Reflecting on the firefish/calckey "moment"
which was about a year ago now, I can't help but suspect it was a small event with wider implications on the dominance of #mastodon in the #fediverse
I think it was the last chance to direct the twitter migration energy into discovering new/different fedi platforms.
And it was blown, with alt-social in a weird steady/waiting state that's smaller I suspect, than what many hoped for.
cntd: https://hachyderm.io/@maegul/112358202238795371
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maegul@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 2y
Copying the linked thread here (cuz I stuffed it up):
So the basic story would be that mastodon's dominance is pretty entrenched and the "migration" event is mostly "over" (whatever other "events" are on their way)
But I wonder about the details of the firefish moment
I think it revealed that there are/were plenty interested in novel & different platforms. We're novelty seekers after all right. Generally, I'd wager any new platform needs some degree of novelty to "make it".
Further, its collapse showed how hard creating a new platform is.
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Firefish did well at presenting itself as "professional", capable and rich. But these were over-promises, and despite a number of people being involved or contributing, a good deal of user enthusiasm, the whole thing fell into a heap.
And that's the bit that concerns me. How many people/teams are there both capable and willing to put up a good, successful and sustainable platform?
The #firefish lesson may be that the fediverse just hasn't attracted a healthy building culture/personnel. 3/3
Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
To me, FireFish got replaced by IceShrimp. Good looking interface, nice features (Antenna) and regular releases.
maegul@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
Yea it’s descendant too. There’s also sharkey and catodon too.
Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 2y
IIRC, Catodon development is currently halted (https://catodon.social/notes/9rl77swzw25jjq7x).
Sharkey I don't know
There really is a whole *keys forks lore ha ha
Subversivo@lemmy.eco.br · 2 pts · 2y
The problem is that Misskey code is bad. This is the main reason the forks exist at all. Iceshrimp is rewriting from scratch in C# and it's my main hope for the *keys.
maegul@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
I did not know this about iceshrimp and c#! Any links to their reasoning etc?
Subversivo@lemmy.eco.br · 3 pts · 2y
Sorry anout the delay. The siteis iceshrimp.net
maegul@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Huh. Thanks!!
Emperor@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y
I'm on a Firefish instance and have been really enjoying the features but the constant *key forks and failures means I am not exactly committing myself to it (I also have a Mastodon account). However, I am also not the biggest micro-blogger as that needs brevity. Perhaps when/if I find the right home that'll change.