rolle, (edited ) to opensource
@rolle@mementomori.social avatar

Some people say they don't want to join the Fediverse or Mastodon, because they think the UI sucks. As a front end developer, a designer-kind of a person who creates user interfaces, I agree. Most of the web clients on the Fedi are horrendous, even Mastodon by default. There's lots of room for improvement.

We should really focus on how to make it more pleasing to the eye, more modern and more pleasant. This should not be a nerd network, just for geeks to geek out. This is not IRC or BBS.

As long as Mastodon for instance looks like it's designed by a back end engineer, contains font-awesome icons, looks like 2010, and stuff like that, being open and free is not good reason enough for many. I'm not bashing it, Mastodon is not the worst out there, in fact in my honest opinion Mastodon user experience is far better than Akkoma or Calckey for example. It's also more accessible than many modern UIs, for example my visual impaired wife prefers the Vanilla Mastodon UI over my #BirdUI modifications, she has some small tiny improvements of her own like distinguishing the colors in the action buttons as they have no proper contrast in any of the default themes. But that's it. She likes it as it is. So it cannot be that bad. However, it could be better overall.

#OpenSource doesn't mean the product should look like it's created in a basement by a math teacher. For some people Mastodon UX is sufficient (it even is for me, I like it enough and it doesn't prevent me from using it), but it should be WORLD CLASS. I don't say the answer is #MastodonBirdUI but it should be something much more modern and minimal than the current default UI. Pixelfed's developer is a designer oriented, Pixelfed is indeed an example of an awesome Fediverse app experience throughout the web and apps. That is how it should be.

Just my 2 cents.

#UI #UX #UserInterface #Design #Mastodon #Fediverse #Pixelfed #WebDev #FrontEnd #CSS

TNLNYC, to fediverse
@TNLNYC@mastodon.social avatar

The anti-Meta #Fedipact can only achieve one thing: make sure that #ActivityPub loses to the Bluesky protocol. Is that what people here want?

As an #openweb advocate, I don't.

Meta joining the Fediverse is like AOL joining the internet: something that will bring a mass amount of people in, create some friction, but ultimately make the net better as more people federating on #Mastodon, #kbin, #lemmy, #pixelfed and other parts of the Fediverse make open protocols that much stronger.

dansup, to Pixelfed
@dansup@mastodon.social avatar

After some careful consideration, I have decided to block threads.net on pixelfed.social and .art by default

However, users will have the ability to unblock the domain

Soon we will be selectively enforcing authorized fetch for accounts with domain blocks so as to provide the best of both worlds.

(I'm also shipping a command for :pixelfed: admins to easily add user domain blocks for all local users)

I'm eager to hear your feedback!

PR: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/4834

pixelfed, to Pixelfed
@pixelfed@mastodon.social avatar

✨ Sneak Peek of Sign-in with Mastodon

We're almost ready to ship this ground breaking feature which vastly improves our onboarding experience for Mastodon users!

It will be shipping later today after I (@dansup) get some sleep, sorry it's a bit late, this is a complex feature.

#pixelfed #signInWithMastodon

Demo of Sign-in with Mastodon

gbhnews, to Pixelfed
@gbhnews@mastodon.social avatar

so we're on now and we want to follow you

drop yr handles below pls!

(we're here: @gbhnews)

pixelfed, to Pixelfed
@pixelfed@mastodon.social avatar

Our Wikipedia page is at risk of being deleted because it may not meet notability guidelines.

Can we get some help?

We're not that familiar with Wikipedia or its processes, but we think our project is notable enough for inclusion.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixelfed

#pixelfed #wikipedia

ArtBear, to fediverse
@ArtBear@catodon.social avatar

Chpt.1
Where am I?
Is this the ? What is the ? How do I ? Am I ? Do I ? Deja-vu with the ?

Hi there👋
This is a good place to be!
My thread here condenses the key learning I've made so far about Fediverse, in case it helps others.

Click this post if needed, scroll down, to read more below.👇

jippi, to Pixelfed Danish
@jippi@expressional.social avatar

Jeg har startet en 🇩🇰 🇩🇰 server!

