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Hey, after trying out Friendica for a while I changed to Mastodon after all.
Feel invited to connect with me at https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@paralax
Feel invited to connect with me at https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@paralax
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the internet isnt "a series of tubes" its basically just one tube owned by The Worst Guy
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Demo coding productivity advice:
Always take the least important item from your to-do list, obsess over it to an unhealthy degree, rinse and repeat. #burnside #automated-release-announcements
Always take the least important item from your to-do list, obsess over it to an unhealthy degree, rinse and repeat. #burnside #automated-release-announcements
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Work on the new demo tool auto updater is progressing somewhat nicely...
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Oxygene Pt. 4 by Jean-Michel Jarre (1976), reinterpreted in Javascript.
Really spot-on, respect to the author!
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Guerrilla's "Making Tools for Big Games" (CEDEC2019 talk) was just posted: https://www.guerrilla-games.com/read/making-tools-for-big-games -- super interesting. The last part on "we just don't use any local files, but rather in-memory keyvalue store on a server" is :mindblown:
Making Tools for Big Games
Guerrilla's Studio and Technical Director Michiel van der Leeuw talks about developing tools and technologies for growing projects, and the detail of aspects of Guerrilla's own Decima Engine.www.guerrilla-games.com
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And I'm told that Guerrilla is looking for a lead tools programmer! This does sound like exciting work. https://www.guerrilla-games.com/join/lead-tools-programmer/6544693002
We create awe-inspiring worlds - Guerrilla Games
Guerrilla is one of Europe's leading game companies and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. We started in 2000, and have pushed the boundaries of technical and artistic excellence in our games ever since.www.guerrilla-games.com
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Interesting to see "Blessed" as a term they use for a successful build. I've seen that term in use back to 2000.
Yeah, with CXL hitting the market and allowing servers to just have a massive amount of RAM on tap, this approach is starting to make more and more sense for ever-bigger workloads.
for everyone here, what do you guys think about the in-memory keyvalue store, as appose to the what they were using before. what the benefit and cons.
Im not a game dev, just trying to understand and learn from you all. :)
Im not a game dev, just trying to understand and learn from you all. :)
this sounds great when all developers are in the same office, but I wonder how it worked when they had to work from home during covid lockdowns. I heard they were back mostly working from the office much faster than other studios, so perhaps it's not working that great in the new world.
We struggle a lot with infrastructure that was build assuming everyone has a super fast reliable connection, and now some people run it over Starlink
We struggle a lot with infrastructure that was build assuming everyone has a super fast reliable connection, and now some people run it over Starlink
I have read this talk today, man, it is good; but one thing Michiel said really confuses me: if they have this global store that are smart enough to serve clients whatever data they need, why do they still need perforce? they could have done the versioning themselves at this point? (I guess Michiel isn't on mastodon yet? or else I would ping him :)
@bitinn my guess would be on “not everything at once”. Michiel mentioned on Twitter that they have been moving “more” of what they have in P4 to this. Also will do an update on this tech at GDC
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A Christmas fun thing - making small graphical things (called #Sizecoding - because it's small. And fun.) is going on here:
https://tcc.lovebyte.party/day0/
This is for anyone who has wanted to do something but doesn't know how yet, and wants to start; or people who want to brush up on stuff, or (like in my case) want to polish up how you're doing it in another language.
EVERYONE is welcome to join us.
Which means: YES, I really do mean everyone. ESPECIALLY people who aren't in the traditional "white, older male" category.
And if join do join and anyone gives you ANY crap about not being in the "white, older male" category: Let me know and I'll make so much god damned fuss they'll attack _me_ so you get some rest from the crap.
Also: this is fun. Please join us!
#Demoscene #CreativeCoding
https://tcc.lovebyte.party/day0/
This is for anyone who has wanted to do something but doesn't know how yet, and wants to start; or people who want to brush up on stuff, or (like in my case) want to polish up how you're doing it in another language.
EVERYONE is welcome to join us.
Which means: YES, I really do mean everyone. ESPECIALLY people who aren't in the traditional "white, older male" category.
And if join do join and anyone gives you ANY crap about not being in the "white, older male" category: Let me know and I'll make so much god damned fuss they'll attack _me_ so you get some rest from the crap.
Also: this is fun. Please join us!
#Demoscene #CreativeCoding
It's beginning to look a lot like...
Tiny Code Christmas - Day 0 Tiny Code Christmas starts tomorrow, Monday 12th of December 2022 and runs for 12 days! We’ve put together this little guide so that you’re ready to roll on Day 1! A Tiny Code Christmas animation coded with TIC-80! Tiny C…Tiny Code Christmas
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> keep their code within the relative platform character limit (240 on twitter, 500 on Mastodon).
