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We have updated! And now have the ability to create local only communities.

The domain was also renewed. Thank you to @Arthur for all you do. Things seemed to have go pretty well.

Contemplating what kind of local only community we should make. A local only general forum perhaps?

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Last Week in Fediverse – ep 76
  • Interesting! Look's really cool

  • Update on the state of things (and email problems)

    Hey! We're still here. Just been busy, still checking and resolving reports though. The image server was fixed but unfortunately we are now experiencing email delivery issues, so be aware of that. We will likely need to switch to an SMTP service soon.

    Hope everyone is doing well :)

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    Updated! And image uploading is still broken.. whoops
  • Man I can't wait for Sublinks conversion. I hate this.

  • Updated! And image uploading is still broken.. whoops

    Things seem to be working otherwise. But it's... yeah. I'll take a look as I can but yeah. If you upload images just use imgur I guess. 🤔

    Images on remote instance should show up just fine though :-)

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    State of things and some upcoming downtime

    Heya, I'm still here. Still working on things in the background and been quite busy. Right now the instance server needs some updates and the pictures backend is a little wonky. Gonna take the instance down for a bit presumably sometime tomorrow for some (hopefully) quick spring cleaning.

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    Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative
  • The abuse potential this has feels quite concerning. You've just given kiwifarms a decentralized tool to host its stalking profiles on people.

  • how's your week going, Beehaw
  • Really good. Crocheting quite a bit and working on my blanket. Planning on reading a bit today. I’m also getting some solid progress done on learning Java and am planning on continuing the course I’ve been following for it.

  • Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024)
  • I wish you the best of luck on this and I truly hope you do this, but this is what the lead dev of Sublinks tried to do. That's the missing piece here. He tried making an external mod tooling system. Maybe you'll have better luck than he did. I really hope you do.

  • What are you reading/listening to this week? (March 6th, 2023)
  • Haven't gotten much reading done, been extremely busy with Sublinks stuff and playing baldurs gate 3. I did make a blog post about my issues with lemmy and why I am focusing on sublinks and the lemmy devs unfortunately dismissed all the criticism I had and then proceeded to tell off the Beehaw admins and told them to leave lemmy. It's unfortunate. I am proud of my blog post though.

    I am still here, paying for the server. Just doing stuff in the background as I can. My DMs are always open too, even if I seem away I promise I'm not. I'm currently working on accessibility auditing the Sublinks frontend, planning on starting a test environment later tonight for that. 😅

  • Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024)
  • Upload somewhere else (theres a bunch of images hosts) then make your post point to that image host. Federated instances just have to host the link, so it’s good for them too.

    Those images are still cached as well as the thumbnails.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • As well, I should highlight the project jgrim was desiring to do was an external mod tooling system for lemmy. Not something within lemmy itself.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • That's not the case at all. I have had disagreements with jgrim and will continue in the future. The difference in that differing opinions are open for discussion and are not immediately met with hostility or completely shutdown.

    The lemmy devs are blatantly lying under this post, and I'm not engaging for the reason that I have better things to do than to argue with them and convince them to accept criticism they are clearly never going to be willing to hear. There's more that goes beyond discussing and making github requests on this project, and a portion of this is based on interactions on the backend within matrix admin channels as well as watching interaction within the github repository itself as well. I have engaged heavily in the matrix chats amongst large lemmy instances on this stuff numerous times. My frustration is shared.

    My issue isn't that they aren't doing what I want, it's that they have such opinionated development that they seem truly incapable of taking criticism or feedback from others. Everyone is wrong or the problem except for them. All of the criticism I have laid out has been dismissed under this post as "false criticism" which exemplifies the frustration held. I recognize that this is a large project that requires a lot of energy and time that is difficult for hobbyists to engage in, but they actively push away other hobbyists who try to work on the project with them. I am one of them. All passion and desire to engage in this project is gone.

