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@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.

@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

@autonomoususer and that fact justifies vitriol and behaviors like this in which way?

@macattack yeah, but people (on Mastodon at least) are very opinionated so to say, and they will go out of their way to call people out for scraping their data without consent. They even go ahead and send you death threats, doxx you or even upload CSAM on your platform just to take it down.

@Teknevra

@PhlubbaDubba @tardigrada You still need email for pretty much most services. You need to log in? Create an account using your email and password. Need to work somewhere? A phone number is essential, but the employers will also use your email to message you if you cannot be reached on the phone (happened to me once) or when sending video call invites.

WhatsApp is ubiquitous when it comes to chatting, but for more elaborate communications, email still rules.