Serveren kan findes på https://pixelfed.dk og har pt åben registration :)

Hvad er pixelfed? Det er fediverset svar på Instagram - lige som Mastodon er for Twitter/X - du kan endda følge folk, kommentere, like, mm mellem Mastodon og Pixelfed 🥳 f.eks. er min (kedelige) pixelfed konto @jippi

Præcis som min server https://expressional.social/ så står den fysisk i København :)

Boost gerne ❤️

jippi, (edited ) to homelab
@jippi@expressional.social avatar

New / / self-hosted server acquired 🎉

Went with an Elite Mini UM780 XTX (https://store.minisforum.com/products/minisforum-um780-xtx)

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS
iGPU: AMD Radeon 780M
LAN: 2 x 2.5 GbE
RAM: Crucial DDR5 5600 MHz 96 GB (2 x 48 GB) SO-DIMM
DISK: 2 x SOLIDIGM P44 Pro 2TB RAID 1/0 (undecided)

Quite an upgrade from my current i7-10700 (previous-previous generation of https://www.cirrus7.com/en/cirrus7-nimbus/)

NiemPseu, to fediverse Dutch
@NiemPseu@mastodon.nl avatar

So I use #Fedilab @apps for a day or two, and I like it.

It works and is usable with multiple accounts across the #fediverse.

Sure, the posts take some time to get on #mastodon or #pixelfed, I think slow servers, but it will get there.

Thanks for making this great app.

image/png

dansup, to Pixelfed
@dansup@mastodon.social avatar

Pixelfed is federating with Threads!

DannyBoy, to fediverse

YSK: When making posts on Lemmy/Kbin always put at the end some hashtags related to your post topic.

So users from Mastodon and Pixelfed can interact with your post without even need to use their Lemmy/Kbin account or learn about "how to use the ActivityPub".
This also helps to have more content avaliable across the Fediverse due to better discoverability.

@youshouldknow #Lemmy #Kbin #Mastodon #Pixelfed #ActivityPub #YouShouldKnow #FediTips #Fediverse

caos, (edited ) to fediverse German

Hallo Fediverse! Bitte um Rückmeldung + Ergänzungen: Übersichts-Tabelle mit Fediverse-Diensten, Vergleichsdiensten und Funktionen

Ich schreibe einen Artikel über den #FediverseFachtag und in dem Rahmen natürlich auch über das #Fediverse . Zielgruppe sind Leute, die wahrscheinlich zum Großteil noch gar nix vom Fediverse gehört haben.
Dazu bin ich dabei, eine Tabelle zu erstellen, in der einige Fedi-Dienste sowie deren Haupt-/ besondere Funktionen aufgeführt werden sollen.

Das ist der derzeitige Entwurf:

"ähnlich wie..."
Ein Vergleich mit kommerziellen Plattformen ist natürlich immer nur zum Teil passend. Ich kenne auch keinen der kommerziellen Dienste aus eigener Erfahrung, aber für die avisierte Zielgruppe kann so ein Vergleich vielleicht trotzdem eine hilfreiche Orientierung sein. Vielleicht gibt es da aber auch Vergleiche, die passender sind. Einige Dienste (bspw. Medium, Podigee) kannte ich auch noch nicht mal vom Namen her, sondern habe das nur aus ähnlichen Vergleichstabellen übernommen.

Zu den "besonderen Funktionen":
Insbesondere Friendica, Firefish und v.a. Hubzilla haben so viele Funktionen, dass diese im Rahmen der Tabelle nur exemplarisch aufgeführt werden können und die Auswahl ist subjektiv. Hier wäre die Frage, ob das eine passende Auswahl ist, ob besonders wichtige fehlen oder ob andere Funktionen wichtiger oder besonderer sind.

Wenn Ihr also Anregungen oder Ergänzungen habt, gerne her damit! Danke!

@fediversede

#Mastodon #GlitchSoc #Ecko #Firefish #Misskey #Akkoma #Pleroma #Friendica #Hubzilla #Pixelfed #Peertube #Lemmy #kbin #Funkwhale #Castopod #WriteFreely #Plume #WordPress #Bookwyrm #Mobilizon #Gancio #Owncast #AskFedi

pixelfed, (edited ) to Pixelfed
@pixelfed@mastodon.social avatar

We need your support!

We need to grow our donations or consider cutting costs (like sunsetting non-essential services) to remain sustainable.

