Misskey is fascinating and in my opinion more compelling than Mastodon. It's also strange to see them write "somehow" as I'd think with their instance and username they would be aware that Misskey is developed in Japan, by a Japanese developer.
If you skip the technobabble and politics about free (as in freedom), what’s left? If it’s just a platform that feels more complicated to sign up, because you have to learn about instances and it’s not clear which one you want, plus your friends aren’t there, plus it’s just 45k users total instead of a lot…?
The complication arises by making the mistake of pointing people to the backend, and the backends confusing matters by presenting themselves as platforms like existing corporate platforms. As noted, you reduce that by inviting them to join or browse your respective instance (or if you're self-hosting, to whichever open instance you think is amenable).
You're right though that some positive thing would help, and that's really down to whatever positive thing you found and want to share with others about these spaces. For me it's as simple as them being open and ad-free. I'm reminded of it every time I find myself trying to browse enclosures without having an account and they simply won't allow me to browse much before prompting me to sign up or subscribe to view more.
In a way that's kind of the irony of the fediverse, a major feature is that you don't have to sign up at all in many(most?) cases.
I honestly hadn't noticed the recent versions having much of a story. =X
That said, it may be a good idea to have a pinned post/guidance in the sidebar for how to access the old versions for those interested!
Hey, um, welcome back?
It's a struggle, it's frustrating to see alternatives you'd like not catch on as you'd like. I understand the sentiment. I can see some of the efforts put in here to try to get this community going. I don't know what else you and others here may have tried, so it's hard to know what to suggest (or if you want suggestions). If nothing else I get it, and appreciate that you've all tried.
Maybe swing by [email protected] if you'd like to brainstorm some more things to try.
At this point these abortion bans should be called Matricide Approvals
Regarding a definition, I'd try to look for a succinct one, as longer text in the sidebar tends to look busy and overwhelming. Maybe alongside it a few examples of libre projects/media, say stuff like Project Gutenberg and LibriVox to creative software like Krita/Godot/Blender/etc. Examples would give a much clearer idea of what's considered libre culture to discuss than a definition alone.
Also I think the idea of clarifying what sort of posts are allowed/desired is good, and speaking of memes, some restraint may be wise to avoid it becoming simply a meme community. Maybe a semi-regular memes thread or something? If said threads were active enough then you would have a better sense of whether or not setting up another community dedicated to them is worth it.
Yeah, it's not without faults, so ProtonMail and similar may be a good compromise, or encrypting and sending longer documents. Ideally one day email will be rebuilt from the ground up with encryption.
Also to address your later comments, E2EE messengers are great, but short form writing is simply a different use case from long form.
Exactly. The need/desire to write longer form like this may not come up as often with other more immediate means to communicate, but when it does, email's there to serve its purpose.
@[email protected], I see there's an open issue for this, but wanted to add my details here to try to help pin the problem down.
Unlike Eager Eagle, I've run into this problem using HeliBoard as well (and checked with standard Gboard too to be sure, also OpenBoard). In my experience of the issue I suspect it may be related to the UI not responding to the display of the virtual keyboard, which is also an issue that appears when trying to search for posts in specific communities. In both instances UI elements, specifically text input fields, are partially or completely covered by the appearance of the keyboard.
I think some of the difficulty in replicating this may be related to running tests on higher display resolutions (and/or devices with higher display resolutions), and/or with some text/interface settings set to smaller scales instead of default or larger scales. Regardless, inasmuch as possible the UI would benefit from adjustments to be more responsive to the display of virtual keyboards as well as, to a lesser degree, the display of the bottom navigation bar/buttons (for those that don't/can't use gesture navigation depending on OS version).
All that said, really appreciate the app! It's great for browsing, especially with the keyword filter without having to sign-in. Thanks a ton for all the effort from all of those involved!
Aah I follow ya. As evident in my comment, I tend to pair absurdism with its related philosophy existentialism for something of a grounding effect, personally.
All too prescient. Commenting so this may bring it to more people's attention depending on sorting methods.
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A cartoon boy and his zombie friend standing in front of a surf shop in front of a crowd. The zombie friend is covering the boy from the waist down with his detached head because the boy lost his trunks and is embarrassed as the crowd seem to be trying to photograph him.
The boy is shouting, "I don't want to be internet famous!"
Meanwhile a zombie shark is stuck in the top of the surf shop with their head sticking out from where a wave smashed them into it.
Another silly moment from Zo Zo Zombie that makes for prime meme material.
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Woman wearing a giant hotdog headpiece while chewing on a banana hotdog looking toward you while saying, "Still weird, but at least it beats working."
From the silly series Zo Zo Zombie
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we can go further, somethingsomething StreetPass