It's a long weekend so I'm going to try to ship @pixelfed Channels!

Channels are inspired by Telegram, and will allow users to update their followers via text only posts that are contained to the channel screen, you won't see them in timelines

Needed to use icons to make room for a new feature 👀 #pixelfed

lmao I forgot about that note, mastodon you iconic for adding this feature

the temptation to post memes for easy likes be lowkey the hardest struggle

Before vs After

This may be controversial, but I'm going to move profile bio and website links to a new screen to give more real estate to posts!

#pixelfed

Alright, so Groups...

Wow finally, y’all ready for stories or nah?

Added a new Adult server category to https://pixelfed.org/servers ✨

I also want to stress that @pixelfed stories on the app are quite primitive and will improve significantly over the next few months!

I can’t wait to see more Stories on the @pixelfed app!!

It’s rolling out to TestFlight users and to Android users later next week 🚀 #stories

As @pixelfed Stories roll out to our iOS and Android users, I want to make it clear that you will be able to disable them!

I know not everyone wants to see them, we listen to your feedback, and want to provide the best experience for everyone, while giving users more control over it ✨

One annoying aspect of the @pixelfed app is how app settings were not synced between devices or sessions

I recently shipped support for first and third party app settings to allow synchronized settings across apps!

Imagine setting your theme to dark mode in @PixelDroid and then logging in to the official app with dark mode automatically set, wouldn't that be nice 😎

⚠️ RIDDIM WARNING 🚨

Unknown Summer - Burial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7cbqxsr4aI #np #fediPlay #burial

#Canada / #Canadian picks of the day:

@drake - the co founder of pixelfed, from Alberta

@PixelFed - photo sharing platform based in Alberta

@dansup@pixelfed.social - some guy with an iPhone who takes okay photos with no shame using filters, also from Alberta in Canada

🇨🇦 #oCanada

Gosh at this rate I may be able to get Sup in the eager hands of beta testers, after Groups 👀

Now Stories are out of the way, on to Groups!

They will be shipping disabled and without federation support, while we resolve the final details.

We are targeting Lemmy and Smithereen groups support, anything compatible with those should be compatible with our Groups 😎

New Story @ @dansup@pixelfed.social

Stories are rolling out to iOS TestFlight users now 🚀

Good Morning!

I love PB&J and shipping things, and I’m all outta peanut butter 😎

Foundation is getting wild, when Demerzel said that I was like SLAYYYYYY 💅 #teamDemerzel

One last thought before bed,

I'm working on a new role/gate system in @pixelfed and am dreaming of the ability for it to suggest trusted users for specific roles/tasks, and to empower trusted users with semi-admin or moderation capabilities

like for example, allowing them to temporarily unlist or CW a post while admins are AFK, everything would be logged and admins could easily review/reverse actions

Healthy communities strive on trust, and admins should be able to delegate/appreciate that

I'm aware of the sus graphs and stats that exaggerate month over month growth on https://fedidb.org, and I didn't have enough time tonight to fix it

I'll be able to fix the June and August aberrations and prevent them from occurring again.

I could write several blog posts about building and maintaining FediDB but I don't think many people would find it as interesting as I do 😅