Hello folks

I don’t think I’m the only one here who thinks the fediverse is a great technology that connects people all over the world via a robust decentralised network. This network encompasses the widest range of interest groups and the most diverse ways of interacting with each other. Whether forum, video or image platform, whether books or music network, everything is part of one big whole.

Despite this diversity of possibilities, I personally still miss some services that I would like to share with you.

  1. dating apps - A decentralised, open source dating platform on which you can join instances according to interest groups or sexual preferences.
  2. git hosting - A platform where you can host your git repos and collaborate on software projects across instances. (Forgejo is already working on it)
  3. networking and personal profilation platform - A LinkedIn-like platform with instances by industry, interest or region where you can network, present yourself or exchange know-how.
  4. crowdfunding and membership platform - A mixture of Patreon and Kickstarter where you can share your own content according to different support levels and crowdfund projects.
  5. event, group organisation and community participation - A platform on which you can join groups like on Meetup and organise meetings but also internal group interactions like on slack or launch and support civic initiatives like on Decidim.

What do you think of this? What services do you still miss on the Fediverse?

  • ramEnglish
    16•9 months ago

    I want:

    • Federated anime lists software - BookWyrm could be repurposed for this
    • Torrent trackers - private trackers might be able to work by having each user have a ratio depending on their instance, tracker instances opting in to being viewable by other instances as a whole and/or users individually
    • Booru-style image boards
    • a Neopets clone

    For my final wish, I want a Tiktok clone. I don’t really know if this could work while maintaining any level of user privacy, as what makes Tiktok work so well is the sheer amount of personal user data they keep, from watch times to likes to reposts to shares to even knowing what videos you leave the platform on. I think a fediverse-style Tiktok clone would only be accepted if it only relied on likes and reposts for personal algorithms.

    Edit: Oh, and good federated wiki software.

    • PropaGandalfOPEnglish
      9•9 months ago

      Ah yeah a federated wiki with instances for various topics. One focused on tech others on video games, … Like a decentralized Fandom.

      • ChaoticNeutralCzechEnglish
        6•9 months ago

        YES.

        Fandom used to be good before it dropped community HTML/CSS customization… Now each wiki looks the same and not really good. The functionality has also been nerfed.

        Look how they massacred my boy! (Luckily, they switched to self-hosting)

        • PropaGandalfOPEnglish
          4•9 months ago

          Yeah I see your point. What I meant is more the idea of different communities having their own wiki which could be hosted on topic or regional specific instances.

    • SpziEnglish
      3•9 months ago

      Not sure how a (de)federated Wiki would look like.

      Partially defederated comment sections of Lemmy posts can be pretty confusing. Users coming from different instances can see entirely different comment / reply structures.

      I’m not sure if that would be a problem with a Wiki, but it’s certainly something to think through before starting.

      Another point: Why? Who gains what if a Wiki is federated? What problem does that solve?

    • gabe [he/him]English
      2•9 months ago

      I would love a federated neopets clone, had an idea for a time for a federated gaia online style avatar website