Hey everyone, super excited to be exploring the fediverse both here on kbin and elsewhere. Looking for a Mastodon client primarily for iOS, great to see the main app is open-source, but there seems to be quite a few options out there. Feel free to share non-iOS clients for others' benefit as well....
I started using mastodon when musk bought twitter and kbin with all the reddit API shitshow. I like the idea of the fediverse but how does it have longevity?
Yes? I don’t have anything to support this speculation, but I think donations from people who want a quality, ad-free service that they can have direct input into (at the instance level), will sustain itself.
And the developers can also do ok on donations (I hope)
And the amount of money needed is hopefully a lot less because the goal isn’t to repay venture capitalists and mint new billionaires.
While all forms of art require imagination, the genre of science-fiction is one in which it is especially crucial. Films in this category envision entire worlds of a bright (or dark) future or one inhabited by lifeforms of a greater intelligence — much like the filmmakers who created some of the following films that earned a...
If you have your “head in the clouds” you’re fanciful and out of touch, but if you “reach for the stars,” which are impossibly far away, you’re an ambitious go-getter.
I’ve seen a number of posts stating that they are worried that multiple instances will have overlapping magazines, like “Technology“. It’s true this will happen. But I don’t think it is a problem....
What is your favorite Mastodon client?
Hey everyone, super excited to be exploring the fediverse both here on kbin and elsewhere. Looking for a Mastodon client primarily for iOS, great to see the main app is open-source, but there seems to be quite a few options out there. Feel free to share non-iOS clients for others' benefit as well....
The hard part of recreating the Reddit experience while kbin gets off the ground is that there’s very little stuff to repost.
The hard part of recreating the Reddit experience while kbin gets off the ground is that there’s very little stuff to repost.
Realistically how does the fediverse make money and remain sustainable? only donations?
I started using mastodon when musk bought twitter and kbin with all the reddit API shitshow. I like the idea of the fediverse but how does it have longevity?
30 Sci-Fi Movies That Are Over 90% On Rotten Tomatoes (www.msn.com)
While all forms of art require imagination, the genre of science-fiction is one in which it is especially crucial. Films in this category envision entire worlds of a bright (or dark) future or one inhabited by lifeforms of a greater intelligence — much like the filmmakers who created some of the following films that earned a...
OC If you have your “head in the clouds” you’re fanciful and out of touch, but if you “reach for the stars,” which are impossibly far away, you’re an ambitious go-getter.
If you have your “head in the clouds” you’re fanciful and out of touch, but if you “reach for the stars,” which are impossibly far away, you’re an ambitious go-getter.
On federation and fragmentation
I’ve seen a number of posts stating that they are worried that multiple instances will have overlapping magazines, like “Technology“. It’s true this will happen. But I don’t think it is a problem....
[Arxiv Preprint] Betelgeuse to go supernova in in decades (not centuries) (arxiv.org)
What do you call a Monkey in a Minefield? (www.alethadmcmanama.com)
Baboom!!!
The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute, was discovered in Divje babe cave near Cerkno. It is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear and has four pierced holes. (www.nms.si)
just made a post on the site kbin.social
this certainly is a post