Hm, hopefully Discord takes awhile to enshittify. Sounds like the current solutions need time to polish up.
I did find out recently that the team behind the Element Matrix client made Element Call and integrated it into their apps recently, but I've never used it personally. Have you used it? How was it?
They definitely got the Discord aesthetic down. Unfortunately, it seems to be both self-hostable and unfederated, which means that the userbase is going to be split up between a bunch of small and quiet instances with no convenient way to interact with the larger ecosystem. Their FAQ suggests that while it's not in the roadmap currently, they're still open to the idea, so maybe we should let them know that this would be a desirable thing.
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And so the hell-loop continues. Matrix seems like the closest successor, but having used it for awhile I would describe the experience as janky-but-workable. Signal's good, but requires a phone number. I hear that Mumble's good, but it's overly focused on VoIP. Hopefully the alternatives polish themselves up before the enshittification gets too bad.
I use what's packaged in my distro's repositories, unless I need a specific version, or the software isn't packaged at all.
Ah, whoops. I block JS and didn't notice that. Here's an archive. I did a quick search and didn't see any articles that mention what kind of visas they have.
Glad that you enjoyed it! 🦊
Ah yeah, I remember reading that post awhile ago. I was quite surprised to find out how old Friendica is (first release in 2010); if that doesn't demonstrate longevity, then I dunno what does.
Federated social media has been around for a long time; the oldest one that I know of was identi.ca from the late 2000s. ActivityPub platforms like Mastodon have since breathed a lot of life into the federated ecosystem and I'm excited to see what the future holds for it.
I support banning non-therapeutic infant circumcision. I also recommend non-surgical foreskin restoration to anyone curious about greener pastures.
Hot damn! Never thought that I'd see the day.
That suggestion sounds like something that I should try. Thank you! 🦊
Edit: A couple days later after doing this and I can confidently say that this definitely cleaned up the feed a bit. Would recommend.
The algorithmic social media feeds on the big corporate platforms are still a major problem. I watch clips of old sitcoms and animal videos on YouTube and despite making vigorous use of the "do not recommend channel" button, I've been getting recommended "women getting owned" content and semen retention nonsense; I honestly don't even know what I clicked that would suggest that I'd be interested in that shit, but the algorithm is pretty clearly still pipelining men into the chud ecosystem and if they lack political experience and context, then it's very easy for them to get sucked in.
It's also ok to wish that they run at a consistently smooth framerate. It's one thing to look like crap and it's another to both look like crap and run like it too. I've been playing Palworld on medium for the past couple of weeks and it was pretty jarring going from that to seeing the Legends Z-A footage.
The questions should be fine for most people so long as they don't go overboard with it. 2-3 should work. Select interests from a list (and have an option to fill some in), select moderation preferences from a list, and select a language/region from a list. There could even be a button that just selects an instance randomly for people who can't be bothered (this can use the browser language to avoid sending people to instances in languages that they don't speak).
I've had a similar idea before for the join sites where they asks users a few questions about their interests/preferences and then redirect them to an instance based on that information. And when they sign up, it could also automatically subscribe them to the relevant hashtags/communities. Instance admins could be prompted when setting up the software if they want the site to send users to their instance (and how many they're willing to take); this could work like a firehose distribution system to help avoid overwhelming infrastructure during exodus waves.
I wonder if it'll be the porn.
