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How to Move from Mastodon to Firefish (wedistribute.org)
submitted 1 year ago by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is the advantage of Firefish over Mastodon?

[–] philip_the3rd@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

None, really. Maybe the slicker UI, but I've been using a great 3rd party app lately for Mastodon (Moshidon), so no big plus there. Was out of Firefish after 12 hours and had to ask the admin where the bloody "delete account" was. In true Facebook fashion, it's hidden under "other" in settings.

[–] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Related: https://beehaw.org/post/6853561

mastodon.art has decided to suspend firefish.social from their instance due to issues with its administrator

[–] jerome@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

HOLY SHIT... I just tried firefish.social and there's TONS of right wing anti trans lies in their trending "news."

No fucking thank you.

[–] ADHDefy@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Ew. I'm on easymode.im and it's a lovely Firefish instance, I don't see any shit like that.

[–] antony@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I think I'll stay on Mastodon. I don't like the Firefish UI. I haven't tried Akkoma yet.

[–] macallik@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To the uninitiated, Firefish is to Mastodon what Kbin is to Lemmy

[–] thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have a friend who is even less initiated than that. Can you explain for his sake what that means?

[–] themadcodger@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Firefish and Mastodon are both microblogging platforms (like Twitter) on the fediverse. Kbin and Lemmy are both forum style platforms (like Reddit).

Where Lemmy and Mastodon are for people who prefer a more basic just the necessities experience, kbin and Firefish provide a more stylish experience with more options and customization.

[–] TokyoMonsterTrucker@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago

I just tried it out and the UI and additional functionality is a massive upgrade over the current stock Mastodon experience. And it federates seamlessly with Mastodon accounts. The Antenna feature is something that I've been looking for in Mastodon since day one. The fediverse rules. Use it if you like it!

[–] CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm blind but I'm not seeing a way to follow tags on Firefish (I joined the main instance because the UI convinced me).

[–] retronautickz@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

You can't follow tags (something that should be added), but you can add them to Antennas