PCGaming BeAware • 6d ago • 85%

Sooo....holy shit.

Sooo....holy shit. When you're playing games with your friends and having fun, it takes you out of reality for a bit and lets you forget about real life for awhile. However, sometimes things happen that take you back to reality and show you that life is still very real. Last week, my 2b2t group co-leader went AWOL and we had no idea what happened. It turns out he was in the hospital and then we didn't know why until yesterday. He showed back up and revealed he had been in a horrific car accident which threw him and a friend from the vehicle, suffering multiple injuries. Unfortunately another friend of his that was also in the car didn't make it.😔 We're so thankful he pulled through and was able to talk to us yesterday. I feel so horrible for his friend though.😭 #Games #Gaming #VideoGames #Minecraft #PCGaming

This is pretty much me with Fedi. Can't hold hobbies to save my life. Pretty sure I've dropped one tonight. 🤷‍♂️ I've been here for almost a year and half now. There's been ups and downs but I've always been here and will continue to be here until this place isn't.🫶 #Fedi #Fediverse #ADHD #Neurodivergent #Neurodiversity #Neurodiverse #Neurodivergence #ADHDmemes #Memes #Meme

Seems like the new Mastodon version is a must skip for those of us who like actual information about notifications...😒 Soo that's what I'll be doing. Skipping it. Still looking for an alternative that doesn't require Linus Torvalds to personally come to your house and install it himself, but that's currently not a thing. Need Linus Torvalds or the equivalent for pretty much everything.😩 #Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon

It sure would be nice to have some automated reporting by keywords right about now....you know, the thing I was explicitly told was NOT gonna happen...🤬 #Spam #Nonsense #Moderation #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

I've been using Saturn for iOS for a bit now and ever since the most recent updates, it seems very enjoyable. It has most of the same features as other third party Mastodon apps, but with its own look and feel. I think the only thing that could make it better for me, would be if it had a "Hashtag Drawer" type feature for the composer so that I could save individual hashtags with CamelCase for re-use. It's something I've been wanting in a Fediverse app for SO long. But if you want a new app to mess around with, Saturn is very good from what I've seen with it.👍 #Saturn #iOS #iPhone #Mastodon #Fediverse

Ugh. Threads keeps adding Fediverse features that are only benefitting themselves. They can now see our usernames if we follow them and if we like their posts. Still can't mention us or follow us back...which is the main part that's keeping their integration from being functional.🤦‍♂️😩 I just want open communication across platforms dammit. It's not that hard. It doesn't take a whole year. One man did it for a platform that he doesn't even work for, in just a few months! #Fediverse #Threads #Fedi #SocialMedia #BlueSky #BridgyFed

About to give Saturn another go for a few days hopefully. The dev has removed the post limit for free users, which is definitely good. Paying to post on Fediverse where everywhere else is free, is wild. They also said they fixed the crash bug with notifications. Those two things immediately killed my motivation with wanting to use the app so hopefully it's better this time.🤞 #Fediverse #Fedi #iOS #Mastodon

Maybe I should deactivate my sub.club I don't have anything "exclusive" I want to post there. I'm not a "content creator", I just like Fediverse and tend to ramble about it and like to try out new projects sometimes. I would like to earn a little on Fediverse, but so far I don't think I've done anything worth earning.🤷‍♂️ #Fediverse #Fedi #Subclub

There's something I've been wanting to talk about for awhile. Quote posts, limiting of quote posts, and how those features might be added to core AP. As it is now, the way Threads does quote posting is when a person adds a link to another Threads post, it automatically turns into a "quote post". They also have the option to limit posts from being quoted, which in turn completely stops anyone on Threads linking to that post. To me, that is wild, but I can see it making sense on a closed platform. However, given the way Fediverse works and a ton of people have their own instance/website, I think it would be absolutely asinine to attempt to stop someone from simply posting a link to another post. Links have been part of the internet for awhile now and there's no other platform that stops people from using links, AFAIK. So, to those working on AP, please consider another route for quote posts because if I cannot link to something on my own website, I'll be pretty livid honestly. #Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Threads #SocialMedia

Well...after a few posts using Saturn, it prompted me to pay... Guess my trial period is over in less than 2 hours. Not much to say tbh, since I didn't get a fair amount of time with it. Notifications crash the app, that's about all I can say....😬 @JPEGuin@mastodon.social, I would definitely remove the limit on posting. I'm a poster, if I can't post without paying, I'll use something else. Also, the app crashed several times in the short time I've had with it. The most consistent being when I tried to open my notifications, it crashed every time. Overall, I can't say much more because I was very limited by the paywall.🤷‍♂️ #Saturn #iOS #Mastodon #Fediverse

I am testing out Saturn, an iOS app for Mastodon, at the request of the developer. After I give it a week or so of messing around in the app, I'll give my thoughts about it. Hopefully it's good, we can use more apps with different styles and features. Many options are always a good thing to me. #Mastodon #Fediverse #iOS

Told y'all mastodon being the majority here is not a good thing.... <https://socialwebfoundation.org/> I hate this. I hate that I was right. Everything is about 🤑🤑🤑. It always has been. #Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWebFoundation

Kinda weird seeing some people on Threads say "I'm sharing to the Fediverse!" but they're totally not...😳 That's the major issue with Threads implementation. People just assume posting there by default is "on the Fediverse". 🤦‍♂️ #Threads #Meta #Fediverse #SocialMedia

Just a tip for any new developers in the Fediverse space: If you're making any sort of "search" function to browse Fediverse posts, make sure that it respects people's "Discoverability" settings in the Mastodon software. This might not be the easiest thing to do. However, given that 73% of people on Fediverse are interacting with Fedi strictly through Mastodon, you don't have much choice. If your project gets widely known and you're disrespecting people's privacy options, you'll be highly vilified and probably Fedi cancelled. #Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Does the feature that makes posts based on hashtags come from Mbin or just Fedi.io specifically? It's quite annoying to have people constantly attempting to dunk on you for upvotes and failing. Might have to block Fedia.io I suspect this will go there so hi fedia...😒 #Fediverse #Fedi #Mbin

I wish there was an easy way to browse threads Fediverse content. I'm sure there's many accounts that have federated that I'd enjoy, but I don't know they're federated or even know that they exist. Same for bluesky. I could go there, but there's no way to tell who's federated.😩 #Threads #Bluesky #SocialMedia #Fediverse #Fedi

Kinda weird and sus that some Mastodon instances aren't respecting deletes.... Had a post I deleted last week that just got replied to, from a mastodon instance. And people wonder why casual users don't wanna be here...🤦‍♂️ #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse

Apparently I have a habit of finding out about Fedi projects ahead of time. Causing me to get excited and leak them before they're announced.😅 That's either whoops or hurray! Still trying to judge which it is.🤣 Posted about BridgyFed before Ryan announced it was live and just found out I posted about sub.club before it was announced officially. Ya'll not very good at hiding things tbh! :kek: #Fedi #Fediverse

As a single user instance, I'm glad to see something slighly positive from Mastodon finally. Still no word on better moderation tools for small instances, though. Maybe someday. #Mastodon #Fedi #Fediverse

How the whole "open communication across platforms" is going...🤦‍♂️😩 #Meme #Memes #Fediverse #BlueSky #Threads #Meta #SocialMedia