@dansup

@dansup @vantablack Thanks - just what I've been looking for. Now I just have to find a new instance and transfer.

Which will give me something to do over Christmas. Maybe avoid some washing up or something.😆

@dansup you are a boss. Thank you.

@dansup That seems like a great solution! 😮

I personally don't want it blocked, obviously not because I like or trust meta (although I do think the e.e.e fears aren't realistic, the fediverse is well established and no matter how much they extend, few here will switch to meta if they cut the federation later), but because it might be a way to talk with some acquittances that only use their platform (which is literally everyone I have contact irl, nobody I know is in the fediverse).

@dansup A very good Decision to block treads.net by default, in my humble Opinion at least. 👍 😉
#Threads #Blocking #Pixelfed #BlockMeta #BlockThreadsNet

@dansup I know there’s a lot of feedback coming to you over the decision.

In trying to a strike balance between those that want to interact with Threads vs not, I think this is the most reasoned approach I’ve seen so far..

@dansup I have no dog in this federation fight, but my thought is: the nomenclature on this feels awkward. Purely as UX. Just as a normal user, if I wanted to follow a Threads user, I'm not sure my initial thought would be to unblock. That's the inverse of following, which sounds counterintuitive.

I mean I would know what to do here, but I also host my own servers. Would John Q. Public know how to follow his buddy on another service? 🤷‍♂️ Maybe the question doesn't matter.

@dansup would still like to join pixelfed.art

@dansup Can you explain how it works ?
All new users will have Threads blocked by default, and will just have to remote it to interact with Threads ?

@dansup
I believe you arrived at the best possible solution.

Thank you for all your hard work!

@dansup I think this is a good solution -- default to blocking Threads but let individual Pixelfed users decide if they want to allow it.

@dansup this is pure gold, it shows that you are a humble and wise man that really care about this comunity and your apps users.

Thank you, for all the effort that you put into the Fediverse. We really appreciate it. Respect.

@dansup Not happy. I will unblock it for my account as soon as that feature is available. Could you please point me at the PR so I can follow it?

@dansup I don’t understand this. I see on Threads ordinary people doing ordinary things. Perhaps you’d like to explain what it is you are worried about?

@dansup Thank you! You've made the right decision for the community. Opt-in is the way it should be from the start.

@dansup can we rename that PR to clarify it's User Domain Blocks? 😅

@dansup looks Great 👍

@dansup it looks great, there is one feedback if you don't mind.
Can increase the font size of comments in blue. It always annoys me that i sometimes miss it when I try to click it.

@dansup will there be the option to display the navbar as a sidebar to increase screen efficiency?

@dansup Any updated timeline for the iOS app to leave beta? I thought a while ago you were thinking you were close but I’m assuming plans changed?

@pixelfed This is why the app size is so big, I am testing this on Android and iOS.

I do expect our app bundle size to decrease to a reasonable size once I focus on optimization

@dansup

Preferring irc over discord is a matter of wisdom, this may correlate with age but not necessarily.

@dansup discord will go the way of xfire, yahoo messenger, aim, MSN messenger. Irc is forever.

@dansup

@dansup the thought is so damn tempting, esp. considering how hard Discord is pushing to upgrade people to a paid tier.

But losing custom emojis, the gif picker, voice channels and all the other things that actually makes Discord great - urgh..

@dansup

https://cabal.chat/

Cabal is the spiritual successor to irc , it is rock solid on the cmd line and ready to go, come say hi on default 🙂

@dansup I keep wondering if it has a chance of returning to some extent..
A lot of us older hats seem to be getting pretty nostalgic for it.

MIRC and ICQ and morning coffee. Good times…

@dansup You sleep?? 😲

@dansup @pixelfed Congratulations! Would you be able to implement an auto-generating ALT text function, like the Mastodon app IceCubes has? Thanks and great work!

@dansup
How do you import from IG??
@pixelfed

@dansup @pixelfed You should be extremely proud of yourself, thank you for all of your hard work. Take a breather, focus on yourself this Holiday season, and relax for a bit if you can. More than well deserved!

@dansup @pixelfed I am new to fedi but was an instagram enjoyer until I realized how sick it made me. I am excited to see pixelfed take off and I think what can be different this time around is we can educate lay people about how to be technologically anticapitalist with FLOSS. if people don't see the "real-world value" of the infrastructure available to them, they aren't gonna know what they're missing. i think the info just needs to be condensed and spread. I'm working on a how to guide thing

@dansup :blobcatheartbongo:

@dansup @pixelfed

Well I love it. Thank you because this is what federation is all about. Everyone else can block the domain on a user level or find/make a Thread-less instance if they don’t like it.

@dansup @pixelfed I think anyone whos been watching you here can tell you care immensely about this whole space and you make decisions and change them based on what you currently believe is the best path of action. I have seen some people post about their disappointment that you changed course about the fedipact, but I think this is mostly just about finding the right balance of communication. Also the division of pixelfed as a project and pixelfed.social can get a bit confusing at times.

The ironic part is that you'd think it would be more complicated to handle the block logic across the backend, but that is simple

The domain block settings page is more complex because of pagination, search and import/export functionality.

I may skip import/export for now so I can ship basic domain block support sooner.

Thanks for following along, and more importantly, thank you for helping me prioritize this essential safety feature.

#pixelfed #domainBlocks #safety #privacy

@dansup As long as we can keep the right to NotBlock as well, that's fine! One thing a ThreadsPresence has taught me over the last 4 months is that there's a lot of sex-peddling bots out there that we MUST be able to BLOCK, but Choice is Everything! 😊

@dansup Should we block threads.net or www.threads.net?
I’ve blocked both, just in case. ^^

@dansup nice!
I have two questions:
1) what happens if a user boosts one of my photos and doesn't have the same blocked domains as me?
Will the photos also be visible on the domains that I have blocked?
2) will it be possible to bypass the domains blocked by the admin in this way?
Thank you for your work :)

@dansup It seems to me that you're making the right decision about federating with Threads: give them a chance, and give tools to Pixelfed's users to control interaction.

Maybe your communication could have been better, but you certainly don't deserve any abuse for that.

@dansup
There are no easy decisions here. There is no single correct solution. We are all just muddling your way through things.

@dansup Hi I see no reason for you to apologise to anyone. You created Pixelfed and have run Pixelfed.social very well from my perspective. It’s no doubt a controversial topic and people on both sides of the debate feel strongly in their position. Can’t argue against democracy (mostly!) but I’m content with your decisions/explanations so far. If after a discussion those who dislike/cannot accept the decision of the community can choose to move to another instance. The beauty of the Fediverse!