Swanye

Swanye, 7 days ago

@Philmore98

Hey; any version should be fine. Linux is, generally, pretty good about backwards compatibility.

I've made a ton of breaking changes, within the last year, so I'd recommend sticking with the commit version we last got you set up on, for now.

Hopefully, I'll be able to properly clean things up (plus documentation) once employed, again.

Swanye, 6 days ago

@Philmore98

Fair.

I don't think so? The old documentation really got at everything, I think. Just make sure you have all the dependencies I listed and you should be fine, I think; any decent Linux distro should have them all in their package manager (they're not uncommon, any).

It's not a bad idea. My worry has always been not making enough, that way (got a spouse and two cats to additionally feed); I'm also fairly low on spoons, most days, and I'd probably need to be proactive, that route.

Swanye, 6 days ago

@Philmore98

That's really kind; if you ever are able to convert it to a more common currency and want to donate it through the LiberaPay, I'd certainly appreciate it but I don't want to take any money you might need, either.

I am nervous about our current financial situation, at the moment, but – at the end of the day – I am still a developer and, once I get a job, I expect it should make us financially stable, again (which is more than some can say); financially safe, at the very least.

Swanye, 6 days ago

@Philmore98

Hmm; fair point. At the very least, it could help offset some stuff if nothing turns up in the next month or so.

I'll take a look and see; it'd be nicer to help a smaller business, over a giant corp., anyway. Thanks a ton.

Swanye, 7 days ago

@phil_stevens @jpm

I'd second Cinnamon, running on a Debian Mint distro; everyone's different but it's always been my first go-to, sans rolling my own haphazard combination of things. Does what you expect and gets out of your way.

Swanye, 7 days ago

@andymoose

#YeahIllIntegrateThatIntoMyBeliefSystem

Swanye, 9 days ago

@eclecticpassions

If you like pride flags, I really like hyfetch: https://github.com/hykilpikonna/hyfetch

It's a fork of neofetch so 'should be fairly similar, I'd think?

Swanye, 10 days ago

@ceamba

I /expect/ (though am not an expert) that it's no more dangerous than any other corporate social media (less danger from hackers than anything Facebook has done in the past decade) which includes, even if it's a fine actor now, that may change once the corporation behind it gets a greater market share and needs to squeeze more revenue out of its users, regardless the way.

All that said,the sheer antagonism of UI/UX design that its website is has kept me away out of spite, regardless.

Swanye, 11 days ago

@cgrymala

> is plant based
> protein starts with "p"; pumpkin starts with "p"

✅ Meat Substitute

Swanye, 1 month ago

@samvarma Tom Cruise?

Swanye, 1 month ago

@matt

Last I've heard, no but, due to financial reasons, they scaled down the team responsible for working on Tumblr down to a skeleton crew to move resources to other Automattic products.

So it's still technically in the plans but unlikely to be anytime soon.

Swanye, 1 month ago

It wouldn't benefit /me/ or my project but it would benefit many Tumblr users and, well, that's the important part, in the end; between rising COVID cases (and, now, measles! Thanks; I hate it) and unfettered capitalism and other such phenomenon, we live in times that don't consider or prioritize the health and safety of others and it seemed like Automattic might be the exception to this.

Clearly (unfortunately), no; but I /am/ glad that so many of you wound up here.

Swanye, 1 month ago

The space is still new and being molded but I think many who've sought out the Fediverse have done so because they were hoping for an improvement on the way corporate social media is conducted. I have high hopes for the type of inclusivity and restoration of autonomy we can create here.

There're a lot more Fediverse Tumblr clones around these days (which is great) & I'm hoping we can create blogging env.s that don't require us to so singularly rely on individuals (who may turn out to be awful).

Swanye, 1 month ago

For those who've been following this project to begin with, I'm afraid I'm still stuck in job limbo; as much as I'd like to just ignore that and work on Swanye (a possibility that anxiety, unfortunately, too easily confuses for a valid coping mechanism), I've got a family which relies on me and, therefore, makes getting employed, again, much more pressingly mandatory. I don't have any intent to abandon the project (nor desire to) but I am, sadly, constrained from the choice I'd like to make.

Swanye, 1 month ago

If you're curious about the project, going through the media tab of this account generally has past development updates and, if you're curious about anything, always feel free to just shoot me said question; I may not always be timely in my response but I'd like to think I'm friendly and I do enjoy interacting with others.

I was drawn to the Fediverse because social media – like all socializing – should be something we can easily engage with/in; it should enrich us, not take something from us.

Swanye, 2 months ago

@liaizon Heh, it's been the /worst/ watching that and not being able to touch it but, unfortunately, I'm still out of a job so my attention's still preoccupied with remedying that.

Hoping to jump right back into things once I'm employed and financially secure, again.

Swanye, 3 months ago

@flatchulancelot

Kind of? I've noticed less porn bots than before but still get them from time to time. Since the company decided to fall back into "maintenance mode" re: Tumblr, I wouldn't be surprised for things to make their way through the cracks (though, admittedly, that's just speculation).

Swanye, 4 months ago

@expert

It's been a while since I've touched any of it but I know that Tumblr let you edit full HTML for a theme, in the past; having access to full HTML, it'd be pretty trivial just just put the verify part you need directly in your Tumblr theme (that's how I'd expect they're doing it).

Swanye, 4 months ago

@expert

Hmm; I'm not sure. I added it next to where the description is injected, in my theme (first image). But that seemed to take, just fine; inspecting the page, itself (after changes were saved), didn't seem to clobber the "rel='me'" part, any (second picture).

Just to make sure it all worked together, I've added a link to the Tumblr account to my Masto account and it's marked as verified. Maybe there's a type somewhere that caused Tumblr to not interpret it as valid HTML?

Swanye, 4 months ago

@expert

Ahh; there's your issue. If I'm not mistaken, the Description section there is the same as under the normal Profile settings: a average-user–friendly textbox so it won't accept any HTML.

What you'll want to do is click the "Edit HTML >" link towards the top-left of your first screenshot.

In there, you should find the raw HTML of your entire theme (similar to my first screenshot in my previous post).

Swanye, 6 months ago

@damon

To me, that's it's copyleft. Its internals will always be available, to anyone, anytime.

None of the alternatives offer that. It's not a feature of the user experience but, because it's copyleft, that user experience can always change, even if the current primary developers want otherwise.

Swanye, 6 months ago

Still in the process of being developed but hi, @skribe.