Web app, specifically, or any apps?

I’m also familiar with these three (web) apps:

• Alexandrite: https://alexandrite.app/
• Mlmym (Old Reddit Lookalike): Not sure if there’s an “open” instance of it, but several instances offer it. See https://old.lemmy.world/ for an example (not sure if SJW offers Mlmym or not).
• Voyager: https://vger.app/

Might also also check out https://lemmyapps.com/ which has a good list that you can filter by platform/feature.

Yeah, I found that out when I was using my old phone with T-Mobile. It was listed as supported, and it mostly worked, but there was at least one LTE band it didn’t support.

T-Mobile uses multiple bands in the same area: one higher frequency, higher bandwidth, lower range one for fast data and a lower frequency, lower bandwidth higher range one to fill in the gaps. My phone didn’t support the lower frequency one so I would lose coverage if I was too far away from a window in my house (despite living close to 3 towers).

Not to mention, they can and do reallocate spectrum periodically so while you may be fine for a while, if they reallocate and the device doesn’t support the new bands, you may suddenly lose service.

TL;DR: If it’s listed as Verizon-incompatible, treat it as such.

It should work, technically, but there’s no guarantee. While Verizon shut down their CDMA network in 2023 and everything uses 4G/VoLTE now, it may have other limitations that prevent it from working as expected.

You’d need to make sure the LTE bands it supports are used by Verizon in your area. If it doesn’t support the bulk of Verizon’s bands, you may find yourself (artificially) without coverage.

Verizon may also refuse to allow it if it’s not on their compatibility list (though you can possibly SIM-swap into it from an already activated device). It’s been a while since I dealt with them, but from memory, they’re pretty strict about what devices they allow on the network.

It does, but I’m talking more about scheduled posts. Many instances require those to be tagged as bots.

Maybe dubvee? That’s kind of the exact vibe we’re fostering.

Site info: https://dubvee.org/site

I’m looking for a instance with…

• the fewest trolls (they’re site-banned upon discovery)
• [the fewest] bots (see rule 2: “No fscking bots”). Some bots are allowed, but only ones that are just a human queuing up things to post on a schedule.
• and anyone that likes to take things to the extremes (See Rule 8)

Cons are that a lot of accounts are banned (rule 8) and we don’t federate with some instances: .ml, grad, hexbear, lemdroid (too much spam originates there). We’re kind-of the opposite of lemm.ee in a lot of ways, so it might be a bit jarring if that’s where you’re coming from.

Yep, known issue: https://feddit.org/post/13613230

I’m still putting that together, but it’s basically something like:

UPDATE post set url = thumbnail_url where thumbnail_url like 'https://dubvee.org/pictrs/image/%' and url like 'https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/%'

For the Kbin users to clear out their avatar/banners, I just did:

UPDATE person set avatar=NULL, banner=NULL where instance_id=(select id from instance where domain='kbin.run')

UPDATE community set icon=NULL, banner=NULL where instance_id=(select id from instance where domain='kbin.run')

…and will update that for lemm.ee

I’m working on a Bun/NodeJS script to download the avatars, icons, and banners for all the lemm.ee users/communities, upload them to my pictrs, and then update the DB with the new values referencing the local images.

Prob gonna have to break that up into two steps so I can download and file the images before lemm.ee goes down and upload/assign them after (so they’re not overwritten by federation).

Not sure if I’m gonna do that for comment / post body images. Basically, I just want the archived communities to look nice.

Depending on how the admin has pict-rs (the “subsystem” it uses for media) configured, post images can create local copies /thumbnails for image posts. Some instances opt to do that, some don’t.

Other images like ones posted a comments, user/community avatars/banners aren’t stored anywhere except their home instance.

But yeah, even the limited caching has proven problematic if questionable/illegal content gets posted.

I’m gonna run some scripts on my instance’s database to look for posts that have lemm.ee pict-rs URLs and local thumbnails. Then update the url value to that of the local thumbnail_url. That’ll at least fix them on my instance where I have a copy.

