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We've seen an uptick in sign-ups. It's nothing like Pixelfed's day in the sun but it is noticeable but may only be obvious in the numbers over the longer term.

This isn't the only sub being shut down (obvious ones like r/iselondeadyet are also gone) and we may be days away from Rexxit 2.0. It's something I'm planning for with the other Admins on our instance.

I hear the Azov Brigade might suit him.

Could we send them all off to fight?

Capitalism for the poor, Communism for the rich.

Creedy Defence Force, prowling the zombie filled streets living on the edge. Good times.

Would it be more or less if Adam wasn't eating your ass?

I don't think this can be used for monetisation, I am not sure the instance gets a cut of any sales, they are just connecting users.

That is an issue the Fediverse, with its anticapitalist stance, has yet to full address but Ghost is addressing how to monetise content in a Substack way and that subscription model is probably one that would be more acceptable on the Fediverse.

Great idea. I just wonder how Flohmarkt is read by non-Germans.

Those non-Germans using Huawei/Xiaomi phones or buying from Shein? I reckon they'd not bat an eyelid, especially for English-speakers when you explain it means "flea market". With Shein if anyone even bothers asking about the name, all they want to know is how to pronounce it ("she in", not "shine" or "sheen") and what it means ("it's complicated", "OK, never mind then").

Bit of a chicken and egg situation there.

I suppose we could spin up a UK instance or find someone who would but then you'd need numbers to make it work too. However, if people would be interested in using this then speak up and it'd be easier to asses the need. It could be something regional instances bolt on as an added service.

"Just go to fedi.markets"

I don't see an issue. With any service on the Internet you direct people to the URL of an instance not the underlying code. If they saw "powered by flohmarkt" and asked what that was, I'd say it was German for "flea market" and I imagine they would be satisfied with that.

No.

This post sounds less like someone reading a hostage statement, like the last BS one. It makes a lot of sense and I'm glad he's involved in the effort as it will help to keep them honest.

Back in the day, I used to play the online text-based MMORPG Urban Dead and really enjoyed Nexus War, a fantasy War-in-Heaven game inspired by its success that a lot of the UD players hopped over to.

In theory, this kind of system would work well on the Fediverse as overheads are relatively low and the instances could represent different "lands".

A quick ponder on this suggests some kind of portal fantasy that gives you access to these "lands" as you would struggle to define a map with instances arriving and, probably, dropping out.

• High fantasy - a bit like Age of Sigma has its "realms" but they are all on a similar technological level. Perhaps have each realm overseen by a particular god or pantheon with a certain ethos, aesthetic or technology (Steampunk dwarves, magical woodlands, etc). You could probably keep everything balanced by having core sets of weapons or skills with added flavour and modest variation in stats (so you could have summoners who would have a set amount of summoning points and could either get one big thing or multiple small things - so an Ent or some Saplings, zombie Hill Troll or horde of zombie rabbits).
• Multiverse - where each instance represents a different "Earth" that has developed in it's own way. Balancing technological systems would be hard as cyberpunk tech would trump Steampunk which would cause problems for Barbarians but Torg managed to do this as hi-tech kit would often break in lower tech worlds.

Something like that. Each instance would work on their particular setting and it could be fun for existing Fediverse instances to come up with a "land" that suited them - db0 would have to pirates, feddit.uk could go Steampunk, SLRPNK could do something... well the theme is pretty clear.

Looks like the fundraiser is going well. Looks like he is pulling in more money than is split between the Lemmy devs, which will make a big difference - the Fediverse needs full-time devs and so this crowd-funding is key and, hopefully, demonstrates a new funding route for others.

With previous dramas he has caused, I'd really want to see him delegating more, perhaps even create a group to oversee projects.

I'm resigned to friends and family being almost impossible to get off WhatsApp. Despite being Meta it is also quite difficult to enshittify. If they manage it, I might be able start a conversation but until then it has to stay.

For everything else Fediverse related I'm using Matrix as most Lemmy business happens there (Lemmy uses it for secure DMs so it makes sense). I will try and move people across from other chat platforms to Matrix on an ad hoc basis.

Wouldn’t that be THE BEST social media community where messages like that would actually happen? I would love to be a part of an open undivisive group of people who would write things like “Hey, I’m Joe, I do this and that and noticed you, lets band if you like” or “I’m jenna, I do the creative work for XY instance, lets connect”. That would be really cool.

Start c/penpals

I watched Conclave last night and that would save them so time researching the headwear of the Pontiff.

Sir Stephen Timms cited a reluctance among employers to introduce adjustments as a reason behind the low employment rate.

It's this that will help reduce those "negative experiences". And improving the whole recruitment process too. They've made progress with gender and race on this front, they need to do better.

I'm not going all in on the concept until we have a centralised decentralised centralised internet.

How cynical - they'll offer an ad free subscription, probably a premium one, as opposed to the basic level where you still see a few (just enough to annoy you into upgrading).