"Art is about a connection between artists and the people who consume it. Art that is produced automatically will not be valued by people because there’s no human connection in it,” he said.

Dileep George, Director of Research at DeepMind. From Manorama News Conclave.

from Meta!!

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/4600301

Hi everyone, I'm excited to announce one more release before I take a short break. I have some other stuff starting up, so I won't be pushing out new features as fast, but I'll still be around to manage the project. (more at the end)

Links:

• Firefox Add-on
• Chrome Extension
• Edge Add-on
• GitHub

❓ What is Instance Assistant?

If you're new to Instance Assistant, it is a browser extension with a collection of tools and features to simplify your browsing experience on Lemmy and Kbin. It is available on Chrome, Firefox, and Edge; you can also install it from the releases page on GitHub.

For a full list of features, please see the GitHub homepage: https://github.com/cynber/lemmy-instance-assistant

⭐ What's new in v1.2.5?

• Redirect posts to your home instance!: Post pages now have a redirect button that will find the same post on your home instance(1). You don't have to hunt it down yourself anymore.
• Posts related to this webpage buttons in popup & sidebar
  • Make a post: You can now create a post from any webpage! Click the 'Make a Post' button in the extension popup or sidebar to generate a draft post with autofilled title, URL, and body contents. Afterwards, just select a community and hit post. (This currently works for both Lemmy & Kbin, but custom frontends are untested while they develop). Try it here: https://lemmy.ca/post/4478560
  • Open Posts: This will find any posts about the webpage/article/video that you are looking at. Use it to see if something has already been posted, or to find related discussions about it. When there are multiple posts, it will ask before opening them all. (see note on risks and why it doesn't count automatically)
• Post an image: You can now right-click on an image, anywhere on the web, and hit "Post this image". It will open a new tab and autofill the title, image link, and add the page URL to the body as "Source: URL". Try it here: https://lemmy.ca/post/1282303
• Reorganizing popup:
  • I fixed the issue where the popup would still display a button after removing all instances from the list.
  • The number of default instances in the popup was reduced to 4
• Added settings:
  • You can now hide onboardining guides to make the interfaces less wordy
• General styling changes, wording improvements, and bugfixes

(1) This is an important feature to me because this little annoyance was part of why I set out to create the extension in the first place. Thanks to some help from @zero_gravitas, I was able to use the Lemmy API to grab the post details, and then run a search for it on your home instance. While most posts should only bring one result, there is a chance that there are multiple posts by the same user, in the same community, with the same title. If this is an issue, I'll make this search more specific.

🗣️ My questions for you:

Improving 'post to Lemmy'

• Right now the 'Post to Lemmy' button does a very basic search in the page meta tags for information. This works for most websites, but it is not perfect. What websites do you usually post from, and is the extension doing a good job of replicating how you format the post? Please share both good and bad examples, so we can fix what isn't working and keep what is.

Improving Post search

• Having the extension automatically count the number of posts and display it in the icon would be pretty nice, since then you would know about any posts for the news article / blog / video that you are looking at. However, there are privacy implications with this since it needs to send the URL to your home instance to do the search.
• I would like to add the option to whitelist specific websites, so the user can choose what browsing data they want to find posts for. Is this something you would list to use? What websites would you whitelist?

Anything else?

Please share any issues that you find. Lemmy and Kbin instances have a lot of variation in how things are structured, so there are bound to be some bugs that I haven't found yet. If you have any ideas for new features, please share them too! I'm always looking for new ideas to add to the project.

🔮 Cool ideas being discussed for the future

• Account switcher & ability to save login info to extension
• Reddit migrator tools
  • multireddit input should convert subscriptions to official Threadiverse replacements, or large related communities
  • embeds on Subreddit sidebars to search for similar community
  • button on post pages to cross-post to home instance
• Prepping for Firefox Mobile app, now that they are opening mobile up to all extensions!
• Keyboard hotkeys, possibly collaborating with someone that already implemented something similar

For the most up to date information, see the issues or the project road map

💛 Finally

Thank you for all the suggestions and feedback so far! I'm really happy to see that people are using the extension and finding it useful. I'm looking forward to seeing what we can do with it in the future.

Like I said above, I won't be as active over the next few months in terms of getting new features out. The extension is now in good shape, and it covers most of the important use cases. There's still lots of cool stuff we can do with it, so please contribute ideas and expertise! When I get a chance, I'll pop in and grab a few more issues.

