Notices by dansup (dansup@mastodon.social), page 3

"The reason I pulled you over is because we've heard reports of a speeding fedi developer"

How fast was I going?

"Too fast, can I see your Spotify Liked Songs and recent commits?"

*opens spotify then github and shows officer*

"Oh damn. You are free to go, sir. I don't have jurisdiction for this level of coolness."

See, proof.

Coolest fedi dev ever™

(fake/cringe but true, i'm down to defend this title in a ring match 💪)

Fediverse developers don't have it easy because y'all don't hold back lmao

But we not all built the same

Dansup the type to convince people "he the coolest fedi developer" as if we voting for a yearbook

Being humble, respectful and honest do be going a long way, but also not taking yourself to seriously is crucial

You gotta be real if you want to be respected, and I'm a damn mess, but it somehow works, maybe because of the brutal honesty, but I don't care

I'm having fun, that's what matters

@MrLee i doubt that. imho the only way to get the momentum on our side, would have been for media outlets and publishers to foster their own communities instead of whining that some silicon valley boys enrich themselves on the cost of their content.

@Natanox We will not be implementing BlueSky support into Pixelfed based on the consensus.

I want you to know that your comment in that GH issue was a deciding factor in my decision, and hope you know you made an impact regarding this issue.

I listen to our community, and want to thank you for the insight and feedback you provided.

The real danger of the fediverse isn't protocols or platforms, its developers losing touch with the people that should matter the most.

❤️

Loops isn't the only short video platform in town!

You should checkout @vidzy, an exciting federated TikTok alternative with a webUI and federation support.

I hear they are beta testing their app too, which is pretty exciting.

I've been in touch with them, and look forward to working together on AP compatibility.

Give them a follow, and checkout their website!

(I know I'm a competitor to them, but when you care about users first, amazing things can happen 😉)

https://vidzy.codeberg.page/

@chebra The fact that people have real viable alternatives is something to celebrate.

In 2016 there were no viable alternatives to Twitter.

Despite what you think about BlueSky, can we just celebrate the exodus from X/Twitter?

Society has woken up from it's walled garden induced slumber.

The fact that Facebook has implemented ActivityPub would have been unfathomable just a few years ago.

We're not only on the winning side, but we did so independently and to such a successful degree that the biggest social media company came to us.

Don't forget that.

They came to us.

We are the future.

#spreadTheWord #youAreMakingHistory

I'm reaching out to a few #fediverse projects regarding the ActivityPub Starter Kit service

The goal is to support all fediverse projects, but it will take time to add support for each API structure

Notice how they aren't called Pixelfed Starter Kits?

That's because this is bigger than Pixelfed, and my ego

And while I could have limited this to just Pixelfed, that would go against everything I believe in

I'm building for the future, the federated future

One free from ego driven overlords 🚀

I never considered how people may want to search and explore Starter Kits, so I am working on that now, and hope to collaborate with:

https://communitywiki.org/trunk
https://fedi.directory
https://fediverse.info/explore/people

It would be amazing to have a resource like this to find people with shared interests, across not only existing Starter Kits but also human curated resources like the above!

#starterKits #fediverse #activityPub

@strypey I reached out to the fedi.directory maintainer, but they don't seem too impressed.

I was hoping to collaborate and share Starter Kits from Trunk, fedi.directory and other sources too, that would be ideal IMO

@strypey Oh okay, I wasn't sure and thanks for the kind words, I'm hopeful that the Starter Kits project will bring some well deserved onboarding improvements to the fediverse :D

In case you forgot, I also happen to run the Fediverse People Directory!

It's over 3 years old now, and I will show it some love with some well deserved updates next month!

https://fediverse.info/explore/people

#fediverse #peopleDirectory #fediverseInfo

@strypey Not sure if you are being sarcastic, but I have done this before with https://fediverse.info/explore/people but required a hashtag in the bio.

@shlee woof woof

@julian @thenexusofprivacy I really appreciate your feedback and will be implementing them!

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113497730811367383

The last thing I want, is for Starter Kits to be used for abusive or malicious purposes.

That is why we are employing a suite of safety features on day 1.

We will be using the `indexable` AP extension to check if the account approves public indexing, and if not, they will not be able to be added to a kit.

If they do allow indexing, we will allow them to be included in your kit, but will send them a DM notifying them and will honor self-removal requests with a simple DM reply.

Simple + Safe 😎

@Natanox @partizan We are using a combination of ActivityPub, OAuth and Webfinger!

The real magic is the safety features, employing two levels of checks, and allowing people to opt-out globally with a single action.

That said, it is opt-in and we will notify people when included!

@oblomov the first two are human curated, and I wrote the last one 😉

And I do manage a few Next apps and write React/React Native code too, but I went with Nuxt for the Pixelfed webUI because I like the stability of Vue and its vast ecosystem.

That being said, React is a beauty and powers 3 of my mobile apps, and that number will only grow 😎

That being said, Nuxt and Tailwind are where its at for advanced apps like the new Pixelfed webUI.

The new Pixelfed web experience is so mind blowing, and I'm just getting started.

Y'all wonder how I can do this much but really it feels like I'm not doing enough, I have to balance my time between all these successful and growing projects 😅

I wouldn't trade this for anything though, I love my life and building for the fediverse and future 💪