I plan to end my Facebook account before January 19. I like the format and would like something similar in the Fediverse. Also, I need a good Facebook alternative I can show people when trying to convince them to leave Facebook.

So what is the best Facebook alternative as of 2025? Frendica, Diaspora or Pleroma? Or something new and promising?

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[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (13 children)

Friendica is probably the best choice. It's the most popular with the most servers and users, and is explicitly designed to be like facebook, and uses Activitypub.

Pleroma, judging from the FAQ; strives to be more like twitter. And as for diaspora, I don't know much at all about it.

[–] petrescatraian@mstdn.ro 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

@fxomt

And as for diaspora, it uses its own protocol, so i’m not sure if it can federate with software that uses activitypub.

It does federate. With Friendica, lol (because it also uses their protocol though).

@sith

[–] zuzizuzi@mstdn.ro 1 points 6 days ago

@petrescatraian @fxomt @sith Diaspora is part of Fediverse https://fediverse.party/en/diaspora/

[–] fxomt@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ah, my mistake. I'll edit it out

[–] petrescatraian@mstdn.ro 1 points 1 week ago

@fxomt No worries. Thing is, on a serious note, that it doesn't federate with Friendica, but rather Friendica federates with it (through diaspora's own protocol). That means that you can follow Mastodon accounts along with diaspora accounts on Friendica, but you cannot follow Mastodon accounts on Diaspora (nor vice-versa). So if you want to keep tabs with the world, Friendica is the better option.

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