If I own a community that’s related to a piece of software, service, or other community and someone who actually contributes to that wants it, message me and it’s yours. I stake no claim in communities, I simply want to see them exist and thrive.

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Cake day: September 23rd, 2023

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  • i have a layman’s understanding of AT Proto, but it seems to compartmentalize between different parts of the service. Front ends, databases, and backends can be hosted separately and amalgamate into one, in the abstract.

    Practically, however, AT Proto allows account portability, wherein users can swap what instance they use as a frontend on a whim, even if their home instance is down. Usernames are domains instance of username@domain, that are verified by the DNS. But AT Proto seems a lot less flexible than ActivityPub. We’ll have to see when federation is live, but I’m not sure it really suits anything beyond (micro)blogging.








  • So far, my list is looking like:

    Sasaki and Peeps
    Tis Time For “Torture,” Princess
    Delicious in Dungeon
    Solo Leveling
    Gushing Over Magical Girls
    Mr Villain’s Day Off
    7th Time Loop
    The Wrong Way to Use Healing Magic
    My Instant Death Ability Is Overpowered
    Fluffy Paradise

    I’ll probably also watch, at the minimum:

    Doctor Elise: The Royal Lady with the Lamp
    Metallic Rouge
    Urusei Yatsura S2
    The Unwanted Undead Adventurer
    Tales of Wedding Rings
    A Sign of Affection
    The Foolish Angel Dances with the Devil
    Mashle: Magic and Muscles (just need to finish S1 first)





  • I personally find them both useful. Well, Tiktok specifically not youtube shorts.

    My thing with tiktok is that their content recommendation algorithm is best-in-class at knowing what sort of content I want, and it starts edging away from what I want, just marking stuff as “not interested” a few times will bring it back in line. By modulating my behaviours on certain types of content (i.e. making choices over whether to watch or skip, mark as “not interested”, view comments, comment myself), I can customize an algorithmic feed that delivers what I want.

    Granted this is quite an amount of work to use a “social media app”, unlike the other platforms, it’s possible and it’s good.

    Youtube (long-form) I think is extremely useful when I’m looking for something in-particular, especially if it’s something that doesn’t age very much. Guides and tutorials, let’s plays, retrospectives, etc. They both fit better with the long-form content, and are much easier to find on Youtube than Tiktok.

    The content recommendation algorithm of Tiktok is what makes me use it, while the discovery of specific content and access to longer form content is what makes me use Youtube.