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Does Bonfire have any public instances? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I noticed Bonfire is getting a lot of positive attention lately, and I wanted to try it out. They don't have a directory of instances yet. Do you have any instances that you recommend.

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[–] 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I read https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/what-is-bonfire-plural-by-design/ and I still don't understand. What is Bonfire? The instances that Rimu found look just like Mastodon

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    What did you not understand? The idea is to have modular features easy to disable and enable.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    What features? Do you have an example? The "content" is supposed to be like microblogging posts?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You got flavors which is a set of features pre-selected features. One of them offer microblogging but you can completely disable it or choose another flavor. You can build with bonfire any type of platform like an peer tube and pixeled alternative or even novel applications like a platform for collaborative peer review in science

    I think it is a big mistake to have an clone to mastodon as a demo. Instead of promoting the unique capabilities

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago

    I dont fully understand either, thats why I wanted to join an instance to see the difference. So far it looks like Mastadon but you can filter your feed based on "most boosted", "most liked", "most commented", instead of only a chronological feed only. it also has a feature called "circles" which I think is the equivalent of a facebook group but I haven't tried it yet.

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