Let's first take a look at what #Calckey looks like in desktop mode.

As you can see, it's got a very media-rich presentation of a feed.

But there's also more!

On the right pane are some widgets. You can customize which widgets you see there. I opted to see trending hashtags and recent notifications.

On the left pane is the navbar. I'll get into that in a bit.

At the top are different feeds including home, local, social, recommended, global, lists, and antennaes.

@LabSpokane @ai6yr Actually, #Calckey is a fork of #Misskey, which predates Mastodon by two years.

The *key apps, as they are known, are the 2nd largest platform on the Fediverse.

And no, there isn't "one good thing" on the Fediverse -- there are many. That's the point of the Fediverse. Mastodon is but one portion of this.

If Mastodon works for you, great. But some people would prefer a different UI, or to have different features, or to interact with a different culture.

I have made a test account on #Calckey and it is pretty fun and interesting. I do with @ivory would let me use it along with my #Mastodon instance without crashing. Maybe someday soon!

@fediversenews

As the leading Fediverse platform, it is up to Mastodon to drive user growth. The other platforms are not large enough nor have the resources to grow their respective user bases the way Mastodon has.

Mastodon literally the elephant of the Fediverse. The rest of us are just the birds sitting on its back.

Further, I don't think it's wrong for other projects to exist -- especially since so many of them predate Mastodon.

#Misskey, which is what #Calckey is based off, predates Mastodon by two years!

Friendica started in 2010.

GNU Social is even older.

It's wild to me that so many folks believe Mastodon = Fediverse.

@Bigou @MisterArix @ai6yr @LabSpokane Exactly! People are really looking at the Fediverse with Western eyes and aren't considering the fact that in Japan, #Misskey is many peoples' first exposure to the Fediverse.

#Calckey is building on what Misskey has already made.

@jupiter_rowland @nyquildotorg You're right about that. When I've come to #Calckey, I realize that there's so much that need explaining.

#Misskey Hub has some documentation, and that helps. But now that #Calckey has diverged, it needs to do the same.

misskey-hub.net/en/

@MisterArix @ai6yr @LabSpokane

I'm trying to envision what this future looks like. Calckey seems like an attempt to give people everything they want in an online space, while Mastodon is very much of a Twitter experience. I think Calckey is more the model most people will want. But then some instances should be designed around the work of journalism or video or podcasting. I think many apps will only tie into a part of the capabilities of the server we are on.

Your long thread about #Calckey is very worthwhile. Interesting to see the myriad of functions in Calckey.

Nvrthlss, I expect that Mastodon also comes with essential functions such as quotes, thread layout, chat.

However, I'll stay on Mastodon mainly because of people who are NOT yet on Fediverse.

When in my contact details they see @mastodon.world, they have an idea where they can find me. When they would see @calckey, I expect they have no clue what that means.

@atomicpoet @fediversenews

@slyborg There’s quite a few differences, including UI. The biggest difference for me, however, is that migration from Mastodon is possible, and there’s a compatibility layer with Mastodon’s API being built.

Post edits are being tested right now too.

everyone talking about cool features, but doesn't mention all misskey-based software curse:

Horribly slow, over-bloated front-end

It even has fucking scripting language. Implemented in fucking JavaScript.

It takes THREE spinners to show a post. And even more layout shifts. Maybe for someone who are used to twitter this is usual, but this is not okay