As I've been hinted to reconsider here, maybe that's a good starting point to think of - follower power: Please do share bubbles that you consider work well out here on the #Fediverse, maybe (for obvious reasons) with the specific exception of those focused on protocols, web technology and development. Curious to see what might be around.


Respectfully, and as a newish user from a special interest group, I disagree. There's a large and vibrant #blind community on Mastodon that couldn't exist on any other platform.

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(Switching back to here for now. I love social.lol and the community over there but ... can't help feeling very much how annoying it is to keep communication across Bluesky, Tumblr, Diaspora* and ActivityPub on any platform other than Friendica. Not sure whether I'll regret that but then again, and in general, maybe ... it's all about accepting imperfection of all of these solution and not bothering all too much as ... esssentially no one does.)
Als Antwort auf Kristian

In many ways this ... is also basically caused by being increasingly disappointed with how things are going in the #Fediverse but maybe that's just a bubble thing. I've been out here ever since early identi.ca days, with my first post on federated social networks dating back to 2011 and still being around somewhere in the Wayback Machine. As of 2018, I think, this was the first time ever to feel like this kind of networks could finally be up to counter the commercial walled gardens, to provide an actual, human, human-centered alternative to surveillance capitalism and people farming. Turns out: It surely does better than Facebook, X, ... in some way. But it still is far from where it would need to be for that. And worse, it doesn't seem to improve much. Sure, individual platforms have matured. Mastodon has. Friendica has. But at the very end, at the bottom of things, in 2026 (eight years later) it's still the same un-addressed, unresolved issues to run into as in 2018 (which I have been whining about often enough not to do it again). Still, from some angles, it's amazing to see how some of these things did "just work" before on Diaspora* (and still do). It's amazing to see some of these issues fixed in ATProto (regardless of ones opinion on Bluesky) because people cared to think a bit ahead of the status quo in advance. It's, too, saddening to see how many once-vivid accounts and contacts out here have either turned quiet or deleted their accounts or visibly announced retreat into some walled garden (again) or to individual blogging and all of that. It's not a bad thing. It's an individual decision that should of course be respected. But it's sad. It feels very much like mission not accomplished. It feels like specifically ActivityPub has turned out to be what it apparently started wanting to be - a protocol that focuses on open networking but actually, in this, focuses on hackers and tinkerers and developers rather than users and communities, a protocol that by design is biased towards people building "something new" on top of it (and making compatibility - or lack thereof - something anyone else is to blame for) over people using technology in a reliable manner. Not sure whether the Fediverse is growing or shrinking and at some point I don't really bother that much at the moment. Just hoping that, for the time being, #Friendica will somehow continue working as good as it can to keep different channels under one hood (and not having to decide to keep or cut contacts based on an individual network technology choice again - or being overwhelmed by trying to handle a plethora of different inboxes in a load of almost fully equal yet separated systems) - and hoping for people out here to be forgiving if there are things, conversations, communications I just miss out on. Maybe part of the deal is accepting that big-picture things over "here" aren't built with reliability in mind.
Als Antwort auf Radgryd

@Radgryd Yeah, this. It's also ... not so much the fact that people give up and move on, that apparently happened in every other network too. It's specifically, in my environment, that I notice people moving on after being here for weeks to months, trying to feel home here, becoming more quiet and eventually just quietly cutting ties then, for a lot of reasons that probably could have been avoided and are valid. 😔

Many hours later, out of the day and into the night and there still then and now are shadows of crows overhead against the dim city sky, making their way to the river. A heated conversation in the street, voices heard but actors, faces hidden to the eye. A different language, an unfamiliar melody, and sorting out that slightly odd feeling that comes along with consciously noticing both. Local computers disconnected and powered down for now. Knowing, hoping that tasks started earlier will make it to the morning. Leaving a brief note on the border of todays mental page. And flipping it over again. Soft dreams everyone wherever you are.

