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Which Fediverse software would you recommend for long-form blog posts or photo hosting? (lemmy.cloudhub.social)
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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?

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[–] Grouchy@lemmy.grouchysysadmin.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Grouchy@lemmy.grouchysysadmin.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep. I always use a sub domain for Fediverse applications. It's just easier to migrate when something better suited to your needs comes along.

[–] jax@lemmy.cloudhub.social 1 points 1 year ago

That would have been good to know before setting this up lol. Oh well.

[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year 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.