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I need a Facebook replacement (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I plan to end my Facebook account before January 19. I like the format and would like something similar in the Fediverse. Also, I need a good Facebook alternative I can show people when trying to convince them to leave Facebook.

So what is the best Facebook alternative as of 2025? Frendica, Diaspora or Pleroma? Or something new and promising?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Best would probably be if I quit social media. I find arguing on Facebook, Reddit and Lemmy very addictive.

However, I prefer it if my local boomers are on a slightly addictive but open and transparent social media, which isn't controlled by an oligarch or random orange fascist.

I want something that is so similar to Facebook, that I basically can post a link on Facebook and when the boomer follow that link they'll effortlessly create a new account and start using the fediverse FB clone, because that's where I'll post my content from now on.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

That just doesn't exist. Probably the biggest obstacle to large-scale fediverse adoption at the moment is just that it requires a little more effort to sign up. Lots of people get turned off by picking an instance

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

The solution there is to have them pick the instance rather than the underlying technology. To want to join, I don't know, tenforward.social and chat with other Trekies (and connect to other communities as a bonus) rather than to join "Mastodon".

But everyone's all focused on big social now, caysing usball to approach this backwards. Once you do that, things get more confusing and frustrating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

To want to join, I don’t know, tenforward.social and chat with other Trekies (and connect to other communities as a bonus) rather than to join “Mastodon”.

Language and countries instances can also help build a feeling of community

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

The fix to that problem seems trivial though.

Hopefully there will pop up some commercial FOSS fediverse FB alternatives now when Facebook is about to go all in on the crazy. Or that the EU will pour some big money on the existing alternatives.

Anyway, Frendica seems to be the best option right now so I'll give it a serious try.