• RiQuY@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Can you explain briefly what is the difference between Firefish and Mastodon? I checked Firefish and looks the same but on white.

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      1 year ago

      Firefish is more tumblr-y, mastodon more twitter-y. Both are good, have their pros and cons. It’s a matter of preference. Firefish is extremely easy to set up though, like ridiculously so.

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      1 year ago

      Just started using it. First impressions, it’s definitely feels more unique than mastodon, and has features its missing. Like there are reactions in addition to favoriting a post, and you can quote post. At this point, It kinda feel’s like Mastodon’s kbin.

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      1 year ago

      they are both twitter-like fediverse platforms, same content shared.

      Firefish is just a much nicer experience IMO.

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        I find Firefish adorable for some reason? Like I know nobody who uses it but when I signed up a bunch of random people made sure to greet me. It was very sweet.

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        A mastodon DM is a private post. Setting a post to private before sending means only mentioned accounts can see it, and all mentioned accounts get notified. In a sense this enables both DMs and group messages too. But it’s not the most elegant interface for it tbf. A good app makes this feel more DM like, such as Ice Cubes on iOS or the equivalent on Android.