extremely meh workaround if your #CalcKey / #FireFish timeline keeps jumping around every time you click on a post:
switch to deck layout
set default navigation method to "open in new window"
now every time you click on a post it'll open up as a psuedo-popup that you can then maximize. and that popup doesn't touch your timeline at all, meaning it'll stay where it is in the background
i wish there was a way to automatically maximize windows. maybe #AiScript can take care of that? no idea
With some upgrades #Firefish could literally be the replacement for Myspace in terms of profile customization. Up until now #Friendica was the only thing that came close.
Are there fedi/mastodon options for creating private lil discussion enclaves a la chat groups/rooms? Perhaps using groups or lists (features I haven't really explored the functionality of)?
I am pondering gathering some folks for side discussion, out of the public eye, for deeper collective conversations.
#Mastodon has indeed experienced growth in the past few months due to the missteps of #Twitter and the upcoming rebranding exercise is no different. Mastodon is seeing active user growth to 2.1M users.
One needs to keep in mind that Mastodon is not the only microblogging server available on #fediverse, alternatives such as #Akkoma & #Firefish are also gaining popularity & not reported in those numbers.
@Sarahp I think it's important to keep in mind that the #fediverse is much larger than just #Mastodon. Mastodon is just one #ActivityPub microblogging implementation.
While it's good to see that Mastodon's active user count rise, alternative implementations like #Akkoma & #Firefish have also seen their popularity rise in recent months.
The total number of active users on the fediverse, in the microblogging segment is larger than that 2.1M number as Eugen only reports Mastodon numbers.
Here's a free, unsolicited marketing advice for the fediverse. First, take this words out of your vocabulary:
fediverse
instances
decentralized
server
ActivityPub
Never talk about those. Nobody cares. Nobody says that e-mail uses IMAP.
Second, call your username as "address" to make it easy. Mine is "@ fabioromeo @ calckey.art" (space added to break the autoformatting here), and you can find me at Mastodon.
"But you're using Calckey!"
Yes, I am. No, it doesn't matter. That's my third advice. If the user is new, sell it at Mastodon. Pleroma, misskey, calckey, doesn't matter. Drop your ego. You want this thing to work, you have to leverage the most familiar name. Two is one too many, it adds confusion to the regular user. If you really need it, sell the others as providers with extra features.
Last, never say "server" (see first advice). Say "service" or "provider". My provider is mastodon.social. Oh, they're not accepting new users? Try calckey.social, I heard they're pretty good too.
People join a service like Mastodon for one reason: to communicate. They want to read from people they like, and they want to talk. That's it. They don't give a shit about what makes this thing run. They WILL frown and balk at any sign of complexity that looks like an obstacle to what they want to do.
The fediverse suffers from the Linux ego, where everyone is too self important and too self centered, claiming that their own solution is the one and definitive, and it failed at homes because of that. Linux, like the fediverse, is too fragmented, too opinionated for its own good, struggling to gain space into people's life and finding solace amog the nerds and technical people.
And to me, that's a tragedy. Twitter was bought not to satisfy a billionaire's ego, but to silence dissenting voices that organized through that platform, an easy and simple to understand way of communication. If we want an open alternative to succeed, we need to stop the discussions about the technicalities and start talking about how it can enrich people's lives.
Dites moi les fedigens, y en aurais pas un•e qui aurait une instance #LibreTranslate ouverte, histoire que je teste la traduction automatique sur #Firefish (via API key).
Et voilà, j'ai trouvé le nom de ma future instance \o/
Elle sera basée sur Firefish.io et dans un premier temps elle sera auto-hébergée et les inscriptions très limitées. L'objectif est de fédérer quelques personnes pour la modération et la maintenance afin de monter une instance de quelques dizaines de personnes. Voire quelques centaines si ça grossit. #teaser#firefish
I hope #Hajkey keeps developing for blahaj.zone and similar communities, particularly the long sought after #FediverseSafety features that never seem to arrive on the #Fediverse and become more important as greater adoption occurs and user culture changes - like the amount of transphobic users that Lemmy has brought here and the dev bros think this is progress. #Firefish#Calckey#IceShrimp@maegul
So after Firefish comes Iceshrimp and I am so tired of Fedi drama bullshit y'all.
I'm not averse to Forks. I'm on one right now: Hajkey, a fork of Calckey. But, man, it's gotta be done for the right reasons and I'm not seeing alot of those from the Iceshrimp folks.
However, Firefish IS already trademarked so....there is kind of a point here? You can't grow on a name someone else is using.
Hey, is "Twitter" now free for use? Let's call ourselves that.
But yeah, seriously y'all, if anything is going to kill the Fedi it's the ability of devs to keep getting into playground squabbles.
Might well be killing my mastodon account for good in the near future with #Firefish (formerly #calckey ) blowing them out of the water. Will always keep my #Friendica account because of diaspora, but with a few more changes Firefish will make Friendica obsolete.
Things Firefish needs to do to make Friendica obsolete
Change image size(maybe even adjustable)
sort bookmarks into categories
allow for background image (Never mind there is a wallpaper option)
Create media only feeds (available on the Milktea app for Firefish)
Create an archive option
Improve Calendar
Create a global directory
Connect to diaspora
Other than possibly improving security (unsure of the security comparisons) Firefish will make Friendica a relic as its already doing to mastodon.
Wenn ich mit #Fedilab versuche zu einem procial.tchncs.de Account zu verbinden erhalte ich den Fehler: Fehler beim Laden der Client ID
Mit federation.network scheint das zu funktionieren. Beide laufen auf #Firefish Version 1.0.3.
Woran könnte das liegen? Vielleicht habt Ihr einen Tipp? @milan@apps
Ok... so... yeah... call me crazy but... I'm thinking of moving this account to a #Firefish (formerly known as #Calckey) instance spun by myself.
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Hear me out. I think I can use Firefish to hold a #fediverse version of the newsletter I've been publishing on substack.
Yes, the formatting will be a bit on the primitive side, but quite readable. (I've already tested some of it.)
By doing this, I can avoid doing a #CMS search. Firefish will be my CMS.
I'm thinking about how I could open registration to other #ActuallyAutistic folks, and other #neurodivergent people, but I haven't decided on the format yet. I just don't want it to turn into the wild wild west.
If you have suggestions about how to move, or anything else, or just want to call me crazy, have at it!
J'explore Firefish (Calckey/Misskey) et je trouve ça bien les fonctionnalités en plus mais c'est une autre application distincte de Mastodon. Pour l'instant je me suis créé un compte sur firefish.tech pour explorer mais j'hésite à migrer car, si je le faisais, je perdrais accès à Ivory 😞 Ce n'est peut être même pas possible de migrer de Mastodon vers Firefish en utilisant les outils intégrés ? Quelqu'un l'a déjà essayé ? #firefish#migration
@brome@odiofill@dominic Bonjour, est-ce que je comprend que #Firefish et #calckey sont des réseaux centralisés ou décentralisés différent du réseau ActivityPub (dont Mastodon est le premier utilisateur ?) Quel protocole ou réseau utilisent ces instances ? Je suis très curieux :)
@twen@brome@mimoblog@odiofill les limitations viennent peut-être plutôt des autres plateformes (exemple Mastodon) qui ne supportent pas certaines fonctionnalités de #Firefish, et non au niveau du protocole #ActivityPub. À confirmer...