Friendica seems to be pretty solid as an FB-format replacement. But the Group setup where I think it can really shine is a little unclear in its operations.

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

It's a new record for the monthly user activity but not for the registered users (I think the peak was at 12k)

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

There are dozens of...them.

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Poised for world domination 😎

[–] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

Watch out Facebook! Someone’s about to eat your lunch 😨

[–] m33@theprancingpony.in 2 points 5 months ago

@Sunshine It works pretty much like in FB. First you subscribe to a group, then you "post to the group" instead of sending simple messages.

I use Friendica group feature to follow Lemmy groups (this is how I got Rimu's message and this reply).

The point is, "native" friendica groups are not so common right now, the only big friendica groups I know are friendica's helpers, admin, devs groups. So, pretty much about friendica itself. You can find friendica native group directory here : dir.friendica.social/group

To have more, friendica groups one has to create groups and grow a community, people have to go there instead of FB, Reddit, Lemmy similar groups.

It's not a design flaw, friendica groups is just another offering for a federated platform group use case. The incentive to use native groups is all about developing a community around a particular topic, not much about the underlying technology I guess.