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Error handling, elsewhere: Retranslating log messages because the statements that ended up in the files don't seem to make much sense. Different ways of context being lost in translation, and generic codes won't help either. 7am and on and slightly dissatisfied with this aspect of reality too.

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(Unruhiger Vormittag als nebelverhangener innerer Steig durch die Ebenen heutiger Pläne. Kommunikation auf mehreren Kanälen. Themen stolpern und lachen wirr durcheinander. Innere Affen, äußere Sonne, gegenüber werden dicke Bettdecken über das Geländer des Balkons geschüttelt, ein nervöser Hund schaut einigen Federn hinterher, von denen der Wind Besitz ergriffen hat. Anderswo: Falsche Einstellungen. Falsches Passwort oder falscher Nutzername. Manche Identitätsfragen sind wiederkehrend.)

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A lot later again. Not really slowed down so far even while feeling uneasy with this kind of continuous speed. Still watching progress, small steps, random errors, odd complications. Taking notes for the new day to resume. The neighbours seem busy rolling out all kinds of coloured lights and ornaments to their terrace railings, the sparkling brightness is astounding even seen from a distance. Wanting to grasp things in paragraphs, but words seem stuck and thoughts all wound-up in itself. Little rest for the weird. Sleep tight everyone wherever you are.

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Utopia Disturbia and the dreams of machinery, half asleep. Processes once running now just creeping ahead, in an almost organic quality. Still, with minor outcomes to be noticed. Across the street, kitchen light turned a bit brighter, windows dull with steam and a shadow conducting arcane procedures. Candles everywhere else. Maybe a glowing cigarette in between. Balcony life, way beyond dusk, and just barely awake. Have a soft night wherever you are.

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Und dann wieder Mittag. Verschiedene Geschwindigkeiten, in Bewegung, nicht angekommen, eine Spur aus Fehlermeldungen und Dokumentation durch die Zeit gelegt, die vermutlich irgendwann zurückverfolgt werden muss. Neue Touristen auf alten Terrassen. Späte Kollegen werfen Grüße in einen schon halbleeren Flur. Papierstau, keine Diskussion mit dem Kopierer, keine Pausenstimmung. Warten auf die Rückkehr der Stadtkrähen. Mehr Himmel als Wolken.

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7am and ramifications of undesired changes: Modification. Observing outcomes. Communication. More than just once, order of things is of essence. (Another coffee and balancing thermal conditions. Home office and tunnel focus mood.)

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Machineries stuck. Not sure whether it's just sand or an actual wrench jammed in the gears. No messages coming through, state changes in slow motion. 10am and on. Clueless.

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Stuck keys. Applications in detached state. Looking up credentials and means of connectivity within what seems an endless paper trail. 10am and on, slightly confused under a cold white sky.

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8am and on. Commuting, fast lane, barely noticing. A backlog of phone calls, a collection of odd messages, and learnings relating to robustness and misbehaviours of certain subsystems. It's the small details and the hostile design that makes things break again and again.

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Andere Stunde, andere Wege, neue Schlaglöcher, Spaziergänge abseits des geplanten Kurses. Rotes Fähnchen irgendwo in Sichtweite. Metaphorischer Nebel und keine richtige Vorstellung vom Terrain zwischen hier und dort. Annäherung in großen Schleifen. Jede Menge Gegenwind und wechselnde Licht und der eigene Schatten bleibt auch keine verlässliche Größe. Und irgendwann öffnet man die Fenster und lässt etwas mehr des äußeren Tages in die Räume, etwas der Kälte unter blassem Himmel und des rauhen Gemurmels geschäftigen Alltags im Viertel. Ändert Verbindungen. Für kurz. Damit Geist und Seele atmen können.

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Von den Notwendigkeiten, kurzfristig Freiräume zu schaffen. Kleinteilige Probleme, vorsichtige Bewegungen in brüchigem Umfeld. Dinge ergeben nur langsam ein klareres Bild. Windstiller Mittag zwischen den Häusern des anderen Viertels. Das Laub wurde in Häufen auf dem Bürgersteig getürmt und harrt dem weiteren Gang der Dinge. Wohnungsbegehung gegenüber, ein junges Pärchen, schmucklose Wände und immer ein wichtiger Herr mit Krawatte und Klemmbrett. (Hier Wasser und Dehnungsübungen. Und ein hochfrequentes Summen. Weiter im Muster, weiter im Text.)