Pleroma users: We have a 5K limit by default…
Pleroma users: We have a 5K limit by default…
Hi Truck. It‘s nice to see you here in Mastodon as well. You know me from Revision, this TRSI Tube Synth Trasidio thing. I would like to follow some sceners here. Since Musks Takeover I deleted my Twitter account.
Thank‘s for letting me follow you. 
I am really happy, that you are here. A daily portion Demoscene makes the day brighter.
I am really happy, that you are here. A daily portion Demoscene makes the day brighter.
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Holo decks, Klingons, oh my!
I made chat GPT run as a holo deck simulation and in true fashion it allows me to edit all participating actors. What a trip :D
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Just spent 5 minutes worrying about my laptop's dying ventilation until I realized it was YouTube playing this super smooth brown noise video in the background.
It *is* really top notch brown noise though...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_gzyYQJgOo
It *is* really top notch brown noise though...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_gzyYQJgOo
SERIOUSLY SMOOTHED BROWN NOISE | Night Time Edition | 10 hrs | *BLACK SCREEN* | Sleep/ Study/ Calm
So many of you asked for a ten hour edition of this Seriously Smoothed Brown Noise - so here it is! Thanks a lot for listening, I really enjoy making these v...YouTube
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At the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards, William Shatner provided one of the most unique covers of a pop song, certainly in a sci-fi convention, but maybe at any convention, or anywhere.
Over the years, Shatner has weirdly denied it happened, but it did, and Flemishdog found a U-MATIC videotape with an unaltered, high-quality version of Shatner's "Rocket Man". And here it is.
https://archive.org/details/william-shatner-rocket-man
Over the years, Shatner has weirdly denied it happened, but it did, and Flemishdog found a U-MATIC videotape with an unaltered, high-quality version of Shatner's "Rocket Man". And here it is.
https://archive.org/details/william-shatner-rocket-man
William Shatner Rocket Man : Channel O Brisbane : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Captured from a PAL Umatic videotape with 10 minutes of the 1978 Science Fiction Film Awards at the end of an otherwise unrelated recording.Internet Archive
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I thought I'd try to play game master and have the ChatGPT play my adventure... this is how it went
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@RosethornRangerTTV there is not enough space for it. i'm leaving it out and will endure whatever consequences may come my way
This was a delightful way to start my morning. Thanks for sharing!
nice. I wonder if it can do multi-character role-playing too, where you prompt it in turn for what each character would do
@jon_valdes if i had to bet on it right now, i would say, it could totally do that.
I am mindboggled at what is coming from this AI. Absolutely insane. Are we close to AGI?
@marcel yeah I think so. at this point it's mostly a problem of spending hours and hours of computing power on training, modeling storage and processing queries.
the AI itself downplays what it can do, but I have barely any complaints. For the first time, I am obsessed with it.
the AI itself downplays what it can do, but I have barely any complaints. For the first time, I am obsessed with it.
i just had it generate a transportation network in The Underdark using one-way gates only. Because every fantasy realm needs a believable logistics backbone in the world building
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We've come a long way since Eliza. The quality OpenAI's new ChatGPT system brings to the table is truly fascinating. Here it's reasonably comparing memory safety features in two different programming languages.
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This past week I’ve learned more CMake than I (n)ever wanted to know. So this sounds still appropriate
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I haven't built cross-platform C++ code in like 10 years. Did any good alternative pop up in all these years?
@HugeGameArtGD I remember using SCons back in the day. It wasn't much better than CMake, but at least the language was more familiar. I should give it another chance.
Thanks for mentioning meson. I didn't know that one! I love how their main example uses SDL ;)
Thanks for mentioning meson. I didn't know that one! I love how their main example uses SDL ;)
@arumastudios @HugeGameArtGD compared to most from "back in the day" (makefiles, autotools, scons, ant, jam, maven), CMake is indeed quite a bit better.
There are more modern ones (meson, bazel, buck, fastbuild) that I haven't looked into. Maybe some of them are better.
There are more modern ones (meson, bazel, buck, fastbuild) that I haven't looked into. Maybe some of them are better.
@HugeGameArtGD I used bazel quite a bit, and I find it very convenient, but I only used it on Linux. Never tried it on other platforms.
I'll have to worry about cross-platform C++ very soon, so I'll try all of the above to get a feel for them. Thanks!
I'll have to worry about cross-platform C++ very soon, so I'll try all of the above to get a feel for them. Thanks!
Been there! Spent a couple of months migrating/upgrading a large code base from old-style CMake to "modern CMake".
I... don't love it.
