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what was your first exposure to the fediverse? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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Mine was either mastodon or matrix. I got into both at the same time. What are some other fediverse sites for beginners?

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[–] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there an official app or anything for friendica?

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Bicyclejohn Nothing official, but there are certain 3rd party apps listed on the website, or you can use Relatica. The webapp also seems to work well with the default themes.

[–] Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Has a gone else used relatica. I noticed its a zip file. Don't want to unzip before I get feedback

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 1 points 1 year ago

@Bicyclejohn on Android? I tried it for a while, so it is safe. You can always scan it if you have some doubts (virustotal scans apk files as well iirc).

What I do not like about the app is that the dev seems to kinda hide some Friendica features for the sake of user-friendliness. For example, I couldn't figure out how to add titles to posts, nor did I see how to dislike a post. And you kinda have to keep in mind the BBCode formatting as there are no suggestions, like on the web for example:

[![Here's what you get when you type "[" in the web UI](https://i.imgur.com/bMTHskx.png "Here's what you get when you type "" in the web UI")

I'd try it once again tho to see how things evolved.