Besides Pixelfed, we also run https://fedidb.org, https://fediverse.info and https://activitypub.network

Donations can be made via:
Liberapay - https://liberapay.com/pixelfed
Open Collective - https://opencollective.com/pixelfed
Patreon - https://patreon.com/dansup

Spread the word! #pixelfed

RiversideBryan, (edited ) to Pixelfed
@RiversideBryan@pixelfed.social avatar

Edit / Update: Thank you for the tremendous outpouring of support. 🙌
I have set up a new home on Mastodon:
@RiversideBryan

I'd be thrilled if you considered following me there as well. 🙏

In any case, be on the lookout for other folks trying to reconnect with their lost friends. Boost their toots to help them reach the full Fediverse while they rebuild. 🫂🥰

Thanks again! 🙌🙌🙌

https://pixelfed.social/p/RiversideBryan/599755791583983762
🚧🚧🚧🚧🚧🚧🚧🚧🚧

Sad news 😔

My firefish home died today, all data lost, and won't be restored.

Sadly, my follow list and followers list are also wiped out. 🥺

The good news, is still running perfectly! 🙌

And this isn't my first rodeo, I've started from zero several times in the Fediverse. 😉

If you could, please boost this to help get the word out. 🔁🔁🔁🙏🙏🙏

I'm no longer able to use @riversidebryan

montag, to fediverse German

Hallo an alle und ,

da das immer noch am wachsen ist und es jetzt wohl gerade größere Wanderungsbewegungen weg von zu und dem Fork gibt, hier mal ein aktualisiertes Übersichtsdiagramm um zu zeigen, dass das Fediverse nicht nur aus besteht.

Erst mal vielen Dank an @kuketzblog und @imke für das erstellen des Diagramms.

Dann gibt es natürlich auch noch ein paar Links zu Seiten auf denen man sich einen Überblick über das Fediverse verschaffen kann:

pixelfed, to Pixelfed
@pixelfed@mastodon.social avatar

✨Introducing Loops, a fediverse TikTok platform.

Explore and share short videos on the fediverse using your Pixelfed or Mastodon account.

Available Soon.

https://loops.video

Follow @loops for early access to the beta and updates.

#loops #pixelfed #pixelfedLoops

dansup, to Pixelfed
@dansup@mastodon.social avatar

Experimenting with separate hashtags in the @pixelfed app

Before vs After

Wdyt?

Hashtag buttons
Inline hashtags
Hashtag buttons

pixelfed, to Pixelfed
@pixelfed@mastodon.social avatar

⚡ Post Comment Permissions

Pixelfed pioneered the ability to disable comments per post, and delete remote comments.

We can do better, and we are!

Soon you will be able to limit post comments to various segments like:

  • Only accounts I follow
  • Only mutual follows
  • Only local accounts
  • Only X accounts

and more!

One more thing, we're publishing a standard for this so other implementations can support this too! #pixelfed #postCommentPermissions

pallenberg, to fediverse
@pallenberg@mastodon.social avatar

"I don't call them social networks,
I call them behaviour modification empires" Dieses Zitat vom wunderbaren Jaron Lanier fiel mir fuer meine "Warum wir mehr #Fediverse brauchen"-Ausgabe ein 👉 https://www.metacheles.de/p/11-warum-wir-mehr-fediverse-brauchen#details

Jetzt nutze ich seit gut 1.5 Jahren #Mastodon & #Pixelfed & ich frage mich, wie ihr die aktuelle Entwicklung seht?

Seid ihr happy mit den Diensten?
Fehlt euch was? Was muss besser werden?

Gerne Reposts/Boosts, denn ich werde daraus ein Update bauen.

Danke 🙏

pixelfed, (edited ) to Pixelfed
@pixelfed@mastodon.social avatar

Edit: We shipped this, https://pixelfed.blog/p/2023/feature/introducing-sign-in-with-mastodon-streamlining-sign-up-and-login-on-pixelfed

✨ Sign-in with Mastodon is ready

We're so excited to share a demo of this highly anticipated feature, and let you know it will be rolling out shortly!

https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/4545

🚀

thisismissem, to mastodon
@thisismissem@hachyderm.io avatar

Challenge for a UX designer: rethink the UI/UX around content warnings on the Fediverse (mastodon, pixelfed, etc) to allow capturing not just a text field, but also some predefined labels (e.g., 18+, sexual imagery, violent imagery, etc)

Technically these labels would come from "providers" which define what they mean and controls that should be implemented.

#mastodon #Pixelfed #UX #uxdesign #fediverse

dansup, to Pixelfed
@dansup@mastodon.social avatar
rysiek, (edited ) to fediverse
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How many accounts/alts do you have?

(/) counts.
counts.
and all count! If it federates, it counts.

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