Fediverse-Serie: Calckey/Firefish - Kommunikation im Fediverse auf einem neuen Level
Calckey/Firefish gehört im Fediverse zu den Microblogging Diensten aber ist auf Grund seiner Herkunft und Fähigkeiten schon weit mehr als das allseits bekannte Mastodon.
Extra-features (disabled by default) is somewhat confusing in #Fedilab.
This option allows to enable features that #Mastodon doesn't support (quotes, reactions, submit messages in a specific format, etc.)
But softwares like #Pleroma, #Akkoma, #GlitchSocial, #FireFish don't support (currently) same features.
We plan to use #NodeInfo to automatically enable features depending on the user's instance (ie: software).
After rewatching this video of #ElonMusk melting down, I realize that the #Fediverse may have a new problem: 300 million #Twitter migrants seeking out new home.
If you are on a #Mastodon, #Misskey, #Pleroma, #Pixelfed, etcetera instance, you might want to consider sending some funds to the site owner (& Fediverse platform creators) as they will need it sooner rather than later.
I expect the cost of instances to increase further once #Threads embraces #ActivityPub.
Yesterday I tried to setup my own version of OCRbot@fedi.lynnesbian.space, which does #OCR on pictures attached to posts on the #Fediverse, which I find an intriguing idea. During the process to set this up I was lazy and asked #ChatGPT to guide me through the whole process, which is fairly easy to be honest, but I an playing around with this #AI for fun.
I wanted to run the OCR #bot on my own #Friendica server, because I like to run on my own tech too.
So I asked Chatty to guide me and it worked well, I logged in with the Python bot and wanted to start it and got an API error, it was only then when I told ChatGPT that I am actually trying this with Frienidca and that the API might have its limits.
I then looked up the API documentation of the Mastodon API that Friendica implemented and asked ChatGPT if there is any essential parts missing that are needed to run the bot.
ChatGPT 'read' the documentation of both, the bot and the Mastodon API of Friendica and explained:
"Since Friendica doesn't support the Mastodon streaming API, the OCRbot, which relies on these endpoints, may not be compatible with Friendica without significant modifications to either the bot or the Friendica server."
Just wanted to write a bit about this experience with Friendica, the bot and ChatGPT.
Maybe I will setup a #Pleroma instance for this, a single user instance for me and the bot, maybe better a Mastodon instance?
Wer es noch nicht kennt: Ein kleiner Ausschnitt aus dem großartigen #Fediverse! Gerne mit Menschen teilen, die hier noch neu sind. Dazu passt auch der Beitrag »Das Fediverse: Social Media losgelöst von den Fesseln kommerzieller Interessen«. 👇
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.
Ückück und das Fediverse - meine neue Kolumne bei @gnulinux
Ein neues Projekt steht an und ich freue mich sehr. Ab diesem Monat werde ich regelmäßig für GNU/Linux.ch über das Fediverse schreiben, mal spezielle Projekte vorstellen, mal von Veranstaltungen berichten, mal einen Blick auf die Meta-Ebene vagen - es gibt jedenfalls genug zu berichten, dass ich eine Weile beschäftigt bin :D
is there a spreadsheet of how much it costs to run a #Mastodon instance based on # of users & activity?
i would like to see numbers from the hundreds to the millions
it would be cooler if we could have that information extended to all the other #fediverse platforms: #Pixelfed#Lemmy#Pleroma and amma gonna throw in #Drupal#OpenSocial in case there's any instances using ActivityPub & federating
(* lazyfedi is my take on the legendary #lazyweb asks from blogging days)
Bug | Friendica: Das hat irgendwie den Rahmen zerschossen
Eben habe ich in meinen Stream/Timeline folgendes gesehen:
Rufe ich den Beitrag einzeln auf, sieht es genauso aus. Der Link zum Originalbeitrag ist hier. Ich habe aber keine Ahnung warum das bei mir so dargestellt wird.
It's so crazy to me to think that I was on Xhitter for like 4 years and had a total of about 120 followers, most of which were spammers messaging me about "stream graphics".
I've been on Fedi for less than a year and have 5x that amount of followers and probably only enough spammers to count on one hand. I love this place.