    I am truly despondent about lemmy as a platform and simply login and engage when I feel the random spurt of energy to do so. Outside of that, I just monitor and moderate in the background. This blog post simply explains why. Take with it what you will. 🤷

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • I removed the plugin causing the issue and cleared the cache.

  • Thoughts about sublinks ?
  • I will be migrating as soon as I can on here, and am making plans to start the "first" full sublinks instance when it reaches somewhat stability for production (sublinks.art). For transparency though, I am contributing to the project within the capacity that I am able to so I'm probably biased.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • It especially leads to harassment of vulnerable people. There's many aspects of moderation that is done here that if implemented in other fediverse software would become a vector for Kiwifarms level harassment.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • The thing is, sublinks lead developer tried to work with development team of lemmy. It was like pulling teeth constantly and his experience was overall negative.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • It is unfortunate that this is what you have decided to take away from the blog post instead of reflecting on the criticism I have provided. Instead of reflecting on my list of legitimate criticism you have decided to call me entitled and hone in on small aspects of the blog post in attempt to dismiss it completely. Per usual, it is everyone else that seems to be the problem but you. I outlined my own issues with lemmy after a LOT of patience and goodwill. That's lost, and this comment solidifies further why I will switch away from lemmy as soon as I get the chance. Whether you decide to accept the points I have made is on you but ultimately your refusal to recognize the issues I have outlined will cause this project to fade away completely. And that's really sad. I love lemmy as a project and an idea.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • Do you run an instance or have you ever ran a fediverse instance before?

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • I deleted the activitypub plugin because of how wonky it is, try again and let me know if you have any issue now

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • You aren't, it's a weird issue with the activitypub plugin I am having. I'm contemplating removing the plugin itself due to this.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • It can be a source of harassment to not be able to anonymize actions.

  • My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog
  • Interesting. I might have to remove the activitypub plugin regardless then.

  • cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/7623718

    > cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/7623713 > > > I made a blog post discussing my biggest issues with Lemmy and why I am kind of done with it as a software.

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    cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/7623713

    > I made a blog post discussing my biggest issues with Lemmy and why I am kind of done with it as a software.

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    I made a blog post discussing my biggest issues with Lemmy and why I am kind of done with it as a software.

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    www.advocate.com Georgia Senate passes bill banning American Library Association from state libraries

    The bill’s sponsors blamed the group’s new “Marxist lesbian” president for the legislation.

    Georgia Senate passes bill banning American Library Association from state libraries
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    Exploding-heads appear to be back again with an allowlist instance, preemptively defederated.

    They seem to be primarily linked to a nostr relay right now, but knowing them I doubt theyll stay allowlist only for long.

    Immediately defederated cause fuck that shit.

    https://hilariouschaos.com/ (brain rot warning)

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    Here Is the Cover for the New Percy Jackson Book
    nerdist.com Here Is the Cover for the New PERCY JACKSON Book

    The first Percy Jackson book in 14 years just arrived, but Rick Riordan has revealed a new Percy Jackson book is coming in 2024.

    Here Is the Cover for the New PERCY JACKSON Book
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    !camphalfblood@literature.cafe - For discussion of the Percy Jackson series & other books in its universe (and its adaptation)

    not strictly a new community per se, but yeah. it exists! with the new show out, theres some discussion to be had over there if you wanna join :)

    !camphalfblood@literature.cafe

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    bookriot.com Anti-Book Ban Bill Introduced in New Mexico

    New Mexico legislators introduce an anti-book ban bill for their public libraries.

    Anti-Book Ban Bill Introduced in New Mexico
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    bookriot.com Trauma, Book Bans, and Libraries: A Resource Guide for Library Workers, Library Supporters, and Beyond

    A resource guide to trauma in the library for library workers, including where and how book bans impact the trauma cycle.

    Trauma, Book Bans, and Libraries: A Resource Guide for Library Workers, Library Supporters, and Beyond
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    bookriot.com L.A. Public Library to Publish Books

    The Los Angeles Public Library has become one of the few public libraries in this country with its own press.

    L.A. Public Library to Publish Books
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