You guys probably haven't the dangdest what I'm talking about ... problem is ... StormlightTech doesn't yet have a Mastodon account anywhere since we'd rather do that on our own server. I'm sure that one of the folks here can fill me in, but is running your own server a good way to get noticed? I'm trying to find all ways for our social media accounts to be noticed without having to resort to buying followers with cryptocurrency, like I've done in the past. It makes me feel icky.
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@cambridgeport90 When you first start your own server no one will see you post because no one is following you and the server isnt federated with anyone. However if you use an existing server (preferably a popular one with lots of users) it will already be federated with much of the network. As such when you post you will show up in the federated timeline of other servers.
Federation can be expensive and time consuming to establish for a server. The way it works is this. When someone follows anyone on your server, then the entire server your follower on is now federated with you. This means that any posts you make will show up int he home timeline of your follower but the federated timeline of the server your follower is on.
So by using an already established server it means you will have a much "louder" voice than running your own server. For this reason single-instance servers arent the best idea if you want the widest audience.
@LWFlouisa @freemo what is the difference between that, and some of the other networks such as other Friendica or diaspora? I've heard of all of them, but never did seem to get the hang of their differences.
@cambridgeport90
The difference is in the UI and the standards employed for federation. Mastodon uses OStatus, ActivityPub. A lot of other networks (like diaspora) just use OStatus which is older and on the verge of becoming obsolete but still used.
Mastodon and QOTO seem to cover the most standards so it allows for a larger audience IMO.
@nipos
It uses OStatus in a sense, it would be more accurate to say it uses the diaspora-dialect of ostatus. It was just different enough from the standard that mastodon cant talk to it.
@LWFlouisa @freemo @nipos the big question. How did you guys implement the extended features on the server? Like the nearly unlimited number of characters of posts, for instance? That's pretty cool.
On Hubzilla, what I'm considering forking just to learn how it works, doesn't have any limit, as far as I know.
@LWFlouisa @nipos @freemo isn't it 500 characters by default on here? In that case, I take it then that there was some extra code modifications done over here.
@cambridgeport90
This server is significantly modified, yea that is one of the aspects I changed.
@LWFlouisa @nipos
@LWFlouisa
The hard coding is basic, just a few checks in a few places. It was easy to override with some coding knowledge.
@freemo @LWFlouisa @nipos darn. Looks like I have to add Ruby to the list of languages that I desire to learn, then.
@cambridgeport90
Always happy to help.
Instead of reading from a file, the roguelike game would have the map and its different movements programmed directly into the code.
I've learned since it's generally better to read things from a file whenever it's possible. It creates less code you have to write overall.
