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This has existed for quite some time now and is called identi.ca I've used identi.ca almost as long as twitter, and my preferred client Twidroyd on the Android
by deadcyclo 16y ago
This has existed for quite some time now and is called identi.ca
I've used identi.ca almost as long as twitter, and my preferred client Twidroyd on the Android supports both of them (thanks to the fact that identi.ca has an option to use an API made to emulate the twitter-API).
I highly prefer identi.ca to twitter, and the only thing keeping me on the twitter-network at all is the fact that most of the people I follow only are on twitter, and for some strange reason it's very hard to convince people to change, even though, in my opinion, identi.ca is superior.
I really hope they soon manage to get a twitter-pull up and running (they have been talking about that for a long time now). If they managed that I would convert fully to identi.ca.
Edit: Got to update my browser more often... Sorry bingaman
- xiaomai 16y agoWhy do you prefer identi.ca to twitter? I don't use either, but I have been to both sites. Twitter looks nicer. I wish people did prefer identic.ca, it concerns me that so few popular websites are open-platforms.
- deadcyclo 16y agoMainly because it's open, but also because it seems to be more stable than twitter and because I find the twitter web UI horrible (not that the identi.ca web UI is nice, but it's still better). Generally I almost only use free software, and prefer open-platforms whenever possible. I actually can't remember the last time I used non-free software.
- liotier 16y agoFreedom is killer feature.
- jarin 16y agoFor people who consider FOSS a killer feature.
- prodigal_erik 16y agoBy rights it should be, but it's demonstrably not. Sadly the industry is plagued with a critical mass of people (though I question whether they are actually still members of our species) who don't object to being told how they may use their tools.
- _delirium 16y agoThe fact that middle-click-to-open-in-new-tab doesn't work anymore in the Twitter web client makes identi.ca at least less crappy to my tastes.