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To give a specific example, the EU has a funding programme called NGI to support 'next generation internet' projects. Some (all?) of this money is distributed t

by rossng 3y ago

To give a specific example, the EU has a funding programme called NGI to support 'next generation internet' projects. Some (all?) of this money is distributed through a small organisation called NLNet, who have decided to support a number of Fediverse projects: - Mastodon: https://nlnet.nl/project/Mastodon/ https://nlnet.nl/project/Mastodon/ - Lemmy: https://nlnet.nl/project/Lemmy/ https://nlnet.nl/project/Lemmy/ - Pixelfed: https://nlnet.nl/project/Pixelfed/ https://nlnet.nl/project/Pixelfed/ - Misskey: https://nlnet.nl/project/Misskey/ https://nlnet.nl/project/Misskey/ - Bonfire: https://nlnet.nl/project/Bonfire/ https://nlnet.nl/project/Bonfire/ And quite a few more. Honestly, I'm not sure how much of the ActivityPub ecosystem would exist without this funding.

barbazoo 3y ago
I love love love the concept of federated social media. The onboarding experience though. Just signed up at pixelfed.social, installed the Android app, try to log in and ... nothing happens?!? No error, nothing.
- NoboruWataya 3y ago
  You are not being "onboarded" - they are not a business and you are not a customer (or an employee). Which may also explain the additional friction - sounds like you encountered a bug, or else the instance was just temporarily having issues. If the problem persists I would suggest filing an issue (assuming you are using an open source app).
  - barbazoo 3y ago
    I would file a bug if I got an error message at least. But without even an error message, what would I even tell them?!
    - tough 3y ago
      Login doesnt work I do this and this and this and use this and this end of transcript
      - barbazoo 3y ago
        Sure. Maybe once they approve my registration on their gitlab instance I can file an issue. It's only been a couple of hours so far.
- Sunspark 3y ago
  You won't love federated social media as much when you discover that the moderators can be very arbitrary and authoritarian. Each instance is their own private kingdom where they rule without accountability.

by rossng 3y ago

barbazoo 3y ago

I love love love the concept of federated social media. The onboarding experience though. Just signed up at pixelfed.social, installed the Android app, try to log in and ... nothing happens?!? No error, nothing.

NoboruWataya 3y ago
You are not being "onboarded" - they are not a business and you are not a customer (or an employee). Which may also explain the additional friction - sounds like you encountered a bug, or else the instance was just temporarily having issues. If the problem persists I would suggest filing an issue (assuming you are using an open source app).
- barbazoo 3y ago
  I would file a bug if I got an error message at least. But without even an error message, what would I even tell them?!
  - tough 3y ago
    Login doesnt work I do this and this and this and use this and this end of transcript
    - barbazoo 3y ago
      Sure. Maybe once they approve my registration on their gitlab instance I can file an issue. It's only been a couple of hours so far.
Sunspark 3y ago
You won't love federated social media as much when you discover that the moderators can be very arbitrary and authoritarian. Each instance is their own private kingdom where they rule without accountability.