Today is the day I talk about what #Calckey is and what it does. 🧵

In this thread, I will explore what I believe to be the most important features of Calckey.

SPOILER ALERT: While Calckey focuses on microblogging, that’s where its similarities with #Mastodon (and #Twitter) end.

@fediversenews

  • Chris Trottier@mastodon.socialOP
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    2 years ago

    In this post, you may have noticed lots of emoji reactions. Interestingly, some of these emojis are animated too.

    To many people, this is the most compelling reason to use Calckey as this is a feature that’s unsupported by Mastodon or Twitter.

    • Chris Trottier@mastodon.socialOP
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      2 years ago

      Like Twitter and Mastodon, #Calckey supports bookmarks. These are a private means to save posts to review at a later date.

      Bookmarks arre easily accessible through the navbar.

      • Chris Trottier@mastodon.socialOP
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        2 years ago

        If you like Facebook Groups, #Calckey has something similar. They are called “Channels”.

        Currently, they are localized to each Calckey server, but there are plans to federate them across the Fediverse.

        Posts to channels can be broadcast across the Fediverse.

        This is one big difference between Calckey and Mastodon.

        Here’s a “Music Recommendations” channel on https://calckey.social.

        • Chris Trottier@mastodon.socialOP
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          2 years ago

          Let’s now talk about search on #Calckey.

          To be bluntly honest, Fediverse search needs a lot of work. I don’t think one server software nails it yet.

          However, unlike Mastodon, Calckey allows you to search across the Fediverse without need of hashtags (or for you to have interacted with the post previously).

          This makes search a lot more extensible than on Mastodon.

          Click this link to see it in action:

          https://calckey.social/search?q=notifications

          Also see screenshot.

          • Chris Trottier@mastodon.socialOP
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            2 years ago

            This is another massive difference between #Calckey and Mastodon.

            Calckey has a Drive!

            That’s right, a cloud storage feature! You can store whatever you want there: photos, music, documents, Zip files, etc.

            Who needs Dropbox or Onedrive when you have Calckey?

            As you can see in this screenshot, I’m storing diverse media.