Cheers :)

The image is a digital avatar of a person who lost her ability to speak after a stroke 18 years ago. Now, as part of an experiment involving a brain implant and AI algorithms, she can speak with a replication of her own voice and even convey a limited range of facial expressions via her avatar.

cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/262805

https://canvas.toast.ooo

Have fun!

• Matrix Space
• Lemmy Community

Shouldnt we create something too

cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/232185

Hey all,

I’ve got an exciting thing to announce today, Canvas — Lemmy’s r/Place!

We need to get our own traditions over here in the Threadiverse, why not start off with our own r/Place

This weekend, we will open up a canvas to all Lemmy users, each user will be able to place 1 pixel every minute. This event will last 72 hours, starting midnight EST on the 4th and ending at 11:59pm EST on the 6th

Some instances that are joining in:

• toast.ooo
• lemmy.zip

Join the Lemmy Community [[email protected]](/c/[email protected])

Join the Matrix Space #lemmy-canvas:matrix.org

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.toldi.eu/post/30928

Hello, Lemmy users!

I'm delighted to introduce the official Infinity for Lemmy community. This community will serve as a home base for discussions, feature suggestions, and updates related to Infinity for Lemmy - a project I'm currently developing. This project is a fork of the popular Reddit client, Infinity for Reddit, and is being customized for the Lemmy network.

As Infinity for Lemmy is in its early stages, this community and your participation will play an essential role in shaping its future.

Here's what you can expect from this community:

• Updates and News: I'll be sharing regular progress updates, newly implemented features, and any significant news related to Infinity for Lemmy.

• Feature Suggestions: Do you have an idea for a feature you'd like to see in Infinity for Lemmy? This is the place to share! You can also open an issue for it on Codeberg.

• General Discussion: This space is dedicated to discuss your experiences, thoughts, and questions related to Infinity for Lemmy.

To try Infinity for Lemmy, follow these links to the repository and the releases:

• Repo: https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Infinity-For-Lemmy
• Releases: https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Infinity-For-Lemmy/releases

For bug reporting, please use the 'Issues' page on the repository. Your feedback is invaluable for making necessary improvements and squashing any bugs that you may come across.

Join me in this thrilling endeavor to shape a better Lemmy experience. Your participation and support are greatly appreciated!

I tried to install pixelfed on my server using the docker compose file from the pixelfed repository. The installation was not straightforward and there were many problems. So I created an ansible playbook to automate the installation. Hope this is helpful and let me know your feedback.

Another : http://plink.in

I found no other gaming community so posting here

I found no gaming channel to post this

cross-posted from: https://kerala.party/post/4815

This is the best reddit like frontend I've seen. It's so good it reminds me of how the older days of reddit were like and lemmy feels just like it on some days. > > See source if you want to self host it.

Asking since Jerboa seems to be crashing for me after the 0.0.37 update. Or maybe it's because I have added multiple accounts? Has anyone experienced the same issue?

This plugin replaces the copy paste search workflow of adding new communities to just a button click. Github Source

I would like to present an argument in favor of participating in multiple similar communities within the lemmyverse, and explain why it is beneficial for you to join multiple communities across different instances.

When exploring the lemmyverse, you may have noticed that there are several communities discussing similar topics on different instances. This concept is reminiscent of the system employed by Reddit, where there is a main technology subreddit and various other similar but slightly different tech communities. However, unlike Reddit, each lemmy instance operates independently, and it is advantageous to join multiple similar communities across instances. Here are the advantages:

Increased Resilience

If one instance goes down or becomes unavailable, you can still access the other communities and continue being part of the larger lemmy community. This approach acts as a form of insurance against centralization. For instance, consider the scenario where lemmy.world disappears one day; by being part of other instances, you can still stay connected.

Resistance to excessive moderator control

By joining multiple communities across instances, you ensure that no single group of moderators can solely dictate the discourse. This diversity of communities and instances fosters a more democratic environment where multiple perspectives and opinions can thrive. It promotes a decentralized approach to content moderation, where users have the freedom to engage in discussions without undue influence from a single authority.

Addressing Usability Issues

However, there are certain usability issues that the lemmy platform needs to address in order for this concept to work seamlessly. Specifically, users should have the ability to merge the feeds of multiple communities into one. This would enhance the user experience by consolidating the content from different communities, making it more convenient to navigate and engage with the lemmyverse.

In summary, joining multiple similar communities in the lemmyverse is advantageous as it promotes resilience and helps guard against centralization. While there are usability concerns that need to be addressed, the ability to merge feeds across communities would further enhance the experience for users.

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