You can run your own relay, though:

https://whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net/entries/Notes on Running a Full-Network atproto Relay (July 2024)

I do prefer Activitypub overall, and it’s certainly more mature, but any efforts towards decentralization should be encouraged/celebrated.

They’ve followed through on their promises so far, and you can actually self-host pretty much the whole stack today:

https://alice.bsky.sh/post/3laega7icmi2q

I’d perfer for mastodon to take off personally, but really at this point both are good options and worlds better than twitter.

Pretty much same experience here. I had some fun with it as an overwatch replacement for a couple weeks after launch, but it was pretty rough around the edges and the monetization was… yeah.

Not surprised they’re killing it already, maybe someday Bandai will give us an actually good Gundam game again. From Software is making more Armored Core in collaboration with Bamco already, I’d love to see them take the IP and do something with it.

Kamille, listen, who cares if your name is a girl’s name. And it is, Kamille. It is. But it doesn’t have to–put down the ball–it doesn’t have to define you because you can CHANGE it, Kamille. Buy a mask or some sunglasses and call yourself WHATEVER you want. People are idiots. Also it’s pronounced BAH-JEEN-AH. Of course I know how it SOUNDS, Kamille. I’m not an IDIOT. I’m a drunk who makes poor choices. Let’s see you stay off the sauce after your first few war crimes, Kamille. Let’s see how sober YOU are. Now shut up and get back in the cockpit.

me rn under a blanket at my desk doing server maintenance.

Great suggestions! I’ll use these, and the post by @CaiCai@possumpat.io as nobody else has suggested anything 😅

Thanks for the reply. I’ve been side-eyeing instances that have open community creation due to how easy it is for bad actors to come and start shit, especially if instance admins aren’t constantly on top of things.

As other people in this thread have pointed out, if you allow Nazis to hang out in your bar for long enough, you become a Nazi bar. Given your instance’s stated rules against bigotry, I would advocate for proactive action in cases like this. Donald Trump is a champion of racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, and xenophobia - all the things you don’t allow. I wouldn’t think you’d want a community that champions him as a dogwhistle for all of those things.

Have you considered disabling open community creation and having it be a function of your Agora discussion space?

Woah, this is great!

Keep em coming!

One hope I have for this community is for it to become a treasure trove of good tea sipping gifs.

Daily might be a bit much, but I’m looking into a way to set up episode discussion bots for both here and !gundam@possumpat.io. I think two series, one episode a week might be a good starting place?

In the meantime, feel free to run whatever discussion threads you like though!

Media criticism is welcome here, so long as everyone is respectful. Art is inherently subjective - people are going to like different things for different reasons, and it’s okay to say you didn’t enjoy something.

I’d discourage low effort discussion though. Instead of saying “Voyager sucks” let’s try “Voyager didn’t work for me because it was too episodic” (not a criticism I personally have, just an example).

I’d suggest reviewing the posting guidelines in the sidebar, and if anyone gets nasty or you see harassment feel free to file a report or shoot me a DM.

Yeah, the login approval flow needs a bit of work - you just get the spinny if you’re denied login for any reason. Should be good to go now!

ULTRAKILL is the most fun I’ve had with an oldschool FPS in ages. The difficulty ramps up perfectly, it’s super approachable for new players, and the skill ceiling for what you can do when you’re good is absolutely insane. The soundtrack is also fire.

Clips like this make me want to do another playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdHVt7cTwXc

Glad to hear I’m not the only one. Something about the isometric/top-down ARPG genre has never clicked with me, and I really can’t figure out why. I’ve tried torchlight, every diablo (except 4), path of exile - I end up bouncing off of them after a week or so and just lose interest.

It makes even less sense when you consider I can sink 300+ hours into Souls/Elden Ring or Xenoblade… Just something about the format just doesn’t work for me, I guess.

Wow, those colors look fantastic. I’ve been debating on getting an airbrushing setup, have any reccomendations?

My HG Aerial is in the mail and I can only hope it comes out looking half this nice.

I’d wager this is in response to the campaign going around to block every blue checkmark. Elon can’t let his crowd of sycophants feel like they’re being ignored.

Nothing much in there yet, and I need to set a banner, but it exists!

I’m focusing my instance on some niche topics that I find interesting, here’s what we’ve got so far.

FFXIV → https://possumpat.io/c/ffxiv

Bugs → https://possumpat.io/c/bugmenagerie

Esports → https://possumpat.io/c/esports

Gundam → https://possumpat.io/c/gundam

Star Trek → https://possumpat.io/c/startrek

Xenoblade → https://possumpat.io/c/xenoblade

Long Furbies → https://possumpat.io/c/longfurbies

Possums! → https://possumpat.io/c/possums

And, if you help someone register, take a look at all the instances! It’s more healthy for the network if everyone isn’t siloed on the few larger ones.