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1. Ombra 🔵🌻 (ombra@mastodon.ie)'s status on Monday, 02-May-2022 19:47:39 UTC Ombra 🔵🌻

   My top 🪐 #Fediverse App picks:

   1. 🐘 #Mastodon
   ✍️ Microblogs
   https://joinmastodon.org/
   Many specific ones to choose from.

   2. 🐼 #Pixelfed
   📸 Images
   https://pixelfed.org/

   Main: https://pixelfed.social/

   3. 🐙 #PeerTube
   🎥 Videos
   https://joinpeertube.org/

   Main: https://tilvids.com/videos/overview

   4. 🐉 #BookWrym
   📚 Books
   https://joinbookwyrm.com/

   Main: https://bookwyrm.social/

   5. 🐳#Funkwhale
   🎵 Music
   https://funkwhale.audio/#get-started

   Instance List:
   https://network.funkwhale.audio/dashboards/d/overview/funkwhale-network-overview?orgId=1&refresh=2h

   Good one: https://audio.gafamfree.party/library/artists

   • Ombra 🔵🌻 (ombra@mastodon.ie)'s status on Monday, 02-May-2022 19:48:04 UTC Ombra 🔵🌻

     in reply to

     • Humane Tech Now

     @humanetech That all makes sense, thanks for the insight.

     I literally just signed up to Pixelfed and it is indeed super polished, the new dark mode UI is lovely too.

   • Humane Tech Now (humanetech@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 02-May-2022 19:48:05 UTC Humane Tech Now

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     @Ombra Mastodon has indeed done very well, and by hard work became as popular as they are now.

     This is great, but has its downsides. Their dominant position, though deserved, means they increasingly dictate the direction of the fediverse, and other apps need to play catch-up (this effect is called post-facto interoperability). There's risk they'll be the (decentralized) GMail of the fedi. And there are other downsides as well. See:

     https://mastodon.social/@humanetech/108231008034439377

     PS. Pixelfed is very polished as well

   • Ombra 🔵🌻 (ombra@mastodon.ie)'s status on Monday, 02-May-2022 19:48:06 UTC Ombra 🔵🌻

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     There are a bunch of other social apps, but to be honest #Mastodon for me seems to be the most polished & has the most users (so it's the most social).

     If you can think of a good reason to check out the others please let me know why 🙂

     Some aren't just microblogging, but do other things too.

     These are the other apps available:
     #Diaspora #Pleroma #Friendica #GnuSocial #HubZilla #Misskey