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FediHood is free software for talking with the people around you, by topic [Fediverse and now open source] (fedihood.social)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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https://fedihood.social/about

FediHood is a social network built around the place where you live. You choose a city and the topics you care about, then read what neighbours are saying and join in.

It stays a normal fediverse app. Your posts can reach Mastodon, PixelFed, Misskey and the rest, and posts from those servers reach you too.

Source code: https://git.holos.social/tom79/FediHood

There's only one instance so far: https://fedihood.social/

If new instances are created, they should show up here: https://fedihood.fediverse.observer/list

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[–] 60 points 2 months ago (5 children)

Seems like it would be really hard for it to hit critical mass of users but I really like the premise of the platform, I'll have to make an account

Thanks for posting it! ☺️

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I think if they focus on interop with other platforms, like using hashtags for regional posts, it could work

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Thats the secret sauce of the Fediverse.

    It doesnt have to compete/steal attention across apps. It can cooperate and combine it.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    Realistically, they'll build FediHood against Mastodon and its inner workings and call it a day.

    Friendica, Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte all have (partly optional) dedicated profile fields for your location (street, town, postal code, region/state, nation, Facebook-style "hometown" as in place of origin). FediHood could use these. But, like so often, I've got my doubts that the makers of FediHood even only know that Friendica exists.

    I mean, if they really knew even only Friendica and Hubzilla, they would have made FediHood a third-party add-on for Hubzilla.

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