Notices by Micr0byte (micr0@fuzzies.wtf), page 3

chat literally altbot slayed so hard, im so grateful, this server is gonna be awsum and altbot is gonna be private without google again

WE DID IT!!! 🎉 Thanks to all of you, we’ve officially reached the $2,000 goal to build Altbot’s private, sustainable, self-hosted server! I’m absolutely blown away by the support—this means so much, not just for me, but for accessibility on the Fediverse as a whole.

If you still want to contribute, any extra funds will go toward other server costs—things like electricity, maintenance, and future upgrades to keep everything running smoothly. Every bit helps!

Thank you all so much for making this happen!! :neocat_heart:

https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=7

This is absolutely amazing! we’ve raised 74% of the goal so far! After taxes, the total cost of the server will be $2,282.31, and I’m personally covering the rest beyond $2,000. That means we’re just $520 away from fully funding Altbot’s private, sustainable, and self-hosted future!

If you’d like to help push us to the finish line, you can donate here: https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte/goal?g=7

Thank you all so much for the overwhelming support. We’re almost there!!

Hey everyone,

I’m micr0, the person behind Altbot, the open-source bot that helps generate alt-text for images, videos, and audio on the Fediverse. Right now, Altbot uses Google Gemini to generate the alt-text, but that means your data goes through Google’s servers and could be used for training their machine learning models.

To fix this and ensure total privacy, I’m looking to move Altbot to a local model that will run completely on my own hardware. This way, your data won’t be saved, shared, or used anywhere else—it’ll stay private and only under my control.

It’s a big goal, but one that’s been on my mind since the very beginning. I’ve been talking about this shift for a while, and it’s time to make it happen. Plus, if I reach the goal, Altbot will be running on 48% renewable energy, which means less environmental impact and more sustainability.

To make this happen, I need to raise $1,800–$2,000 USD to buy server-grade hardware—things like GPUs for model processing, a solid motherboard, power supply, storage, and cooling. With this setup, I’ll be able to run Altbot privately, efficiently, and sustainably.

I’ve also posted a breakdown of the planned server specs and spending as a reply to this post if you’re curious about the details!

If this sounds like something you want to support, any help would be appreciated! Every little bit gets me closer to the goal. You can donate here: Ko-fi Link.

Thanks so much for supporting Altbot and helping make the Fediverse a better place!

@squidink7 @joltemon why didnt you save me a slice!

@joltemon @squidink7 a lot of people, way more than on that little upsidedown prison island of yours

@joltemon @squidink7 oh my god Australians spelling at it again who the fuck writes "mouldy" it's 'moldy'

@prettygood fedi is very different, it's a lot more one sided and parasocial, like when I post something a lot of the comments are kinda weird, the friends that I do get in fedi are a small handful and most of them I chat elsewhere as well

@prettygood yeahh, but I'm a little gremlin that's dependent on social interaction

@prettygood I wish too many people ik use discord

how is everyone doing today

@prettygood it's me no way

A true story, in a world of misinformation
written by me, micr0.

As you read these words, you are participating in the only truly true story that can be told, because it is happening in real time, between you and me, and it acknowledges its own existence. Every word you process is creating this story's reality, and by reading this sentence, you are validating its truth.
Your eyes just moved to this new line, and that movement is an undeniable fact.

This is not a story about dragons, lost love, or childhood memories - those would require reconstruction, interpretation, and inevitable distortion. Instead, this is a story about you, reading these words right now, and me composing them. We can verify with absolute certainty that this exchange is occurring. Your eyes are moving across these letters, forming words, forming meanings. This is happening. This is true.

Now, you might expect me to continue this meta-commentary, but instead, I'm going to tell you that right now, somewhere in a universe, maybe a different one from ours, a person you've never met is reading these exact same words. They exist, just as you exist, creating a parallel truth to yours. Their eyes are also moving across these letters, their brain also processing these thoughts. You and this stranger are connected in this moment through these words, and that connection is absolutely real and true, even though you'll never meet them.

You might argue that other truths exist - historical events, documented facts, scientific observations. But consider this: even our most carefully preserved historical records are interpretations, reconstructions viewed through the lens of their chroniclers. The American Revolution happened, yes, but every account of it is colored by perspective, memory, and agenda. Even a photograph, seemingly objective, captures only a fraction of a second, missing the moments before and after, the sounds, the smells, the temperature of the air. Even your own memories of breakfast this morning have already been altered by your brain's imperfect storage system. The only truth that exists without interpretation is the one happening right now, as your eyes follow these words, as your mind processes these concepts. This is why the present moment - this exact moment of reading - is the only purely true story we can tell. Everything else is reconstruction, everything else is interpretation, everything else is, in some way, fiction.

But even as I write this and you read it, we must acknowledge that even your understanding of these words will differ from that unknown reader's, and the meaning you derive will be uniquely yours. The only absolute truth in this story is that it exists as you experience it, right now, in this moment. And now this moment. And now this one. You might be reading this in your bedroom, on a train, or perhaps years after I've written it. You might be smiling at this observation, or frowning, or feeling slightly unsettled by the awareness of your own awareness.

Each word you read continues to build this true story, and as you approach these final sentences, you're probably wondering how it will end. But the truth is, this story doesn't end with the final period of the text - it continues in your mind, in your thoughts about it, in the way it might change how you think about truth and stories. And that continuation, that ripple effect in your consciousness, is perhaps the truest part of this story.

@prettygood aww I hope she has a swift and safe recovery

@prettygood yeah, keeping it in check is something idk how to do tho

@prettygood hopefully this weekend i can relax a bit finally and do some weed or something

@prettygood maybe i need an intervention

@prettygood i wish my brain would get this

i have spent like 95% of my free time last week coding, no joke

like a few days ago i spent 6 hours coding straight and i didnt eat anything and shit

i only noticed cuz my friend was concerned when they saw my discord activity coding for 6 hours 😭

altbot v1.4.2 is out

im so fucking tired lmfaoooooo i need to like take a series break from coding