Feditext beta users, today's TestFlight build 69 includes various fixes and workarounds for Firefish and Hajkey.
we will be working with server devs to get some of those fixed on the server side (for Hajkey's case, in Iceshrimp), so that future clients won't have to special-case anything.
known not to work in this release:
Hajkey's suggested accounts to follow: displays an error message
intermittent foreign key constraint error when browsing Firefish or Hajkey timelines: you don't need to report this one, we're already investigating
Suite à ma migration d’instance j’en profite pour reposter une #introduction :
Je m’appelle AntoineÐ, j’ai rejoint læ #fediverse le 3 avril 2017 et la découverte d’#ActivityPub a révolutionné ma conception des réseaux sociaux sur internet.
#Utilitariste#Sentientiste, je cherche donc autant que possible à minimiser les souffrances et maximiser le bonheur des individus capable de ressentir ces émotions.
Je suis donc au passage #AntiSpéciste et donc #Végane mais je ne me limite pas à ces luttes.
J’aime bien faire de la #Photo, je vais voir si le système de galerie de #Iceshrimp convient mieux a mon besoin que #Mastodon.
(je préfère tout avoir sur la même identité plutôt que de les poster sur PixelFed)
Et aujourd’hui ça fait exactement 7ans que je suis passé de l’azerty au #bépo 🎂
#IceShrimp, a fork of #Firefish will switch it's API authentication from MiAuth (a custom authorization scheme) to OAUTH. This will increase compatibility with various Mastodon apps. Currently out in a pre-release version.
Alright, I know I haven't given many updates on #Catodon, because frankly there's not a lot to say. We're reorganizing, reprioritizing etc. Things are going slow. I haven't given up on the project, I think we have an interesting approach which is worth exploring, but we're short on human resources atm. Hopefully this will change and things will get exciting again, but we're not there yet. I'll let you know.
However, I wanna talk about another project I'm also sort of involved in lately - #Iceshrimp! So Iceshrimp also started as a #Firefish fork but they are currently rewriting the whole thing on .net/C#! Both the backend and frontend are being rewritten in C# - the frontend on Blazor. AFAIK this is the only fedi project written on .net and I'm really curious for the result!
This has been announced many months before, and Iceshrimp-js is in feature freeze, to allow all efforts to concentrate in the rewrite. Many people were skeptical because it's a huge project - which is true. So let me tell you that finally #Iceshrimp's rewrite will be entering beta soon - meaning, probably before the month is through!
This will practically be a brand new fedi platform, with a UX similar to Firefish (at least initially), with great Mastodon API support for compatibility with existing apps, hopefully with much better performance and a cleaner codebase. I'll keep you posted on how things progress!
Join Sharkey dot Org has been OFFLINE for over 2 months. The reason given was hosting issues, and this was before the whole Hetzner drama. Join Sharkey dot Org is supposed to be the gateway for people to learn about Sharkey and how they can join.
The Documentation Page (Wiki) is still up, using the subdomain, Doc dot Join Sharkey dot Org, but the URLs are broken. I have repeatedly reported the broken URLs for over 2 months (both in the Git and on their Discord Server). No one seems to want to address that.
They have a private copy of GitLab located at ActivityPub dot Software, that you cannot find via a search looking for Sharkey (DuckDuckGo, Bing, Google). That is where you can report code changes and fixes, but you would likely not know that unless you stumbled upon the URL somewhere (or someone gave you that URL).
Sharkey raised a lot of money so they can host their own content, safely, and securely. They now own their own physical server and lease the space to have that server housed (hosted) remotely. And while the lead developer promotes that server partially as a minecraft server, Join Sharkey dot Org still remains, OFFLINE.
I have pulled funding from Sharkey and will not be supporting it further until they get their act together. It is a good software, and it is my preferred method to use the Fediverse, but you would assume they would want their website working.
This noob is testing the interconnectivity of the #Fediverse:
The word out there on the Fediverse make it seem as if all the different tools (Mastdn/P-tube/Lemmy/etc.) can interact with one another. But this is not the case, as some work both ways, whilst others only one way, or at all.
single line replies in timelines for iceshrimp, firefish and potentially other derivatives. see quoted post for how it looks. extremely hacky and might mess up. will not work in sharkey or other "modern" misskey instances
requires a browser with nyative nested css and :has (so, literally anything from the last year or so)
Ich bin ja eigtl. ziemlich zufrieden instanzmäßig mit Sharkey. Mein Zufriedenheitslevel liegt bei etwa 80 % diesbezüglich. Wer mich kennt weiß, dass das schon extrem gut bewertet ist. In den letzten zwei Wochen habe ich mich noch mal genauer umgeschaut bez. #Sharkey, #Iceshrimp & #Firefish. Dazu habe ich ja auf meinem Backup Account auch kürzlich eine Umfrage gestartet. Die ist zwar noch nicht zuende, zeigt aber jetzt schon wie die Sachlage ausschaut.
