schmonz.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
If you really believe in the silly 500 character limit, then why the heck is everyone posting "3/12" continuation threads?
Either the limit is a good idea, and nobody should post multi-part toots, or its a dumb idea, and should be retired (in favor of a ~6k post limit). One or the other. Cut the crap, already.
I'd 100x rather see long posts shortened with a "See more" button than yet another toot that ends with "1/" 🤦🏻♂️
Forcing people to create threads just to get their thought across is terrible UX, and I'm tired of being diplomatic about it.
#Mastodon #GoToSocial #GtS #snac #fediverse
Edit: I forgot, it's 500, not 250. I was probably thinking of Twitter, which went from 140 to 280, and now who even knows. XD
The #illumosCafe #snac instance has been updated to 2.91
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The #BSDCafe #snac instance has been updated to 2.91
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Fixed some local posts not being shown if the replied post is deleted.
Fixed web UI incorrect links to public posts for some configurations.
Fixed encoding bug in Mastodon-style share links.
Fixed an error that made imposible to leave empty the following hashtags or blocked hashtags from the web UI.
Include post attachments in the RSS feed entries.
Added some OpenBSD-specific documentation (contributed by oxzi).
Fixed some timezones (contributed by matoken).
Fixed some crashes (special thanks to Louis Merlin for helping me with this).
Updated Docker scripts to avoid generating a useless log file.
Fixed several memory leaks, key generation errors and HTML inconsistencies (contributed by dandelions).
Added ostatus.org and FEP-3b86 data to Webfinger objects.
Added a new CONTRIBUTING.md file. Among other guidelines, I explicitly say there that AI contributions are NOT accepted.
snac is now available as a Yunohost app. Thank you very much to Bruno Cesar Rocha for this.
If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.
@Paulatics I heard lots of stories about servers with bad moderators, both ones that ignore abuse complaints and ones where the mods were abusive, so I decided to run my own.
Had #snac (fediverse software) been around when I started, I’d already be on it - it’s super simple to set up. I’ll move to snac from Akkoma some time soon.
Given #snac's low bar requirements, I think any modern web browser is fine. I use Firefox, but totally agree on the heavy side (I have an unresolved love+hate relation with Firefox). I don't recommend any Chrome-based solution, because Google (though snac works great there).
I wish a small web browser (even a text-mode one!) with support for summary / details existed. In fact, if I ever develop another web app (a case that is probably not going to happen), I would not rely on this functionality.
summary and details tags (which #snac relies very much on), I would recommend it as the best web browser for a snac experience.CC: @gumnos@bsd.cafe
The difference from other Mastodon API clients is that this one has #snac as a first class citizen.
I'm so glad!
Attention #GoToSocial people: I have been testing @mastoblaster - an iOS Fediverse client - and it's working SO WELL! It's even grouping GtS notifications... something that Ivory doesn't do.
More info here:
Congratulations @stefano for your brilliant work on it!