Am considering setting up an instance for North UK.
This will probably be a #Firefish (formerly #Calckey ) because it is just so cool. Can still read and respond to Mastodon messages as well as folk on other Fediverse systems.
Trying to gauge how much interest there might be.
Could everyone give this a boost to reach as many as possible.
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Hi @milan sag mal, Du hast doch Deine #Calckey Instanz auf #Firefish upgedatet. Gibt es dazu ne Anleitung? In der Doku habe ich bis jetzt nischte gefunden. Wie aufwändig war es?
I detect a great disturbance in the force - wait, no that's just #firefish.
Not sure what's happening there, but I assume the big flurry of follows from there is a #Calckey instance firing up, or clearing a backlog or something?
Edit: Yes - confirmed it's a rebranding in progress.
My follow request section has a blinking dot like there's something in there, but there isn't... How do i make it stop? #calckey#firefish#iceshrimp#hajkey
I setup a #Firefish instance (https://firefish.boo) instance and I must say I really like it. It was very easy to get going and it looks great. There's so many options and settings to play with! 🤓
extremely meh workaround if your #CalcKey / #FireFish timeline keeps jumping around every time you click on a post:
switch to deck layout
set default navigation method to "open in new window"
now every time you click on a post it'll open up as a psuedo-popup that you can then maximize. and that popup doesn't touch your timeline at all, meaning it'll stay where it is in the background
i wish there was a way to automatically maximize windows. maybe #AiScript can take care of that? no idea
Are there fedi/mastodon options for creating private lil discussion enclaves a la chat groups/rooms? Perhaps using groups or lists (features I haven't really explored the functionality of)?
I am pondering gathering some folks for side discussion, out of the public eye, for deeper collective conversations.
Here's a free, unsolicited marketing advice for the fediverse. First, take this words out of your vocabulary:
fediverse
instances
decentralized
server
ActivityPub
Never talk about those. Nobody cares. Nobody says that e-mail uses IMAP.
Second, call your username as "address" to make it easy. Mine is "@ fabioromeo @ calckey.art" (space added to break the autoformatting here), and you can find me at Mastodon.
"But you're using Calckey!"
Yes, I am. No, it doesn't matter. That's my third advice. If the user is new, sell it at Mastodon. Pleroma, misskey, calckey, doesn't matter. Drop your ego. You want this thing to work, you have to leverage the most familiar name. Two is one too many, it adds confusion to the regular user. If you really need it, sell the others as providers with extra features.
Last, never say "server" (see first advice). Say "service" or "provider". My provider is mastodon.social. Oh, they're not accepting new users? Try calckey.social, I heard they're pretty good too.
People join a service like Mastodon for one reason: to communicate. They want to read from people they like, and they want to talk. That's it. They don't give a shit about what makes this thing run. They WILL frown and balk at any sign of complexity that looks like an obstacle to what they want to do.
The fediverse suffers from the Linux ego, where everyone is too self important and too self centered, claiming that their own solution is the one and definitive, and it failed at homes because of that. Linux, like the fediverse, is too fragmented, too opinionated for its own good, struggling to gain space into people's life and finding solace amog the nerds and technical people.
And to me, that's a tragedy. Twitter was bought not to satisfy a billionaire's ego, but to silence dissenting voices that organized through that platform, an easy and simple to understand way of communication. If we want an open alternative to succeed, we need to stop the discussions about the technicalities and start talking about how it can enrich people's lives.