won’t implement it.

“not sure downvotes make sense” -> it might not be a good fit for what the app is -> so maybe it would not make sense to implement.

I should be able to search for a keyword or URL on all instances

We’re working on this. It’s part of Fediscovery. Optional opt-in discovery across instances, if a user wants their content to be discoverable across instances.

Search exists. I’m not sure downvotes make sense in the context of a microblogging app, but YMMV. There’s a lot of things to work on, for sure.

The 501(c)(3) is a fundraising entity, and will continue to exist. There will be a new independent European non-profit that will “own” (for the want of a better word) the other entities. Legal structures and things are not my forte (IANAL), that’s my understanding of what is happening in so far as I’m involved in the discussions and what I’m able to tell you.

now updated.

Checking about getting it updated.

there’s a big difference between running a service on volunteers, and having full-time folks to keep things running / answer the regulation discussions / keep maintaining / keep adding the features that folks are looking for. This is not primarily an infrastructure spend. There’s also an amount of legal work involved, unfortunately. So, those are some of the elements we’re looking at.

These are part of the assets that will be transferred from the GmbH to the non-profit.

You know that Mastodon is implementing quote posts though, right?

Good start so far, what’s up!

I wrote about this over the past few months. https://andypiper.co.uk/2024/08/15/fediverse-for-freedom/

I wrote about this on my blog. I like the notion and points made here, but I also think we’re not helping by re-inventing things that already exist, so I’m torn on it. I have been happy with the existing one.

“new” == ~3 years old (but looking to move from alpha to beta in 2024 IIRC). It’s a good server!

That’s not what the story is here - this is an additional fund raising entity to support the independence of the platform. The post is very clear that Mastodon (the project) remains a European organisation

However, it’s also important for us that Mastodon is one of the few, if not the only social media platform that operates out of the EU, and we would like to keep it that way.

Way cooler than the one I built a few months ago, but I didn’t reuse parts of a Prusa! 😮

Built and using it - lots of fun. https://dev.to/andypiper/getting-arty-with-a-pi-3dk9

I think forcing all posts to be opted-in to the search, and depending on users to opt-out, would be far more controversial? Either way, the user does get to control this within the platform.

There’s also a really nice deep dive into the updates here.

I wrote a blog post about using Postmarks and contributing to the project https://andypiper.co.uk/2023/09/11/bookmarks-in-the-fediverse/

At the moment it is explicitly designed as a single-user implementation, although I’m sure it could be pivoted to become multiuser. I’ve simply set up my own on Glitch and it is working great! -> https://pipesmarks.glitch.me/

For what platform?