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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny... Let's have it!

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  • Yrtree.me - it's still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me

  • Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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  • I don't think this can be used for monetisation, I am not sure the instance gets a cut of any sales, they are just connecting users.

    That is an issue the Fediverse, with its anticapitalist stance, has yet to full address but Ghost is addressing how to monetise content in a Substack way and that subscription model is probably one that would be more acceptable on the Fediverse.

  • Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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  • Great idea. I just wonder how Flohmarkt is read by non-Germans.

    Those non-Germans using Huawei/Xiaomi phones or buying from Shein? I reckon they'd not bat an eyelid, especially for English-speakers when you explain it means "flea market". With Shein if anyone even bothers asking about the name, all they want to know is how to pronounce it ("she in", not "shine" or "sheen") and what it means ("it's complicated", "OK, never mind then").

  • Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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  • Bit of a chicken and egg situation there.

    I suppose we could spin up a UK instance or find someone who would but then you'd need numbers to make it work too. However, if people would be interested in using this then speak up and it'd be easier to asses the need. It could be something regional instances bolt on as an added service.

  • Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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  • "Just go to fedi.markets"

    I don't see an issue. With any service on the Internet you direct people to the URL of an instance not the underlying code. If they saw "powered by flohmarkt" and asked what that was, I'd say it was German for "flea market" and I imagine they would be satisfied with that.

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    Since greedy corporations are making websites that exclusively make browsing only on chrome easier, would it be ethical to make lemmy perform better only for firefox/other web browsers to fight them?

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  • No.

  • Defense of the internet (from billionaires) according to Cory Doctorow

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  • This post sounds less like someone reading a hostage statement, like the last BS one. It makes a lot of sense and I'm glad he's involved in the effort as it will help to keep them honest.

  • Is there a mmo equivalent of the fediverse?

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  • Back in the day, I used to play the online text-based MMORPG Urban Dead and really enjoyed Nexus War, a fantasy War-in-Heaven game inspired by its success that a lot of the UD players hopped over to.

    In theory, this kind of system would work well on the Fediverse as overheads are relatively low and the instances could represent different "lands".

    A quick ponder on this suggests some kind of portal fantasy that gives you access to these "lands" as you would struggle to define a map with instances arriving and, probably, dropping out.

    • High fantasy - a bit like Age of Sigma has its "realms" but they are all on a similar technological level. Perhaps have each realm overseen by a particular god or pantheon with a certain ethos, aesthetic or technology (Steampunk dwarves, magical woodlands, etc). You could probably keep everything balanced by having core sets of weapons or skills with added flavour and modest variation in stats (so you could have summoners who would have a set amount of summoning points and could either get one big thing or multiple small things - so an Ent or some Saplings, zombie Hill Troll or horde of zombie rabbits).
    • Multiverse - where each instance represents a different "Earth" that has developed in it's own way. Balancing technological systems would be hard as cyberpunk tech would trump Steampunk which would cause problems for Barbarians but Torg managed to do this as hi-tech kit would often break in lower tech worlds.

    Something like that. Each instance would work on their particular setting and it could be fun for existing Fediverse instances to come up with a "land" that suited them - db0 would have to pirates, feddit.uk could go Steampunk, SLRPNK could do something... well the theme is pretty clear.

  • Dansup is looking to fund working on fediverse projects full time

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  • Looks like the fundraiser is going well. Looks like he is pulling in more money than is split between the Lemmy devs, which will make a big difference - the Fediverse needs full-time devs and so this crowd-funding is key and, hopefully, demonstrates a new funding route for others.

    With previous dramas he has caused, I'd really want to see him delegating more, perhaps even create a group to oversee projects.

  • Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

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  • I'm resigned to friends and family being almost impossible to get off WhatsApp. Despite being Meta it is also quite difficult to enshittify. If they manage it, I might be able start a conversation but until then it has to stay.

    For everything else Fediverse related I'm using Matrix as most Lemmy business happens there (Lemmy uses it for secure DMs so it makes sense). I will try and move people across from other chat platforms to Matrix on an ad hoc basis.

  • Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that's unifying the open social web

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  • I'm not going all in on the concept until we have a centralised decentralised centralised internet.

  • Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that's unifying the open social web

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  • How cynical - they'll offer an ad free subscription, probably a premium one, as opposed to the basic level where you still see a few (just enough to annoy you into upgrading).

  • ‘Headed for technofascism’: the rightwing roots of Silicon Valley

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  • And Nick Land, as well as the wider Dark Enlightenment.

  • Automattic and others back Openvibe, an app that's unifying the open social web

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  • At the bottom it says they may go for subscriptions.

  • PixelFed has increased the Fediverse's monthly active users by over 40% in the last few weeks, how do we feel?

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  • Yeah, we usually tick along at 1 or 2 sign-ups a day, 7 days ago that went to 10 and has settled back to 3 or 4.

    I don't know if they are coming directly from Pixelfed but there were a few high profile posts about the Fediverse over at The Bad Place, so, following the example of @Blaze@feddit.org, a few of us jumped in to do some missionary work/help man the lifeboats.

  • PixelFed has increased the Fediverse's monthly active users by over 40% in the last few weeks, how do we feel?

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  • Bluesky is doing well though.

  • Pleroma vs Misskey vs Mastadon

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  • I'll second Sharkey, I was on a Firefish instance thst migrated over (seamlessly) and the features are a great improvement over Mastodon.

    Iceshrimp (another *key fork) is being rewritten and that might make it the superior cousin but, until then Sharkey is solid.

  • Tumblr just confirmed (again) that it will be enabling ActivityPub

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  • Hmmmm 🤔

  • Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter | TechCrunch

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  • Let's hope this helps dansup get past the recent unpleasantness and he can delegate more. His output is amazing but burnout is a concern.

  • Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp raise funds on Kickstarter | TechCrunch

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  • Was started by the Friendica developer but it is more of a federated CMS where Friendica is more of a social network, although they share similar DNA and can do some similar things. They are now being developed by different teams so will tend to diverge more over time.