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Hi.
I am trying to find out if its a good idea to run my own #friendica server for family, relatives and friends. Motivation: #unplugtrump. Historically, the clan (still) uses iCloud and photo sharing etc.
My friendica server is blusox.de hosted by weingärtner-it (Thank you!).
I am trying to get used to be an admin for friendica. Some things are going well, others are leading to questions which it seems I cant solve by myself or by RTFM.
So if anyone should feel like introducing me to some do's and dont's or supplying some useful knowledge for a more or less closed friendica instance, please get in touch.
German welcome.
Current unsolved problems:
- Apart from an admin account I have two "regular" users who are friends with each other and who see each others posts. They can interact etc. But embedded photos are hidden for some reason. Which settings do I have to check?
- Is a group a reasonable feature to create "sub groups" in our clan? I didn't manage to get groups going.
- Is it a better idea to try a #pixelfed server for this purpose? The photo quality seems to get reduced to a tolerable minimum here on friendica.
Thanks!
Daniel de Kay
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@Alexander @Friendica Support Groups are hidden: you need to create a sub-account on the accounts menu in the settings.
Accounts can be of different types, like Facebook pages or groups. There are different types and they are basically explained in the settings of the account.
You can change the type of an account on the settings of the account > advanced settings.
I don’t really understand all of them either, not all use cases, but we are all learning here… ;)
Alexander
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Alexander
•I made some progress here, understanding the management of users and groups.
Nevertheless, I am unhappy with the options to restrict accessibility to photos.
If you want to send photos to a particular group (of people) and make sure, these cant be seen by others, you have to
- upload photos when you send them, because choosing from the user album doesnt work
- even if it would work, it is inconvenient to set the accessibilty rights appropriately, because you have to do it with far too many clicks for each individual photo
- make all the group members follow you, so they can see the posted photos, because
- you have to have the restriction, that only followers are allowed to see the photos.
- also, you should remove yourself and the group (!) from the local directory and all public directories.
So friendica is apparently a bad choice for my purpose to run a social media server for family / clan purposes, no?
Daniel de Kay
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