Show threadVint ProxMay 21, 2024

^🧵 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.

Vint ProxMay 20, 2024

#devRant has vanished from app stores. Now I wonder how new people will ever make it to the community of funny and loud nerds like this one. The way I discovered it is by searching #DevHumor in Google Images and clicking on the one joke I liked. Despite being website second and mobile first, devRant has found its way to my desktop bookmarks, I quickly became a user just to throw a few snarky jokes back and take part in some interesting discussions. There are lots of #TIL moments to have, too.

Few telling signs show that dR does not feel well: subscriptions stopped functioning and now app is nowhere to be found on Play Store. There are simply periods when servers refuse to accept some LTE connections, which is strange for mobile first platform. Now users will have to resort to third-party app, like #skyRant, to access the platform at finger tips.

This situation got me musing again about an app that could interact with devRant and Fediverse, optionally archiving stuff on the latter.