isaac

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[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 1 points 4 weeks ago

I'd like less focus on the network and more on individual servers, with their own names, policies, and reputations. Then users aren't thinking about whether to join one huge network - they're thinking about whether that server is the kind of place they want to be. (https://wandering.shop is a good example of an instance that is explicitly going for certain vibes.)

It would allow individual pre-existing communities to create their own spaces, ones which would prioritize those communities' experiences and needs over their connection to the rest of the fediverse. I'm imagining something like Dreamwidth or Fur Affinity or the many old-fashioned forums out there, just with the ability to follow users or navigate to topics on other instances if you know their names or URLs. I'm really not worried about discoverability outside the instance - to me, the instance is the platform, and anything outside of it is just an additional thing I can get to if I want it.

That being said, I think this approach is probably incompatible with trying to create a general-purpose social media site that also attracts a large number of users, at least not without a hefty marketing budget.

@dch82@lemmy.zip @fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 5 points 1 month ago

I think the biggest issue is HTTP Signatures - they're not part of the standard, they're not well-documented, and without them your server won't federate with anything and so you have no idea whether it works.

Plus sometimes an implementation works with Mastodon but not something else. I think Mastodon just uses certain headers when calculating the signature, but Bridgy Fed also includes the URL or something. The C# code I'd copied was programmed to exclude the URL always, so I had to change that, but it took a while to figure out that that was the issue.

@matcha_addict@lemy.lol @fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 4 points 1 month ago

Perhaps for images they'd have to federate just the text and a small thumbnail, and then just the people interested would click through. I wonder if that'd be enough.

@schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business @fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 3 points 1 month ago

Only reason I think they might not go this route is that it could make it hard for them to drop in Prodigy references. Although, they could definitely have the two EMHs talking to each other...

@startrek@startrek.website

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 1 points 1 month ago

@elena@lemmy.world @fediverse@lemmy.ml Sure, although I had forgotten that the community shares replies to, so it actually does federate out if I tag it.

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 7 points 1 month ago (4 children)

ActivityPub addressing is really somewhat complex and pretty much any server is going to abstract it with things like at-mentions, sometimes making different assumptions. When I reply to lemmy posts from my microblog.pub server, I sometimes need to make sure to include both the user (@elena@lemmy.world) and community (@fediverse@lemmy.world) if they happen to be on different domains. Otherwise my server's addressing won't send it to the right place. And I doubt other lemmy instances will see this post unless I tag them too.

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I know everyone here probably knows how to pirate things from overseas, but having the show available on a streaming service like Netflix or SkyShowtime is going to put it in front of more people who might like it and make it easier for them to recommend to their friends. I'd say the same thing no matter how long the wait was, to be honest. It took a good while for Summer Camp Island S6 to show up here in the U.S. but now it gets regular reruns on cable, which is what lets kids and teens find it. Better that the show's reach isn't restricted to people who already know what they're looking for.

CTV used to be the best at exposure by putting Star Trek on both streaming and linear - not sure why they're dropping the ball on this one.

@startrek@startrek.website

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They had to turn the ship into a boat! (What an odd sentence.)

@startrek@startrek.website

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 1 points 2 months ago

@Stormygeddon@startrek.website I'd love to see Andorians and Tellarites struggle to pronounce place names like Ashwaubenon and Oconomowoc.

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Reminded me a lot of Discovery. What a cool episode for Zero - their character design is quite fitting I think and looks good. Wonder if we'll ever see that in live action. @startrek@startrek.website

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 8 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Checking off two sci-fi bingo boxes with the classic "airplane race with an alien you just met" and "computer gone rogue" in the same half hour! Quite clever and brave of Zero to take the pointy AI out like that.

By the way, did Gwyn refer to Zero as a he in the log? If true, it wouldn't be the first time a character's pronouns have changed after you met them. Just like real life - I like that.

P.S. Is this the first time in Star Trek we hear a log in voiceover that also includes someone else's voice?

@startrek@startrek.website

[–] isaac@microblog.lakora.us 2 points 3 months ago

@startrek@startrek.website Michaela Dietz playing a Vulcan, that sounds interesting!

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