IIRC there is an open source project for forums communities.

It's called SMF I think.

I'm interested in that bus.

I need to see those pictures.

Jami

It is peer to peer, no need to register any number nor email and username isn't mandatory.

Just install, configure and share QR codes to add your contacts.

I may be weird, but I like Friendica.

Friend + Ica

Friends, friendly

Like erotica, but friendly.

Friendica needs more love.

It has the potential to be the fediverse app, allowing users to curate content from any other ActivityPub platform in one app only. Do you want to see and interact with communities from Lemmy and photos from PixelFeed? Do you want only Mastodon and PixelFeed? Or Lemmy and PeerTube?

I know you can do that with other platforms, but they maintain their own content visualization, like viewing a Lemmy post in Mastodon looks odd.

I like the idea of separate tabs to see different content the right way.

Also, it's easier to install. I remember the old days when Friendica used to be in Softaculous and other auto installers used in shared hostings.

That's why this is disgusting.

I do with translations.

Data collection doesn’t bother me too much. I’m not going to install their client and all of the behavior trackers that come with it, and my activity pub content is already freely available to query on the internet. If they want it, they already have access to it. Everyone does.

I will be able to follow and see friends' posts and sports teams' posts through Mastodon without needing a Meta account nor install their shitty apps.

All I posted via fediverse is public already, traveling into some obscure instances, so I don't care if Meta uses or shares my public posts.

GIMP makes uncommon things possible, and common things hard.

Now I understand my frustrations.

That's my use.

Also when I want to watch some YouTube video but not to fuck my watchlist history.

Just like the good old times of internet. When every kid had a hobby and installed a forum software into a shared hosting to spend time with others. "If you build it, he/they will come."