Durch einen Kommentar von @alyx zu der Umfrage wurde ......... Ups, ich habe etwas missverstanden, daher hier ein :edit2: In dem Kommentar erfuhr ich folgendes bezüglich Iceshrimp:
Da die ganze misskey Basis 'nen ziemliches Chaos ist, arbeiten sie aktuell sogar an einem kompletten rewrite und kommen wirklich gut voran. Ist noch etwas Arbeit, ins besonders im Frontend, aber ich bin zuversichtlich, dass wir bis zum Ende des Jahres 'nen ordentliches release haben werden.
Das fand ich schon sehr spannend und ich freue mich auf den Tag wenn da ein Release kommen wird.
Und da mein erster und einziger Test von #Friendica schon sehr lange her ist, möchte ich mir das auch noch mal genauer anschauen.
Ich werde 100 %ig bis Jahresende weiter mit Sharkey fahren bzw. bis zum Release des "neuen" Misskey. Dann werde ich neu bewerten und schauen ob es FÜR MICH noch besser geht als mit Sharkey. Vielleicht legt ja bis dahin einer der anderen Kandidaten noch mächtig zu oder es kommt ein neuer großartiger Player mit ins Spiel. Jedenfalls wird dann eine Entscheidung fallen zwischen Sharkey, Misskey oder Friendica (?) wenn nichts ungeplantes passiert.
Mastodon wird nicht mehr in Betracht gezogen. Das liegt mittlerweile BEI MIR weit abgeschlagen ganz hinten weil zu viele Beschneidungen und fehlende Features. Ich betone extra "FÜR MICH" weil ich das nicht für alle schlecht reden will. Wenn 1 damit zufrieden ist, voll ok. Mir gefällts nicht mehr. Ich sage immer, mit Mastodon kann man im Fedi mitmischen. Mit z.B. Sharkey wird das Erlebnis #Fedi dann einfach FANCY :headbanging:
Hat hier jemensch einen Account auf https://iceshrimp.social und würde mir mal folgen um zu schauen ob der Follow bei mir ankommt ? Gibt scheinbar Diskrepanzen zwischen skyland.social und iceshrimp.social. Muss nur noch eroieren auf welcher Seite das Problem liegt.
February is a short month, and unfortunately, much of the Fediverse was attacked this month, leaving many server admins with a costly bill now that the crisis is over.
If you're enjoying your Mastodon, Misskey, Sharkey, Pixelfed, or other platform, perhaps consider making a donation this month.
No matter, how you connect to the Fediverse, be if, for example, Misskey, Sharkey, Ice Shrimp, Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Kbin, or by other means, the Fediverse instance you're using cost money. In the real world, web hosting, bandwidth, and storage space cost, money. And the more members who use and join your Fediverse instance (server), the more resources and the most it cost.
I earned by badge, by reaching out to my administrator, and helping them by donating. And while if it was not required to make a donation or regular contribution, I like using the Fediverse. It is ad-free and decentralized, meaning, someone like Elon Musk, cannot change things for everyone, everywhere, solely on their latest mood swing. So I made the choice to help fund my corner of the collective social media network, known as the Fediverse.
I have so many follow relationships with so many talented people here!
It's so great to see all of you and your interesting projects and creations across such a variety of hobbies and professions.
It's only going to get better with Threads federation under way! Future of Fedi will sure be interesting and I'm glad to be a part of something that could fundamentally change the way "Internet" is done as a whole.
The future awaits. After years of gaining steam, Fedi has arrived.
Ich werde jetzt immer mal wieder die Firefish Instanzen mit aufnehmen, die ein aktuelles Update eingespielt haben.
Bei https://firefish.fediverse.observer/list kann man die übrigens daran erkennen, dass unter Ausführung (Version) 0.0.0.0 angezeigt wird. Scheinbar kann der Observer nicht damit umgehen, dass es zwei Arten von Versionsnummern gibt.