jgrim

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[–] jgrim@discuss.online 22 points 6 months ago (8 children)

I hosted social.photo, which was a Pixelfed instance.

I had an uptick in users when I started to consider shutting down the site. It was the reason, ultimately, I decided to shut down as soon as possible. The software is awful, and I don’t want to deal with the issues multiplied by growth.

I decided to announce a shutdown by posting and hoping people see it because you can’t make an announcement to users on Pixelfed out of the box. I know there is an admin interface for it, but it doesn’t work.

Afterward, many of my new users told me they came from other instances that shut down.

This trend could be a blip as users create new accounts to migrate as they did before from their previous accounts. I know there is a user interface for this, but it doesn’t work.

Or it could be the terrible spam filter that blocks real users and allows bots. So, real users aren’t there to report bots. This is compounded by an uptick in new hype instances. These are sometimes poorly moderated instances full of bots awaiting returning interest from their owners to get cleaned up or closed.

Or it’s real!

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

Doo dee doo dee doo dee doot. Doo dee doo dee doo dee doot. So kiss my butt! 👏👏👏

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 1 points 7 months ago

Hahaha, great! I love a good P.I.C.N.I.C. problem.

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

I'm glad you're happy. Sorry, I was so late.

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks so much!

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sorry, I just realized I didn’t update the exclusions list to add preview.redd.it. I’ve just updated it. Please, let me know if you have any more domains to add. Thanks a lot!

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Is this a problem still? I meant to follow up but life happened…

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

I don’t normally follow celebrities but I do follow @georgetakei@universeodon.com. If I spin something else up I’ll follow him again.

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

If I spin something lighter up I’ll make it a subdomain. Maybe toot.discuss.online or something.

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

Great idea! Hrmmmm

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Thanks, yes. I have been considering this for some time now but I have not had the time to decide on it or take action on a decision.

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 6 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I’m afraid to lookup what “gooning joggers” means.

 

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PSA: Bartender Mac App Under New Ownership, But Lack of Transparency Raises Concerns

I've been a paying user since 2015. This makes me sad, as it's one of my most beloved utilities and this isn't a good look. I'll keep running it without updating until it stops working or I find a replacement that I like. Also:

https://sixcolors.com/link/2024/06/bartender-has-a-new-owner/

 

cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/8349829

Hello,

We're looking for GoLang contributors to help with the federation service. We're happy to have people that contribute code or help with code reviews.

If you know anyone or if you're interested please reach out!

Email: hello@sublinks.org Mastodon: https://utter.online/@sublinks Online form: https://sublinks.org/join_organization.html

Thanks, jgrim

 

Hello,

We're looking for GoLang contributors to help with the federation service. We're happy to have people that contribute code or help with code reviews.

If you know anyone or if you're interested please reach out!

Email: hello@sublinks.org Mastodon: https://utter.online/@sublinks Online form: https://sublinks.org/join_organization.html

Thanks, jgrim

 

My first time attempting a photo likes this. I didn't quite get it as perfect as I wanted but I think it looks good enough to share.

 

The Sublinks team has written up a little survey, which we feel is both thorough and inclusive. It covers a wide range of topics, such as user privacy, and community engagement, along with trying to gauge things that are difficult when moderating.

Also please be aware the information collected by this survey is completely anonymous. As many of us in the social sciences background know, if you want the REAL feelings of individuals, they need to feel safe to express themselves.

👉Moderation Survey HERE👈

Please feel free to comment in this thread, we will do our best to respond to any genuine questions.

We look forward to hearing from each and every one of you!

Sincerely, The Sublinks Team

 

Hello,

I made a lot of adjustments to the infrastructure to Discuss.Online. Please let me know if you notice any strange behavior or federation issues.

Thanks a lot, jgrim

 

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/11035068

Hey everyone! Ill be starting to share updates on the frontend visuals here like I was doing with Pangora before it got merged into Sublinks

Starting off with some progress I've been making on the Home Page. Been taking things I enjoy from both alternate frontends such as Photon and Tesseract, as well as Misskey forks like Iceshrimp and Sharkey.

People who followed me as I was developing Pangora might recognize a lot of similar design decisions

Still in progress but ill try to share new progress at least every couple of days when I work on it with new additions

The left sidebar can be collapsed to show only icons for people who want a bit more space for post cards

Hovering over an option adds a popover saying what it is

In addition when you scroll down the navbar shrinks a bit to give you more space for post cards. On mobile the navbar hides completely when you scroll down and then shows again when you scroll up


The frontend is still heavily in progress so things may change a lot still before release as I refine it. If you've got suggestions feel free to give me them

 

ATTENTION: There is a known issue with the database cluster for discuss.online. It's a managed cluster by #DigitalOcean. They are working on resolving the issue. I'll update you once the issue is resolved.

You might see strange errors like the inability to log in or view specific posts.

Update 03/01/2024 @ 9:40 pm ET: The database has been migrated to a new server. Please, let us know if you experience any issues.

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