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i'm the canvas guy (!canvas@toast.ooo)

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The instances page at join-lemmy is completely automated

This definitely needs to get pushed to the two main devs for lemmy as they control that website

I'm planning to split major topics (servers, mapping, skins, plugins, modding, etc) into separate communities on the instance

None of it is live at the moment

If the instance requires verified emails the application won’t even show up to staff if it’s not verified

All my servers are named after colors

Then my vms are ingredients to an omelette

I ran into this issue while working on Canvas, Lemmy DMs do not properly federate with other softwares (like Mastodon)

No worries man, it's a definite change from how the internet currently exists (i'll make a landing page explaining all these in more detail in the coming days)

The first link, !canvas@toast.ooo, will open up the community (the Lemmy equivalent of Reddit's "subreddits"). Being subscribed to that community will allow posts to the community to show up in your home feed

Matrix

Matrix is a chat protocol that is a federated live chat system, the Matrix protocol is not ActivityPub (what Lemmy, Mastodon and others run on) it runs on it's own protocol. The most popular client for Matrix is Element. You can host your own homeserver using Synapse, but it's highly recommended to use their main instance (matrix.org -- it's also the default option when you open Element in browser).

Matrix is setup in a way that you don't have to worry about missing old messages when you are on a new instance. When you join a new room ("channel") in Matrix, you will automatically be able to read old chat messages by backfilling old messages. Matrix also runs a very convenient website to share rooms with other people (matrix.to -- which is linked in my original comment) that will open a list of apps to open the room with (no vendor lock in).

Matrix is designed in a way were it doesn't matter what instance you are registered under. No matter the instance, you'll be able to read the chat, history and participate in live conversation.

Hopefully this cleaned some stuff up for you and like I said at the start of the post, I'll be making a landing page also explaining this stuff to help other people navigate this as well :)

(cc others in this thread: @Psythik@lemm.ee & @AndreTelevise@lemmy.world )

That seemed to be a major hiccup this time around, getting the word out there

my plan for next year's is to give 30 days and 7 day notice before the event starts

make sure you're subscribed to !canvas@toast.ooo & in the Matrix space so you don't miss it next year

I ran a fork of pxls for this event and they have their own instance at https://pxls.space, and compared to pixelcanvas.io, is moderated (if that's what you're looking for) :)

fixed 👍

I didn't advertise it in the general project chat, I sent it in the general admin chat

my reasoning was to "surprise" the general users of lemmy but still give admins plenty of time to prepare for it

if you're an instance admin, there is a Matrix room specifically for instance admins & canvas here

Make sure you're in the Lemmy community and the Matrix space so you don't miss it!

I do plan on running one next year, possibly with a smaller canvas

but with the amount of people interested after the event concluded, we might stick with the same size for next year, but who knows right now 😉

Make sure you're in the Lemmy community (!canvas@toast.ooo) and the Matrix space so you don't miss it!

It was very difficult notifying people of the event, but I am planning to run another one next year!

Make sure you're in the Lemmy community (!canvas@toast.ooo) and the Matrix space so you don't miss it!

It was very difficult notifying people of the event, but I am planning to run another one next year!

Make sure you're in the Lemmy community (!canvas@toast.ooo) and the Matrix space so you don't miss it!

It was very difficult notifying people of the event, but I am planning to run another one next year!

Make sure you're in the Lemmy community (!canvas@toast.ooo) and the Matrix space so you don't miss it!

It was very difficult notifying people of the event, but I am planning to run another one next year!

Make sure you're in the Lemmy community (!canvas@toast.ooo) and the Matrix space so you don't miss it!

I posted here about this exact question already, but it was very difficult to get instance admin's attention 😅

The gif is a large one (11mb) I’d suggest creating a bug report on their GitHub

The gif is a large one (11mb) I’d suggest creating a bug report on their GitHub

There’s two archive-friendly solutions Lemmy could take to solve this tho:

1. Detecting archive services and doing a full render for them
2. Instead of using api requests and adding them to the DOM, having them link to a separate page that has the comment thread (like how Reddit does it)

that would be great, i'll make sure you add yours as well 😀