fedi.vision closure announcement
This account, and this instance, will be shutting down at the end of August 2025 before the domain expires.
The Fedi software that powers this instance does not have a self-destruct command, so instead we will delete this account, force an unfollow on other admin accounts, and turn off the server. Other servers will (after about a week) stop communicating with it.
Thanks for the memories, everyone. Be excellent to each other.
Some of you have been asking about the #Fedivision song contest, and whether it will run this year.
#Fedivision2025 will not be run.
The organizers (@TQ, @zatnosk, and me) agree that the Fediverse has grown to a size where Fedivision doesn’t work as a format any more. We have so many talented amateur musicians here that it’s not practical for voters to commit the hours of time needed to listen to all the entries. The labour required to organize the event has also scaled past the point where we can do it in our spare time.
I wrote a blog post about the challenges of operating an event on the Fediverse, it’s about a 15 minute read. Please read it to the end if you’re tempted to offer advice or want to take it over. https://www.icemoonprison.com/blog/archives/863
#Fedivision2024 complete song directory is up at https://fedivision.party/fedivision-2024-song-directory/ #Fedivision
Edit: also #Fedivision2023 at https://fedivision.party/fedivision-2023-song-directory/ and #Fedivision2022 at https://fedivision.party/fedivision-2022-song-directory/; these can all be reached from the Hall of Fame page.
This page will remain in perpetuity so that even those outside the top ten aren’t forgotten after the listening streamer is taken down. As we said before, the music and lyrics are licensed only for the duration of the contest and thereafter belong solely to the artists.
Artists, update me any time if you need to make changes to your links or other info.
2021 data is nowhere to be found; all we have is the top five.
Here are the ten highest-voted entries to #Fedivision2024, from top spot to tenth, as announced by @vote earlier today!
1️⃣🥇 Misaligned Aardvarks by @keefmarshall of [NOTH] The Island of Nothing
2️⃣🥈 The New Rage by @negativeplayers of [NRCI] New Rage City
3️⃣🥉 All Zombies Go To Heaven by @dgar of [DIZZ] Dizzy Corp
4️⃣🤝 Site-23 by @fabi of [BLAH] Blahaj Cuddle Coalition
4️⃣🤝 Synthetic Synchronicity by @revengeday of [CYBE] Cyberpunks
6️⃣ Tap My Toes by @elsemusic of [CABA] The Cabaret Republic
7️⃣ Mare by @stephan with @MyLoFy of [RAIL] Lost Railroad Valley
8️⃣ Face the Fire by @simonvey of [TAUS] Die Tausend Lande
9️⃣Living The Dream by @sknob of [RUGG] Rugged scrublands
🔟 Versio by @cobalt of [COBA] Cobaltia
Congratulations to all! #Fedivision
#Fedivision musicians - if you have a track from Fedivision (any year) that's on SoundCloud, let me know and I'll add it to this playlist here: https://soundcloud.com/user-96081182/sets/fedivision
.. I've just rediscovered @herr_irrtum 's wonderful track "The Cat" from last year and added that, along with a couple of others I found but it's looking quite sparse at the moment!
Listen to Fedivision by Key 13 #np on #SoundCloud
Good morning everyone. We hope you’ve all been having a great #Fedivision2024. A few more things will happen as the contest winds down. Entrants outside the top ten who asked to be told how they did will receive a DM from this account or from @futzle in the next 24 hours.
The player on fedivision.party and the pop-up channel at @radiofreefedi will remain up until this weekend. If there’s music you like, you are encouraged to connect with the artist now and find where they sell or give away their music. #Fedivision is ephemeral and we think its value is as a showcase for artists and as a networking event.
To that end, we will stick up an expanded Hall of Fame page on fedivision.party, listing all entrants with contact details and links to their music. If you are on this list and you want your details changed or deleted, just ask us. This offer is perpetual. If we find the data files and the spoons, we will do the same for the 2023 and 2022 contests.
Deborah Pickett
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