Calckey/Firefish is based off of Misskey, a powerful microblogging server on ActivityPub with features such as emoji reactions, a customizable web UI, rich chatting.

Wow, what a wild ride, huh? From those first brainstorming sessions that sparked Calckey, to the epic journey that brings us here today, rebranding as Firefish - I've gotta say, I'm seriously blown away.

One year ago, Calckey was just my side project, after being a Misskey contributor for a while. But when y'all jumped on board, you made it so much more. You transformed it from my dream to our reality.

Firefish isn't just a cool name. It's everything we've been working towards. It's late nights, strong coffee, wild ideas, laughs, and even the occasional tears. It's our little space on the web where we're constantly pushing for the next big thing, and always looking out for one another.

So here we are, at the start of something new. Firefish is more than just a rebrand - it's a celebration. A celebration of you, me, and us. It's a tribute to the amazing community we've built together. Firefish is all of YOU.

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[–] bug@lemmy.one 18 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So what actually is calckey/firefish? Is it just trying to be Twitter? Is it meaningfully different to Mastodon?

[–] OneRedFox@beehaw.org 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

It's Mastodon with a better featureset and UX. Forked from the well-established Fediverse platform MissKey. Some things I like:

Threaded comment replies (though they display differently from Lemmy's).
Antennae for discoverability.
- Can use hashtags AND keywords.
- Can filter results by instance.
- Can create multiple timelines to display content in.
Customizable UI via widgets.
I think the theming options are better.
Full-text search.
Quote posts.
Cat mode.

[–] Atramentous@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Antennae are such a neat feature that I have yet to play around with.

[–] Jdreben@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago

Imo more people would use them if they were called something clearer. Saved search. Custom timeline or feed. Something like that. But yeah they are awesome

[–] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cat mode.

Could you elaborate on this? lol

[–] beepnoise@beehaw.org 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Your avatar gets cat ears (more like extra triangles like cat ears on your avatar)

[–] Dee_Imaginarium@beehaw.org 5 points 11 months ago

Well that's pretty fun. Thanks for sharing.

[–] salarua@sopuli.xyz 16 points 11 months ago

Firefish née Calckey is a microblogging platform like Mastodon, but that's about all it has in common. Firefish has extra features like emoji reactions (like Facebook's, but you can use any emoji, including custom emoji), quote posts, and better support for deep threads (it displays replies in a tree view like Lemmy or Kbin, unlike Mastodon which tries to linearize them and makes them a confusing mess). it also supports text formatting like bold, italics, headings, custom link text, and even animations (don't worry, they don't autoplay). it's even themable, and supports migrating posts from other accounts so you don't have to start over!