Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program....
Yes I have more time available than expected, at least for now. And whenever I don’t program for a while, I get a strong urge to write some code so I can’t stop myself.
One of the advantages of a decentralized platform like Lemmy is the ability to create parallel communities on the same topic. “You don’t like how a community is being moderated? Go to another instance and start a new community!” (with or without blackjack and hookers)...
This is a good idea I theory so that these small communities gain more activity by being merged into a larger one. But the question is how to actually do it in practice. Many of these small communities are essentially abandoned, with mods that havent posted in months (or never posted at all). The only option is then to have admins of each community instance help with the migration.
AFAICT, mastodon's decisions, which are arguably problematic (on which see: https://lemmy.ml/post/14973403) are literally trickling down to other platforms and infecting how they federate with each other as they dance around mastodon's quirks in different ways.
It seems like masto is ruining "the standard" with its gravity.
None of that matters if Mastodon doesnt implement these suggestions or standards. And from past experience its extremely unlikely that they will. Thats why I think its best to ignore what Mastodon does, its not our concern how they decide to render things.
How is the size of Lemmy’s userbase changing? Is it growing or shrinking? How diverse is it? What do the current trendlines look like as we approach a year since Rexxit?...
Having other projects which are similar to Lemmy is a great sign. It means users have more choices available and developers can experiment with different solutions. It’s really not a competition, because the existence of more compatible Fediverse projects will also benefit Lemmy, as there will be more users and more content.
Mastodon seems like a better comparison. It has more than a dozen forks and clones, and plenty of donation income.
Sure it would be good to have more contributions in Lemmy, but as these projects are made by volunteers they will do what they are most interested in. Nothing we can do to change that. And if they add new features which prove useful, they can also be added to Lemmy.
New users for Piefed and Sublinks are most likely to come out of the millions of Reddit users, not out of a few thousand Lemmy users. So this will increase the size of the Lemmy network and lead to more activity.
Starting today, I noticed that posting a comment takes upwards of 2-3 minutes until it’s committed (the “reply” button is turning round and round for a long time). Is there something wrong with the servers or some sort of moderation? Not sure what’s going on or why.
I realise this is a known issue and that lemmy.world isn’t the only instance that does this. Also, I’m aware that there are other things affecting federation. But I’m seeing some things not federate, and can’t help thinking that things would be going smoother if all the output from the biggest lemmy instance wasn’t 50%...
Currently, Ibis is branding itself as a decentralized competitor to Wikipedia, and honing in on questions about Wikipedia’s moderation. The most common rationale for the federation I’ve seen is that on contentious topics you’ll be able to have different articles with different perspectives on controversial topics....
Wikipedia is simply the one I’m familiar with, and learning about all these problems was what motivated me to start working on Ibis. But afaik Wikia doesn’t work any different in a technical sense, so of course Ibis can also be used for those cases.
Im a former contributor to F-Droid with various merged pull requests. Looking at the indicated pull request I really doubt that it was an intentional attack. First of all its easy to forget for a new developer to escape SQL parameters, and the docs dont even mention a risk of SQL injection attacks. And of the users pushing for the PR to be merged, one is a long-time F-Droid contributor, and the other also looks like a real human with many contributions in other repos, so no sockpuppets in sight.
It simply looks like standard open source behaviour, for better or for worse. A new user makes a contribution for a highly demanded feature, and users want it to get merged as soon as possible. Maintainers are discussing the big picture of the change and want to avoid breaking changes, without getting into code review yet. The new contributor seems unwilling to make any design changes to his PR, and gets frustrated that it doesnt get merged as is. The potential vulnerability is only noticed half a year after the PR was opened, at which point it was already de facto abandoned. So not an attack, but simply a developer who is new to open source and doesnt understand how the process works.
Lemmy Development Update 2024-05-24
Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program....
Better names for Lemmy versions?
The names of previous Lemmy versions were all very boring and repetetive. We need something much more creative. Any ideas?...
Potential benefits of consolidating communities? (Harry Potter example)
One of the advantages of a decentralized platform like Lemmy is the ability to create parallel communities on the same topic. “You don’t like how a community is being moderated? Go to another instance and start a new community!” (with or without blackjack and hookers)...
[Meta] Looking for Moderators
/c/opensource is currently unmoderated because all the existing mod accounts are inactive....
New piefed feature , anyone can subscribe to any post or comment (piefed is a reddit and lemmy alternative) (codeberg.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15109471...
Documentation for writing Lemmy Plugins (github.com)
If you write a plugin, let me know how it goes!...
Proof of concept for Lemmy plugin system (github.com)
Is Lemmy growing or shrinking?
How is the size of Lemmy’s userbase changing? Is it growing or shrinking? How diverse is it? What do the current trendlines look like as we approach a year since Rexxit?...
Is complaining to open source project maintainers getting normalized ? (lemmy.ml)
And how can this be improved ? Should “normies” be pushed into RTFM or ELI5 ?
Ibis Version 0.1.1 (github.com)
fix mobile css layout by @mstcl...
Feedback from all moderators
Hello world!...
Posting takes too long?
Starting today, I noticed that posting a comment takes upwards of 2-3 minutes until it’s committed (the “reply” button is turning round and round for a long time). Is there something wrong with the servers or some sort of moderation? Not sure what’s going on or why.
Quick video demonstrating that lemmy.world sends every activity out twice (i.imgur.com)
I realise this is a known issue and that lemmy.world isn’t the only instance that does this. Also, I’m aware that there are other things affecting federation. But I’m seeing some things not federate, and can’t help thinking that things would be going smoother if all the output from the biggest lemmy instance wasn’t 50%...
Copyright statement on posts?
Is there any interest in this idea?...
[RESOLVED] lemmy.ca sends every activity out 3 times?
Hi. Just looking at what lemmy.ca sends my server:...
We Should Compete With Wikia, Not Wikipedia
Currently, Ibis is branding itself as a decentralized competitor to Wikipedia, and honing in on questions about Wikipedia’s moderation. The most common rationale for the federation I’ve seen is that on contentious topics you’ll be able to have different articles with different perspectives on controversial topics....
Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability (www.404media.co)
Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing (mikemcquaid.com)
Post from 2018 but still valid. mastodon.social/