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(Created page with "thumb|''Friendica logo'' <br><br> {| |Website |[https://friendi.ca/ friendi.ca] |- |Instances list |[https://dir.friendica.social/servers servers] |} Friendica is a social network and one of the Fediverse's replacements for Facebook. == What does Friendica feel like? == Friendica combines a lot of the functionality from Facebook & Twitter. <br> You can tag users and groups, send direct messages, use and follow...")
 
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{{Infobox |title=Friendica |website=friendi.ca}}
Friendica is a social network and one of the [[What is the Fediverse? | Fediverse]]'s replacements for Facebook.


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Friendica is a social network and one of the [[What is the Fediverse | Fediverse]]'s replacements for Facebook.
 
== What does Friendica feel like? ==


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Friendica combines a lot of the functionality from Facebook & Twitter. <br>
Friendica combines a lot of the functionality from Facebook & Twitter. <br>
You can tag users and groups, send direct messages, use and follow hashtags, create photo albums, like, dislike and comment on posts & re-share posts. <br>
You can tag users and groups, send direct messages, use and follow hashtags, create photo albums & events, like, dislike and comment on posts & re-share posts. <br>
Once published a post can still be edited and updated across the network. <br>
Once published a post can still be edited and updated across the network. <br>
Users can also create multiple profiles, allowing different groups of people (such as friends, or work mates) to see a different profile entirely when viewing the same page.
Users can also create multiple profiles, allowing different groups of people (such as friends, or work mates) to see a different profile entirely when viewing the same page.


== What are some advantages over Facebook? ==
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Friendica is part of the [[What is the Fediverse? | Fediverse]], so you can't just communicate with other Friendica users, but people all over the Fediverse. <br>
With Friendica we really mean '''all''' of the Fediverse, because it doesn't just use the standard protocol ActivityPub, but also others and can therefor e.g. communicate with [[What is diaspora*|diaspora*]]. <br>
You might say Friendica has a bridge function between ActivityPub and diaspora*
Apart from the Fediverse Friendica can even communicate with Twitter and you can publish posts on  WordPress, Tumblr and Libertree.
 
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[[How do I get an account?]] <br>
[[Getting started with your Fediverse account]] <br>
[[Best practices]] <br>
[[Mobile apps]] <br>
 
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[https://wiki.friendi.ca/ Friendica Wiki]


Friendica is part of the [[What is the Fediverse? | Fediverse]] and as such, you can't just connect with other Friendica users, but with users across the whole Fediverse. <br>
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Friendica also makes it possible to interact with Twitter users. <br>
[[Category:What is]] [[Category:Friendica]]  [[Category:Beginners guide]]  [[Category:What are Fediverse projects?]]
You can also use Friendica as a publishing Platform for WordPress, Tumblr and Libertree.
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