I think IceShrimp is actually really good and a bit more polished than Misskey in certain ways. Akkoma’s nice since it’s so minimalist, and Friendica is surprisingly featureful (it even federates with Diaspora). But yeah, so far IceShrimp feels the most satisfying to use.

Oh, I actually made all of these accounts just to come to terms with the granular differences (and interactions) between each platform. The main reason I have all these accounts is to run little experiments to see how all the functionality works and to try underutilized features that I wouldn’t normally touch on my main fediverse account.

My hope is that I can come to a more informed decision about which platform I should use long-term for my main account. Migrating just to try out something new can be challenging, after all. I also want to determine whether I should bother having more than one fediverse account.

Absolutely, I think the last time I had this much fun on social media was back when forums and GeoCities were the norm.

I think algorithms are fine if they’re completely transparent and customizable. Knowing exactly why you’re seeing what you’re seeing and being able to choose different ‘lenses’ to view the fediverse through would be awesome. Just having some mixable sorting options would make a big difference on the microblog side.

I suppose we have some choice as certain fediverse platforms handle this slightly differently. However, I think a focus on user-driven algorithms could make these platforms even more compelling than they already are.