One of the main reasons that @pixelfed became a joke...

One of the main reasons that @pixelfed became a joke of the fediverse in the early days is due to my decision to delay federation support to focus on safety and moderation tools.

I admit I did announce a few release dates, only to miss them, we eventually shipped federation support on Dec 25th, 2018 (6 months after initial release)

Someone even registered doespixelfedfederateyet.com, I wasn't bothered though, looking back I made the right decision!

Like 20 Jul 2023 at 12:08 | Open on mastodon.social

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Wendell Bell

@dansup @pixelfed Well, the least you could have done was to buy that domain from 'someone' with the zillions you gained after the IPO
#OhWait

20 Jul 2023 at 12:11 | Open on mas.to

dragfyre

@dansup @pixelfed how did you handle testing federation support while still delaying it--I'd assume you had a dedicated federation branch? Also, were you able to do extensive testing on safety and moderation features during that time?

20 Jul 2023 at 12:17 | Open on mastodon.sandwich.net

dansup

@dragfyre @pixelfed I wrote the federation code, except http signature logic back in April/May of 2018. I didn’t have a separate branch, and tested it locally using ngrok. Speaking of which, I’ve had a premium ngrok account since then and I should probably cancel it now lol

20 Jul 2023 at 12:20 | Open on mastodon.social

dragfyre

@dansup @pixelfed Good to know... we'll probably do the same for Pinetta. IIRC you had mentioned sharing some of the moderation tooling that you created for pixelfed but we're not planning on using PHP 😅

20 Jul 2023 at 12:23 | Open on mastodon.sandwich.net