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So, can anybody elaborate on the history of and relationship between StatusNet, identi.ca, GNU social and pump.io? It seems like this fragmentation is another o
by F30 11y ago
So, can anybody elaborate on the history of and relationship between StatusNet, identi.ca, GNU social and pump.io? It seems like this fragmentation is another obstacle for success, besides the obvious issue of gaining traction.
And then there's tent.io, which appears to be completely unrelated but have similar goals. Is there anyone with insights on usage numbers, development activity etc. of the different projects? In other words: What's the best bet for federated, open source microblogging?
- phaer 11y agoGNU social is, as far as I understand it, just a rebranding of the old StatusNet project after it joined the GNU project. identi.ca had been the most post popular StatusNet instance until they switched to pump.io, a new project started by at least one of the StatusNet developers. tent.io is unrelated to the others as far as i know.
- rpcutts 11y agoCorrect on all counts. Identica was a StatusNet instance it is now a Pump instance. GNUSocial is a re-branding of StatusNet.
- mattl 11y agoNot exactly. GNU social was its own project when StatusNet was still a thing. GNU social, StatusNet and "Free and Social" merged to become GNU social