Notices by Eugen 💀 (gargron@mastodon.social), page 12

I don’t think I can implement a yearly recap feature and get it into a stable release that everyone will install before 2021 ends but I want to set it as a goal as a fun little feature for next year

Someone got so mad at being suspended from mastodon.social they sent an e-mail to my hosting provider *and* the FBI

@davidak @codeberg @downey Using tools that suffer from the network effect problem when you are trying to develop a tool that suffers from the network effect problem is needlessly increasing the difficulty of what you are trying to do.

Will using a custom GitLab/Gitea server add barriers for developer contributions? Yes

Will using a custom GitLab/Gitea server help Mastodon gain more users? No

@selea @davidak @codeberg @downey As someone who has run my own GitLab for a few years, I definitely do not want to run my own GitLab. If that was my job, to run a GitLab, then I could see doing it, but it is a gigantic distraction, for no benefit - GitLab is not better than GitHub. And I doubt Gitea - an even smaller project - can be better than GitHub either. Being free software is not enough. It has to actually be better than its competitors.

@selea @davidak @codeberg @downey I do not expect people to use Mastodon because it is free software. I believe Mastodon is actually better than competitors in multiple ways. Being free software is just a bonus. I think that's how it has to be.

@downey @Mastodon Our bug tracker has always been on that proprietary walled garden, and everyone who has ever contributed code to Mastodon has an account on there. It only makes sense to move discussions that are so tightly related to bug tracking there so that people don't have to make an extra account, or check a separate site.

I compiled highlights of the year for #Mastodon in 2021.

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2021/12/mastodon-recap-2021/

If you ask me, too much top content is still self-referential.

Looking for an Android developer to work together with our UX designers on Mastodon's official Android app. Contract work, only remote. E-mail hello@joinmastodon.org

I will need to do some database maintenance in, let's say, 15 minutes from now. There will be some downtime but I'll try to keep it as short as possible.

A small victory: An hour after we sent a cease & desist letter to #Gab's legal team on Oct 21 regarding their failure to publish up-to-date source code in compliance with Mastodon's AGPLv3 license, they have uploaded a new version.

That is not all that we demanded in the letter, but it is nevertheless a victory in upholding the AGPLv3 license of our project, and a signal to those who doubt that we are willing to show teeth to those who ignore it.

More context: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2019/07/statement-on-gabs-fork-of-mastodon/

Checking if I had "Trump starting a Mastodon server" on my bingo card

Twitter can go too

It's frustrating how cryptocurrency has poisoned all conversation about decentralization.