Are there any alternatives you like?
I haven't found any I like yet and I've tried many over the decades...
I... don't love it.
Are there any alternatives you like?
I haven't found any I like yet and I've tried many over the decades...
@ackack I liked the build system we had at Unity :) It had a bunch of neat tools, and build logic was C#. But I'm biased, https://aras-p.info/blog/2019/03/08/Two-years-in-a-build-team/
@ackack +1 the best experience i've had in C++ building was the closed source one we had at disney
being able to control the environment allows for a much better experience
being able to control the environment allows for a much better experience
"build systems are like opinions, everyone has one and they all stink". (honestly I like cmake fairly well, but I'm aided by the fact that I'm very familiar with it, and it is certainly not without faults.)
I was introduced to CMake when I had to do something with Autoconf in the project that I took on. Trust me, when compared to Autoconf, CMake is godsend.
I had to go through the pain recently when learning the C-sdk for the RPi Pico. Felt like a rabbit hole.
I only have a little experience with CMake, just having to build this or that. I've dabbled a bit with Meson, though. It's interesting how build systems optimize for entirely opposite things.
Makefiles: Copy this unholy gibberish from one project to another, and dependencies will work. Have to support a new OS? Oh boy! But it's all shell scripts, and you control everything.
Meson: All this is automated for you, but wait! How do I set compiler flags?! What do you mean it's impossible?
Makefiles: Copy this unholy gibberish from one project to another, and dependencies will work. Have to support a new OS? Oh boy! But it's all shell scripts, and you control everything.
Meson: All this is automated for you, but wait! How do I set compiler flags?! What do you mean it's impossible?
Years ago, I had the pleasure of redoing our game's entire build process on Android from ANT to Gradle in order to continue being published on the store.
I had to learn far more Cmake than I could ever imagine. It was not a fun process.
I had to learn far more Cmake than I could ever imagine. It was not a fun process.
instead of learning CMake I wrote my own purpose-specific build system
honestly, among the systems I tried, I find CMake to be the most supported and usable. The fact that is among the few that is natively supported by some IDE brings it to the top of the list to me.
@maxliani I don’t disagree. But the bar is fairly low!
also, I was wondering if that picture shows survivor bias. Maybe all the “yes” were taken 😉
every time I pick up cmake I go through the same pain of getting it set up and working. Then I don't touch it as it works. Time passes and all knowledge of cmake leaves my head...
Then you start a new project or add a dependency and the cycle stats again.
Then you start a new project or add a dependency and the cycle stats again.
The best thing about cmake is that it isn't autoconf. OK, the only good thing…
@fasterthanlime
@fasterthanlime
As much as I dislike CMake, I remember writing autoconf, and will take CMake over it any day.
I've been forced to become semi literate in cmake because of my job and I have only one positive thing to say about it which is that it is not an IDE specific build file (Usually).
from the ones I tried actively in the past I liked CMake best. Scons had nice syntax but was only fast enough for toy projects. Makefiles were just cumbersome but worked somehow and the boost build system b2... don't know how to phrase it... maybe the Perl of build systems? That might describe it quite well... So, if I would need to start a new C++ project, I'd look into some of the newer ones, but maybe get back to CMake again.
I end up using it every 10 years and reluctantly have to admit it’s the best tool in its domain, and that I don’t like that
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@sinbad I think that is down to how bad the competition is unfortunately…
@MouseByTheSea there are some nicer to use alternatives but I always end up needing something they can’t do but CMake can
@sinbad indeed, plus it’s reached critical mass pretty much, ie many open source projects provide cmake or nothing, and editors are also supporting it, which will make it hard to shift. Probably best to use a subset of cmake where possible, like c++ funnily enough.
@sinbad @MouseByTheSea find_package is what always brings me back to CMake. There’s so much knowledge baked in those scrips. I couldn’t imagine writing cross platform code without it.
@jkaniarz @sinbad @MouseByTheSea curiously it's the find_package that was giving me the most trouble this past week (involves me building packages for platforms they were not designed to build on, so fair game I guess)
what if the ticket took said yes? (we can be in between the survivor bias!)
Big same. Briefly got into OSS and regretted every minute of it
well... watch the introduction into #handmadehero by Casey Muratori :)
@mephisztoe I did, a while ago. Yes I know about build systems, but when you are working with someone else's codebase you often don't get a choice which one to use.
darn it, looks like others already took all the “Yes” slips.
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Some progress on the tooling front
Underappreciated demo tool milestone:
being able to open a project, close it and reopen again without everything exploding!
Imgur: The magic of the Internet
Find, rate and share the best memes and images. Discover the magic of the Internet at Imgur.Imgur
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new RTX gpu prices are insane, let’s ditch all for software renderer!