I won’t be doing that until after lemm.ee shuts down, otherwise the original values will federate back in if there’s any activity on the posts.

For comment images or ones where my instance didn’t create a thumbnail, they’ll just have to be broken I guess - same goes for the community icons, though I suppose I could go ahead and get local versions of those and update the communities afterward. Prob also set those to “Mods only” in the database to keep local users from trying to post there.

For user avatars, I’ll probably just clear those in the database so when looking back at old content from .ee, it won’t try to fetch them and timeout/404.

There were less posts to worry about then, but for community icons and user avatars, that’s the same thing I did when kbin shut down.

That’s pretty much it.

Every instance that was subscribed to those communities will retain their local copy of the posts/comments and remain visible. You can even still comment on them, but only users on your instance will see them (i.e. without the home instance for the community being online, they won’t federate beyond your local instance).

The only hiccup is image posts. Different instances have different configs for creating local thumbnails of images, and community icons/banners aren’t cached, so it’ll mostly be text-only copies of the content.

And any comments or posts to other communities by .ee users that have images hosted on.ee will be broken.

As well as can be expected, all things considered. Hope the same to you.

I just like that it’s smaller. Like, you can actually have conversations (or slapfights :sigh:) and can actually recognize people. Kind of like something bigger than a small town but smaller than a huge city.

I’m not opposed to growth, and it would definitely be a good thing in the long run, but I like that it’s not just shouting into the void here.

Yeah, maybe add “[Satire]” to the title because it reads too much like every other AI-bro press release lol.

Pro tip: If you use the crosspost button, it’ll use the same image link and accomplish two things:

1. Your instance won’t have to host duplicate images
2. It will show in the feed as a crosspost

Counterpoint: Good?

The fediverse has no global identity system. Just like how temporary email addresses protect YOU from spam, disallowing them protects volunteer-run services like Mastodon, Piefed, Lemmy et al from spam (and trolls, etc).

I do not approve any registration applications from throwaway email providers. Also, volunteer-run services are much less likely to use your email address for nefarious purposes. Data breaches are another thing, but TBH, most of the spam I get is from spammers just spraying out to anything that’s formatted like an email address. Not sure about Mastodon, but Lemmy and Piefed do not reveal your email address to anyone (admin can only see it during singup and in the database). At least in Lemmy, the passwords are hashed, but the standard advice to use a unique password per service applies so that in the event of a data breach, the email+password combo will only compromise that single service.

I guess the moral of the story is to save the tinfoil hats for BigTech™ and show the Fediverse people, who are trying to do better, that you’re here with good intentions. As an admin, I’ve seen more spam, trolls, and n’eer-do-wells signup with throwaway emails than people who are here because they want to be here, and to a severe enough degree that I will no longer accept registrations using such services.

Oh, yeah, that goes without saying. Report anyone whose behavior warrants it. I’m just mainly reminding people that blocking can be a way to take control of your experience. It took me a while to fully appreciate the block button and get over my FOMO (in the earlier days of Lemmy, blocking even a few people would cut down the amount of content drastically; thankfully that’s no longer the case).

Semi-specific (but still intentionally vague) example for “block” candidates are some accounts that even the mods are like “Look, I don’t like them either, but they’re not breaking any rules”. But, in general, just don’t be afraid to block what or whoever stresses you out.

The point of my post is protecting one’s own mental health. I’m not here to police the Fediverse. Report people if it’s warranted, block if they’re a source of stress or make the place unenjoyable.

That’s like the “install uBlock Origin” first step as far as I’m concerned lol.

I think it’s less about having strong opinions and more with how those are expressed. But either way, you’re here with a good attitude, and that’s appreciated.

Good to know, and yeah, kind of matches what I’ve observed. I tend to permaban outright trolls, but yeah, they usually spin up a new account and never come back to that, so it’s probably overkill. I guess I just don’t like leaving the door open for them to come back…just in case lol.