I am wondering about the different fediverse software options and what would be best for various usecases.

Currently, I run a Mastodon and a Lemmy instance that is mostly just for myself, which is great for doing microblogging and link-aggregation/replacing Reddit. In the past I’ve also used various blog platforms for long-form text posts (documentation/guides), and to host some photography pics.

It feels like Mastodon isn’t a good option for hosting long-form content (most instances have 500 char limits lol), nor would it be the best for trying to create a photo space akin to Instagram.

What software options would you recommend for either long-form blog posts or photo hosting? I know Pixelfed is an option (that I am looking into hosting), but is there a good blog option?

I think calckey can host pages and galleries, so it might be a good all-in-one solution? I’m not really sure.

p.s. If I export my content from Mastodon, shut down the instance, then bring up an instance of Calckey with the same domain/username, am I going to break things?

  • Grouchy@lemmy.grouchysysadmin.com
    1·
    2 years ago

    For long form content, Hubzilla, Streams, or Friendica all allow long posts. For photos, Pixelfed seems to be the popular option. From a ActivityPub enabled blog standpoint, try WriteFreely.

    I think Calckey can also do long form posts, and has a lot of other features.

    p.s. If I export my content from Mastodon, shut down the instance, then bring up an instance of Calckey with the same domain/username, am I going to break things?

    I think you’d need to use a different domain name. This might help, https://calckey.org/docs/en/account-migration/

    • jax@lemmy.cloudhub.socialOP
      3·
      2 years ago

      Ah, so it seems like once you’ve setup an instance at a domain, you’ve kinda burned that domain unless you use like a subdomain. That’s a bit annoying, but I guess it makes sense.

      • nutomic@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        I don’t think this would cause any problems. Lemmy definitely doesn’t care if you change the software platform on an existing domain.

        Edit: Actually I think the only problem is if there used to be some type of troll instance on the same domain, then the domain or individual users on it would still be blocked by other instances.