join a good instance. There are none for Sweden that I know of.
I joined friendica world, but that's completely dead and has a warning message since this summer ('25) when I first visited it.
Are there "key in hand" hosting solutions like Mastohost?
@leanderlindahl i am really enjoying my one, which still has open registrations afaik. very helpful, very responsive owner / admin, too.
cc: @raroun
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Does anyone know of a lively and wellbalanced #Friendica instance? If you'd like to show and explain it to regular people?
I never managed to join a good instance. There are none for Sweden that I know of.
I joined friendica world, but that's completely dead and has a warning message since this summer ('25) when I first visited it.
Are there "key in hand" hosting solutions like Mastohost?
@leanderlindahl I was on the Lemurs instance. It had a good start, but then stalled, and eventually went down. I liked Friendica, it allows for more intimate connections than Mastodon. I hope that it will eventually manage to take off.
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Does anyone know of a lively and wellbalanced #Friendica instance? If you'd like to show and explain it to regular people?
I never managed to join a good instance. There are none for Sweden that I know of.
I joined friendica world, but that's completely dead and has a warning message since this summer ('25) when I first visited it.
Are there "key in hand" hosting solutions like Mastohost?
I found loma.ml, which seems very nice. Thanks for allowing me in. It's nice to see a well working instance.
But I wonder if Friendica isn't too immature after all. It seems to be a desktop first app, so not great for people mostly using mobile. Maybe a local Mastodon instance is a better entry point for people who aren't into tech and just want to keep in touch with friends and relatives. Who've only ever been on Meta. Mastodon and the mobile ecosystem around it is has a good maturity level.
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I found loma.ml, which seems very nice. Thanks for allowing me in. It's nice to see a well working instance.
But I wonder if Friendica isn't too immature after all. It seems to be a desktop first app, so not great for people mostly using mobile. Maybe a local Mastodon instance is a better entry point for people who aren't into tech and just want to keep in touch with friends and relatives. Who've only ever been on Meta. Mastodon and the mobile ecosystem around it is has a good maturity level.
This is probably not least thanks to being managed through a foundation and Mastodon GmbH. Friendica, pixelfed and the others would really benefit from a similar setup.
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Does anyone know of a lively and wellbalanced #Friendica instance? If you'd like to show and explain it to regular people?
I never managed to join a good instance. There are none for Sweden that I know of.
I joined friendica world, but that's completely dead and has a warning message since this summer ('25) when I first visited it.
Are there "key in hand" hosting solutions like Mastohost?
It's hard to find good and open Friendica instances.
These companies offer to host Friendica instances:
weingaertner-it.de/index.php/p… (cheaper but in German)
elest.io/open-source/friendicaBut I guess @migueli has had a negative experience setting up his Friendica with Elest.io, if I'm not mistaken!
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It's hard to find good and open Friendica instances.
These companies offer to host Friendica instances:
weingaertner-it.de/index.php/p… (cheaper but in German)
elest.io/open-source/friendicaBut I guess @migueli has had a negative experience setting up his Friendica with Elest.io, if I'm not mistaken!
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@Prometheus maybe someone who knows a good "happy" instance will spot this thread and let me be a visiting member for a while, to experience the dynamics.
Maybe you could try Trom? trom.tf/social/
Trom is more than just a social network, they host other services too (trom.tf). I guess its owner is @tio . -
I found loma.ml, which seems very nice. Thanks for allowing me in. It's nice to see a well working instance.
But I wonder if Friendica isn't too immature after all. It seems to be a desktop first app, so not great for people mostly using mobile. Maybe a local Mastodon instance is a better entry point for people who aren't into tech and just want to keep in touch with friends and relatives. Who've only ever been on Meta. Mastodon and the mobile ecosystem around it is has a good maturity level.
There is an app for it called Raccoon for Friendica, which is so so. I've also heard that there is a good iPhone app, but I don't own an iPhone, so I can't remember what it's called. Most part of apps for Mastodon can connect to your Friendica account, it's just that they won't have features specific to Friendica (like Circles or Channels).
But it looks pretty good on a smartphone browser. And if you create a shortcut for your Friendica home page on your smartphone, I bet it doesn't change too much whether you navigate in an app or not (but I struggle to think like normal people, so maybe I'm wrong).
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There is an app for it called Raccoon for Friendica, which is so so. I've also heard that there is a good iPhone app, but I don't own an iPhone, so I can't remember what it's called. Most part of apps for Mastodon can connect to your Friendica account, it's just that they won't have features specific to Friendica (like Circles or Channels).
But it looks pretty good on a smartphone browser. And if you create a shortcut for your Friendica home page on your smartphone, I bet it doesn't change too much whether you navigate in an app or not (but I struggle to think like normal people, so maybe I'm wrong).
@veroandi yes, I think the main thing if you talk regular people, moms & pops, into trying the fediverse, is that its a good user experience and not buggy or too complex, which I sort of feel friendica is in a mobile view port. So it'll have to be Mastodon for now.
Pixelfed would have been a nice recommendation too, but there are unresolved bugs in the android app since I got it in June '25, and governance of the project is completely unclear to me. It's not sustainable if its a one man band.
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@veroandi yes, I think the main thing if you talk regular people, moms & pops, into trying the fediverse, is that its a good user experience and not buggy or too complex, which I sort of feel friendica is in a mobile view port. So it'll have to be Mastodon for now.
Pixelfed would have been a nice recommendation too, but there are unresolved bugs in the android app since I got it in June '25, and governance of the project is completely unclear to me. It's not sustainable if its a one man band.
Yes, definitely don't put your friends and family on the Pixelfed app right now - if they're not tech-savvy or particularly motivated, it'll be a disaster. I tried it and people got a terrible impression of the whole Fediverse because the app doesn't work well and the web version has other serious bugs that ruin the Fediverse's spirit and promises. Vernissage.photo might be an option for people who enjoy photography, but I haven't tested it on a smartphone. (Vernissage is similar to Pixelfed but has extra features and a different design).
If people you know will experiment with the Fediverse using an app, it's the UI/UX of the third-party app that matters, not the platform you pick. For example, if your mum only wants to write a short message and attach a photo, it doesn't matter if it's Mastodon or Friendica, because it's the app's UX that will shape her experience. So, if the interface is the most important thing for you, you should focus on finding a good third-party app. Whether her account is on Mastodon, Friendica, Sharkey, etc. won't make a difference, unless she connects via the web version. The Sharkey software, for example, has a very nice interface, but if you use the Mastodon app to connect to it, you won't see all of Sharkey's cute features.
But I think that if you're going to propose it to families with children, Friendica might be the best choice. With Friendica, you can create a private family group to share photos with specific people only. You can create photo albums. It's not that beautiful, but it works.
If none of these previous instances proposed here work for you, send me a DM and I might have a last option.
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Maybe you could try Trom? trom.tf/social/
Trom is more than just a social network, they host other services too (trom.tf). I guess its owner is @tio .@veroandi @tio @leanderlindahl The more I look into how Friendica could truly be the central protocol hub for my decentralized social networks, the more excited I am about trying to roll up my own. Although I'll probably start with trom.tf or someone like that. To get a gist of how integration works.
