Notices by Blake Leonard (blake@fosstodon.org)

@michaell @mjf_pro @erlend @tchambers @Mastodon @codinghorror @how Spam accounts that wait have a bigger chance of being caught before they do damage, especially considering a lot of spam accounts are somewhat obvious. Plus, bumping that up during the warmup period, if you notice you're in a spam wave, might also reset or extend the warmup for those already waiting (good against spammers, bad for people). One-per-account admin notifications could be sent if someone tries.

@geerlingguy Seems less of "not placing value on the community" as much as the code (or their exclusive hosting of it) is what's making them money. Companies who only sell support don't make a lot of money, except for Red Hat, and evidently it wasn't enough for them either.

Related question: does the MPL still apply to older versions of the software and source code with which it was bundled, or does this somehow retroactively affect the old code?

I want to convince myself to write an agnostic #ActivityPub server, and I have a killer name for it that both hits the topic and can take advantage of a new TLD...

The idea for this one is: it has a wide-ranging backend based on AP & the AP C2S API with a smaller server-specific API for what doesn't fit there (I think it'll be mostly admin stuff, like moderating instances). The frontend would be decoupled and the default frontend would also expose the Mastodon API because of course!

#Fediverse

Could we set up a non-authenticated, turbo mesh Bluetooth (or WiFi?) network system (named channels? presets?) that works as a modern take on walkie-talkies? It's got to be fast to switch on, fast to transmit, and fast to receive.

While I understand the motive for #Pixelfed 's upcoming/new Mastodon SSO, I don't like it.

1. It's confusing to talk about (see above). You have to word it very specifically to make it clear you're signing into Pixelfed with a Mastodon account.
2. The concept is confusing. It isn't the same account, by any means, and you can register on both services. Threads, for example, is more or less an extension on top of Instagram, like Guppe is an "extension" here.
3. It's very narrow and non-standard.

You know, I'd like to help fundraise for a #Mastodon / #Pixelfed / #Fediverse ad campaign. TV ads, radio ads, Twitter and Instagram ads (although good luck with that, and also yikes), a Times Square jumbotron, anywhere that will get people talking and help spark some word-of-mouth. Bring people to the light side :)

I really think #Kbin and #Pixelfed will and should work really well together.

For the memes. and I mean that!

Imagine following a meme subreddit -- directly! -- from your Instagram account, or an Instagram meme page -- directly! -- from Reddit, and not by a reposter account.

Now with the Fediverse (and the #Threadiverse), this is reality.

Long live the Fediverse, and long live the Threadiverse!

@dansup Unprofessional opinion: I don't think the masonry layout looks right for a feed view. It's probably great for a profile view though!

Also long live Tailwind 👑

Even though the shift is small, it's big enough. It's incredible watching the Fediverse grow; first with the Birdsite flocking to #Mastodon, and now with #Lemmy and #Kbin growing in popularity (I only recently learned about Kbin)... this type of growth is enough to kickstart more people coming over here.

I'm looking forward to #Tumblr maybe joining sometime soon (oh, the memes you can see!), maybe some prominent Twitch people will try out #Owncast, maybe I can get some of my family over here...

how would one design a fork of #Pixelfed specifically geared around cat pictures? What (apart from branding and labelling) would be different about such a fork?

(this is a pure hypothetical that just popped into my head)

@snarfed.org From the AP side, moderation is a lot easier when you're always tied to a server and a domain. It inherently throttles spam attacks due to the process of registering a domain name, and spinning up a server creates friction too, so bad actors find themselves separated from their intended victims.

@markhughes @snarfed.org Servers provide a significant efficiency benefit, among other things. Even Nostr uses servers, although it could probably be done peer-to-peer. "Real" P2P distributed services/apps tend to drop too much data, and are not reliable for connections or history either.