I am working on ideas for a new fediverse platform with a lot of integrated features, and would like to take the pulse on the most desired features for the fediverse that you feel should be included in most if not all apps. Here are the options to consider, please pick your top 1 or 2 that would make you feel like the fediverse is as useful as other closed wall sites:
- Polls
- Events
- Marketplace/classified ads
- Reels (tiktok style vertical videos)
- E2EE messaging
- Group chat
- Video chat
- Live streaming
- Post migration from other fediverse platforms/instances
- RSS subscriptions
- Import/parsing of gdpr archives from closed wall platforms like Meta, and automatic social graph reconstruction based on other user archive imports
Full portability
This is a big one I think. Most people I think are under the impression that the fediverse is fully portable and you can just migrate instances without any hiccups, which is not 100% true. Only your followers/following list can migrate, but posts are permanently locked to your instance, which is kind of surprising to learn.