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If you use and want the #Guppe service to stick around, they need some help covering costs and soon.

>If Guppe cannot reach a level of funding to cover all of the hosting and a couple hours of administrative labor per month, then service at a.gup.pe will shut down on May 31st, 2023.

https://web.immers.space/2023/05/farewell-to-guppe/

Farewell to Guppe - Immers Space

The story of the rise and fall of Guppe Groups, the decentralized social groups app for the ActivityPub Fediverse

Immers Space
May 9, 2023 at 12:21pmWeb
Show threadDimitrii MeowMay 9, 2023

@kas well, I really can't find a use for it... Hashtags really work well =)

I don't think there should be a single paid service for groups..

Show threadtnoisuMay 11, 2023
@DimitriMeow @Crazypedia I think following a hashtag works only in #localtimeline.
Anyways I appreciate the cool idea behind guppe groups.
Show threadDimitrii MeowMay 11, 2023
/cc @kas ah, that may be the problem with following hashtags(
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupMay 11, 2023
@DimitriMeow Following hashtags has its virtues: they enable you to see posts about a given subject without knowing or following the people who are posting.

Over at Diaspora I follow only few people, but I follow hashtags extensively. And following e.g. #‍music has shown me so much music I wouldn't have found otherwise.
Show threadDimitrii MeowMay 11, 2023
@kas
diaspora... yet another network? 😂
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupMay 11, 2023
@DimitriMeow It's an oooold social network:

🔗 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaspora_(social_network)
Diaspora (social network) - Wikipedia

Show threadDimitrii MeowMay 11, 2023
@kas
A twelve year old Mastodon-like?)
Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupMay 11, 2023
@DimitriMeow

Something like that, yes.

Pros are that you can post in markdown, and you can subscribe to hashtags.

Cons are that there is (or weas?) no API, and that it only federates with other diaspora pods.

Apart from that it's more or less the same.
Show threadDimitrii MeowMay 11, 2023

@tnoisu
checked on mastodon.social - it does show other instances for tag #localtimeline =D

@kas
@Crazypedia

Show threadtnoisuMay 11, 2023
@DimitriMeow @kas @Crazypedia well, same as the global timeline, posts appear there only when someone's follows them from the current instance
Show threadDimitrii MeowMay 16, 2023

@Crazypedia @kas I can see that it has enough support now,

But still it's sad that Open Collective does not support crypto. Can't pay otherwise =(

Show threadKlaus Alexander SeistrupMay 16, 2023
@DimitriMeow

#OpenCollective used to accept crypto, but it seems they have removed that option.

I'm glad that #GuppeGroups (I always wondered why it's Guppe and not Guppy) are safe for now, it's a very useful feature.