Top Three Reasons Why You Should Use Identi.ca

Identi.ca might be the new kid on the block, but it’s already become the best choice. Here’s why:

1. It’s open source. Frustrated by a bug or by the lack of a feature? Add it yourself! (Or convince a PHP-savvy friend to do it for you.) You won’t have to wait months for an error to be fixed or beg and plead for a particular feature to be implemented.
2. It’s federated. A federated system means that you can install your own version of Laconi.ca (the platform Identi.ca runs on) on your own server without losing any connections to people with accounts on other versions. This is like email – you can have a GMail address and still communicate with people on Yahoo or their own domain name.

   Federation is a work-in-progress, but there are multiple known instances of Laconi.ca that are up and running (just with some bugs that are being ironed out).

3. The developers ROCK. Watching this video of Laconi.ca founder @evan was all it took for me to know there is some serious, passionate, skilled developer talent forming the building blocks of the service.

   Evan and other devs are also actively communicating on a daily basis, and I’ve seen them respond to questions/concerns on blogs of all popularity levels in under an hour.

If you’re not on Identi.ca yet, what’s stopping you from coming over?

Tagged as: getting started, Identi.ca