Yeah it’s detrimental that approaches used in other apps don’t render in mastodon. It weakens the potential of the fediverse, and for those that understand fedi = mastodon. Who knows how it will react to proposals for groups etc.

Very cool. I imagine having threads using the protocol helps a fair bit.

Ooh ok - I thought this project was due to be discontinued good to see it ticking over.

Great to see he’s enthusiastic about it, not sure genpop is though.

/Edit post from Nilay on the comments

It’s more like - what if I just posted here on The Verge, and you could follow me on Mastodon natively? That’s way bigger than ICQ, I think.

The idea you could post from your own business/personal/group website and not have to run through social an intermediary that holds you hostage is a killer feature.

It would have been more interesting as an independent activitpub connected service to help illustrate Fediverse != mastodon. Dont really need another twit app though.

Definitely worth checking out friendica.

Hopefully this becomes more normalised. The idea that a company runs their own site, but not social now seems a bit backward.

A different approach which is refreshing to see.

Probably just lock the community and pin a redirect?

It’s quite interesting as I think the twitter migration put the focus on mastodon for a while and this place became quieter and then Reddit didn’t want to be left out so the spotlight is now here and kbin. If only Instagram could join the fun pixelfed would get a bump.

It’s getting to the point I might need to use the subscribed tab rather than new

Also a good point. I had an instance crash and burn without warning. It was only a backup login, which was more open but still, all the info has gone.

Most instances that shut down were small ones that didn’t grow.

A consideration is to check which instances are blocked. (See the instances link in the footer to check) to ensure the server doesnt block a specific instance you want to view.

Having been a lemmy resident for a while (this being my second account and someone who doesnt visit lemmygrad at all) is that in my experience the Devs conduct themselves professionally, impartially and generally have the patience of saints.

If you decide to stay here for a while you might form the same impression.

Worth checking out even if just to experience a different approach than the big beast.

Calkey lemmy community at @calckey@lemmy.blahaj.zone

I feel for the mastodon devs a little. People scream ‘onboardings too difficult, why make me pick a server!!!’ and when it gets changed to promote a single server (with a secondary button to choose your own) everyone loses their minds.

There are plenty of issues beyond this. Discoverablilty, identity blah blah. I’m more concerned that 6 months after twit explodes, not much has happened with those, or that another fedi app hasn’t taken the crown. Lots to the apps and interfaces only work on mastodon, not a ap standard.

Maybe it would take a **-funded startup using activity pub to get things sorted.

I do like how there has been a burst of energy with new ideas in a space that has been stagnant for a while, and that people don’t aren’t invested in one idea.

On lemmy it generally doesn’t matter as much, given the ALL tab. But you have to still consider which instances your local might be blocking…

Mastodon isn’t good enough for the long run. we laugh at BlueSky, but it is a legitimate threat, and it could very easily wind up eating the fediverse. all they have to do is make it more palatable to the mainstream

I can see existing Fedi services adopting the blue sky protocol to stay relevant, once slicker platforms start running on it.

https://browse.feddit.de/ For aggregated community browsing - very handy.