Woozle Hypertwin - woozle@hub.toot.cat

Durham, NC, Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:40:15 -0400

That feel when you're on Hubzilla reading all these posts from G+ refugees on Diaspora* talking about how Diaspora* doesn't have this or that feature, and you're like "uh, but Hubzilla does..."

Bonus points: Favorite a Diaspora* post about how Diaspora* doesn't support favorites.

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Isaac Kuo

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:32:15 -0400 from Diaspora

Any experience or thoughts on how Hubzilla compares to Friendica in terms of features/robustness/etc? I'm pretty happy with diaspora, but I do notice friendica has certain features that others would like to have.

Woozle Hypertwin

Fri, 12 Oct 2018 17:40:33 -0400

I haven't used Friendica in a couple of years, but Hubzilla seemed more full-featured even then. I should try to revive and update my Friendica instance in order to get a fair comparison.

mathew

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 10:41:44 -0400

The issue with Hubzilla is the UI. It's a lot more complex to get set up. Friendica does less, but that means you can log in and have something that kinda looks like Facebook and be up and running in 5 minutes.

Isaac Kuo

Sat, 13 Oct 2018 10:49:21 -0400 from Diaspora

Thanks, @Woozle Hypertwin and @mathew ! Your descriptions help me get a feel for what they're like.

Woozle Hypertwin

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:54:45 -0400

Huh, really? I found Hubzilla a lot easier to navigate than Friendica, both as a user and as a sysop. Caveat: my Friendica instance broke about 3 years ago and I haven't been able to fix it; maybe the UX has improved since then.

mathew

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:26:52 -0400

They've both improved greatly, even just in the last 6-12 months.

Woozle Hypertwin

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 16:39:39 -0400

I'll have to try again to migrate/upgrade Friendica, then.