 The botsin.space Mastodon server has been a huge part of the fediverse, and while it's sad it's being retired, I trust that the creative botmaking community will continue to thrive. "So, given two choices -- asking for more donations so I can pay for more hardware to keep the instance running, or retiring it and encouraging people to support more community-oriented instances, I'll choose the second option every time." https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/ 24 comments
@sara Hah, yeah, thank you! I'm just grateful that Colin gave everyone enough time for the migration.   @stefan Would a community funding drive to fixup and improve NextCloud Social make sense for you? I have NC VPSs that would make convenient homes. @Brett_E_Carlock Community funding definitely makes sense! Don't really know much about NextCloud Social, will have to read up about it! if you get any good leads or ideas, let us know, I only have my five, but I'm terribly attached to them now 😠 Will definitely miss @biodiversitypix managed by @samplereality – it's a great resource! Hope it finds a new home. @stefan !!!!!!!! Why am I finding out like this?!?! My 3d printer is not going to understand, how will I break the news to her? @jslr Here's a poll asking that very question! https://mastodon.social/@botwiki/113392856744055218 As for me, hard to even start thinking about this with everything that's going on. I think after the US election is over, I will take a look at GoToSocial, it looks like it's pretty compatible with Mastodon's API, and should be cheaper to run. @stefan @mpjgregoire  @stefan Unfortunately, I had to block/purge the domain becase sidekiq was giving errors every day, no ill intent and I do know you host your bots there. I do hope those users find a better home to host them. That being said, why don't you host YOUR bots on your server? Is it the costs? Traffic too high? Just curious and trying to understand here. EDIT: ah, I see the issues here, hardware lacks to run those. @shadow Yeah, I'm going to be looking into self-hosting, maybe pairing them down a bit to save cost. Lots to think about!  @stefan This explanation is likely why the mastodon art masterworks instance was shut down earlier this year. It filled my feed with works from all the masters I subscribed to and gave me breath of fresh air. Since then, other instances with live artists have come on-line to fill that void. Thanks for the hosting and contributing to the community. @stefan oh that's depressing, I follow so many awesome bots from there. Here's hoping they all find a new home before December |
Gregory's Server
Here's an article I wrote in 2018, exploring this amazing creative space:
https://botwiki.org/blog/what-kind-of-bots-are-posting-in-the-fediverse/
And here's my short interview with @colin from around the same time:
https://botwiki.org/blog/catching-up-with-the-creator-of-botsin-space/
@colin, you have contributed immensely to making the fediverse a wonderful place, and I want to thank you for that!
#BotsInSpace #bots #CreativeBots