dansupActivityPub addict, aspiring astronaut, community creator, and determined dreamer.
Currently building @pixelfed@mastodon.social, @loops@pixelfed.social, @supapp@pixelfed.social, @fedidb@mastodon.social, and more.
Gay Métis creator living on and respecting the Indigenous lands of the Dane-zaa (Beaver), Nehiyawak (Cree), Dene, and Métis peoples in the Grande Prairie, Alberta region.
Committed to LGBTQIA2S+ inclusion, racial justice, Indigenous rights, and transgender rights.
Building the future we deserve, for all of us. 🚀
dansupIn case it wasn't clear:
I am anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-homophobia, and believe black lives matter. If you have a problem with that, smash that unfollow button.
https://twitter.com/EricaJoy/status/1159947700957143040
dansupHere's to the crazy ones. The digital revolutionaries. The #fediverse builders. The ones who see social media differently.
They're not fond of #BigTech. And they have no respect for the #SurveillanceEconomy.
You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them.
Because they change things.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.
Because the people crazy enough to think they can change social media, are the ones who do.
dansupI've received 5 VC offers "to chat" regarding Pixelfed in the past few days.
Not for sale.
Pixelfed belongs to the people.
I'd rather be broke and true to my beliefs, than sell out.
That's why I'm organizing a Kickstarter to fund the ethical development of Pixelfed, Loops and more.
It's time that someone stood up to them, instead of joining them.
Are you with me?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks
dansup"We have enormous freedom. That’s not a gift that was given to us, it’s a legacy that was left to us by centuries of struggle. By centuries of people that most of whose names are completely forgotten, the ones who created the freedom and the rights we now have, and that will be taken away unless you constantly defend them."
- Noam Chomsky
dansupFederated Instagram. #soon
dansup@Gargron@mastodon.social did it really sell out that fast, or no shipping to Canada still?
dansupdril should come to fediv
dansupLoops is Now on the App Store. 🥳
https://blog.joinloops.org/loops-is-now-on-the-app-store/
dansupJust look at how different https://loops.video looks after 1 year.
Before: The webUI was useless, you needed to use the app for everything
Now: You don't even need an app, you can do everything from our responsive webapp
I delivered on every promise, including the federated For You algorithm.
Now, we're ready to welcome the world to this open, federated and ethical TikTok alternative.
Shoutout to all the supporters and Loops community, you're pioneers in the new social web. ❤
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#Loops
dansupNever used Instagram.
Creates an Instagram alternative.
Makes Forbes.
Never stop believin' 🚀
https://www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/
dansup"AI Models" and Automated AI accounts are now prohibited on Pixelfed.social
Please report them 🙏
dansup2026 is the year of WAFRN
What started as a Tumblr alternative has grown into an active and vibrant community ✨
Even growing beyond that to welcome former Cohost users with the ability to import your Cohost export into wafrn
One more thing, wafrn supports native ATproto/BlueSky federation.
Ya, they did ActivityPub and ATproto at the same time, before it was cool.
https://wafrn.net
Consider supporting their pioneering project 👇
Donate here: https://patreon.com/wafrn
dansupPeople criticized my decision to delay releasing Loops source. I made the right call.
With everything now public, admins + devs running the beta are loving it.
"Loops federation is working very good btw!" - @trankten@tkz.one
"(the app) looks very nice and smooth rn" - @Skivling@mastodon.nz
Took 3 app iterations + 2 backend rewrites 😅
Proud of what we've built together.
The best is yet to come, and it's going to be insane ❤️
#loops #openSource #tikTok #activityPub
dansupPitchforks seeking purpose.
Is that what we've become? Don't believe everything you see, believe everything you can verify.
#fediverse
dansupMastodon could really use tombstone placeholders when a reply is deleted so the tree/chain isn't broken or orphaned.
I've implementing this in Loops, and it is a bit tricky federation wise, but it makes the experience much better.
#loops #activityPub