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Google has now migrated maps.google.com to www.google.com/maps thus if you grant Geoloc permission in your browser, every G-service on www.google.com can track your location.
https://garrit.xyz/posts/2022-11-24-smart-move-google
https://garrit.xyz/posts/2022-11-24-smart-move-google
Smart Move, Google
Generalist developer writing about fullstack development, system administration and free software.garrit.xyz
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More Steven Seagal content!
The nice thing about being in a chat room with 3D artists is that I'm exposed to a weird mix of stuff I'd never have found on my own. This one's especially hilarious while I also learned a thing or two!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aCMTpJx2cs&t=3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aCMTpJx2cs&t=3s
Steven Seagal Choke Hold Diorama
UPDATE: THE DIORAMA HAS BEEN FOUND!! BECOME A PATRON.... https://www.patreon.com/bobbyfingersSEAGAL ENERGY DRINK CAMPAIGN...... https://www.gofundme.com/f/h...YouTube
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So #mosstodon is cool and all about moss, but sadly not about Moss and I'm here to fix that
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Thanks to everyone!
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Congratulations @grumpygamer deserved, thanks again and pls...another one!!!!
Let's get physical! Copies that is :) Now you have something to write on the box.
Congrats, we played it as a family and the kids loved it!
Still have to launch it (like a lot of my games ahah).
But why no simultaneous release on gog? :(
But why no simultaneous release on gog? :(
congrats! Great memories from the older games, seeing it’s Steam Deck verified means i must try it out 
You absolutely deserve it! It’s my favorite of the six Monkey Island games!
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Announcing 'Dear ImGui Test Engine' + 'Dear ImGui Test Suite', available now.
- automation/testing for Dear ImGui apps/tools;
- run in your live app or headless on CI;
- run at robot speed or simulated human speed;
- export screens/videos for e.g. generating docs;
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui_test_engine
#imgui
- automation/testing for Dear ImGui apps/tools;
- run in your live app or headless on CI;
- run at robot speed or simulated human speed;
- export screens/videos for e.g. generating docs;
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui_test_engine
#imgui
GitHub - ocornut/imgui_test_engine: Dear ImGui Tests & Automation
Dear ImGui Tests & Automation. Contribute to ocornut/imgui_test_engine development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Please note the Test Suite is MIT licensed but Test Engine Library is custom open-source license (TL;DR; free for individuals, open-source, education and small companies; paid for large companies).
Income aimed at sustaining main Dear ImGui work which stays and will stay MIT.
Income aimed at sustaining main Dear ImGui work which stays and will stay MIT.
I applaud you for all the work, and for sharing what you have under an #OpenSource license. But I would kindly ask that you not call your proprietary license (i.e., one that makes it clear to me that this software is Yours, and is meant to be Sold by You, exclusively) a "custom open-source" license.
I think calling such licenses open-source confuses the public and dilutes the hard earned goodwill of many who have worked to create the bountiful #FOSS #Commons.
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui_test_engine/blob/main/imgui_test_engine/LICENSE.txt
I think calling such licenses open-source confuses the public and dilutes the hard earned goodwill of many who have worked to create the bountiful #FOSS #Commons.
https://github.com/ocornut/imgui_test_engine/blob/main/imgui_test_engine/LICENSE.txt
imgui_test_engine/LICENSE.txt at main · ocornut/imgui_test_engine
Dear ImGui Tests & Automation. Contribute to ocornut/imgui_test_engine development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
@msw Thank you. I'll pay attention ahead. Note that "open-source" mentioned in the README is used in the right context. Issue seems currently only in toot above. Thanks!
There are many “Source Available” licenses: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source-available_software
The core aspect of #OpenSource is not public availability, but Software Freedom: The right to use, modify, and share the software for *any* purpose. Access to the source code is a necessary but not sufficient aspect of this freedom.
The core aspect of #OpenSource is not public availability, but Software Freedom: The right to use, modify, and share the software for *any* purpose. Access to the source code is a necessary but not sufficient aspect of this freedom.
@latk Thanks. I generally understand the distinction but kinda brain-farted on the toot/tweet. I thought "open source" had a more casual meaning that e.g. 'Free Software".
While “Open Source Software” is literally just a rebranding of the “Free Software” concept, colloquial usage of the term “Open Source” is more relaxed. Completely understandable that you had that connotation.
