*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo Thank you, I am glad you see the logic. 😄

I don't foresee Eugen moving in the direction Pleroma and GS have already created and released production code.

So it's time to leave the look for more Modern alternatives. I didn't have a good chance to evaluate Friendica as well as I would like to (so that I could report on it -- it has MUCH that Mastodon doesn't).

For now, my choices are those, I am not familiar with Misskey, although it seem to be more advanced as well.

@freemo Thank you for the good wishes and advice. I have a few criteria for my selection, and it might change if I did find a better option. For now here's the list.

[ And this is NOT a new development -- I had been thinking it over for months now ]

Desired features :

1. NOT a mastodon instance, as I want Rich Text and masto doesn't have that or is likely to have it anytime soon.

2. That means a GlitchSocial or Pleroma instance as a first option.

3. an established instance. With a decent reputation. Seen in the Pleroma Servers list. https://fediverse.network/pleroma?count=statuses
[ many of those not considered, as they are badly perceived already ]

4. Size, Current version of software. Server location -- EU definitively preferred.

5. and that my account and its posts CAN be seen BOTH here at Qoto;

6. AND in important instances I care for, like Hackers.Town.

I could setup instantly at HT, as I am a known member of the community and welcome there'but my posts there are blocked from Qoto users, so I had to discard that option.

As far as I know, I like this server. I dis a brief focused seach, criteria above, and it seems to meet them.

Not only will my posts be visible at places they currently are not, but they will benefit from support from some users in these currently excluded places.

This is my Publisher account -- and I want to keep it separate from controversy surrounding some issues and perceptions of this instance.

I am a Staff member and volunteer, and do work hard to improve and build this; but I also work hard on my personal work, writing and publishing content.

Will be writing and reporting on various things, including what I felt I lost. Coming soon.

Number of peers? not my first concern. To be able to be seen, that's #1.

NEW pages coming soon to this Fediverse Reporter blog.

Watch for an announcement. I will be using my new Kawen.space account excusively for it, as I am tired of my account here not reaching places due to fediblocks and shitty politics.

I am beyond that, and a free thinking author and publisher. As such, I had been reflecting and thinking about the impact of those facts of life on my personal content.

Of we go, new seas to be explored.

"Navegar é Preciso, viver não é Preciso." -- Fernando Pessoa.

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Navegadores antigos tinham uma frase gloriosa:
"Navegar é preciso; viver não é preciso".

Quero para mim o espírito desta frase,
transformada a forma para a casar como eu sou:

Viver não é necessário; o que é necessário é criar.
Não conto gozar a minha vida; nem em gozá-la penso.
Só quero torná-la grande,
ainda que para isso tenha de ser o meu corpo
e a (minha alma) a lenha desse fogo.

Só quero torná-la de toda a humanidade;
ainda que para isso tenha de a perder como minha.
Cada vez mais assim penso.

Cada vez mais ponho da essência anímica do meu sangue
o propósito impessoal de engrandecer a pátria e contribuir
para a evolução da humanidade.

É a forma que em mim tomou o misticismo da nossa Raça.

Fernando Pessoa.

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English Translation :

Ancient navigators had a glorious phrase:
"Navigating is needed; living is not necessary".

I want for myself the spirit of this sentence,
transformed the way to marry her as I am:

Living is not necessary; what is needed is to create.
I don't count on enjoying my life; i don't even think about it.
I just want to make it big,
even if for that it has to be my body
and (my soul) the firewood of this fire.

I just want to make it all humanity;
even if i have to lose it as mine.
More and more like this I think.

I increasingly put the anymic essence of my blood
the impersonal purpose of magnifying the homeland and contributing
for the evolution of humanity.

It is the way in which the mysticism of our Race has taken in me.

Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese Poet extraordinaire.

@realcaseyrollins

Thanks -- I liked it too. They don't list the MastodonFE on the PleromaFE page, but I remember it was the server URL, followed by /web/ -- an easy to remember address.

Plus, bookmark. :P

Adding to my Pinafore Instances list, now 11 or so total.

@rgx@kawen.space @rgx@hackers.town

My personal Blog announcements soon moving to a new account and home.

Tired of Blocking and people not seeing posts, due to them.

https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/

Plus -- #MarkDown formatting is supported at my new Pleroma account.

@rgx

@rgx And the Themes.......

Dark Theme Pleroma Style.

This looks nice...

https://fediverse.network/kawen.space

A number of Pleroma instances are perceived as a bit 'Shaddy' and that can be a problem.

Looking at the Pleroma instances list and this one seems a nice one. Visiting soon.

https://kawen.space/

@rgx is up and running. Thank you.

@freemo https://i2p.rocks/blog/the-magical-world-of-pleroma-setting-up-your-instance.html

https://blog.soykaf.com/post/what-is-pleroma/

https://fediverse.network/pleroma?count=statuses

"Pleroma is built on a lot less technology than Mastodon. To run a Mastodon instance, you need Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, Sidekiq, NodeJS and - if you want search - ElasticSearch. For Pleroma, you only need Elixir and PostgreSQL, while still getting all the features. This simplifies installation and makes maintenance somewhat easier."

"To report trouble, contact href+pleroma.site AT random.sh. Please allow 24 hours for turnaround. Hardware Information. This instance is currently hosted on a Intel Xeon E3-1240 v6 @ 3.70GHz with 64Gb of RAM, 386Gb SSD zfs mirror. The OS is FreeBSD and the instance lives in its own jail." ---nice server. ;)

@Phaedrus I love Cory's work and books.

And he is generous and offers free eBook copies to some of his novels. Here's the page for this one :

https://craphound.com/littlebrother/download/

@freemo that is an astronomical cost. and I wouldn't expect you to cover out of pocket.

Reduce something, connections, keep performance better at same or lower costs.

Heck, test drive Pleroma and if we can convert the database it would be a great option.

@hector

Yes, indeed. Mastodon is pre-historic, as the chosen name says. Move on with the times, there are better alternatives.

#GlitchSocial #Pleroma

@freemo

@freemo

hei...

just came in for a tea and there's 73 notifications for me??

Coudl you remove my attrib from that Spinster discussion ? thank you

Silencing the thread is not working as expected.

@lnxw37a2 @alex @Ricotta

@freemo @alex

thanks Alex for that nice image -- I have moved my posts from earlier this morning and will publish in another platform.

That image looks like a lovely banner for my Blog post. Cheers! 😄

And a snippet from a DM reply for backgrounder.
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There is so much History there that I have no idea.

I think I will certainly move my blog work elsewhere, currently thinking about the better place to do it.

And those that know my public persona here are not surprised when I report on Good Instances, or suggest features to enrich Fediverse.

[[ This Topic Now Moved to a Blog post platform ]]

And a snippet from a DM reply for backgrounder.
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There is so much History there that I have no idea.

I think I will certainly move my blog work elsewhere, currently thinking about the better place to do it.