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2025-04-14 09:27:57

koteisaev@mastodon.online

What is the most close analog to #Tumblr in the #Fediverse ?
What are European alternatives to Tumblr?

I asking this after seen some news on Tumblr that Meta got angry on Tumblr because people within Gen Z age group run from Meta social media en masse. Reason from news: "Gen Z run to last social media which did not worsen by Millennials"...
And this means #Meta plans to attack Tumblr one way or another.

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2025-04-14 10:18:38

Djembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪

djembro@universeodon.com

@koteisaev
Couldn’t Mastodon be an alternative to Tumblr?

2025-04-14 11:07:41

Kote Isaev

koteisaev@mastodon.online

@djembro I seen many Tumblr posts that have formatting and images & videos & link previews placed right in the middle of the post - with text before and after them. So I guess this is question of adding better formatting support, including support of more WYIWYG approach to images & media and links previews.

2025-04-15 00:33:14

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Kote Isaev Wafrn mimics Tumblr with a Fediverse connection. But AFAIK, Wafrn itself is still centralised.

I've read somewhere that another Tumblr alternative is in the making, but I don't remember any name.

And Automattic wants to move Tumblr itself to WordPress' technology, including ActivityPub connectivity.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Tumblr #Wafrn #WordPress

2025-04-15 00:48:19

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Kote Isaev @Djembro, RO, supports 🇺🇦🇬🇪 Not to mention that Tumblr, just like Facebook and every last blog out there, uses a one-post-many-comments conversation model whereas Mastodon hangs on to Twitter's loose strings of posts.

If you want that conversation model and full HTML text formatting and images embedded within the post and development being done outside the USA, your only choices is the family of "better-than-Facebook Facebook alternatives": Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams), Forte. Friendica is developed by two Germans with the code on GitHub in the USA. Hubzilla is developed by a German and a Norwegian with the code on Framagit in France. (streams) and Forte are both developed by their and Friendica's and Hubzilla's creator in Australia with the code on Codeberg in Germany.

None of them is a Facebook clone, though, and nobody should expect either to be a full-on Tumblr clone. UI and UX are a lot different. Also, all four have quite a bit of a learning curve, regardless of where you come from.

Lastly, readily available native third-party mobile apps only exist for Friendica and for Android. There's an iPhone app for Friendica in development, but it's a long way to daily-driver material. Friendica is also the only one of the bunch with the Mastodon client API, but Mastodon apps can only cover a tiny fraction of what Friendica can do, namely what Mastodon can do, too.

As for apps for the other three, no dice. There's no native mobile app even in sight, also because such an app would end up an absolute monster. And none of them supports Mastodon apps and most likely never will because the Mastodon client API covers even fewer of their features. In fact, it does not cover a lot of critical everyday features, so trying to use one of the three through a Mastodon app makes no sense whatsoever. You're better off with the Web interface either way.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Tumblr #Fediverse #Friendica #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte

2025-04-15 07:29:15

Kote Isaev

koteisaev@mastodon.online

@jupiter_rowland

I can't find the WAFM with Ecosia... What is exact thing name?

"And Automattic wants to move Tumblr itself to WordPress' technology, including ActivityPub connectivity."

This may work, but only if will be as either plugin or other open-source way allowing to self-host...

2025-04-15 07:40:11

Kote Isaev

koteisaev@mastodon.online

@jupiter_rowland
Thanks for a very informative reply!
I am basically not looking "facebook clone". I just wondering what people looking in tumblr, and how them can get into Fediverse as some looking where to go if case if Tumblr will be destroyed either by enshitification or by by Meta bot attacks.

2025-04-15 10:32:31

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Kote Isaev

I can't find the WAFM with Ecosia... What is exact thing name?

Wafrn. W-a-f-r-n. That's the full proper name.

The source code can be found here.

#FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Wafrn

2025-04-15 11:27:14

Kote Isaev

koteisaev@mastodon.online

@jupiter_rowland Oops! My bad. Will take look at this for sure.