When to use Friendica over Mastodon

@serenity
"When to use Friendica over Mastodon?"

Short answer: always

Long answer: Friendica is the software of the fedeverse that allows the most complete user experience. However, thanks to the fact that Mastodon was the first successful project on activitypub and to the fact that it addressed a very specific target (Twitter users), its users have always been much more numerous than those of other software and this has meant more money and more funding which has allowed the mastodon developers to improve many aspects.
For this reason, as well as for contingent reasons (the immediacy of microblogging is an immanent feature), the comparison between Friendica and Mastodon highlights some aspects in which Mastodon is objectively superior. Between these:
an essential and compact timeline
universal compatibility, due simply to the fact that all other fediverse projects must adapt to mastodon if they don't want to be cut off from the larger audience
a modern and ergonomic graphical interface (while the Friendica one looks like the alpha version of MySpace)
apparently faster servers: this is due to the fact that some fediverse virtualization and optimization projects are focused on mastodons; But this is also a consequence of the fact that the greater number of mastodon users allows the servers hosting the community to be financed with more donations. moreover, the increase in users of a single instance generates disruptions, slowdowns and shock waves for the entire faith universe. In fact, the disproportionate increase in mastodon users in the last three months has also led to a slowdown for smaller instances: today friendica servers are also slowed down due to the increase in mastodon users.
mastodon has an excellent moderation system that allows you to limit the proliferation of bots, spam and scams
mastodon is clearly aimed at an audience made up of former Twitter users; friendica on the other hand, despite being the only real alternative to Facebook, presents itself as an object without clear characterization, without a "strong message", and aimed at a heterogeneous audience

Thanks all for the replies (I see one comment here on this instance, but twelve when I look at lemmy.ml). Nice to see more Friendica here!

Worth noting (since this isn't mentioned anywhere in the text): Friendica is slow as fuck

@serenity It is possible to use content warning and alt text in Friendica posts (not very convenient but it works).

There is lack of other features though - can't create or vote in polls, can't upload video and audio, can't block by domain.

@serenity@jeremmy.ml wrote:

No option for a content warning in a post you’re creating. This option is heavily used in Mastodon e.g to warn people for a post about a sensitive topic e.g politics. Friendica does respect content warnings from Mastodon though.
No option to add a text to an image. Mastodon has this option to include visually impaired people.
No option to blur an image. In Mastodon this is a feature similar to a content warning for a text.

Have you tried BBCodes? while in your node press on your profile name in the top-right corner of your screen (if you're using the Frio theme) Help BBCode tag reference to see what you can do. They can do everything you said.