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I’ve been searching for a potential Fediverse-based alternative to Tumblr and recently came across Loforo, Goblin, and Wafrn.

All of them seem interesting, but I’m curious — which one do you think is better for recreating that Tumblr-like experience?

Or is there another platform out there on the Fediverse that’s an even better fit as a Tumblr alternative?

I know there’s been talk about Tumblr supposedly joining the Fediverse, but even if it does, I don’t feel comfortable relying on a centralized, corporate platform anymore.

I’d prefer to support smaller, decentralized, community-driven projects.

Do you have any experience with Loforo, Wafrn, or other platforms that could work for blogging, aesthetic sharing, and building micro-communities like Tumblr?

Would love to hear your thoughts.


Wafrn: https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard

Loforo: https://loforo.com/everyone

Goblin: https://goblin.band/

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Could they have chosen worse names?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I don't understand why company names have turned to shit since like 2000. It's now indistinguishable from facerolling a keyboard.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Similar situation to Irelephant, first I'm reading about Loforo. Doing some brief research, it doesn't look like Loforo's integrated ActivityPub that much, nor does it seem to be open source so others could run their own instances.

In those respects Wafrn is the clear choice for a federated Tumblr-like, as it's open source and integrates ActivityPub thoroughly. As a matter of fact, a little more digging and I found where someone has been helping test run another Wafrn instance in the form of "evil" Wafrn.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I just checked Evil Wafrn, and now I'm confused.

What is the difference between Wafrn, and "Evil Wafrn"?

is it just a different Wafrn instance?

Is it a completely different and separate Fediverse platform?

I attempted to log into "Evil Wafrn" using my regular Wafrn login and that failed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

It's just a different Wafrn instance, which is why you couldn't log into it.

As far as I'm aware it's the first and only other Wafrn instance run by someone besides the creator of Wafrn. Hopefully in time there may be more.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

@Teknevra goblin.band can also be classified as one of these projects.

goblin.band/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Thank you very much.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Wafrn is great, haven't heard of loforo yet though.

Tumblr has downsized to 25 people, so don't expect anything from them anytime soon.