So, I tried mbin a little bit. I still like the alexandrite ui a little better. Mbin doesn’t display images until you go into the post and then click on them from there. I’d rather just see them when I open the post.

I do like the general design though, it seems pretty clean. It does have me wondering if there are any good frontends available for desktop.

I might do that, thanks for the recommendation

I definitely feel like I’d be more into the whole microblogging scene if I could just do it from over here instead. Lol

Exciting times we’re in though, that’s for sure!

“This is a 100% open source effort, so you could even roll your own, if you want.”

Do we like it though? It seems like a good thing (anything has to be better than the currently broken system right?), but after reading some of the comments I’m not sure.

For sure, can’t wait to see how this comes along and the useful functionality it will hopefully provide!

Awesome! Thanks for the update, I’ll check it out 😁

It’s so that they can advertise to you more. Giving them whatever information is ‘required’ to sign up for whatever ‘rewards’ they’re offering is more beneficial to them than it is to you, guaranteed. I just don’t buy in, if that means that I’m somehow paying more than so be it.

I think people have forgotten how to have principles these days, or just don’t care.

Don’t even ask, just start washing them yourself. Lol

Thanks for the dogtraining one. That’s probably what I needed

I mean yeah, maybe it won’t affect me directly, I like the instance I’m on and it’s a pretty respectable one. However, indirectly, this is very relevant to any Fediverse user, regardless of the instance or platform they’re using. Allowing abuses like this to happen without any pushback is a surefire way of turning this place into a shithole just like the rest of the internet. I appreciate the fact that, at least for now, it’s different here.

Also, maybe this isn’t my only homebase? Just saying.

I was under the impression that DM’s on Mastodon (and Lemmy too) weren’t ever stated as being secure and I think that they were both pretty transparent about this particular aspect.

Yeah, we’re trying to get the fuck away from algorithms. That’s what makes the fediverse such a big draw currently, for me.

Look at that shit-eating grin, he knows. There’s no way someone can be that out of touch, right? Right?!?

Not one person that I’ve told so far has been aware of Mastodon, unfortunately. At this point, if I met someone in real life that actually knew about the Fediverse already, I’d probably shit a brick.

Gotta send them more memes.

That’s all you can do 🤷‍♂️

Makes sense, thanks for elaborating. Nerd!

:P

I’m not sure exactly what you meant here, but I probably wouldn’t tell most people who I am on here. That’s not to say I wouldn’t share in other places, it probably just depends on the platform really.