Notices by Doctor Popular (docpop@mastodon.social), page 2

Following a social media post in support of LGBTQ+ game developers, Godot is now getting review-bombed on Steam. After 7 years of glowing reviews, this game engine has received nearly 1,000 negative reviews in the past week. #godotengine #GameDev #GameDevelopment

I just met “Dr Wave” an old-school Googler and former product manager Wave. If you you were using social media back in 2007-2009, you might remember him.

@Blisterexe @mozilla I was assuming they'd continue to have a presence on the fediverse, but the part I was referring to is on running their instance and encouraging users to sign up there https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/

@mozilla this is such a bummer. I thought Mozilla's experiments with the social web were truly some of the most exciting (and sustainable) things Mozilla has worked on in years. Really sad that it's getting shut down so early.

@tom @evan @Gargron I was going to mention that too. As a response to criticisms from law makers, users who identify themselves as teenagers on IG are now private by default https://www.platformer.news/instagram-teen-accounts-private-default-daily-limit/?ref=butts

@dansup nice contrast. That works well with this feature.

Connecting your #WordPress site to the #fediverse is incredibly easy!

In today's Fediverse Files video, we teach you how to turn your website's content into a first-class citizen of the fediverse, where it's easy for fans to follow and interact with. It's a short and simple process!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4pmWufYRr0

@thomasfuchs bring back games with rainbows too! https://docpop.org/2009/12/pitfall-covered-version/

Some screenshots from Reboot 2024's website. https://www.rebootconference.org/

A lot of "anonymous" organizers and funders are listed there. I get it, I wouldn't want my name on the same list as the Heritage Foundation or the Peter Thiel Alumni Association either.

Vermin Supreme is hosting a protest of #Project2025 in #SanFrancisco today. The protest takes place outside of Reboot 2024, a conference hosted by Garry Tan and the #HeritageFoundation to discuss how the far-right and tech VCs can transform local and federal governments to their advantage. More info here: https://capirates.org/event/protest-of-reboot-2024/

#VerminSupreme is a prankster & activist who has run for president every four years since 1992. I appreciate that he & the CA Pirate Party are calling out this event.

I'm trying to embed posts from Mastodon and Threads on my #WordPress site and... wow... things are a mess.

Posts from Mastodon.social look great, but posts from other Mastodon servers aren't displaying properly.

Then the Threads posts break all the formatting and shows up wherever they want. All of the Thread embeds show the comment they are replying to. Which means you see the same main comment appear over and over again.

I need a break.

https://docpop.org/2024/08/sharing-photos-from-the-day-of-red-sun-in-san-francisco/

@jwz I’m using the embed code that Mastodon provides and putting that code into the customer html block in WP. Unfortunately, codes from some Mastodon servers don’t appear the same as the codes that Mastodon.social supplies.

The Fediverse is often referred to as a decentralized "social network", but I think that misses some of the bigger ways that ActivityPub can make the web more open and user friendly.

Today I talked to @pfefferle about his ActivityPub For WordPress plugin and the advantages of connecting your site to the #fediverse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DhK8uSKIdE&list=PL6nDc7ACvovJMt8MEiebpsXnlBuKp158j&index=1 #ActivityPub #WordPress

For the second episode of the #FediverseFiles, I made some #ASCIIart portraits of @evan. I'm sharing some of my favorite versions here. You can watch our interview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLqwKph7Sxk&list=PL6nDc7ACvovJMt8MEiebpsXnlBuKp158j&index=2
(images are CC-BY Doc Pop)

@talksina thank you for translating that! Anything that can help bring more people onto fediverse-sharing via WP is a big help.

@jessamyn @evan right on, thanks so much for watching! I'm a big fan of RSS (in case you couldn't tell) and thinking of #ActivityPub as a two-way version of #RSS really helped me wrap my ahead around it.

If any developers enjoyed our interview and would like to learn more about building social apps in the #fediverse, I highly recommend @evan's new book on #ActivityPub (published by @OReillyMedia). More info here https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/activitypub/9781098162733/

Our second episode of The Fediverse Files is out now. It's an interview with @evan, the co-author of #ActivityPub, about the future of the #fediverse. Tune in to learn how open protocols like ActivityPub make the web more open and user-centric. https://youtu.be/nLqwKph7Sxk?si=tT6ix1yuQAfNXj8H #FediverseFiles

The sun is coming out. It’s a beautiful day. I’m at Haus Cafe, working on next week’s #FediverseFiles interview with @evan

I'm so excited to announce the big project I've been working on for the past few months:

The Fediverse Files is a new series I've been producing for @wordpressdotcom. The series is a guide to the Social Web, with interviews, songs, animations, and more. I'm extremely passionate about the future of the Social Web, so this has been a dream project for me.

The first episode of the #FediverseFiles drops next week. I'd love it if you helped spread the word https://youtu.be/iHkBW8Cf2ZE?si=o1bSrmeAozuvifMW