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Hacker News Status @HNStatus on Twitter/X [0]: Networking issues at our hosting provider. Sorry! Hoping to be back up soon [0] https://twitter.com/HNStat

Hacker News Status @HNStatus on Twitter/X [0]: Networking issues at our hosting provider. Sorry! Hoping to be back up soon [0] https://twitter.com/HNStatus/status/1734502529134989649 https://twitter.com/HNStatus/status/1734502529134989649

lofties 3y ago
HNStatus on Mastodon when? :-)
- AlchemistCamp 3y ago
  Hopefully not before it's on Farcaster, which actually has sufficient decentralization without sacrificing a global name registry ;)
  - dredmorbius 3y ago
    The Fediverse has a global name registry. Your instance-name is part of that. (That is, names are globally unique. They may not always be findable, but for a sufficiently federated profile, searching from a sufficiently federated instance, that shouldn't be a hurdle. And I strongly suspect third-party directories will emerge.)
    - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
      The problem (other than disastrous security concerns stemming from server admins being able to read everyone's DMs) with Mastadon and similar is that once you move to another instance, your username changes. With Farcaster, user names are both decentralized and global.
      - dredmorbius 3y ago
        Gotchya. Having migrated a few times (both before and after official support for this existed), I'm aware of the Fediverse's non-portable namespace issues, and some way of resolving that would be useful.
  - Ukv 3y ago
    The idea of not having your identity tied to one specific instance is very appealing. Is there some way to create an account on desktop or web? Or at least view content without an account? It seems to only push some smartphone app, which is a big step down from Mastodon if that's the only option.
    - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
      It’s a protocol and isn’t tied to any one implementation. There are a lot frontends for it and anyone can make another.
      - Ukv 3y ago
        I had a look through frontends. Plenty let you sign in/connect some existing account, but I saw none that offered the ability to create an account. The Farcaster page on clients[0] seemingly reflects this by saying you use that app to create an account and then use an alternate frontend "once you've created an account". Given the 2.0 star average due to reviews claiming that the app requires a $12 payment then often doesn't work[1], I'd be hesitant to use it even if it was available on desktop/web or compatible with my phone. If there's something I'm missing and there is somewhere to create an account, would you be able to link me in the right direction? [0]: https://www.farcaster.xyz/apps https://www.farcaster.xyz/apps [1]: https://i.imgur.com/8PC1Jit.png https://i.imgur.com/8PC1Jit.png
        AlchemistCamp 3y ago
        I use the Warpcast client and never paid anything for it. Thus far, the app has just "worked".
ajdude 3y ago
Glad someone shared this link as that update is impossible to come across without a Twitter account
- TheMaskedCoder 3y ago
  You can browse the same content on Nitter without a Twitter account: https://nitter.net/HNStatus https://nitter.net/HNStatus
  - dunreith 3y ago
    While I'm glad that I can read what someone is talking about on X/Twitter without giving away my privacy, I'd much rather see a trend of moving off of the platform altogether (or at least posting to multiple platforms to make the transition off of X more mainstream palatable)
    - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
      I'd rather be able to see the updates on X. Unless you count chat apps like LINE, it's the only social network I really use.
erikerikson 3y ago
What hosting provider do they use?
- dang 3y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16076041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16076041, but s/4M/7M/. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22m5%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- matthewcford 3y ago
  M3

lofties 3y ago

HNStatus on Mastodon when? :-)

AlchemistCamp 3y ago
Hopefully not before it's on Farcaster, which actually has sufficient decentralization without sacrificing a global name registry ;)
- dredmorbius 3y ago
  The Fediverse has a global name registry. Your instance-name is part of that. (That is, names are globally unique. They may not always be findable, but for a sufficiently federated profile, searching from a sufficiently federated instance, that shouldn't be a hurdle. And I strongly suspect third-party directories will emerge.)
  - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
    The problem (other than disastrous security concerns stemming from server admins being able to read everyone's DMs) with Mastadon and similar is that once you move to another instance, your username changes. With Farcaster, user names are both decentralized and global.
    - dredmorbius 3y ago
      Gotchya. Having migrated a few times (both before and after official support for this existed), I'm aware of the Fediverse's non-portable namespace issues, and some way of resolving that would be useful.
- Ukv 3y ago
  The idea of not having your identity tied to one specific instance is very appealing. Is there some way to create an account on desktop or web? Or at least view content without an account? It seems to only push some smartphone app, which is a big step down from Mastodon if that's the only option.
  - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
    It’s a protocol and isn’t tied to any one implementation. There are a lot frontends for it and anyone can make another.
    - Ukv 3y ago
      I had a look through frontends. Plenty let you sign in/connect some existing account, but I saw none that offered the ability to create an account. The Farcaster page on clients[0] seemingly reflects this by saying you use that app to create an account and then use an alternate frontend "once you've created an account". Given the 2.0 star average due to reviews claiming that the app requires a $12 payment then often doesn't work[1], I'd be hesitant to use it even if it was available on desktop/web or compatible with my phone. If there's something I'm missing and there is somewhere to create an account, would you be able to link me in the right direction? [0]: https://www.farcaster.xyz/apps https://www.farcaster.xyz/apps [1]: https://i.imgur.com/8PC1Jit.png https://i.imgur.com/8PC1Jit.png
      - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
        I use the Warpcast client and never paid anything for it. Thus far, the app has just "worked".

ajdude 3y ago

Glad someone shared this link as that update is impossible to come across without a Twitter account

TheMaskedCoder 3y ago
You can browse the same content on Nitter without a Twitter account: https://nitter.net/HNStatus https://nitter.net/HNStatus
- dunreith 3y ago
  While I'm glad that I can read what someone is talking about on X/Twitter without giving away my privacy, I'd much rather see a trend of moving off of the platform altogether (or at least posting to multiple platforms to make the transition off of X more mainstream palatable)
  - AlchemistCamp 3y ago
    I'd rather be able to see the updates on X. Unless you count chat apps like LINE, it's the only social network I really use.

erikerikson 3y ago

What hosting provider do they use?

dang 3y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16076041 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16076041, but s/4M/7M/. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22m5%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
matthewcford 3y ago
M3