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Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn't even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative.

For me, it'd be the following:

  • LinkedIn
  • Meetup
  • Tiktok

I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I'm not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative.

I'll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I'd be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

There is already a Meetup alternative - Mobilizon

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Thank you so much. Have you used it? Care to expand on uour experience with it?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

You probably want to use a regional instance to have more relevant users, groups and events, but there is a global search engine for Mobilizon

For example, I am using a Polish instance, with an unsuprising domain https://mobilizon.pl

With an account, you are able to publish events, with header image, title, category, tags, date, place, description (with formatting available), and metadata. The event can be accesible publicly, or only via link.
The event (if public) can federate (and be boosted to e.g. Mastodon) and be commented, but you are able to turn off the comments.

Individual account can only be followed from Friendica, but not from Mastodon.

For more features you want to create a group. A group can be followed from Friendica and Mastodon, but only Mobilizon accounts can become its members. Group members are able to participate in discussions (not visible from outside), manage a "common resource folder" - links, make group events and group announcements

You can experiment with Mobilizon features with a demo instance

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Lol my regional instance has some interesting upcoming events...

https://i.imgur.com/71tZ7fL.png

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Thank you for your insights. I'll be investigating this further!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

oh man, that's not pretty enough to start using as an alternative to, like, partiful (oh, yeah, I totally want to give my phone number to some random fucking website to go to a party) or wedding registry sites... but those don't really need to be federated, huh?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for the link! Checking this out now

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I looked in their FAQ but couldn't find an answer. It looks like they support ticketing for events. I assume users can claim tickets. Is there a payment method built in as well, if so, what is it?