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@dansup I appreciate your superhero-level efforts on all the things. I think Pixelfed is the bees knees! But I am years deep in the waiting and it's killing me. Any idea when a regular, non-TestFlight app release will be?

@dansup That's unfortunate. When telling people about the fediverse, it's always embarrassing that the answer to "how do I avoid picking a server that's blocked by everyone" or "how do I pick a server that doesn't block the instances I want to reach" seems to be "visit each one and check for yourself". It's not ideal. I really wish for a database where I can enter a list of instances I want to follow people on and it will show me which instances can reach the most based on blocklist information.

@dansup Major man-hunk alert!

Gotta say, I like this logo / icon much better than that black and white version recently posted, although that may just have been a joke... 🤞

@dansup Definite #Zoolander vibes! (Blue Steel! 😘 )

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Congratulations!!

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"MAU"?

@dansup @pixelfed It would be great if this also showed the reverse metric - how many other instances block this one. That way people could get some visibility into which instances are widely blocked. Of course it might be vulnerable being gamed, so perhaps something like "blocked by x top-100 servers" or "blocked by servers representing x% of fediverse users", that way manipulating the metric would require spoofing a large number of users which would be more obvious.

@dansup in a sense it'd be a shame but I agree it's no longer current.

Would there be any mileage in permanent pages divided up by function though? Threadiverse, microblogging, others?

@dansup I think its still quite useful to see the threadiverse split out like that, is there any harm in keeping it?

@dansup The Misskey Revolution has begun.

@dansup I hear so many people talk and discuss about misskey.

@dansup news, calendar, photos maps, wallet, social, messages, bank, all will eventually come from a single company called "company" and the logo would be just a black money sign $

@dansup I prefer the first one's corona as its irregularities give it a softer, more light-like feel IMO. But I would suggest filling the P, either like the way the second alternative does, or with some solid color other than black. The black fill matching the black background suggests that the P is a cutout, in which case we should see the light below; or a different solid color so it no longer looks like a cutout. (But also it feels like a lot of black for an app which is about light.)

@dansup I hate to say make the logo bigger, but make the logo bigger. It should feel balanced against the background – as is, it seems like there’s more background/whitespace than logo. Looks like it’s politely shrinking away compared to other current iOS apps.

@dansup Wow. That's really jarring. The existing logo works because of the interplay between the colorful camera ring + how the negative space implies a playful, winking P.

Here all the visual attention goes to how that glaring white circle contrasts against a harsh black background. Demotes what's left of the logo to an anonymous afterthought (resembling a distorted comma?)

If you wanna lose the color for something starker, try aiming elsewhere for inspiration (Ansel Adams, Fan Ho, etc.)

@dansup bottom left odd one out, and doesn't speak to me.

@dansup I definitely prefer the current one, as the colors shout out vibrancy & excitement. This new one here is…flat. It does not peek my curiosity.

However I have a suggestion: allow people to choose their icons. That is what @IceCubesApp does & it's awesome!

@dansup pixelfed is just mastodon in php

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I think even people who know they are not the same thing may not know how their features compare, so that would be useful information.

@dansup FAQ 0.0

@dansup cool

@dansup nice what Heif lib did you use???

@dansup An iPad version! 😻

@dansup ooooooooh

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are there also rankings of the CO2 emissions of the servers or servers that run with emission-free electricity?

@dansup Hi Dan, do you have a recommendation for which Linux distribution works best currently with Pixelfed?

@dansup It could be the hosting provider as well. I went through over a dozen hosts with #Pixelfed, but in the end, I went with Fedi Monster (https://fedi.monster).

It's still not perfect, but they are the best that I have seen this far.

@dansup Glad you’re enjoying it! It needs a few episodes to break away from the extreme silliness. Ana Ortiz is great in it, enjoy!