RE: https://techhub.social/@vintprox/116046240847179310

Interesting part is that we both were microblogging on #devRant before. Unfortunately, that platform struggles to keep up with technology and moderation.

Some of us have branched to a group chat. Fast forward 5 years and now we're moving ships. Still feels like home with these NICE people.  Combine it with microblogging on Mastodon/whatever and you just get the best. It is OK to vent, it is OK to rant. Surround yourself with those little pats on the head.

A quick reminder to support your fellow #Fediverse instance by the word of mouth and other means (you know, ching-ching). It goes a long way!

^🧵 Back to Multiapp Idea for #devRant, 2

What's with the groups and the cost of their administering? Let's just say, I don't wanna get in these logistics here. What I want is to propose an alternative before such things are required.

Here's an idea: let's make an app that has a select few hashtags open in the home feed already. There are no levers, no buttons to remove some bad actor's posts for everyone else (definitely not on remote instances). But anyone can block or mute whoever they don't see fit just on their end. It's that one simple feature I was missing in devRant, which has place in #skyRant.

Everyone is on the same page, as far as their federation goes. Your instance's got to have interconnections with multiple other instances to provide a better coverage.

When time comes to gag someone, for everyone's safety, maybe delegate it to instance administration. Send a report, forward it, they can do something about this.

^🧵 Back to Multiapp Idea for #devRant

Plans on moving platforms entirely are merely that, the plans. Right now, archiving their own content from devRant looks like something that everyone could use more than change a place of commute altogether.

From my limited knowledge, it is possible to make an app that bridges the gap. Why even worry about where your thing gets discovered, when you can have it in all places? Imagine: an aggregator, Mastodon app that integrates neatly with devRant and gracefully falls back to Fediverse.

If focus is on the engagement, you can opt-in to mirror posts and collect upvotes/favorites for your personal statistics. If focus is on backwards-compatibility, check how post will be parsed down to devRant. How about automatically linking back to Fediverse for better media quality? Sure, why not! Pleroma reactions come alive on devRant? Maybe we can play with plain text in comments.

Possibilities are huge: just keep them real and useful to people, maintain.

^🧵 My Musings About #devRant Alternative, 8

There is no user rating system natively written down into ActivityPub, so it's pretty safe from number boasting. Now, to some it might look like a letdown, but think of the advantages, how it changes the way people interact with the content. It's a place where every post shall be seen by its own merit and authors as (somewhat nuanced) individuals.

Posts can be favorited and boosted, with all counts visible on original instance. Users of one instance don't see favorites count made by users of another. Favoriting is more of a peer-to-peer appreciation, signal of nodding. Boosting matters more as it repeats the post in your followers' feed.

Here, you are simply encouraged to make reference links, whether it's your blog, documentations, downloads or news you found.

Feed is filtered by users themselves: following right persons, muting, temporary boost-muting, blocking bad actors. They can report content that violates server rules, as well.