jcrabapple

jcrabapple , 10 months ago to fediverse in Self hosted instances

You're welcome to join my https://dmv.pub Kbin instance. It federates with Lemmy.

jcrabapple , 10 months ago to android in How does everyone feel about Google Pixel phones?

I had every Nexus except for the 5, and every Pixel except for the 5. I've had really good luck with them all. Only problem I had was after about a year the wireless charging stopped working on my Pixel 4 XL. I've handed down almost every single phone to either my parents or my kids after at least a year of use and they continue to last a few more years. I can't recall one ever dying. I swear by them.

jcrabapple , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Eye glasses wearers in the US, where do you buy your glasses from these days?

EyeBuyDirect and Firmoo.

jcrabapple , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Curious, how many users here actually use ActivityPub's capabilities to see other social media sites?

This is one of the best things about Kbin!

jcrabapple , 10 months ago to technology in Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users

Actually I only pay $20/month for a hosted opensearch server for my Mastodon instance. I think a lot of people on Mastodon are against full text search for ideological reasons.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to asklemmy in What singer just blows your mind when they sing?

Yeah if you listen to the albums in order you can hear the growth and the maturation of his voice. Really impressive vocalist.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to asklemmy in What singer just blows your mind when they sing?

Vessel from Sleep Token

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to asklemmy in What singer just blows your mind when they sing?

Dude's personal life is a mess but you can't deny his amazing talent. It's good to see he's back with a new album. Hopefully he stays clean and healthy.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to technology in Domains Kagi users create personalization for

I've been an early adopter subscribe for months and I'm loving it. The tools available make searching easier and so much more useful.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to technology in Which privacy-focused search engine are you using?

I started paying for Kagi a few months ago and I'm loving it. Search results and tools are great. People balk at paying for a search engine, but at least this way I know I'm not the product.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to technology in Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users

No hashtags, no full text search. Just an algorithmic feed and a following feed, and you can only search users.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to technology in Threads Has Lost More Than 80% of Its Daily Active Users

This is what happens when you launch with no content discovery features, so you have to whore yourself out and follow anyone and everyone if you want to get any attention. "Content creators" and clout chasers are the primary customer of this service, so without that I don't know why they'd want to use it.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to technology in List of recent hostile moves by Googles Chrome team

I switched to Firefox/Librewolf (with a brief stint on Vivaldi) last year and haven't looked back.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to android in Here’s the new Fitbit app with Material You redesign, coming this fall [Gallery]

Looks fantastic. Nice and clean.

jcrabapple , 11 months ago to fediverse in Want to move on from Mastodon, but so confused on what platform to choose

CalcKey just rebranded to Firefish. It has a very pretty UI but UX is currently bad as there is no way to globally disable boosts so you will see the same posts in your timeline over and over and over again. Following hashtags is limited to the Antennas feature so you won't see those posts in your timeline. Until they fix these things it's unusable for me personally.

Have you tried Akkoma or Pleroma? I run an Akkoma instance at https://shrediverse.net if you want to try it out. You can use the web app or an app like Fedilab on Android.

Have you tried other ways of viewing Mastodon? Different web apps or mobile apps? Like https://elk.zone , https://phanpy.social , https://semaphore.social.