Fediverse groups are really useful accounts to follow. They are sort of "super hashtags" as their posts reach everyone who follows the group, no matter what server they are on. You can find out more at:
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They aren't like groups on other platforms, it's better to think of them as hashtags that federate more effectively.
Follow a group to see its discussions in your timelines, mention a group to post to it. (It's like old-style email discussion lists.)
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Sam at BLAG
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Do you know of anywhere that I could find an open group on either Frendica or Diaspora?
I want to go through the experience of joining one as a mastodon user so that I can talk to people about relocating their facebook group here.
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AFAIK there is no way to post from Mastodon to Diaspora as they use different protocols. However, if you have a Friendica account you can post simultaneously to both Mastodon (ActivityPub) and Disapora.
I'm not sure how groups on Friendica are distributed to Diaspora, perhaps @hypolite might be able to provide advice?
Sam at BLAG
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The group systems currently on here aren't really like the groups on Facebook.
A much closer thing on the Fediverse would be the numerous Reddit-like Fedi platforms such as Mbin and Piefed, or the forums like NodeBB. They are part of the Fedi but much closer in function to FB groups.
Sam at BLAG
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in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to Chris Wolff a.k.a. Shoe Bill • • •This is not the "group" type in ActivityPub, it's a different thing.
The groups I'm posting about are automated accounts that boost posts which mention them.
I am not a web dev so I am not sure what the technical relationship is between them, but for example PeerTube channels labelled "group" in Mastodon do not distribute the way Guppe etc groups do, so I'm assuming they are separate things.
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in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •There are indeed groups, just as there are groups on other platforms in other networks.
Only Mastodon cannot handle such groups, so if you need groups, you may need to switch software and not wait for Mastodon alone.
The #fediverse can do everything, but you have to be willing to use software other than Mastodon.
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in reply to πΉππππ • • •Lots of people subscribe to tags, and there are lots of active groups listed at a.gup.pe for example.
If you want more people to subscribe to these, subscribe to them yourself. Be the change you want to see π
My personal account is on a small instance but my feed is full of cute dogs because I subscribe to popular dog-related tags such as #DogsOfMastodon etc.
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in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •I don't think gup.pe is the way to go in terms of having groups in #Fediverse
Much better is anything #Lemmy (or similar) based or #Friendica approach with expected moderation and such stuff.
I don't think random bot-created account doing only reshares is future- and spambot-proof
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in reply to Schmaker • • •Fedi.Tips
in reply to I Thought I Saw A 2 • • •They are not the same thing or the same purpose as Reddit-like groups. Their function and intention is very different.
That's why I think Guppe-style groups should be regarded as super-hashtags because that better describes their function.
if you see bad content on a hashtag you report it, and the same goes for bad content on Guppe-style groups.
This is discussed in the guide at fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-onβ¦
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in reply to I Thought I Saw A 2 • • •Their advantage over hashtags is they federate much more effectively. This is especially important if you're on a smaller server.
Guppe posts are delivered to every group follower's server, whereas hashtag posts are only delivered to servers that have already noticed the account posting.
Guppe groups actively push content in a way that hashtags don't.
There is more info about this in the guide at fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-onβ¦
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in reply to I Thought I Saw A 2 • •@I Thought I Saw A 2 they're different services. Naturally, to those accustomed to Friendica groups, Lemmy communities, or NodeBB categories, gup.pe groups may seem very primitive. Yet the added value of gup.pe is that any Mastodon user can create a group to share their interests with other contacts.
Abusers can always be blocked by the individual user or reported to their instance administrator.
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