 Seriously pissed about this. Offering $10,000 in seed funding for a Deviant Art alternative built on ActivityPub. Q&A below or email your pitch to info@moth.social. https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html  29 comments
  @MisterMoo i was coming here to suggest a third-party frontend for pixelfed, actually 😁 @tsadiq @MisterMoo I commented on this elsewhere on the thread. But beyond it being more targeted, specific than IG/pixelfed, I really think a renaissance of the web will be on top off ActivityPub, so I’m really excited to see specific communities build their own apps, with the UI and features that best match what they’re all about, and just think of AP as the social plumbing underneath it ... reaching whole new waves of users.  @bart e.g.: https://px.filmfreedom.net/lunatics?m=collections Is it the attachment to the print/merch storefront that you're looking for? I've given this a bit of thought -- enough to decide it's beyond me. But basically, my notion is that instance-hosted storefronts could have federated catalogs and carts, but process transactions locally. Resulting in something like "Ali Baba" or "Amazon Marketplace", but federated. hi folks, this will be a conversation ofc. the critical thing here is to truly understand what DA is/was all about, what this community needs. prolly means the right team has at least 1 person that is a DA power user or superfan. you don’t have to have all the answers. you can just send us a paragraph with a few thoughts, or expression of interest. THIS CAN BE A CONVERSATION & we figure this out together. Thinking about doing a Discord or Zoom convo in a day or 2 to bring interested ppl together  @bart I was a former Gallery Admin (2004-08), Support Desk admin, Forum mod, and 'power user' for a couple of decades. I don't know how much I can contribute, but am open to participating in any meaningful way I can. I'm also still in personal contact with several of the key community members from the golden era (e.g. Lolly, Ryan Ford) but you know... @bart My only request is strong tagging support. I am always amused by the fact that E621 (a furry art (largely porn) site) is still one of the best tag searching systems on the internet. @Captain_Jack_Sparrow I love that idea. Should be a core aspiration or value of the project- a place for humans, not bots and ai @sn0n yup- this is a pretty serious app, both frontend and backend. Will be a non-trivial undertaking. Starts w a deep understanding of what has made this community special   @bart Not surprising, especially since DA tried to not opt out with AI scanning the art for their "Art" @Dragonholley yeah, that part of the story caught my attention. @nilaypatel uses the word “Taking” for this - it’s so on point. @vaughnhannon def spiritual brethern, tech to use, etc. for sure there should be Share To Pixelfed as a core feature. But i do think that what we’re looking for is a next gen social web, a new generation of websites & communities sprouting up in the aftermath of the current wave of destruction. so this is about finding a place for the next generation of young, up and coming amateur artists to post their work, connect w each other, find audience etc. it’s its own place.  |
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@bart This phase of the enshittification cycle is always disappointing. 😒