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Cases closed. Stepping through records, leaving marks on relevant sections. It usually takes explaining things to someone else to notice what's actually wrong, and in some of these cases fixing the problem is an inconvenient balance between professional attitude and merely being ashamed. 4pm and on. Stories of rubber ducks and complexity. And still a strong wind across these roofs.

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Verstrichene Zeit ohne merkliche Änderung der Tagesfarbe. Weißgrauer Himmel, Mikro-Meere in den Unebenheiten der Bleche vor den großen Fenstern. Tauben und Elstern haben die Dächer gegen trockenere Gefilde eingetauscht, im Appartment gegenüber bleiben die Jalousien heute dicht geschlossen. Diskussionen hinter der Wand, Lautes Baustellentreiben auf der Kreuzung, begleitet von gelegentlichen Klagen des zäh fließenden Verkehrs. Ferner: Digitale Sanduhren, Standardpassworte, keine Zurechenbarkeit, Lücken in der Historie. An vielen Stellen wird auch nur mit demselben Wasser gekocht. Nicht immer eine erfreuliche Einsicht.

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Nebenzimmer-Aufenthalte, hinter halb geschlossener Jalousie und verborgen vor der Neugier der Dachvögel. Wind zupft an den sichtbaren Rändern der Welt, vor der Kreuzung wird Kies von einem Transporter gekippt und es dauert länger als erwartet, bis sich der Lärm in der Häuserzeile wieder beruhigt, das Echo fluss- und parkwärts verzogen hat. Unbewusstes Denken, vermutlich auch unbewusstes Handeln, die Wasserflasche leert sich und in den unteren Etagen treibt irgendjemand sehr beharrlich und wütend Nägel in die harte Wand. Nervöse Katze, gesperrte Infrastruktur, falsche Symbole, dazu Termintetris und Sonne - aber als formlose Illusion. Dort oben zwischen dem Herbstwolkengrau.

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Past noon. Randomly in between work and time off. Sometimes arcane inner tensions are felt stronger when everything else calms down a little. (Fog torn open. A weak sun, but at least that's something. No songs for the moment but still searching.)

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Umwege in aufkommendem Sturm. Auf zwei Rädern jede rote Ampel knapp verpasst, und irgendwie ist der Schwung so fordernd, dass man nicht einfach entlang der Strecke anhält und pausiert, wenn man sich danach fühlt. Staub im Auge, etwas außer Atem, verschwitzt und Gänsehaut auf den Armen. Im Supermarkt des geringsten Misstrauens sind die Kassen blockiert; es herrscht Dissenz bezüglich der geltenden Preise, Mobilgeräte werden gezückt, Codes und Coupons verglichen und nie fehlt jemand, der genau so leidenschaftlich wie unreflektiert auf Technik und Menschen schimpft. Die streikenden Selbstzahlerterminals verharren hinter ihrer Regalwand voller Halloween-Kitsch und stark alkoholischen Mischgetränken; man glaubt sie leise kichern zu hören.

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Beyond dusk once more. Training ones own ability to tell the current time from listening to the chatter and music and noises of the tired yet still awake neighbourhood, the sound of dishes and late dinners and bottles and the opening, closing of balcony doors, to the street, to the backyards, to the darkness that feels like just floating in with the wind once more, embracing, indifferent, here because it just has to be this way. Sunday evening rituals. Sunday evening mood. The usual flow. Have a soft night wherever you are.

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Moist roofs steamy windows and a glaring bright light. Bicycles of school kids in between houses and crossroads, a fierce dispute behind walls again. Filing what filled the early day, leaving some notes to future selves again. With that gut feeling of knowing which things will pop up once more, for sure.

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