<s>
Friendica	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
Friendika	B-Application
,	O
originally	O
Mistpark	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
distributed	O
social	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
forms	O
one	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Fediverse	B-Application
,	O
an	O
interconnected	O
and	O
decentralized	O
network	O
of	O
independently	O
operated	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Friendica	B-Application
users	O
can	O
connect	O
with	O
others	O
via	O
their	O
own	O
Friendica	B-Application
server	O
,	O
but	O
may	O
also	O
fully	O
integrate	O
contacts	O
from	O
other	O
platforms	O
including	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
Diaspora	O
,	O
Pump.io,	O
StatusNet	B-Protocol
and	O
more	O
recently	O
ActivityPub	B-Operating_System
(	O
including	O
Mastodon	B-Application
,	O
Pleroma	O
and	O
Pixelfed	B-Application
)	O
into	O
their	O
'	O
newsfeed	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
these	O
two	O
way	O
connections	O
,	O
users	O
can	O
also	O
use	O
Friendica	B-Application
as	O
a	O
publishing	O
platform	O
to	O
post	O
content	O
to	O
WordPress	B-Application
,	O
Tumblr	B-Application
and	O
Libertree	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Posting	O
to	O
Google+	B-Application
was	O
also	O
supported	O
until	O
that	O
service	O
was	O
shutdown	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
users	O
are	O
distributed	O
across	O
many	O
servers	O
,	O
their	O
"	O
addresses	O
"	O
consist	O
of	O
a	O
username	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
@	O
"	O
symbol	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
Friendica	B-Application
instance	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
email	O
addresses	O
are	O
formed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
functionality	O
from	O
major	O
microblogging	O
and	O
social	O
networking	O
platforms	O
are	O
available	O
in	O
Friendica	B-Application
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
tagging	O
users	O
and	O
groups	O
via	O
"	O
@	O
mentions	O
"	O
;	O
direct	O
messages	O
;	O
hashtags	O
;	O
photo	O
albums	O
;	O
"	O
likes	O
"	O
;	O
"	O
dislikes	O
"	O
;	O
comments	O
;	O
and	O
re-shares	O
of	O
publicly	O
visible	O
posts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
accounts	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	O
or	O
deleted	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
imported	O
to	O
a	O
different	O
Friendica	B-Application
server	O
if	O
so	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
corporation	O
behind	O
Friendica	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
different	O
forums	O
within	O
Friendica	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Friendica	B-Application
Developers	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Friendica	B-Application
Support	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
Friendica	B-Application
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
difficulty	O
level	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
an	O
installation	O
of	O
WordPress	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Friendica	B-Application
implements	O
multiple	O
client-server	O
API	B-Application
variants	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
endpoints	O
needed	O
to	O
use	O
enhanced	O
Friendica	B-Application
features	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
implements	O
the	O
API	B-Application
used	O
by	O
StatusNet/GNU	O
social	O
,	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
since	O
version	O
2021.06	O
also	O
the	O
one	O
used	O
by	O
Mastodon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
most	O
GNU	B-Protocol
social	I-Protocol
and	O
Mastodon	B-Application
clients	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
Friendica	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
Friendica	B-Application
compatible	O
clients	B-Protocol
include	O
:	O
Friendiqa	O
,	O
Fedilab	O
,	O
AndStatus	O
,	O
Twidere	O
and	O
DiCa	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
friendly	O
for	O
Sailfish	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
friclicli	O
(	O
CLI	O
client	O
)	O
,	O
choqok	O
and	O
Friendiqa	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Friendica	B-Application
Mobile	O
for	O
Windows	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Friendica	B-Application
was	O
cited	O
in	O
January	O
2012	O
by	O
Infoshop	O
News	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
alternative	O
to	O
Google+	B-Application
and	O
Facebook	B-Application
"	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
on	O
the	O
Occupy	O
Nigeria	O
movement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
Free	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
Europe	O
's	O
blog	O
cited	O
Friendica	B-Application
as	O
a	O
reasonable	O
alternative	O
to	O
centralized	O
and	O
controlled	O
social	O
networks	O
such	O
as	O
Facebook	B-Application
or	O
Google+	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Biblical	O
Notes	O
writer	O
J	O
.	O
Randal	O
Matheny	O
described	O
Friendica	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2012	O
as	O
"	O
One	O
social	O
networking	O
option	O
flying	O
under	O
the	O
radar	O
until	O
recently	O
deserves	O
consideration	O
as	O
an	O
already	O
stable	O
platform	O
with	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
options	O
,	O
applications	O
,	O
plug-ins	O
,	O
and	O
possibilities	O
for	O
opening	O
up	O
the	O
Internet.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
German	O
computer	O
magazine	O
c't	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Friendica	B-Application
demonstrates	O
how	O
decentralized	O
social	O
networks	O
can	O
become	O
widely	O
accepted.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
German	O
publication	O
,	O
the	O
professional	O
magazine	O
t3n	O
listed	O
Friendica	B-Application
as	O
a	O
Facebook	B-Application
rival	O
in	O
an	O
online	O
article	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
about	O
Facebook	B-Application
alternatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
compared	O
Friendica	B-Application
with	O
similar	O
social	O
networks	O
like	O
Diaspora	O
and	O
identi.ca	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
MSN	O
Tech	O
&	O
Gadgets	O
contributor	O
Emma	O
Boyes	O
wrote	O
about	O
Friendica	B-Application
in	O
May	O
2012	O
:	O
"	O
why	O
you	O
'll	O
love	O
it	O
:	O
you	O
can	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
access	O
all	O
the	O
other	O
social	O
networks	O
and	O
get	O
recommendations	O
of	O
new	O
friends	O
and	O
groups	O
to	O
join	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Friendica	B-Application
is	O
open	O
source	O
and	O
decentralised	O
.	O
</s>
