Regarding Sup: dansup has mentioned that he's put the project on hold until the new EU guidelines around interoperability (targeting whatsapp) are available.
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There are a couple of prpeertube creators that make short form content
I think it's worth considering a model where one might be expected to provide hosting for their own video. Certainly not necessary now but probably will be if/when video on fedi takes off
This is super exciting. I think one of the things a lot of people are missing here is the potential for wikis to augment existing fediverse communities. Reddit's killer feature has always been the massive treasure trove of information for hobbyists and niche interests. There is huge potential in the fediverse to take advantage of that sort of natural collaborative knowledge building process.
It’s normal that there will be forks and alternatives
This is not the sentiment you have previously expressed in direct response to these forks and alternatives. Thinking specifically about your activity in the sublinks announcement posts.
I honestly don't remember but I do recall it's way more of a process than it used to be
Pretty utilitarian on the ol thinkpad
I am not sure I’d be using any mass communication platform that is primarily developed and/or funded by any government.
One could argue you're using one now.
for users to migrate it could be dead on arrival
Sublinks isn't meant to appeal to users, it's meant to appeal to admins.
A cohesive culture has definitely formed distinct from the rest of the fediverse. I think microblogging as a paradigm kind of lends itself to this but Lemmy certainly has a distinct culture as well.
Damn it's still wild to me that generating text is a solved problem.
#BlackMastodon is a thing. I think there's also a guppe group?