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GNU Social is exactly how I imagined it to be.

by systemvoltage 6y ago

Spivak 6y ago
It’s not exactly modern design but it does work and is super easy to set up.
- pluc 6y ago
  It can be made relatively pretty: https://web.archive.org/web/20100413124819/http://identi.ca/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100413124819/http://identi.ca/
scarmig 6y ago
That prompted me to imagine what a parody of a GNU-style Twitter would look like, and yes, the connection works from the opposite direction.
- neilpanchal 6y ago
  Tilable interface, requires days to set it up, tweet with i "Hello World!" <ESC> t, native vim keymap support, and hard to quit.
  - jcranmer 6y ago
    > tweet with i "Hello World!" <ESC> t, native vim keymap support vim is not GNU, emacs is. That means it would actually be <M-t> Hello World! <C-x> <C-s>, and the documentation would have a lengthy section on what the "Meta" key is and why not just call it "Alt".
    - deleted 6y ago
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    - neilpanchal 6y ago
      That's unnecessarily complicated. The vim way is better.
    - dexen 6y ago
      Neither actually :-) EMACS dates back to 1976 (David Moon & Guy Steele); vi also dates back to 1976 (Bill Joy). GNU Project dates back "only" to 1983, with GNU Emacs soon after: 1984.
      - tarboreus 6y ago
        It's maintained by GNU. GNU Emacs is the modern Emacs.
74d-fe6-2c6 6y ago
Sadly, it seems to be dead.
- jaspax 6y ago
  ...which is exactly what one should expect something called "GNU Social" to be. (not actually the op)
  - jdsalaro 6y ago
    I agree. I say that a someone who doesn't tend to support popularity contests as a solution to everything. For example, privacy, buying local, supporting SMBs, thinking critically, and many more are hard, in different ways but those albeit important are not easy to do. Many people would say "make privacy easy!", OK we've got Signal, Tails, Tor, etc. "Make supporting SMBs more appealing!", OK we've got Shopify, Stripe Etsy, Gumroad etc. "Make thinking critically easier!!!" ... Wait a second, thinking critically is and will be hard, perhaps not hard but at least not easy. GNU Social was called StatusNet and Laconica before that, but no, they still chose a deliberately uncool name in one of the most extreme popularity-driven markets. Not that we ought to drop our standards, but why choose such a petty hill to die on?
runjake 6y ago
I hear that it hosts a relatively vibrant Hurd community.

GNU Social is exactly how I imagined it to be.

Spivak 6y ago

It’s not exactly modern design but it does work and is super easy to set up.

pluc 6y ago
It can be made relatively pretty: https://web.archive.org/web/20100413124819/http://identi.ca/ https://web.archive.org/web/20100413124819/http://identi.ca/

scarmig 6y ago

That prompted me to imagine what a parody of a GNU-style Twitter would look like, and yes, the connection works from the opposite direction.

neilpanchal 6y ago
Tilable interface, requires days to set it up, tweet with i "Hello World!" <ESC> t, native vim keymap support, and hard to quit.
- jcranmer 6y ago
  > tweet with i "Hello World!" <ESC> t, native vim keymap support vim is not GNU, emacs is. That means it would actually be <M-t> Hello World! <C-x> <C-s>, and the documentation would have a lengthy section on what the "Meta" key is and why not just call it "Alt".
  - deleted 6y ago
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  - neilpanchal 6y ago
    That's unnecessarily complicated. The vim way is better.
  - dexen 6y ago
    Neither actually :-) EMACS dates back to 1976 (David Moon & Guy Steele); vi also dates back to 1976 (Bill Joy). GNU Project dates back "only" to 1983, with GNU Emacs soon after: 1984.
    - tarboreus 6y ago
      It's maintained by GNU. GNU Emacs is the modern Emacs.

74d-fe6-2c6 6y ago

Sadly, it seems to be dead.

jaspax 6y ago
...which is exactly what one should expect something called "GNU Social" to be. (not actually the op)
- jdsalaro 6y ago
  I agree. I say that a someone who doesn't tend to support popularity contests as a solution to everything. For example, privacy, buying local, supporting SMBs, thinking critically, and many more are hard, in different ways but those albeit important are not easy to do. Many people would say "make privacy easy!", OK we've got Signal, Tails, Tor, etc. "Make supporting SMBs more appealing!", OK we've got Shopify, Stripe Etsy, Gumroad etc. "Make thinking critically easier!!!" ... Wait a second, thinking critically is and will be hard, perhaps not hard but at least not easy. GNU Social was called StatusNet and Laconica before that, but no, they still chose a deliberately uncool name in one of the most extreme popularity-driven markets. Not that we ought to drop our standards, but why choose such a petty hill to die on?

runjake 6y ago

I hear that it hosts a relatively vibrant Hurd community.