Friendica

Consider logging in using a third-party app as api calls are less taxing on the server resources as this method avoids the user-interface from needing to be loaded in. As Friendica's software currently is not optimized for the activity of thousands of users.

The instance tends to function better on Raccoon than on the direct website in my experience.

Fediverse Observer

Recent Timeline:

December 23, 2024: Mark Zuckerberg donates 1m to Trump's inauguration fund.

January 6, 2025: The platform spikes after Meta drops fact-checking, loosens its content moderation rules.

January, 2025: Friendica.World launches and hosts thousands of users.

January 23, 2025: The theme Bookface by Random Penguin is created to bring about a more familiar experience for people migrating from Facebook.

February, 2025: The platform peaks around the time the comms !friendica@lemmy.ca and !demeta@programming.dev are made on the lemmyverse in where I try to convince more folks to check out the platform.

March, 2025: Friendica.World applies the Bookface theme by default.

February-April, 2025: The activity drops likely due to the software not being designed to handle thousands of users on instances and some early adopters have stated they did not find the user interface very intuitive.

May, 2025: Raccoon launches for IOS testflight finally bringing Friendica app access to the second largest segment of the phone market after only being available on Android and Sailfish for a long time.

June, 2025: Today where the monthly active userbase is slightly larger than before (apart from 2022 10-11)