I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.
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Note: I’m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I’ll share more info :)
It looks like Social is the platform that released v1, and the other ones are still in various stages of development.
https://docs.bonfirenetworks.org/flavours.html#what-is-a-bonfire-flavour
My understanding is that “Bonfire Social” is very similar to Mastodon, with their own way of implementing certain features, and the other features in their funding campaign are still in development
They launched version 1.0 of a platform similar to and interoperable with Mastodon, and they’re doing a funding campaign for what projects they will work on next.
Also they have some art for those that participate:
The code is a commons, so art is offered as a reward. This campaign includes a limited‑run, hand screen‑printed artwork by Rocco Lombardi, the artist behind Bonfire’s icon and other illustrations.
I like the colors, and also the font on the large keys
For context, this is what reddit’s limited automod is like
https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/wiki/automoderator/full-documentation/
I’m sure we can do better. For example, being able to use variables
Likely related
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
Microsoft, for example, cancelled Khan’s email address, forcing the prosecutor to move to Proton Mail, a Swiss email provider, ICC staffers said. His bank accounts in his home country of the U.K. have been blocked.
Microsoft has since denied this, but they haven’t released much info on what they say happened instead.
A Microsoft spokesperson said that it had been in contact with the court since February “throughout the process that resulted in the disconnection of its sanctioned official from Microsoft services.” The spokesperson added that “at no point did Microsoft cease or suspend its services to the ICC.”
Khan’s email disconnection has sparked Europe’s fears that Trump could flip a “kill switch” to cut digital services through American tech giants, as the continent seeks to become less dependent on U.S. technology. Companies like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and others dominate Europe’s cloud and digital services sectors.
Microsoft declined to comment further in response to questions regarding the exact process that led to Khan’s email disconnection, and exactly what it meant by “disconnection.” The ICC declined to comment.
They also said that they’ll be adding legal clauses that would stop them from doing that, but I’m not sure how much that actually helps in practice.
I’m happy participating as a community member, and stepping up as a mod later on if the team could use some extra help. I don’t mind either way :)
Oh on that note, would it be helpful to lock and redirect !newtopiefed@piefed.ca to that community?
I would say the main thing is being nice and letting people explore, and providing spaces/communities for people to come back and ask questions when they have them. When people bring up issues or suggest things that they want to see, we shouldn’t crap on what they prefer their online experience to be (ex. preferred algorithms, content they want to block, etc.)
Resources wise, we created this guide and I like to link these two particular pages for fediverse/lemmy. I feel that they help give a high level overview of how things work:
That is possible
To get a link post with a custom thumbnail, you add the link and put the image in the thumbnail field.
To get an image post with a link, you make an image post and put the link in the post body.
There are exceptions to all of the points below, but generally:
What do you like better here than on Reddit?
Everyone is here trying to build something better. The developers are actually prioritizing transparency and user choice when making the software. Since the instances aren’t after profit, there’s no financial conflict of interest. It’s actually possible for instance admins to prioritize user experience and a healthy community instead of making a profit.
I love seeing all the different organizational structures emerging; some instances are nonprofits, some are co-ops, some are benevolent dictatorships. I think in the long run this will produce a fairer and more representative online platform.
Also my interactions feel human. If I get 5 upvotes on Lemmy or 5 likes on Pixelfed, it feels like I connected with 5 real people. On Reddit, I just can’t tell anymore.
What do you miss from Reddit?
Activity in niche communities, but that’s changing slowly.
Also, as a mod, we could still use better moderation tooling.
Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different, or does it eventually drift the same way?
I think over time it will become more like Reddit. As the user base grows, the average will shift closer to what Reddit is like. Also, at the end of the day, a number of the issues are because of how groups of humans interact and not the platform itself.
However, the reason I’m here instead of the many other Reddit alternatives is because of federation. I believe that as long as we maintain a healthy balance in the fediverse (and not let one entity control too much), we can avoid the enshitification while centralized social media becomes unbearable for more and more people.
I have Jellyfin, but I haven’t tried it with music. How does it compare to Navidrome?
For chat, I was thinking something super simple for the weird situations like this. Alternatively, Briar if you’re near the person you want to contact
It makes me wish I was selfhosting more services, music & chat in particular. It wasn’t important enough to set up yet
Is there no way to check the doorbell video locally?
An Amazon employee misconfigures something and now your doorbell doesn’t work
It’s still helpful for messages. The social share/thumbnail isn’t always available
A user is more likely to click on
https://unfamiliar.site/c/cats/192837/my-cat-napping-in-the-sun
compared to
https://unfamiliar.site/post/192837
I’m not saying that this should take priority over all the other things the developers are doing, but I’d still like to see it implemented at some point
While Voyager has mod tools, I’m not sure if you can create a community in the app.
You might need to do the initial setup on the website: https://sh.itjust.works/create_community
Afterwards you should be able to take mod actions on the app
From what I understand, React is still very popular and it’s the usual recommendation for those who are learning web dev frameworks.
React Native is not as popular for new projects though, and I usually see people recommending Flutter
Meta will contribute React, React Native, and JSX (JavaScript XML) to a new React Foundation, part of the Linux Foundation, and said that “it is important that no single company or organization is overrepresented.”
The React Foundation will start with seven corporate members – Amazon, Callstack, Expo, Meta, Microsoft, Software Mansion, and Vercel – and its responsibilities will include maintaining React’s infrastructure and trademarks, organizing React Conf, and sponsoring the React ecosystem. The first executive director will be Seth Webster, Meta’s head of React.
React, created by Facebook in 2013, is the most popular JavaScript framework. (Facebook changed its name to Meta in 2021.) The most recent State of JavaScript survey reported usage by over 80 percent of respondents. React Native is a cross-platform UI framework based on React, and while it’s not as dominant as web React, Microsoft is a particularly big user. Usage of React is also likely being boosted by increasing deployment of AI coding tools, which in our experience tend to default to React if not prompted to use a different framework.
Appreciate it, thanks for sharing your work! :)
Another advantage of AkshrikaTutorials is that you’ll be free to make tutorials about anything in the future, not just Microsoft products
Very cool, it’s on my list of things to try out at some point
I’m curious what this has been like, if you don’t mind sharing 😄 What is each person working on?