#Alternative Platforms

[insanethrottlebikernews]

BLUESKY THE NEW SAFE SPACE FOR LIBERAL TEARS

Attention all Liberals, Bluesky is now providing you a safe space to go to cry openly about the harsh realities of life. In depression because you’re a man who wears a dress? Go to Bluesky to get the comfort you need. Get away from all those racists and Hitlers and join with others in our crying contest. Bluesky, a safe space for those unable to face life. BLUESKY THE NEW SAFE SPACE FOR…

[loubella77]

I’m so stupid omg

[trashpandaqc]

I'm testing out Metalabel, a new platform for mixed format releases (you can put music, video, pictures, games, etc in any combination on there) with a rerelease of Outgoing Decent Area, my soundtrack to a web VR space from 2021. Just an experiment for now, I'm glad for any feedback on experiences with the site!

The release includes 23 altered images of the web VR space, as well as a video tour. You can get the same music and images on the Bandcamp and Itch release, but without the video bundled in.

[daveio]

All About Dave

I'm a British nerd-of-most-trades, living in London, England. I build things, I make things work, I keep them working, and I put them back together when they break.

I'm an engineer, lockpicker, intersectional feminist, attempted wordsmith, wish-granter, Rubyist, caffeine monster, CFS/ME and MS battler, and unapologetic pervert.

Social links -

Mastodon: dave@basilisk.gallery

Dreamwidth: daveio.dreamwidth.org

Threads: daveio

Bluesky aka Bsky: dave.io

Instagram: daveio

Facebook: facebook.com/dave.io

Twitter aka X: syn (if you must)

Real-time options -

For the services which operate based on phone numbers, ask for my number.

Keybase Chat

WhatsApp

Signal

Skype

Messenger

Telegram (avoid)

If you want to contact me with encryption -

Use Keybase Chat, Signal, or WhatsApp

Use Keybase to encrypt in any messaging system

Get my key from Keybase

Get my key from my website

Fetch 0x385FD3CEF5E5C6EC from keys.openpgp.org

I am non-binary, and have written a brief primer about what that means.

[restingcorpse]

[sl1ckn01]

Instagram Outage Sends Users to Other Platforms

facebook? down instagram? down snapchat? down twitter? down nicki minaj? ate down. pic.twitter.com/pl7rh7pJW9 — ‏ً (@KHROMIEZ) May 21, 2023 Preview: Instagram experiences a widespread outage, leaving users unable to log in or use the app. Twitter has become a popular alternative platform for users to voice their complaints and share pop culture memes about the outage. Instagram, the popular…

[chongoblog]

New tech dropping for the No Zonai Device Run

[magenta13]

[stupidbxtch]

It's me I am goth chicks

[witchrealms]

(x)

[bisexualbaker]

So it seems like some of you might be interested in learning more about Dreamwidth.

Listen, here's the thing: Dreamwidth is not slick. It is not fancy. Its base code was originally put together some two decades ago or more, and it looks like it. It can't do much with images and definitely not with video—like, I think there's some way to embed video, but I have no idea how to do it, and hosting it on Dreamwidth is, uh...

The point is! Dreamwidth is a lot different from Tumblr. It's closer to Tumblr than it is to Facebook or Instagram, but it's a lot more old-school internet than Tumblr is. And that means that, for anyone who wasn't on the internet some ten, fifteen years ago, there's probably going to be a steep learning curve. It can take more effort to post things there, and more effort to find your people, its image hosting capacity can charitably be described as both "limited" and "poorly organized", and overall it may still never be the kind of website where you, personally, will want to spend a lot of time or do a lot of things. Dreamwidth does not and will never have an app, for pretty much the same reasons as AO3.

But there is one thing I can guarantee, and that is that Dreamwidth is willing to fight for us and our rights. They're already doing so.

[bass-alien]

🌛🦋🌜

[justdavina]

Stunning Woman!

[restingcorpse]

[canisalbus]

Hello, I'm not sure if you're aware, but tumblr is going to start helping midjourney gather data for their AI. You're one of the artists I follow here pretty actively and I wanted to warn you to maybe start nighshading your art before posting it here so it doesn't get swept up!

I've seen a couple of posts about it. Feeling disappointed but not that surprised. Also not excited about having to start nightshading/glazing my pieces but if there isn't going to be any serious regulations regarding data scraping and ai "art", there aren't a lot of choices.

Thank you for taking the time to warn me just in case, it was very thoughtful of you!

[club-fem]