Sakurajima Moe and Social Differences

One of the questions that users ask are what are the difference between sakurajima.moe and sakurajima.social. Here are some main differences:

• Sakurajima Moe runs Mastodon (Glitch Social), and usually the bigger server out of the two since it's been around longer. Sakurajima Social, which started 6 months after the main server, runs Misskey (using a soft-fork, Sakurakey, which is a soft fork of Sharkey).
• Besides the differences of user interface, Misskey at Sakurajima Social have ability to import posts , following view (similar to Cohost), and games. Misskey lacks the ability to follow hashtags, but can create custom feeds. Mastodon has greater third-party app and client support, and a GIF picker.
• Sakurajima Social is a lot smaller, but may have the same amount of available content.
• Sakurajima Moe can follow hashtags, but Sakurajima Social cannot. However, Sakurajima Social users can make their own feeds using "Antennas" based on certain terms and from certain users.
• Sakurajima Moe users can use SSO to join the Sakurajima forums using the same account, this is a work in progress for Sakurajima Social.
• Sakurajima Social can schedule posts as this is a built in feature. For Mastodon, you need to use a third party tool.

The following are available on both servers (not an exhaustive list):

• Emoji Reactions
• Markdown
• Full Text Search
• Filtering
• Ability to post polls with media
• Post editing
• Quote Posts
• Bubble Timeline

Which one you should choose is up to you. If you rely on third party apps and clients, Mastodon will have a wider selection of clients compared to Misskey/Sharkey, but you are able to use most Mastodon clients on Sakurajima Social. If you primarily use the web interface and want a familar interface to Twitter/X, using Sakurajima Social might be a better choice. We also provide a Mastodon front end on Sakurajima Social (can be accessed by clicking the logo, Tools > Mastodon Frontend or at https://mastofe.sakurajima.social.)