I think its a bit complicated. For example, there was a big buzz when all H.P. novels were included in Netflix. On the other hand many queer people literally hate J.K. Rowling. But from all people that I know who read reguarly, I would say most persons have read Harry Potter.
Do images not work? I’ve been posting images and they seem fine…
Oh, you didn't know. Yeah, its really better to use imgur for the time being on diagonlemmy. Its makeshift I know ...
if you are set on a separate HP server, you should see if floo.net or floonet.works is available. Could be funner than the .social TLD.
For me, shit.just.works took the most out of that TLD than anybody ever can ;) Sadly, floo.net is already taken but I also own floonet.world. It emphasizes the global aspect of the community.
Edit3: I have to ask: If diagonlemmy currently has no image support, what purpose was !harry_potter_memes@diagonlemmy.social intended to serve. 99% of memes are image macros.
It wasn't a consistent decision :D I just thought, hey, what communities would be fun here, and created them.
It was like that from the beginning. I didn't want to deal with the image related stuff, moderation, server space, etc. But I think it has limited the growth of the instance significantly. Basically everybody that signed up for the instance never posted anything, this way it never ended up on the joinlemmy page. It feels to me like the instance is stuck because of it.
But look alone how much buzz Hogwarts legazy created. Actually, I think if the Fediverse would do it right, this could be the thing to make us mainstream.
Yes, there are many other fandoms out there, but its still popular enough, even among boomers and millenials. You need to remember we need to get them aboard too and Harry Potter could be the least common denominator here.
And for my generation, it also has a certain provoking edge to it, with which to distinct us from our "woke" milenial parents, who abandonded Harry Potter for its author.
I think images are important and on diagonlemmy, I dont want to try to add images and break stuff.
I'm not sure, I think the effort to move the community wouldnt be that hard I think. First crossposting to both, then moving to ghe other. I also think that many would come along and so the work already put in wouldnt have been wasted.
But yeah, it may be unnecessarily risky.
Oh cool.
Actually, the instance is already running: https://floonet.social/. I just haven't activated the communities yet. I don't know. I really like the idea of the floonetwork. Its like the idea of the fediverse already exists in the world of Harry Potter. I think it would be cool to bring more parts of the H.P. fandom in the fediverse, however, until now, every fansite I wrote to didn't reply.
Thanks but I'm also a bit bored of the overall design. I want to try a bit new things. But yeah, the question is whether its worth it ...
My current instance, diagonlemmy.social has no images, which is not great. So I'm thinking about creating an instance with a Harry Potter meme community.
What do you think?
Although I love Piefed for the topics-idea alone.
Can I talk to the CEO about this?
Ha ha. Great :D
Still, I a Spring-backend sounds more promising than Python ...
I think thats unlikely. If the fediverse wants it or not, its growth is now heavily dependent on Meta
Hello, I wanted to ask what you have to do to be added to the join-lemmy.org page? Is there an email to call? The documentation only reads that you have to meet certain criteria, but is it then added automatically at some point?
It’s a small advance, but one that speaks to Meta’s enginerring team paying attention to how the fediverse community is trying to educate Threads users about the possibilities.
The fediverse is now something that you can evangelize about. Its turning into a buzzword ...
Thanks for the explanation. Didn't realize Bluesky/AT is more like a fedi-washed version of ActivityPub rather than a real alternative ...
I'm not sure; on the one hand, I think the fact that federation has become a unique selling point in micro-blogging is indicating a positive trend; so even if people join Bluesky its good for the Fediverse. On the other hand, if federated just becomes another buzz word that means nothing at all, while places where the real innovation is happening are drowned out, the window of opportunity could just close.
I think its a cool idea. I had a similar idea once: https://fungiverse.wordpress.com/2024/07/27/floo-network-anouncement/ but for the whole social web instead of just Lemmy.
Its interesting, it could get overwhelming easily though. Maybe this could be solved by only showing instances of a certain size?
:D good one. My new favourite take on nostr.
Even if it doesnt have much impact on activitypub-fedi, I think this is good news for the fediverse in general. X is loosing more and more relevancy and microblogging is more and more happening on federating services.
As new users downloaded the app, Bluesky jumped to becoming the app to No. 1 in Brazil over the weekend, ahead of Meta's X competitor, Instagram Threads.
Its less open, but its definitely federated. Whether its a walled garden or not depends on the definition ;)
I'm not sure something like this will be the killer app for the Fediverse.
I think its more a transition-app as long as we have protocol wars. Most people are good with having access to the majority of the Fediverse and probably dont even know about the others.
Its still a great idea!
Regarding 2: you can also join the Fediverse this way with certain clients I believe. You are automatically signed up for lemmy.world for example
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> Provider-Exclusive: “There is only the app of my provider.” > > Provider-Centric: “There exist other apps, but the one I’m using is the main one.” > > Service-Centric: “There is no main one and I’m trying to use the one that fits my ideal the best.” > > Protocol/Ecosystem-Centric: “There exist other protocols/ecosystems, but mine is the main one.” > > Fediverse-Principle: “There is no main one and I’m trying to use the one that fits my idea of an open ecosystem the best.” > > Current state of different web2 apps: > > !
The Fediverse will soon have power on the social web to shape its future, but only through and in the interaction with Meta. This is the reality the Fediverse has to start arranging itself with. Mo…
Provider-Exclusive: “There is only the app of my provider.”
Provider-Centric: “There exist other apps, but the one I’m using is the main one.”
Service-Centric: “There is no main one and I’m trying to use the one that fits my ideal the best.”
Protocol/Ecosystem-Centric: “There exist other protocols/ecosystems, but mine is the main one.”
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(Creating your first instance for you and your friends … Image by @simzart on tumblr.com) I think that one of the greatest assets behind the Fediverse is for communities to reach a new level …
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