It’s time to bring consequences to collaborators. Not just government departments that appoint MS & Google shills, but companies that advertise through Google, Meta etc, and even individuals who use ChatGPT and Google Search.

Good to hear. Best of luck and thanks for all the great work!

Only started doing Reddit frequently late 2024, and then came “Liberation Day” & I realized I needed to liberate myself from US tech.

I hate myself but I don’t Gentoo hate myself.

Started with Lemmy & Pixelfed earlier this year.

Now:

• 60% Mastodon (largely watch parties like #KungFuSat, #Monsterdon etc)
• 35% Piefed (threadiverse like Lemmy)
• 5% NeoDB (media logging & collections like Letterboxd, Goodreads etc)

I don’t use Pixelfed any more cuz images only doesn’t really interest me.

I have a PeerTube account but don’t browse much and have only uploaded a handful of files. Might do more in future.

I tried Hubzilla, but soon got locked out of my account (password error?). Haven’t bothered trying to reactivate yet, but might.

I have a Sharkey account, mainly to try something “Mastodon-like” but with more functionality (longer posts, markup, etc). But my timeline is too dominated by a handful of users, and it’s no good for watch parties, so I barely use it.

I got an account on Gush (media logging/blogging?) thinking it was like NeoDB, but now I think you’re literally supposed to gush 😁 about some media / game with a long review, whereas I mainly want tracking, lists, ratings.

I’ve done a couple of pages on Ibis (wiki from Lemmy developers), but until it becomes more developed & widespread, I’m contributing to joinfediverse.wiki.

I’m considering trying out Mbin, to unify my threadiverse & blogging universes and some other features.

Caption appropriately

And for a full-on fork (as opposed to mod) of Firefox, there’s also Pale Moon, which forked away from Firefox years ago. (I have it as a backup.)

I used Floorp (Firefox mod) and Firedragon (formerly based on Librewolf, now on Floorp), don’t know if they are cutting out the AI cruft. They have other privacy features, mainly their choice of default settings.

I’m currently using Zen (Firefox mod), which made a statement:

We noticed a rising interest regarding the use of AI in browsers. To be clear about our position on this: Zen currently is disabling all AI features included in Firefox and will continue to do so.

https://ohai.social/@zenbrowser@floss.social/115731119727477276

I linked to a podcast using pod.link (which offers links on many podcast services) but somebody added it to NeoDB, making all episodes available there 😀

The PM Entertainment Podcast (if anyone’s into 90’s straight-to-VHS action movies)

• https://pod.link/1800369164
• https://eggplant.place/podcast/7NuEnGrtgH8fOdBwWxYIgC

@gabboman@app.wafrn.net or anyone who might know:

Can Wafrn be used for watch parties / live posting? (I.e. people read & post with a specific hashtag in real time.)

I do that with Mastodon (e.g. #Monsterdon ) but so far others I’ve tried (e.g. Sharkey) can’t do it.

OK, thanks, I’ll ask him.

Do you know if Wafrn can be used for watch parties / live posting? (I.e. people read & post with a specific hashtag in real time.)

I do that with Mastodon (e.g. #Monsterdon ) but so far others I’ve tried (e.g. Sharkey) can’t do it.

Not defining key terms like “we” defeats the porpoise of the question.

Stepsy

I’ve tried a few step counters (Paseo, Pedometer PFA) but they kept crashing (a couple of times a week) so I’d often go to check my steps only to find they hadn’t been counting.

In the two months I’ve been using Stepsy, it hasn’t crashed once.

Fancy? No. Reliable? Yes.

CDN leeching
https://blog.velocix.com/cdn-leeching-the-hidden-threat-undermining-streaming-performance-profits

Good to hear it might be useful 😀

• I second what @martine@sh.itjust.works suggests
• I knew of Pixabay for images, cool you found they also do music
• Another source: maybe Jamendo? Here’s their page on licensing. I believe those subscription plans support use with fewer limitations & additional features/services, but I think you can start building a library of tracks for free (but I am not an expert)

I can find it on Droidify, but there’s only a Share button, no install button :(

And the blobs, just like all people, are BINARY!

Use them for online #WatchParty events.

E.g. VCR Party and Susan’s Cinema Stash show movies on VHS online using Owncast. I’ve seen interesting (and crappy) movies there.

https://vcr.party/
@vcr@watch.vcr.party

https://live.literalgrill.com/
@literalgrill@sakurajima.moe

https://owncast.online/
https://joinfediverse.wiki/Owncast