Comment on Friendica's marketing is terrible.
korendian@lemmy.world 3 days agoForgive my ignorance as I am not a developer, but how hard would it be for a new development team to take it over? I know that open source software is a collaborative process, but it feels like most of the biggest fediverse platforms have dedicated teams that drive it. What exactly happened that led this one to fizzle out? What would it take to get another one engaged? Or would it just be a start from scratch type situation?
I do agree that the functionality is pretty good, if not a bit wonky at times. I’ve heard those hosting servers discuss how hard it is to keep an instance running smoothly.
Jerry@feddit.online 3 days ago
I haven't looked at the code, but it's standard PHP so probably not terribly hard for PHP developers to get involved.
The developers still work on it, are active in the support groups, and answer questions, but they just can't put in the time they used to. I'm sure they'd be happy if someone wanted to get involved. But, I don't think it would need to be taken over, just helped.
rimu@piefed.social 3 days ago
I looked at the code recently. It's really good, way better than the UI made me expect.
drspod@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
“The proof is in the pudding” as they say.