Post AVIQ2BMEHW16JUOrh2 by explorergrace@mastodon.nz
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 (DIR) Post #AVIQ2BMEHW16JUOrh2 by explorergrace@mastodon.nz
       2023-05-03T20:44:01Z
       
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       Lots of chatter about different services at the moment. Great to see people building or trying new things. Speaking of which, FYI in case any of these are useful to you, that the fediverse is much bigger than Mastodon. 🦣There's PixelFed (photos), PeerTube (video), Matrix (think discord or signal), Mobilizon (events), Write Freely (blogs), Bookwyrm, Owncast, Castopod, FunkWhale...& much more. ActivityPub can even "talk" to WordPress. There's a ton of cool stuff out there. :mastodondance:
       
 (DIR) Post #AVIQ2D5HrTeXfWUMYy by explorergrace@mastodon.nz
       2023-05-03T20:56:49Z
       
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       There's stuff beyond fedi and ActivityPub, of course. Point being, you don't have to go where "everyone" is, you don't have to use the "big" things, and you can do/use the things that work for you just because you want to.You wanna blog? Blog. Wanna create a channel dedicated to watching flowers unfurl? Go for it. A podcast about 17th century shipbuilding? Post nothing but pictures of cats? Make jokes about the matrix on matrix? Go for it. Techbros are not actually the boss of us.
       
 (DIR) Post #AVavxWewphCisQXyHQ by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2023-05-12T23:56:49Z
       
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       @explorergraceMatrix apps are a great federated replacement for Discord, Slack, Telegram, Signal etc.But if I can be a pedantic nerd for a sec, matrix is a protocol not an app. AFAIK there is nothing in the matrix network that connects with anything in the ActivityPub network, so it's not usually considered part of the fediverse.