It's just that @msw and I have Strong Opinions™ about this 😄
It's just that @msw and I have Strong Opinions™ about this 😄
Wow, this Fast Mode is absolutely crying out to be used in film / TV / theatre! 🤖
Would love to hear how the licensing model works out for you. I’ve been considering doing something along those lines for my texture compression work. My worry is that the innovative ideas are fairly easy to copy and replicate without using my code, but at the same time I want to be as open as possible while also finding a sustainable business model.
@castano I’ll let you know but I suspect this specific project is going to take a while to take off (which is fine for me as it’ll help to get spread out feedback and taking the time to react).
Also In general I’d say the situation improved from our call 2 years ago.
Also In general I’d say the situation improved from our call 2 years ago.
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@castano Also interested. Have been lately thinking of ways to monetize open source development and make it sustainable for some of the work I'm working on.
@castano Not working on it fulltime myself, but need some validation that the work I do is valuable to someone and worth to sink in the hours.
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@castano You can add sponsorship to GitHub projects and use that as a platform for monetization by providing "tiers" (monthly or one time) with different perks.
@castano Many people seem to use it for donation kind of sponsorships, but you can use it to give some proper value proposition
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@castano As much as I would love to believe that people would just donate to projects they believe in from the goodness of their heart, I think you need to customize the tiers for your project which provide something valuable in return.
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@JarkkoL @castano
One aspect many seem to overlook is that by selling something, companies can deduct that as expense before tax, whereas a donation is done after tax. (very simplified)
So if you sell support, it'll be easier for companies to support than if you only have patreon/donations.
Depending on the economic situation it can be illegal to give donations, but perfectly fine to buy support.
One aspect many seem to overlook is that by selling something, companies can deduct that as expense before tax, whereas a donation is done after tax. (very simplified)
So if you sell support, it'll be easier for companies to support than if you only have patreon/donations.
Depending on the economic situation it can be illegal to give donations, but perfectly fine to buy support.
@Erik_W_B @JarkkoL @castano I stopped many years ago to ever use "donation" terminology, I'm selling development and support services or sponsoring. I also stopped Patreon/GithubSponsors because it created a baseline for companies to lowball their contribution and therefore was financially a net negative.
Sounds good, didn't mean to imply otherwise. Sorry if it came across otherwise.
Just read several threads about people talking about why companies don't donate more to OS, so wanted to comment to @JarkkoL so he wouldn't fall "prey" to that idea.
Just read several threads about people talking about why companies don't donate more to OS, so wanted to comment to @JarkkoL so he wouldn't fall "prey" to that idea.
Looks great! A while ago on Twitter, you mentioned that you were working on a new way to set up bindings for FFI in other languages, so we wouldn't have to rely on cimgui anymore - is this still something you're planning to do? Our .NET bindings are a big pain point for us and we'd like to come up with something new, so we were looking forward to that. Thanks!
@goat See https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@ocornut/109354775579420042 for Dear Bindings
Omar (@ocornut@mastodon.gamedev.place)
Announcing "Dear Bindings" by Ben Carter (Shironeko Labs): - generate C API for Dear ImGui (w/ full comments) - generate metadata for other tools to generate own bindings for other languages. https://github.Gamedev Mastodon
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The more popular third party apps I had a look at seem to mostly be made for Mastodon and so despite the underlying Fediverse protocol I had a mixed experience. For Friendica this means that often I could kind of get them to work but then I couldn't enter certain screens such as the settings screen or toggles wouldn't work here or there.
I wanted a comparison with Mastodon and so I set up an account to see for myself. Turns out, that over there - at least for the specific server I chose - all those things tend to be a little faster, with way less clicks and just feel a bit more modern. Mastodon doesn't have a calendar tab but that's okay for me. It also seems to go for an overall design more in line with the one from Twitter. No problem with app integration either.
Following people on Friendica - unless I misunderstood the approach - is this whole process where I have to copy a user's handle into a form and submit everything, pulling me out of my current context, while on Mastodon I can just click the follow button and I'm done.
I get that Friendica focuses on privacy and so this may involve some tradeoffs here and there. For me personally I just found that for continuous use things have to be streamlined enough for me to want to come back and I'm getting that more with Mastodon.
I might not have wrapped my head around Friendica entirely though because, at least on paper, the platform including its UI seems way more customizable and interoperable with other decentralized social media platforms. It seems to be more focused on power users which I am admittedly not ;)
Mastodon is not Twitter - it's way less addictive by design and has its own little quirks but I guess for me it's somewhere in the middle between a power user system like Friendica and Twitter itself.
In any case, I know that managing a server is hard work and so thanks for putting in the effort and providing this service for free! Since Twitter is morphing into this democracy endangering lunatic platform it's even more important getting people off there and providing sensible social media alternatives out of reach of sociopath billionaires and unaccountable corporations.
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