Hello there! If you are on #Iceshrimp, #Firefish or #Sharkey, there's a new security patch out so your server admin should update the software immediately. #Catodon has also merged the patch from upstream #Iceshrimp and catodon.social has been updated :catodon:
#Catodon is looking for a co-lead dev! They need to be comfortable with git, and able to manually install a Catodon server without scripts. All races, genders, sexual orientations welcome. No fascists or sexists. If you think you're up to the task, have some time and would like to be part of a team effort, let's talk! Find us on matrix, at #catodon:matrix.org .
After giving this a lot of thought and discussing with the wonderful people that build Iceshrimp, #Catodon will rebase to #Iceshrimp. We feel that it's the right decision for the road ahead, as Iceshrimp is another #firefish fork that focuses in improving performance and they have already done some amazing improvements, like full Mastodon API support. With Firefish's future uncertain, we think it's better to stay closer to an actively maintained project. The two projects will stay distinct, as we have different design goals, but we have a common codebase so we feel this makes sense.
Just to be clear on all fronts and to answer the obvious question in advance, yes, Iceshrimp is also currently doing a full rewrite in C#, which is a few months away, and we haven't decided if we'll adopt this yet - it's a strong possibility, but we're keeping our options open. We're confident they're doing a great job, still, we'll weigh what the best decision for Catodon is on this when it's ready and the time comes.
Just wanted to let you know that this might push Catodon's development back a little, as it's sort of a structural change, but we feel that it's worth it, and that it might be better for the broader community. Catodon development will resume once rebasing to Iceshrimp is finished, and then we'll have better foundations to build this on.
Here's another new feature in #Catodon, cherry picked from #Firefish! A language selector, so that you can define your post's language. Once timeline filters are implemented, you'll be able to filter posts by language(s)!
A handy little new feature in #Catodon, implemented by @linca - thank you!
You know how Mastodon and Misskey show only the number of direct replies under each post? This doesn't provide enough information, as a post might have just one direct reply, but it might be a thread with twenty more comments nested - yet you only see "1" reply.
In Catodon, you still see the number of direct replies in your timeline, but when you click on a post and see the detailed view, next to the number of direct replies you can also see the number of sub-replies under them! So in this case we have 55 direct replies, nesting 118 sub-replies. This way you can easily see how deep the discussion under a post goes at any time, without having to go through every thread! Does this sound useful to you?
We have now opened registrations at https://catodon.social - you can now have your own catodon.social account and use a fully functional pre-release version of Catodon!
Please keep in mind that this is still beta, you will notice some changes compared to #Firefish but more things will change! This isn't even our final form 😼
Also please be patient if there are delays due to increased traffic. There shouldn't be, but if there are, we'll sort them out.
This means that our repo on #codeberg is also now public!
Learn all about #Catodon, the ideas behind this new #fediverse project, our mewssion, and the first changes we're doing in our first blog post:
Hello there! While we're still preparing things for opening registrations in catodon.social and making our repo public (which will be any day now), here's a sneak peek of what #Catodon looks like! You'll see some different terminology and some different icons compared to #firefish. Also, the server's logo is visible again under the menu, allowing each server to add more of its personal touch to its home page!
These are not the only changes we've made - but more on that really soon! xx
Delayed #caturday surprise! Meet Catodon, an upcoming #fediverse platform, based on #firefish - but trying to make things a little simpler and a little more focused on online communities. Catodon.social is not open to registrations just yet, but will be soon enough. Follow this account for more info, when we're ready!
The cat's out of the bag.
(sorry about that - we had to! 😺) #catodon
