This past month, as many of you know, the Fediverse was attacked by those who would see harm to come to the Fediverse. These people wanted to disrupt the social media experience, you have come to enjoy
Now that the crisis is over, your local admin of your local Mastodon, Misskey, Sharkey, Pixelfed, and other platforms on the Fediverse are now stuck with the extra bandwidth and data cost
Gibt es im federation.network eine Möglichkeit, die eigenen Re-trööts zu finden (so ähnlich, wie das Aktivitätenprotokoll bei Facebook)? #neuhier#sharkey
Okay, so I'm back on my nonsense comparing my experience on Pixelfed and Instagram again.
Quick background - late last year, around October, I decided I wanted to get more active on my photo heavy social media accounts Instagram and Pixelfed.
This included, effectively, cross-posting the same pictures on both accounts at the same time and with the same level of self-promotion.
The results are...pretty mixed, but interesting. Let's dive in.
Let's talk comments. I'm getting an average of 1.3 comments per post on Instagram. This includes me responding to comments. On Pixelfed, I'm averaging 0.9 comments per post. This does NOT include my responses to other's comments.
The real result? Basically, the same number for both. So, not much to learn there.
First, since the beginning of the year, I am averaging 18.4 likes on my Instagram account per post. On Pixelfed, average of 7.8 likes. Definitely a winner with Instagram.
However, when you do the math - that means only about 4% of my followers on Insta are liking my posts. Based on raw numbers, I'm having a 7% like rate from my followers on Pixelfed. And, I'm seeing it across my friends on other socials as well (Sharkey, Masto, Misskey, etc).
Recently I've seen posts that #Firefish project is in trouble? Its flagship server being unavailable, and people are impatient about new releases. Sad if true, though I hope its death is slightly exagerrated. Anyhow, I've learnt that people are migrating to other Misskey forks (mainly #IceShrimp, #Sharkey, and #Catodon) And Iceshrimp devs are rewriting the JS backend on C# 😯
#sharkey#fediAdmin so I lost access to my object storage because Amazon in their infinite wisdom suspended my account. I can switch hosts but all profile pics and old posts are still on the old host; am I boned completely? will I need to remake the server on a new domain or will it eventually get better for new posts and will profile pics update?
If this gets added in, this will bring in Misskey (and #Sharkey too!) a lot more compatible third-party clients.. :gyate_patchouli_wow: Thus the issue of lack of clients in Misskey is workarounded and we may not need the #Mastodon#API (aka #MastoAPI) after all... :sagume_think:
This also AFAIK makes Misskey the first mainstream #fediverse software out there to support Micropub; earlier than Mastodon! :SuikaWOW:
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.
Ich bin gerade mal am testen - Sharkey hat sich ja bei einer Tasse Kaffee ohne Probleme installieren lassen. Vor der Namensänderung hatte ich mal Calckey im Test - lohnt es sich noch Firefish zu testen?
Was macht Firefish besser als Sharkey oder was macht Sharkey besser als Firefish?
Those wanting to try out an alternative to Mastodon, you're welcome to create an account on https://sharkey.world. #Sharkey has a very different layout, but most of the same features as Mastodon, and many features Mastodon hasn't. Just see for yourself, and it's fine to either use it as a second account, or you can decide to migrate your current account to it, if you really like it.
Well, bad news! Due to major issues, the migration from #firefish to #sharkey failed quite miserably. The only way I was able to migrate was to install Sharkey under a slightly different domain and without my database 😢😭. Also, because I'm an admin of my server, the ability to use the migrate function from my profile has been blocked. This means that my followers will have to re-follow me on my new instance. I'll be keeping this instance going, in case I change my mind and want to return here. In the meantime, please follow me at my new instance at @kimberlymcblaze
I’ve never woken up to so many notifications before 😵💫😅
The support on my #Sharkey video has been outstanding! I’m really happy people liked the change of direction. Thank you so much to everyone who checked it out!
I would like to do more “#Fediverse story” videos in the future so if you’re working on a project or have a story to tell related to the #Fediverse, please reach out to me. I’d love to share it with everyone 😁:fedi:
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.
It seems like there's a rivalry brewing between #Sharkey and #Iceshrimp on which one's gonna be the definitive "Western #Misskey" of the #fediverse :sagume_think:
One could even say that there's a.. cold war going on between them 🥁:laughing_cirno:
The increased spam bots have show that misskey instances lack moderation tools to deal with massive spam campaigns, we will be looking into improving instance moderation tools in #sharkey, to maybe get them as powerful as Akkoma MRF or atleast close
The Fediverse will need to develop an automated spam management system.
In short, an AI
Do you think any mainstream social media platform would stand a chance against A.I.s trying to break into their system with people alone? Because if you do, you are fooling yourself.
I work for Meta and I know our automated system catches 99% of everything, but even with that remaining 1% I am still employed full-time with 8-12 hour work days. Most of what I manage now are reviews and appeals
Today, the Fediverse is facing 1 moron with maybe a few of their friends. -That is all.
Just 1 jerk and their buddies.
Now, trying to imagine the Fediverse becomes more primetime and more noticeable. Let's assume, for a moment, a group like Anonymous, decided to mess with the Fediverse and not just 1 person along with their high school friends.
The Fediverse truly does need to focus on an automated spam management system.