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[–] Admin@startrek.website 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The downvotes are all coming from accounts on other instances, which as @ValueSubtracted@startrek.website suggested, makes us think it's most likely people browsing "All" and not appreciating seeing twenty discussion posts (not that that justifies it).

[–] Admin@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

True, but if Meta (or anyone) wanted to "directly" get that data, it would be as trivial as setting up an instance on something as small as a Raspberry Pi and subscribing to a community here. We would have no way of knowing who it is or stopping them. Defederation is a tool to prevent brigading, not lurking.

If (if) Meta wanted to set a lemmy-style platform, preemptively defederating from it would be a largely symbolic gesture. Doesn't mean it's not worth doing, like I said we'll cross that bridge if and when it becomes relevant.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The "user data" (comments, posts, votes, etc) that would be available to a hypothetical instance owned my Meta is already public for anyone, so not much we have control over there. "Defederating" essentially just means "blanket banning" a bunch of users at once.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

We're aware of the pact and will cross that bridge when (or if) it ever really happens. We're certainly no fans of Meta (or Reddit,or Twitter). So far it seems more likely to affect Mastodon than Lemmy/Kbin.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

The Daystrom people are cream of the crop. They also seem very dedicated to the idea of migrating their community out of reach from spez. I think we've all been surprised by the enthusiasm, especially considering how Lemmy is still very much beta software (but quickly evolving).

[–] Admin@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Very cool, thanks for sharing this!

[–] Admin@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Our pictrs service seems stuck in a restart loop.

 

We are aware images aren’t loading and new images can't be uploaded. It appears to be a bug with the latest Lemmy update as we’re not the only instance with this problem. We have filed a bug report and are looking into possible solutions and hopefully it will get fixed soon. We are also looking into better ways to communicate server issues like this. Thank you for your understanding! We are learning this alongside all of you.

EDIT: If anyone out there has an idea to the cause please feel free to shoot me a DM!

EDIT 2: We're back in action folks! Thanks for your patience, you may feel free to set avatars now.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

There was a bug in the latest Lemmy update regarding images, we're aware of it and it will be fixed soon. If you had previously visited before the update, your images are likely cached in the browser, so you'll still see them.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Something went wrong in the latest update, it'll be fixed soon. It's probably working in Chrome because the images are cached from before.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

We're aware thanks, something went wrong in the latest update, it'll be fixed soon.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's in the list of things to add for sure. But if you're good at theming you can actually make a theme just for yourself.

[–] Admin@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

That warms my cold android heart to hear. We set this place exactly for people like you who wanted a good jumping off point. Welcome!

 

nuqneH!

Welcome to our new home in the Fed~~eration~~iverse. First of all- WOW we did not expect to surpass 300 users on this instance (and over 1K fediverse subscribers) within our first 48 hours and with little promotional effort. We are all excited to see where this long road goes.

Coming from Reddit and confused about Lemmy?

I had some stuff typed out, but honestly, this thread sums it up better. Check it out! It has infographics.

If you're still stressed out, remember that Lemmy is still new. Yes, it's ugly, but people said Reddit was ugly too (both are correct). As Lemmy grows, and #Rexxit continues, more tools will get made. Decentralization opens up a lot of possibilities we didn't have before. The future is bright.

Will other communities be setting up shop besides StarTrek, DaystromInstitute and Risa?

Yes! Eventually. Right now our focus is staying online, fast, and reliable which means keeping things focused while we find our footing. Daystrom, StarTrek and Risa were chosen to start off with because the three of them cover the "srs bsns ↔ shitposting" spread quite well.

If you are part of a community interested in being hosted on startrek.website, send me a DM and we can try to work something out.

Qapla'! How can I support?

We've started a Patreon here: Patreon.com/treksite. There's only one plan and it's just $4. If our growth continues like it has, we're going to need to upgrade our hosting very soon.

Will supporters have perks?

~~Yes! Eventually. We're still working that out. Which means we owe an extra big thank Thank you to those of you who are contributing now.~~

Probably not (unless you're Ferengi). See comment


If you have any questions for the team, please don't hesitate to ask in this thread (and yes the discussion thread for the Strange New Worlds season premiere will be up on /c/StarTrek later today, stay tuned!)🖖

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