Elena Rossini 🌈
#AskFedi: are there any #Sharkey power users out there, willing to speak to me for a piece I’m writing about the software?
Spoiler alert: I have been using #Sharkey for two months now and I am totally smitten with it, especially its gorgeous UX/UI.
Bonus points if you also use / are familiar with #MissKey, so we could compare/contrast features.
Boosts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! 🙏
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Elena Brescacin
@_elena Sorry, I was almost replying "yeah, proud SHARKY power user!" Then I noticed it's something different! It's not "sharky" the familiar name for Jaws For Windows screen reader. It's a fediverse platform SHARKEY. So, no. Never used it.
Elena Brescacin
@_elena I'll give it a try tomorrow - depending on free time I have
Linux Is Best
@_elena@mastodon.social @phaedral@mastodon.social I invite you to check my post history.
In it (my post history), you will discover I once sounded much like yourself, praising and even promoting Sharkey. I would go so far as to say, I once used to talk about Sharkey, more than the Sharkey Development Team.
Then I learned, from experience, the downside of Sharkey.
For example, the development tricked its user base to donate 2,000+ for their own dedicated server, only to use that server as their personal computer (playing Minecraft), and four (4) months later taking that server offline, and brining it home as their personal PC. The "Join Sharkey" website was never brought back online, and remains offline, even today (except for an out of date Wiki hidden in a subdomain).
You will also note how toxic and hateful the Sharkey Development can be. Often spending a good portion of their time trolling users (especially anyone who calls then out on their nonsense or past exploits). You may even discover, whenever they are backed into a corner, they will claim you are homophobic. I again, invite you to see my post history, going as far back as May 30, 2023, when I first joined the Fediverse (I have always supported, equality and human rights).
There are many Fedi developments that embody the spirit of the Fediverse, and Sharkey is not one of then.
#Sharkey #Fediverse #Fedi #AcrivityPub #LGBTQ
Elena Brescacin
@_elena There's one thing I don't know how to explain in a positive way, besides placing a ☣️ at the end (sorry, it's an HIV related double-meaning by my best friend whom I quoted). But, seriously, what I can't explain to "mainstream" folks as an advantage, is that Fediverse is very fragmented. You have Mastodon, Friendica, Sharkey and so on, everyone with its pros and cons but even being able to talk to every platform, choice of where to join is not so immediate.
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