Credits go to @kmh for creating this style. It comes in both a light and dark version (check the links for usage instructions).

If you don’t want to fiddle with code and stuff, loma.ml has already installed it server-wide*, and should be available straight away for new accounts (If not, go to Settings>Display>General Theme Settings and change it from there. Or follow the guide in any of the links above).

Edit: loma seems to require invites. But, while in german, joinfriendica.de allows you to join without an invite. It also has quite a bunch of add-ons too like bluesky, tumblr, ifttt, markdown, langfilter (filters the languages in posts/comments) and curweather (shows the current weather).

      • Cătă@mstdn.ro
        1·
        15 days ago

        @Blaze @morrowind Unpopular opinion: Facebook until around 2016 or so (whenever it added stories for the 1st time) was the best social network in terms of UI and concept. It’s just Zuck that decided to just copy everyone, every single feature, cram everything in a single website and gobble all user data (and now he’s also supporting Trump and free speech). Oh, and the ads. The stupid ads getting you everywhere.

        • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
          0·
          15 days ago

          Google+ was better. The concept of “circles” being the primary way of interacting with people was ingenious and far better represents how real people interact. My fencing friends are not the same as my RPG friends who are not the same as my family.

          Facebook adopted this with “lists”, but they’re not treated as the core part of the experience that G+'s Circles were, so they don’t get used.

          • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            14 days ago

            I’ve put everyone on a list but there have been times Facebook has made it hard to even post only for that list

            • theangryseal@lemmy.worldEnglish
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              14 days ago

              Damn. I can’t imagine having enough people in my life to make lists.

              There’s something wrong with me though. I’ve spent most of my life alone and my biggest fear has always been centered around being asked to leave my space.

              Of course when you get older that gets harder. I’m lucky at the moment. I’m a stay at home dad who goes to spend time working on various projects with my uncle when I’m free.

              If he died tonight I’d have no social life at all.

              • dbkblk@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                11 days ago

                No offense, but I suggest you talk to a psychologist about this 🙂 I and many other friends did over here, and it really helps to unlock your full potential (everyone has different problems).

  • maegul (he/they)@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    15 days ago

    Awesome to see TBH. Friendica is kinda the platform that the Fedi forgot and it might be a better place if it got more love.

    • Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      14 days ago

      Maybe I should ask here. The reason I’m here is because I’m looking for answers to this. As far as the integration with Lemmy goes, how does it work? Is there a ‘Friendica’ instance that anyone using that platform would be posting and interacting from? And in that case, does it play nicely with the other instances?

      I’m pretty new here, probably moving to another instance at some point anyway. And I’ve been thinking of looking into these multi purpose platforms that play nicely with others. Because why not have more features and tools to play with, even if I don’t use half of them. It might also fill in nicely for features that are missing here like multicommunities and posting to your own profile.

      Also heard of mbin, although an in app search for something like “mbin” seems pretty useless here.

      • Cătă@mstdn.ro
        1·
        14 days ago

        @Zero22xx There are multiple Friendica instances. You can check them in the Friendica Directory (in the servers section) or other more global lists of Fediverse servers like the-federation.info, FediDB etc. Friendica has groups too, but besides the !helpers@forum.friendi.ca (or probably even the !fediversenews@venera.social one) they’re pretty much lacking activity (you’re still free to post anyway, there are plenty of them).

        If you need some help, you can also post on the former one by creating a regular post and mentioning the group with “!” or “@”. I have also created a megathread with various resources and a small Q&A (it’s actually vice-versa tbh, since the Q&A took the most space on it, but I digress) in order to get yourself started: https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-2167-82af-600d-9ea129892452

        @maegul

        • Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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          14 days ago

          Made a quick account there to check things out and not sure if it’s entirely the right fit for the particular use case I had in mind. It’s very much inspired by Facebook obviously, which I was expecting but from what I can tell from a quick look, not the kind of Lemmy integration I was hoping for or imagining.

          I’m going to keep an eye on this place though, so that I can start encouraging friends and family to join once it’s easy and attractive (in terms of content) for anyone to join.

            • Zero22xx@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              0·
              14 days ago

              Basically I would be spending much more time in Lemmy communities, and I thought Friendica could be something extra on top to supplement it.

              So I would like to be able to browse instances and communities and choose what I want to see and participate in. Either by subscribing or curating a feed or two. I don’t see an obvious way to do this from Friendica yet. It seems like here I need to scroll through a pre existing feed and curate it from there.

              But please bear in mind, I haven’t explored extensively yet or read the link you shared earlier, although I have saved that post so that I can get back to it later in my day.

              And another small thing for me (that can be easily fixed by styles and apps) is no apparent dark mode.

              • Cătă@mstdn.ro
                1·
                14 days ago

                @Zero22xx Friendica is more personal so to say… idk how to put it. It is more like Facebook :D You’ll likely find your way.

                And another small thing for me (that can be easily fixed by styles and apps) is no apparent dark mode.

                Go to Settings>Display>Custom theme settings, then click the drop-down on appearance (should be the second item).

                If you’re using the Vier theme instead of Frio, scroll down to Theme settings and select the drop down next to “set style”.

  • 3dmvr@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    12 days ago

    This is honestly so nice, every “clone” should have a similar interface for ppl swapping to make it easier, I love customization and different interfaces but I was only able to transition to lemmy because of its similarities to reddit, specifically the third party apps

  • Holler Pixie@lemm.eeEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Just don’t follow much on Friendica due to a lack of iOS app. And only had one for android. For it to really take off, we need app development as well. This is a great step though as an easy UI will promote use.