Compgeek

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[–] Compgeek 11 points 1 year ago

Try clearing your cookies and reaccessing Lemmy.World, it should let you in. I think I saw someone post about this bug the other day.

[–] Compgeek 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think federation is the future of user-created content sharing, it just was always a bit ‘early’ for me when replacing existing social media and not having my existing networks there. I think the Reddit/Lemmy mindset being around connection over interests instead of with specific people reduces that friction and the technology is mature enough for prime time (scaling issues aside).

It’s an exciting time for the internet!

[–] Compgeek 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The specific point for me was the attacks on @[email protected] from that dumpster fire of a website.

I had been looking at Mastodon since @[email protected] spoke so highly of it and the platform it provides for marginalised groups but personally dislike the microblogging format, and when looking for Reddit alternatives it seemed like Lemmy would be a catch all for me. Looking forward to the integration getting tighter to expand discussions across the fediverse.

[–] Compgeek 2 points 1 year ago

Very finicky indeed! I can see all the posts there when searching “avtech” and clicking through, but the comments and upvotes aren’t showing over there. I’m sure they’ll sort it out in time, but does seem very important when a lot of communities are trying to get off the ground.

[–] Compgeek 7 points 1 year ago

Pauper is a very cheap way to play Magic, 60 card decks with commons only. Some of the top competitive decks only run about $30, and you can build fun decks up with 10 cent cards from your LGS.

For casual play, my favourite is still Commander though. You can definitely build commander decks on a budget (one of the ones I made run me $26) and the format is a lot of fun!

[–] Compgeek 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could you give this a shot with [email protected]?

I still can’t seem to get my community on other instances when searching either by URL or with the !avtech syntax

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[–] Compgeek 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not an easy problem to solve by any stretch, which is why I assume core functionality is the focus before doing it, but better than the multiple persona issue we have at the moment.

In my early exploration I have 1 Lemmy and 1 Mastodon account, but all my eggs are in one basket should it go offline. If I wanted to have choice of even 2 instances for each service, I’m now looking at 4 ‘handles’.

Not a fun problem to solve, but long term it’s not a great problem to have. At least if I can run my own identity server I don’t need to trust a single entity outside of me with my online identity.

[–] Compgeek 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m still figuring out how it works, but seems Mastodon doesn’t sync the history too well, and only stays in sync if at least one person on the instance is following the community. Maybe the old ones are delayed sync, or someone that was subscribed then unsubbed before another took over? It’s getting the Snoo hug of death at the moment, so I’m expecting weird behaviour!

[–] Compgeek 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Will be interesting to see where it lands!

I agree, I see you’re running your own instance, I’m holding off on that until something like SSO comes online for the Fediverse and I can run my own ‘identity server’ to log into whatever apps I wish.

‘Communities’ is the Lemmy term for subreddits, although I think it gets referred to as a ‘Group’ in Mastodon and a ‘Magazine’ in kbin. Early days I can tell, maybe as things get more established a unified language will emerge.

[–] Compgeek 2 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Do you think better threading in Mastodon might help? If comments showed up as threaded replies and only top level posts got their own thread, would you engage cross-platform more? The style of post is different, but I feel if they felt more in the style of the platform you are viewing from then it could lead to some interesting discussions!

[–] Compgeek 2 points 1 year ago

I’m having the same problem with a community I started, https://lemmy.world/c/avtech

Lemmy.world can see it fine, but I can’t seem to hit it through other instances.

Tried on Beehaw and Lemmy.ml, tried by searching using [email protected] and the URL, either way is no result. I can find my [email protected] post just fine, and tried follow the link but getting 404s there too.

[–] Compgeek 4 points 1 year ago

Being able to centralise your own identity server (with your choice of authentication method ideally) and federate the services/content would be a great option for those who want one identity across the fediverse.

New to the tech, but if that identity server could also act as your ActivityPub ‘master’ server for all services so you have a login that when entered to any instance would show all your messages and subscriptions could make for a great experience.

 

At the start of the pandemic, live-streaming and Zoom of course became the main game. As things started to settle, hybrid seemed to emerge (which came with its own unique challenges). In my part of the world I’m seeing a strong push away from that back to in-person only events, or a recording being shared post-event - are you noticing the same thing? It’s almost as if people are so tired of the years of disruption that they just want to roll it all back to how it was before.

 

Thanks for checking out [email protected] !

Here’s a view from my office for the night in Melbourne, Australia

 

I’ve just started a community for anyone who works as a professional AV tech, is interested in getting into the industry, or just wants a peek behind the curtain.

AV techs work to deliver all sorts of experiences to the biggest audiences in the world, from sports broadcasting to theatre, from corporate conferences to home theatre installs.

Please swing by and contribute something if you’re in the industry - maybe share a photo from your most recent show and help us get it started!

You can join us at our home on [email protected]

 

Big green to go forward a slide, little red one to go back - I didn’t think it’d need a degree to understand!

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