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All things about the facebook alternative Friendica that began in 2014. Often called the fedi swiss army knife as it comes with many features.
Currently only Android and Sailfish have apps.
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@Sunshine It works pretty much like in FB. First you subscribe to a group, then you "post to the group" instead of sending simple messages.
I use Friendica group feature to follow Lemmy groups (this is how I got Rimu's message and this reply).
The point is, "native" friendica groups are not so common right now, the only big friendica groups I know are friendica's helpers, admin, devs groups. So, pretty much about friendica itself. You can find friendica native group directory here : dir.friendica.social/group
To have more, friendica groups one has to create groups and grow a community, people have to go there instead of FB, Reddit, Lemmy similar groups.
It's not a design flaw, friendica groups is just another offering for a federated platform group use case. The incentive to use native groups is all about developing a community around a particular topic, not much about the underlying technology I guess.