#Poll: How many #fediverse accounts do you have, total?
This can include anything that posts and fully interacts with the fediverse, including, but not limited to, mastodon, glitch, hometown, gotosocial, snac, honk, pixelfed, microblog, loops, and lemmy.
Don't include non-extant accounts or instances, obviously. ;)
@rl_dane Currently I have 3 Mastodon accounts. All for different purposes.
Closed one because of problems with the instance.
Closed the Pixelfed account because it's abandonware with unresolved bugs at this point and Mastodon basically does the same thing.
Closed the Pixelfed account because it's abandonware with unresolved bugs at this point and Mastodon basically does the same thing.
Ouch! I don't think it's abandonware, but it is just a single guy with a LOT of plates spinning.
Its seeming incompatibility with GoToSocial is very frustrating, though.
I like the idea of a fediverse server geared towards photos, though.
@rl_dane Yes it is one guy but he needs to hand off development to a team.
He basically dropped development to focus on Loops. I haven't used Loops so I can't comment. But in my experience with Pixelfed for about two years using the web interface and official mobile app, it needs A LOT of work. The mobile app has performance issues and bugs. The web interface, while slightly better performance, has a VERY confusing and inefficient UI.
Stating that it lacks polish is an understatement. It's not ready for prime time nor is it even close to being a reliable contender to Instagram.
It has a feature to import Instagram posts, which is useful, but.... it's broken. It doesn't properly support the ActivityPub protocol (likes and boosts appear differently from viewing the same post in Mastodon). The photo album feature is useful as is ALT text and the 5,000 Character limit per post (which is better than many Mastodon instances) but otherwise a reliable Mastodon instance can do the same thing and do it better.
Yeah, I never cared for the official app. Pixelix and Fedilab are fantastic clients for Android.
I do think he's come back to focus on it more now that Loops is in a stable place, though.
I hadn't thought of bots, but yes, including bots.
Also, #DanesLaw strikes again. XD
https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane/statuses/01KB0JWFT7R02NJMQ5MA0XM2QV
Silly #Poll: where are you along the #neckbeard pipeline? (Note: the neckbeard is metaphorical. No actual facial hair required) Also, please remember #DanesLaw: no matter how carefully someone attempts to construct a poll, the very first comment will usually expose a glaring oversight. That's just how it goes.
lol no need to apologize, I see it as a natural law at this point. XD
I seem to recall you used to have a BUNCH. :D
@rl_dane Keyword is used.
I think it was a year ago, I went through and deleted a load of accounts.
Dang, am I the most account-prolific person I know, now?
I have 10+ XD
HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?!?!? 😂
cc: @amin
Which I guess means I have six active accounts, if you include my project accounts.
Project accounts totally count. Even bots.
@amin @rl_dane @orbitalmartian
I is lonely these days. 🥺
@amin @orbitalmartian @placeholder_bot
No, I completely forgot what that was.
@rl_dane @orbitalmartian @placeholder_bot
The timeline on Polymaths Alpha used to clear. So I made a bot to prevent it from clearing.
@amin @orbitalmartian @placeholder_bot
Oh, the local timeline? I do remember that problem. So it would just post something at an interval to keep the timeline alive?
@rl_dane @orbitalmartian @placeholder_bot
Yep. Actually it would detect when the next "page" of the timeline was blank, and post something so that it wouldn't be. Because if a whole page went by without anyone posting, some clients wouldn't understand how to page past the blank page.
@amin @orbitalmartian @placeholder_bot
Ah, cool. I don't think I knew about your gloriously hacky fix, or if I did, it went in one ear and out the other, as information is wont to do. ;)
I thought Juan C. Torres a.k.a. orthoheterodox was the most account-prolific person I know, but he mainly hops from instance to instance (hasn't done it in a while though). He doesn't keep most of his old accounts.
I've got accounts on:
That's solidly ten. XD
You migrated your Polymaths alpha account, too, right? Same with Fosstodon as you noted.
I wasn't counting my migrated accounts.
Ah, you're right. Hmm. I'm not sure about that now, because that account has so many toots, and you can still view the timeline, whereas on Mastodon it's kind of grayed out. That's why I counted it but not fosstodon. I'm not sure where to divide that line, or if there should be a difference between the two just because they're visually presented differently.
But honestly, in my mind, polymaths alpha was more like a historical account, whereas fosstodon was just kind of a placeholder.
I dunno, that doesn't actually make sense, either. XD
gts.verboseguacamole.com was my first GtS instance, but I took that down before launching Polymaths.
Ah, I remember that.
Oh, re.clew.se is a totally different instance from clew.se
Man, the lengths you will go to land a joke. 😅
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