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Written by Linda Woodrow on 2025-02-01 at 06:13

Is there a way within the fediverse to create something similar to a Facebook group? I have several groups I belong to wanting to leave FB. #fediversehelp

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Written by Steven D. Brewer 🏳️‍⚧️ on 2025-02-01 at 06:25

@lindawoodrow Hashtags work pretty well. Just have everyone use and subscribe to the hashtag.

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Written by Paul Sutton on 2025-02-01 at 06:29

@lindawoodrow This question has been asked multiple times, so it is a feature that is really needed. As far as I am aware Friendi.ca does have a feature such as this.

Mastodon does have circles, it is in the list of items on the right hand side, I am not sure exactly how this works, but you can take a hashtag e.g #science and add other followers to that circle.

Can anyone perhaps elaborate on this, and what it does, how it works please.

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Written by lakelady on 2025-02-01 at 06:37

@zleap @lindawoodrow hashtags don't allow for any privacy within a group or any admin or moderation. There's no way to control who is participating.

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Written by Ariaflame on 2025-02-01 at 06:38

@lindawoodrow https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

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Written by Linda Woodrow on 2025-02-01 at 06:48

@ariaflame Thank you! Should have thought to look at Fedi Tips.

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Written by LionelB on 2025-02-01 at 10:13

@lindawoodrow

It might be wise to do your coordination on Signal, rather than on Facebook or FB messenger.

Mention of Fediverse could get you banned there, whereas giving out your Signal username is more likely to pass under the radar.

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Written by Linda Woodrow on 2025-02-01 at 11:38

@lionelb Yes, Signal is my choice for messaging, and smaller closed groups. But this is for those kind of larger, more open groups, in this case to do with permaculture, urban food gardening, community gardens, local weather.

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Written by LionelB on 2025-02-01 at 11:49

@lindawoodrow

Yes. I didn't mean that you set up Signal groups. Just that you use Signal to give joiners information about how to get onto the Fediverse and join groups here.

Meta are hostile to exit plans and may thwart you.

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Written by Linda Woodrow on 2025-02-01 at 20:39

@lionelb Thank you! yes, I will do that.

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Written by Pete Wildsmith on 2025-02-01 at 13:29

@lindawoodrow @lionelb for those kind of groups, feddit seems to work pretty well, giving an analogue of the Reddit experience but with interaction possible from federated servers.

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