@deadsuperhero :neocat_think: technically, this is a misskey (and forks) feature. but ye, its a really nice feature to have. lets me organize stuff i want to refer in the future without having to maintain a linklist in textfiles or something
So the basic story would be that mastodon's dominance is pretty entrenched and the "migration" event is mostly "over" (whatever other "events" are on their way)
But I wonder about the details of the firefish moment
I think it revealed that there are/were plenty interested in novel & different platforms. We're novelty seekers after all right. Generally, I'd wager any new platform needs some degree of novelty to "make it".
Further, its collapse showed how hard creating a new platform is.
@maegul I’m not saying that you were blaming anyone. It’s just a shitty situation, one that I lament often.
I loved Firefish. I really thought the project had a moment where it was going to go big, but there were too many problems. It’s upsetting.
But yeah, I think we’re all hoping to see something get big like Mastodon, maybe even eclipse it. Why that hasn’t happened remains something of a mystery, with potentially depressing tells: most projects and developers in the space are barely making any income, are spread way too thin, and effectively doing hard work for years and years.
I want Fediverse projects to succeed. I think a few are in really good places. But, I worry that many are running themselves into the ground.
single line replies in timelines for iceshrimp, firefish and potentially other derivatives. see quoted post for how it looks. extremely hacky and might mess up. will not work in sharkey or other "modern" misskey instances
requires a browser with nyative nested css and :has (so, literally anything from the last year or so)
ogni tanto tanto vi ricordo che esistono due bellissime istanze nel #fediverso una è #foxyhole istanza #firefish e l'altra è #neptube istanza #peertube entrabi gestisti da ragazzi (si fa per dire eh!!) bellissimi e intelligentissimi
Some news from the #Firefish front! Kainoa (former lead dev who has been absent for several months now) finally passed control of the donations platform to naskya, the new owner of the project. I'm happy to report that Firefish is becoming a healthy project again, and that members of the community have stepped up to get the development going. For those who didn't migrate to other platforms during the project's crisis: You're safe and in good hands.
@panos Finally! I have been waiting for this follow up for months. Just in time too as I was just about to put together a video on the history of Firefish starting from Calckey. This will bring a much needed happy ending to the video.
@panos While I'm now happily on Sharkey and not for moving again I am very pleased to see my former home, Firefish, emerging from the doldrums and wish it every success. This is great news.