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[–] RiQuY@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Can you explain briefly what is the difference between Firefish and Mastodon? I checked Firefish and looks the same but on white.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago

Can I have my fediverse on rye?

[–] gabe 19 points 1 year ago

Firefish is more tumblr-y, mastodon more twitter-y. Both are good, have their pros and cons. It's a matter of preference. Firefish is extremely easy to set up though, like ridiculously so.

[–] Roundcat@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

Just started using it. First impressions, it's definitely feels more unique than mastodon, and has features its missing. Like there are reactions in addition to favoriting a post, and you can quote post. At this point, It kinda feel's like Mastodon's kbin.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can also send DMs on Firefish and I haven't found a way to do that on Mastodon.

[–] Reach@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A mastodon DM is a private post. Setting a post to private before sending means only mentioned accounts can see it, and all mentioned accounts get notified. In a sense this enables both DMs and group messages too. But it’s not the most elegant interface for it tbf. A good app makes this feel more DM like, such as Ice Cubes on iOS or the equivalent on Android.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Oh ok. I'm still learning it. I like Firefish better design wise.

[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they are both twitter-like fediverse platforms, same content shared.

Firefish is just a much nicer experience IMO.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I find Firefish adorable for some reason? Like I know nobody who uses it but when I signed up a bunch of random people made sure to greet me. It was very sweet.