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@annewalk@tootsweet.social @Bonfire@bonfire.cafe great question. It is like Mastodon as you can create messages, like this. And it can connect to other servers. That's where the similarity ends.

Bonfire is being designed in flavors and extensions. So you can tack on what you want. They want you to build your community with it and they offer TONS of out of the box controls.

There's an open science version that yes has toots, but also allows you to search through research papers.

They're adding a calendar so you can create and track events.

I've talked with them about a RSS reader that I can easily toot out articles I enjoy.

They're actually looking for feedback on what extensions folks would like to see on their git.

They're implementing end to end encryption in their direct messages.

They're going to work on. a community flavour that ties communities closer.

When I go to my instance and log in I don't see a wall of toots. I see my dashboard. At the moment my dashboard has news articles shown. And tending topics. It'll ha e more in the future. These are created from the sources I follow.

So it's basically a one stop shop for information I desire, under my control, and oh yeah you can do like Mastodon.

But again, as it's modular you can strip out all of it as well.

It's definitely not for everyone, and it's buggy, but Ivan and Mayel are amazing dudes that are very receptive to the rough edges and bugs.

I did a video installing and showing it off if you'd like to watch it:

tubefree.org/w/3pATRDsqiBu99...

I'm on Matrix, Signal or Discord as well if you want questions. And the Bonfire folks are on Matrix as well.

@ikklegemzuniverseplus@ohai.social ​Are you running it on a VPS? I know Hetzner, for instance, blocks outgoing email as they don't want to be an email spam farm. You have to request they open it. There are commands to try to connect to email servers from the CLI that you might be able to make sure you have connectivity out.

@phillycodehound@indieweb.social ​Thank you sir. 😄 Tom's an amazing guest.

@marcusxms@friendica.dk Oh, absolutely ​agree. And thanks for suggesting. 😄

@ikklegemzuniverseplus@ohai.social ​Are you sure your mail is set right? When I do an invite link, click it, and email is working there for me.

Or are you referring to a different email process?

The initial invite email works though. Email is a frustrating thing to set up though, I had many issues. Not Bonfire related.

@berkel614@mastodon.social ​Well they have a space in Matrix if you're on there.

@marcusxms@friendica.dk totally understand this. I begrudginly made a Github acct a while ago to interact with projects. It solves problems though for a lot of folks. I wouldn't start my projects there, but I'm also a self-hoster that runs my own git. But I'm also not heads down trying to create the next open social network app. 😁 lol

@ikklegemzuniverseplus@ohai.social ​What email issue is that?

@berkel614@mastodon.social Thank you! Don't forget to go let them know on Git. 😁 And any other suggestions you have.

@jrossstocholm@mstdn.dk oh agreed. I'm dog fooding Bonfire Social, because I want to use Bonfire to help communities build their own socials. Looking forward to more flavors/spins. It's shaping up to be a SOLID base atm though.

this sunday! for #monsterdon's viewing of Mothra (1962) i'm planning on doing an unofficial ad-free bootleg-ass owncast livestream of the movie again at https://miru.miyaku.media 🗼

⏰ pre-stream countdown with music from Mothra, Ultra Q E20 “Undersea Humanoid Ragon”, and trailer starts at ~8:15pm eastern
🎥 Mothra (1961) starts at 9pm eastern (Japanese audio, hardcoded English subtitles)
🛸 wanna watch [REDACTED] get vaporized? stick around for Mars Attacks! (1996, English audio with hardcoded English subtitles)
❗please have a backup option just-in-case
🤓 programming note for this week: i’m running the 100-minute Japanese original while Tubi has the 90-minute English dub. with Tubi’s ads, they might even end around the same time!

@badnetmask@hachyderm.io ​Agreed. Guess the question is though, will they become Firefox and wholly dependent on it? 😡 That is definitely a concern. But I think Wikipedia might be a better position? I hope.

I've been giving lots of feedback to the @Bonfire@bonfire.cafe guys. They're taking things up SUPER fast. It's been absolutely incredible.

I recommend folks try out Bonfire, because it's honestly shaping up to be the one stop shop platform for social networking, consuming news, eventually handling calendar events, etc.

They just let me know about the new Git they just put up about Bonfire Widget suggestions. What would YOU want to see in Bonfire?

github.com/bonfire-networks/...

@ricci@discuss.systems was it MAGIC?​

Saw the news about Wikipedia signing a deal with AI companies. I know a lot of folks aren't happy about this, but I look at this in a few ways.

1. They're going to scrape the data anyway, so the least you can do is make money from it.
2. The money going into Wikipedia will allow them to be sustainable for years to come.
3. We know that wikipedia has worked hard to moderate and curate their information. So would we rather have AI believing blatant lies or pulling from sources that we trust and can verify?

I'm not going to approve or disprove of them as I don't know the real details behind the deal, but this is how I see it.

@shanselman@hachyderm.io @badnetmask@hachyderm.io ​how do you get invited? I've put in a form indicating I'm interested. But I'm guessing it's kind of a lottery or something that just grabs them from your proposal.

@elettrona@poliversity.it I am so sorry for your loss. THat sounds like an amazing person.

@elettrona@poliversity.it How did you get your foot in the door to do a talk? Did you just sign up and fill out a form and they picked you?

@elena@aseachange.com ​I have no merit and IDK anyone. lol but I'm going to try at least. 😁