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Chris Trottier

If you want to set up a Fediverse group (a.k.a., "Public Forum") on Friendica, follow these steps:

1. Create an account on Friendica. I prefer doing this on venera.social

2. Go to Settings > Advanced account types

3. Select "Community Forum" (a.k.a., group). Make sure Public forum is selected.

4. Click "Save settings".

If you want to see what a Fediverse group looks like, visit here: venera.social/profile/fedivers

Also see screenshot.

@fediversenews
30 Apr 2023 at 5:46 | Open on mastodon.social
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dragfyre

@atomicpoet How does this compare to, say, chirp or gup.pe?

30 Apr 2023 at 5:48 | Open on mastodon.sandwich.net
Chris Trottier

@dragfyre I've never used chirp or gup.pe, but the reason I chose Friendica is because:

1. You can moderate them
2. It looks somewhat similar to Facebook Groups
3. It supports threaded conversations
4. It's got a lot of other goodies supported by Friendica

30 Apr 2023 at 5:52 | Open on mastodon.social
dragfyre

@atomicpoet Definitely more functional than either, then!

30 Apr 2023 at 5:54 | Open on mastodon.sandwich.net
Jupiter Rowland
@dragfyre @Chris Trottier Advantages of Friendica groups over gup.pe groups:

Gup.pe is centralised because there is exactly one instance. Friendica is fully decentralised, and you can create forums on any instance that allows you to register an account.

Friendica groups can be read without joining them first. Gup.pe groups can't.

Friendica groups allow the pre-joining post backlog to be read. Gup.pe groups don't.

Friendica groups have to be created manually as user accounts. This means there's always at least one human behind each group which means Friendica groups can be moderated directly from within by users with special privileges. AFAIK, additional moderations can be appointed. None of this applies to gup.pe groups which are created automatically.

Private Friendica groups with limited access are possible. The same isn't possible on gup.pe.

Gup.pe only lists 50 groups. Friendica lists all of them.
@dragfyre @Chris Trottier Advantages of Friendica groups over gup.pe groups:

Gup.pe is centralised because there is exactly one instance. Friendica is fully decentralised, and you can create forums on any instance that allows you to register an account.
30 Apr 2023 at 6:02 | Open on hub.netzgemeinde.eu
Stephan (moved house)

@atomicpoet not sure I am going to use Friendica, but at least I enjoyed reading the block list of Venera “Not my department” and “Nothing but f*cking porn”

30 Apr 2023 at 5:52 | Open on mastodon.coffee
Chris Trottier

If you create a Fediverse group, Mastodon will label the account as a Group.

Although Mastodon itself doesn't support groups yet, it is nice that you can use groups *with* Mastodon by tagging the group.
30 Apr 2023 at 5:56 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Trottier

I also want to point out that @Gargron is working on group support for Mastodon, and it does seem to be a high priority.

If you prefer Mastodon because you like it, it might be worth waiting for this feature.

But if you can't wait and you need to set up a group right now, it's great that the Fediverse gives you options!

30 Apr 2023 at 5:58 | Open on mastodon.social
Chris Trottier

There's lots of Fediverse server software that supports group that are usable with Mastodon. Off the top of my head, Some of them are:

1. Chirp
2. Gup.pe
3. Lemmy

I use Friendica for Groups because it seems to be the most mature option with the most robust feature set.

30 Apr 2023 at 6:01 | Open on mastodon.social
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