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@box464@kbin.social

Coder, tinkerer, dog dad.

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I grew up in a very rural area of the southern U.S. back in the 80s. The internet wasn't quite a thing yet, so my window to the world outside my small town was our mailbox, located at Rural Route Box 464. I had pen pal letters, catalogs, magazines and comic books delivered in the mail and it was pure joy to run down the dusty road and check for something new every day.

The internet became my new window to the world, so it just seemed natural to use "Box464" as my address. Even got the domain!

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I can't believe MythTV still exists! The website looks about the same as it did 15 years ago, but plenty of activity in the codebase.

RTR#30 Monthly recap and planned next steps

Today, I added a box of related/random collections - I must admit that the ones you created are fantastic. Collection names can be repeated since they are user-assigned. I added the option to mark a collection as official - those with the highest number of followers in a given topic and with a specific name can be marked and...

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I noticed today when setting up a "Fediverse" collection, that another collection already existed with that name. When I went to view my collection, it was showing the other /fediverse collection instead. I changed my name to "FediNews" and that cleared it up.

So, going to https://kbin.social/u/box464/c/Fediverse goes to the other /fediverse collection - actually it still does! Not sure how that is happening since I don't have that name reserved now.

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Sharkey and Firefish both offer this, tho they handle it a bit differently. Those two are "built in" and the idea is that the imported posts don't federate, they just get imported with you. You would lose favorites, boosts, and in most cases, reply history. Sharkey states they are able to import replies as well for Mastodon and Twitter, but I haven't seen it in action yet (just came out this week).

Firefish - Import from other firefish instances, mastodon. I don't know for sure, but I assume IceShrimp has this as well.

I tried Firefish, and it did work for my very small collection of posts from another instance.

Sharkey - Import from Misskey/Firefish, Mastodon/Pleroma/Akkoma, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. Sharkey states that for the Mastodon flavors and Twitter, replies to your posts are also imported (?) Not sure how that works.

If you have some technical background, there's another option, Mastodon Content Mover tho it does "spam" your posts, so be sure to use this BEFORE you import or add followers. Just like the other options, replies, likes, boosts, etc. aren't included. It's written in Java.

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Elk, the Mastodon web client, has an excellent development setup with good documentation and solid leadership. There's lots of little fediverse startups. I've submitted some pull requests to Postmarks, a federated bookmark manager. It's very early stages and fun to be part of that!

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Not currently. If you visit the URL, like this one you can view the content, but you can't currently follow it like a /kbin or lemmy group. That's a great idea, tho, and it's already been added as a feature request.

Calckey rebrands as Firefish (calckey.social)

Calckey is making some big moves today, first rebranding as Firefish with a new logo, resetting their version to 1.0, and adding some interesting new features. As a Fediverse first, all Calckey.social users will be migrated to Firefish.social automatically. Not sure how that last bit will work, but we will find out soon!

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They took on quite a lot all at once, and there’s some stability issues with the migrations that are taking priority right now. For the moment, the Calckey.social instance migration is on hold until those can be resolved. I was curious how it was going to work. Smaller instances have had success with the migration so far, so that is promising.

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Yes I think there is enough differences now between the two that it is plausible to make a distinction. Also I think the creator got tired of people typing it incorrectly as Cakey, Calkey, etc.

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I’m just now starting to hear about this issue. Ouch.

Idea: Fediverse community/"subreddit" explorer

A problem many have realized is that there are many /tech, /gaming etc. communities in different instances/servers. There is already https://fediverse.observer/ , so I think it wouldn't be too hard to make a service that periodically roams the fediverse, checks for example the last 100,000 submissions of each (or top 100 active...

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What I’m looking for is lists or collections that I can create or the admin of the instance creates that combines common topics into a digest of subs. Then I just browse one digest on a topic rather than having to go through each separately.

Having Kbin and Lemmy instances use a common catalog of topic identifiers so they can be easily coalesced would be helpful, too.

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If you follow their lab, wip and their weekly updates (changes), you can see things being rolled out at a snails pace that are required for a fully fledged fediverse platform.

Polling, self moderation, notifications, etc. but it’s taking a looooong time…and there’s really no incentive for their devs to invest time in it, right? Because I won’t be seeing ads if I view tumblr content from my Kbin client for example.

I’m still having a hard time understanding why meta cares either. More audience for branded / sponsored posts?

https://changes.tumblr.com/
https://www.tumblr.com/labs
https://wip.tumblr.com/

A collection of documentation and sample code for Calckey Plugins using AiScript v0.11.1. (codeberg.org)

I’ve had a blast learning how to build plugins on the Calckey platform. Over few past few weeks, I’ve curated and written all kinds of documentation and sample code. It’s now in an open source repository and I hope it’s useful for the community. ✌️

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Hey @ernest I wish you the best in the coming days, and other than knowing that, I am just dropping a suggestion that you may or may not have already considered.

I see you're using Cloudflare to manage security checks for kbin.social. They also have a product called Waiting Room that might be helpful as your servers become inundated with new users. Yes, they'd get a queued screen, but your servers would be able to stay above water.

Cloudflare Waiting Room Available at the business level at $250 / mo. No long term contract, so you could just use it for June and drop it. I've seen your BuyMeACoffee so I know you might balk at that price. I've thrown some money in the ring, and hopefully others will too, so you can have the options you need to take some of the stress of your shoulders.

Best of luck! I'm already a solid fan and while the hordes beat at your door, I'll be giving kbin a rest. :)

Understanding Calckey Plugins (box464.com)

Calckey Plugins are an overlooked component of the platform. Mostly because documentation is scarce about them. No more! Here's my first post in a series on plugins, introducing the concept and providing a guide to ensure users can make informed decisions about installing plugins they find in the community....

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