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?

    • @[email protected]English
      7•2 months ago

      The issue is going to be: what are my friends already using? Can I find and friend all my new acquaintances on this platform?

      It’s not so much whether or not it has the capacity to be a great service, it’s what is the current population on the service? That’s what people are really asking.

      If there’s not millions on it already, most are going to pass on it.

      We’re on Lemmy, that puts us a bit outside of that perspective, but that’s still going to be your fat middle of the bell curve on peoples willingness to move.

      • mesamuneEnglish
        2•2 months ago

        Maybe blue sky? I’ve seen quite a few family/friends move lately and it’s made subscribing to them via mastodon/mastodon adjacent like GoToSocial workable.

        • mesamuneEnglish
          4•2 months ago

          It’s so cool that in the fedi you have quite a few options for front ends/phone apps. Unlike other websites that charge for outside access.

    • Cătă
      1•2 months ago

      @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

        • Cătă
          1•2 months 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.