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dansup

In addition to making blocklists available via API in @pixelfed later today, I'll be adding support to view instance blocklists in FediDB!

Stephen Smith

@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

It's been two months since I added the Threadiverse page to FediDB, considering removing it now (the current events section was meant to be temporary) πŸ€”

fedidb.org/current-events/thre

Duncan

@dansup in a sense it'd be a shame but I agree it's no longer current.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

wakest ⁂

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

dansup

Misskey biggest instance growing faster than Mastodons again πŸ‘€

Melroy van den Berg

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

dansup

Some alternative app icon designs, needs color, black and white is too corpoborin'

pixelfed icon
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Felipe :wyd:

@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 $

Andrew Abernathy

@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.)

Dale Price

@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

Thoughts on the new logo our in house designer who just learned figma made?

jk i knew figma for a while, and its just the logo on a black background lol
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Paul Rohr

@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.)

MidgePhoto

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

Darnell Clayton :verified:

@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

I guess I should add a page to pixelfed.org explaining differences between @pixelfed and @Mastodon so I can link that when people say they are the same thing.

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@dansup @pixelfed @Mastodon
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

Cody is just one part of the new media pipeline, along with more efficient previews (using srcset and various sizes), exif support, better video handling, and a much more efficient schema and hydration! #pixelfed #pixeldev

dansup

created a new @pixelfed related microservice tonight!

cody (pixelfed media transcoder service)

Basically, you will be able to run this on your app server, or on other remote servers, and multiple (load-balanced) instances

It will take user uploaded media, convert to various formats, upload to S3 and return S3 urls

Redundant S3 drivers, AVIF/HEIC/HEIF/JPEG-XL, vips and HLS are some of the highlights of this epic endeavor.

MVP and more details soon!

dansup

I finally got my iPad Pro back from my homescapes addicted mother, now I can test the iPad version of Pixelfed on a real device πŸ˜‰

dansup

Working on home feed markers to preserve your feed position between navigations and devices #pixelfed

dansup

Threadiverse growth is slowing, but still strong, together they represent the 3rd most active platforms behind Mastodon and Misskey!~

Congrats to the #lemmy and #kbin projects, long live the fediverse!

Fediverse stats from FediDB.org

1) mastodon.social 148K new users
2) misskey.io 130K new users
3) lemmy.world 36K new users
4) pixelfed.social 6.1K new users
5) kbin.social 4.5K new users
6) micro.blog 3.1K new users
martin

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

dansup

Pixelfed federation is mature and fully implemented at this point, if you can’t interact with an instance it’s most likely because you were blocked or your instance blocked theirs, not because of some β€œfederation bug”

TahomaSoft

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

Darnell Clayton :verified:

@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 (fedi.monster).

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

dansup

Never liked Ugly Betty, but now my partner is rewatching it, I'm hooked πŸ˜‚

Jaap Marsman πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@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!

dansup

You may not know, but @pixelfed has supported federated Stories on the web UI since 2021!

Story Views, Story Replies and Reactions are among the currently supported features.

I'm now focused on more Story features and bringing them to our mobile apps!

dansup

Stories in @pixelfed also have some major side effects and features (some are WIP):

- Story Views (tracks who viewed your Story, and federates)
- Story Replies (sent as a DM)
- Story Reactions (emoji sent as a DM)
- Story Likes
- Story Links (swipe up for url)
- Story Polls (interactive polls, mapped to Masto polls)
- Story Audio (for separate audio, searchable/re-useable)
- Story Filters
- Story Layers
- Story Mentions

dansup

I get the excitement for @pixelfed Stories in our mobile app, and I can't wait to ship it, but I think you should know why it's been delayed so long.

Basically Stories are super complex

They are federated and on the webUI, meaning we have non-app clients to consider

Supporting video editing across Android/iOS has proved challenging, recently overcame this

I wanted to have push notifications ready for this, and they are what is now holding this up

Will probably ship without push for now

Lia [she / her] πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

@dansup @pixelfed yeeeeees, this is the feature I have been waiting for 😍 thank you so much!

Steve has β˜•οΈ for brains

@dansup how are Stories represented in AP for federation?

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