Yeah I like it over Mastodon as well. The UI/UX feels more modern. The only downside is that the majority of the Twitter-alternative fediverse is on Mastodon, so I have to run 90% of accounts through ‘search’ to follow them.
The article does touch on some of the main instance’s issues towards the bottom too I just found out.
If nothing else, the article is great for a breakdown of the features of Firefish. I’ve been a user for 2-3 months and didn’t know a lot of the info covered.
On a related note, I was on firefish.social but it was very buggy for me after a while. Thought about throwing in the towel but eventually realized that it was instance specific.
I have since migrated to calckey.world (Calckey -> Firefish instance that didn’t change its name) and the experience has been buttery smooth.
Very familiar UI over there. Creating an acct now
Convenience is the main issue. AFAIK, as long as you secure your device, it’ll do the job
Depending on your privacy concerns, ChatGPT might be an option. Check YouTube for reviews and how to create a course outline
It’s worth noting that DDG did update their policy after the blowback.
Tried Brave Search and felt like it was the closest to Google Search, in terms of a modernized-feel and good UI/UX, but after reading about the company and their questionable ethics, I switched to DDG instead. I’ll sacrifice my experience to avoid the more suspect company
This is going increasingly off topic.
It’s a free, open source alternative Wikipedia front-end focused on privacy.
https://github.com/Nangjing/wikiless
Basically you search wikipedia w/o tracking.
The owner is the guy who created JavaScript and is funded by controversial right-winger Peter Thiel
Not a huge deal, but if the SSD goes on to last for X more years, buying an SSD today to save a bit of time will seem pretty poorly thought-out in retrospect
Proprietary so it’s a long shot but maybe start a convo w/ the creator of Boring Report as a last ditch effort perhaps.
Might also be worth discussing on their forum in case it gets more traction and eyeballs there
Good to know. I finished the series late last month and plan on diving into the show this month
Good insight. We must protect @bug at all costs.
Yeah. I forget that we’re still likely in the ‘early adopter’ phase of things for now, which is why a lot of the UX is hit or miss depending on the instance and iteration
Great response 👍🏾
IIRC, the fediverse pertains to an interconnnected network of servers that are managed individually. Privacy is an option that led many current users to the fediverse but is by no means a requirement.
If/when threads joins the fediverse, it will have addictive algorithms and collect large amounts of user data.
My guess is that it will be like the banking system in the US where many ppl go to the exploitative larger banks out of seeming convenience w/o realizing that the alternative, less popular Credit Unions actually have the consumers’ best interest @ heart
Gotcha. Thanks for sharing. I ended up install forgejo yesterday but Gitea will be my next option if I encounter any issues