@silverpill @erlend congrats on your possible choice.

part of my volunteering today is in improving :butterfedyC: fediverse and i feel that mitra server is just the most calm and commonsense way to enjoy fedi. there's a couple minor issues and my goal is to help them get solved.

one of my fave things is infinite scroll can be turned off(?), or at least i dont have infinite scroll on, so i can view a page without constant distractions.

if you love " #weird " then u might be excited by the ability to federate over the (invisible internet protocol) #i2p network. Is a network designed to protect ppls freedom and access to information. Instances in the #uk and #australia will probably benefit by switching to ONLY being available over i2p, however at present this would mean limited federation.... a microcosm-verse, but i think the more instance that harness i2p access and federation, the faster it will simply become standard. i am looking forward to trying out my instance over i2p with the non-js interface of #bloatFE but i believe my admin hasn't been able to keep it online (@nimda?). earlier in the year i made some tweaks to #Bloat's css to improve its look-and-feel, i don't believe @r has merged them into the project yet, if you want to try out the CSS, please contact me and i'll dig it up or open an account on this instance and access it via (bloat.wizard.casa)

on the topic of nomadic ident....(1/2)

@thendrix
>I was mentioning they might get the feet out from under the banks on their way out not that long ago. Wouldn't be that hard. :3

it needs to happen but with trump talking about ppl like jamie diamon and muskrochipped in charge, and with vance now at the helm, who owes his entire career to the lieks of peter thiel and the paypal mafia, its not looking good. i have very little faith that trump will pick good ppl to surround him.

btw i can't seem to be able to respond to 'private' messages on #bloatFE sorry (@silverpill @r . i can initially make them, but then i cant respond to them, the interface displays the error that "a narrower visibility is needed", or something similar.... i like the 'private' visibility because i don't believe that everything thats public needs to go in everyones timeline. no stress)

@nimda @silverpill has it been worked out how to make "Statuses" searches work in #bloatfe using mitra?

No matter. We see now its not your own server, but firefish.social That's nice but we won't be able to shift there. Also, Firefish seems to require #JavaScript that is deemed less safe by @torproject .

As such we will not be able to use #Firefish, unless #BloatFE works for it.

Ideas, @realcaseyrollins ?

@smallcircles
To be fair, we get a sense that many instances are operated by those who are invested in highly questionable endeavours, which make them function similarly to a large corporation.

One of the goals of Fediverse proponents like us is to make setting up secure instances fairly easy, and not too burdensome. We think #Mastodon isn't able to provide such, but with #BloatFE and no javascript, maybe it can.

We wonder how #GNUSocial and I2P-friendly #Epicyon (eg. #LibreServer) might help.

@HufflepuffBR @Castopod
Nice! Our understanding is yes, you are right to want to setup an alternative. Internet Archive is in trouble at the network level, due to overload. Gitlab is Cloud(G)lare (aka Cloud(F)lare).

Last week we discovered just how demanding Mastodon itself is on servers. We have reason to believe it's so demanding that its having a re-centralisation effect on the social network. So we wonder how #BloatFE handles Castopod. Bloat Front-End doesn't require js.

#reCentralisation

@Suiseiseki Yes, it's really, really bad!

Dear @witchescauldron, we have a theory that if you transition to a #BloatFE front-end *only* for the instance, that the instance might be able to survive beyond the scheduled shut-down of 8 Oct.

BloatFE means no javascript, too. So its an added benefit for #activists who use #TorBrowser.

It's worth thinking about BloatFE to extend the uptime at least till Apr 2024 which is when the EU will be enforcing their 'gatekeeper' legislation on #dotCons.

@greycat @tyil
There is a lightweight server called #Epicyon that also works without Javascript, and over the peer-to-perr I2P network, that you might be interested in.

It should still be available at https://libreserver.org

The Akkoma server is supposed to be quite lightweight also buut if you want a non-javascript experience that won't drain your battery, you'll may want to use a front-end called #BloatFE.

#makeJavascriptOptional

@faizov
1) #Masto95
2) #Brutaldon
3) #BloatFE

If it was me at the wheel I’d prolly write just a sexier version of #BloatFE lol

@localish @koherecoWatchdog @mangeurdenuage
There's another client that allows your to browse without JavaScript, called #BloatFE (front end) using it requires some funky installation though. Not sure whether its point and click yet.

Try not to proxy your connection through a third-party website, if you can help it.

> planning

Its not just retail that needs better integration into #sprawling, westernStyle #megaCities, but #FarmingColleges and #TownSquares.

TownSquares terrify #corporatists.

@lanodan
It would be a shame if ppl who have hurt others cannot bring themselves back to earth and form a resolution.

If you folks do fork it would be nice to see #Pleroma be more #TorBrowser-friendly. Adding fallbacks to #SVGImages might be low-hanging fruit for someone.

If it functioned without JavaScript out of the box that would be lovely, but this is less important because #BloatFE exists?

Anyway hopefully there is a repairing of relations.