Gregory's Server
@J12t @oblomov @maegul @Gargron People have been trying to make decentralized social media happen for nearly 20 years now.
We can all talk about how Mastodon could be better till we're blue in the face. The fact is that Mastodon has created a halo effect on other server software too.
In other words, Mastodon's growth is Friendica's growth too.
For real. Look at this chart. In September, Friendica was little more than 250 nodes. Now it's nearing 400.
@J12t @oblomov @maegul @Gargron For the sake of comparison, let's look at diaspora's growth.
It went from 115 nodes in September to 117 nodes in September. Now imagine how much more growth it could have if it simply integrated ActivityPub.
So again, while diaspora's devs bemoaned lack of uniformity and usability, few people are using it -- and it can't speak to the rest of the Fediverse.
There's a reason why we're here and not there.