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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div>None of the open, federated protocols that I have used or plan to use are listed as part of this "fediverse".<br></div><div> * email<br></div><div> * IRC -- have tried it, too primitive, switched to Matrix<br></div><div> * Matrix -- I belong to some Matrix chat rooms<br></div><div> * ForgeFed -- new protocol under development to federate Gitea. This will eventually replace Github for me.<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, Nov 7, 2022, at 5:16 PM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div>Saw a link earlier today for a Fediverse "how to" guide, if anyone is interested: <a href="https://fedi.tips/">https://fedi.tips/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div class="qt-gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="qt-gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 2:51 PM Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="qt-gmail_quote" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0.8ex;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-style:solid;border-left-width:1px;padding-left:1ex;"><div><br></div><div>Well, if somebody wants to host some kind of Fediverse instance (and<br></div><div>is promising to babysit it) then that is fine, and I can set the<br></div><div>DNS to point a <a href="http://kwlug.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kwlug.org</a> subdomain to it. However, the person<br></div><div>babysitting that instance will not be me.<br></div><div><br></div><div>- Paul<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, Nov 07, 2022 at 02:05:44AM -0500, Bob Jonkman wrote:<br></div><div>> No, sorry, the StatusNet instance is down forever, and the<br></div><div>> @<a href="mailto:KWLUG@sn.jonkman.ca" target="_blank">KWLUG@sn.jonkman.ca</a> account with it. The software was replaced by<br></div><div>> GNUsocial, but none of the accounts were migrated except my own. Selfish, I<br></div><div>> know.<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> This is a great opportunity for KWLUG to set up their own instance in the<br></div><div>> Fediverse. The Mastodon software is the most popular at the moment, but I'm<br></div><div>> still partial to GNUsocial. And there are a number of KWLUG members who<br></div><div>> host Friendica or Hubzilla instances. Since those allow longer-form text,<br></div><div>> they may be a better choice for KWLUG, if the mailing list activity is<br></div><div>> anything to go by.<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> --Bob.<br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> <br></div><div>> On 2022-11-06 19:39, Paul Nijjar via kwlug-disc wrote:<br></div><div>> > <br></div><div>> > I believe there was a StatusNet instance here:<br></div><div>> > <a href="https://sn.jonkman.ca/kwlug" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://sn.jonkman.ca/kwlug</a> but it is now defunct. If you have the<br></div><div>> > tuits, I recommend starting up a new KWLUG account somewhere on<br></div><div>> > Mastodon. Then if the old account revives itself your account and<br></div><div>> > Bob's account can fight until one of you wins the blue checkmark.<br></div><div>> > <br></div><div>> > In terms of where to create the account: I think one of the popular<br></div><div>> > public servers is a safe bet, but if any KWLUG members is running a<br></div><div>> > server and promises to maintain it for a while then it could go there.<br></div><div>> > (Am I correct in thinking that people can migrate their accounts<br></div><div>> > across the Fediverse?)<br></div><div>> > <br></div><div>> > - Paul<br></div><div>> > <br></div><div>> > <br></div><div>> > On Sun, Nov 06, 2022 at 02:38:43PM -0500, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:<br></div><div>> > > Hi everyone,<br></div><div>> > > <br></div><div>> > > Finally following up our discussions about promotion, and now it is<br></div><div>> > > overlapping with Twitter drama...<br></div><div>> > > <br></div><div>> > > I created a tweet for Mondays meeting:<br></div><div>> > > <br></div><div>> > > <a href="https://twitter.com/kwlug/status/1589305624646516738" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/kwlug/status/1589305624646516738</a><br></div><div>> > > <br></div><div>> > > If anyone who is on twitter, and would like to help promote, could you<br></div><div>> > > please like and re-tweet?<br></div><div>> > > <br></div><div>> > > Thanks<br></div><div>> > > <br></div><div>> > > Andrew<br></div><div>> > > <br></div><div>> > > (P.S.: Related, where in the fediverse should we start posting? 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