Bobby Brown @bobbyd0g@hellsite.net

Pilotredsky - Groundhog EP https://youtu.be/WxHfPY0NZj8

Just a few more old PCs to go before I get to the laptops and Macs… had enough yet?? https://twitch.tv/bobbyd0g

I am repeatedly shocked by the experiences some people describe of their entry to the Fediverse. Maybe moderating huge instances is just too difficult and they *necessarily* can't meet everyone's needs. Every advantage of this network is enhanced by the proliferation of smaller instances, especially those of moderation. There are complications right now -- the first major hurdles before us are to make administration more accessible, and improve collaboration (not automation) for moderation work.

@scanlime I was suspicious at first, but the more I read, it sounds fine honestly. By description here, it's a worker's cooperative with clear bylaws writing FOSS apps for ActivityPub. The only solicitations are for development services and an OpenCollective currently getting $55/mo. The biggest mistake I see here is just pidgeonholing "metaverse" to mean "common VR space"… and for all I know maybe the Web Monetization thing is weird. Do you see something I missed?

@ionizedgirl Descent 2 is working now, and holy shit CD soundtrack.

Live now -- let's play Descent on authentic hardware https://twitch.tv/bobbyd0g

@pluralistic Do you need the lightning-fast globally-local downtime-resilient delivery of a CDN, or are you just trying to remove load from your storage? You may be especially keen on the latter if you're using an expensive cloud S3 provider like those recommended in the replies. In that case, you can save a lot of money by running your own Minio(s) and/or standing up a cheap VPS in front of your storage with nginx media caching. If you do need a CDN, I hear people speak well of Akamai.

@mel @cenizo Sorry I missed this, all I have to add is that while Mastodon supports only WebFinger afaik, Matrix can use a SRV record for federation instead. Glad you found your answer

I just wish all this crazy stuff would have been happening at a time when I have more energy and less other stuff to do!!

Gonna stream 6-12PM EST -- just another dozen computers to go until PHASE 2! Then putting on Wipeout or Unreal or Mechwarrior or something. You can follow now and hit the bell for a ping when it starts! https://twitch.tv/bobbyd0g [PeerTube simultreams coming back soon]

@chadloder You made all kinds of problems for all the right people with that account. Excellent work.

In other words, this whole thing is great, here, but not only are we not done, we have barely even begun: we need to TAKE TRULY POPULAR CONTROL of this network and GUARD IT JEALOUSLY because otherwise corporations will gladly use their overwhelming resources to snatch it away.

LB: This is another reason we have to build this network as horizontally as possible -- as decentralized as possible -- and build an ethic of curating politically- and economically-acceptable connections that will categorically reject these types of actors. It can be difficult to accurately anticipate them, when you have a corporate silo like Tumblr getting involved right now and it looks fine, but circumstances always evolve, with factors, potentials, and motives you can't always see.