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Cross-posted from https://slrpnk.net/post/16312555, see the post there for the most updated version because I'm still updating it

Let me know if this is appropriate for this community.

I've been collecting links to post, blog, article, comment, etc that criticize the fediverse, whether it's about the specific apps or fediverse in general, whether it's about the technical aspect or about the social aspect.

If you also found one, feel free to share it here.

(date format is YYYY-MM-DD)

2024

• https://lemmy.world/post/11519703 - Lemmy is a bigger echo chamber than reddit, 2024-02-03
• https://lemmy.world/post/11720592 - Lemmy users lack nuace and it stops actual discussion., 2024-02-08
• https://lemmy.world/post/12352000 - Lemmy is not immune to trolls, bad fait actors or propaganda - in fact, despite how bad reddit is, a lot of Lemmy instances are worse, 2024-02-24
• https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/tear-down-walls-not-bridges/ - Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges, 2024-02-13
• https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/ - Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity, 2024-03-02
• https://reddit.com/r/fediverse/comments/1b76cbo/fediverse_is_not_so_good/ - Fediverse is not so good..., 2024-03-05
• https://kevquirk.com/blog/linux-elitism-again - Linux Elitism...Again, 2024-04-14
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/1g1g844/why_is_mastodon_struggling_to_survive - Why is Mastodon struggling to survive?, 2024-10-12
• https://lemmy.world/post/19004972 - Lemmy wouldn't really takeoff to replace Reddit until it's content is search indexable, 2024-08-24
• https://evergreenfiles.com/blogs/the-fediverse-desperately-needs-sustainable-file-hosting - The Fediverse Desperately Needs Sustainable File Hosting, 2024-11-04
• https://lemmy.world/post/22316287 - I really want to like Lemmy, 2024-11-22
• https://bsky.app/profile/techconnectify.bsky.social/post/3lbs4ihb2gs24 - Technology Connection's thread on Bluesky about Mastodon being a ghost town and more, 2024-11-26
• https://transfem.social/notes/a16rvjhkk34b00tf - [...] if you are explaining the fediverse to a non-tech person, "it's like email" is not a sufficient explanyation., 2024-11-30

2023

• https://pawb.social/post/42756 - "Tanky" and the perception of Lemmy., 2023-06-14
• https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt - Mastodon Is Easy and Fun Except When It Isn’t - Erin Kissane's small internet website, 2023-07
• https://lemm.ee/post/873456 - I miss reddit, 2023-07-09
• https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/16zq1dd/the_lemmyverse_aint_all_its_cracked_up_to_be/ - The Lemmyverse ain't all it's cracked up to be, 2023-10-04

Let me know if this is appropriate for this community.

I've been collecting links to post, blog, article, comment, etc that criticize the fediverse, whether it's about the specific apps or fediverse in general, whether it's about the technical aspect or about the social aspect.

If you also found one, feel free to share it here.

(date format is YYYY-MM-DD)

2024

• https://lemmy.world/post/11519703 - Lemmy is a bigger echo chamber than reddit, 2024-02-03
• https://lemmy.world/post/11720592 - Lemmy users lack nuace and it stops actual discussion., 2024-02-08
• https://lemmy.world/post/12352000 - Lemmy is not immune to trolls, bad fait actors or propaganda - in fact, despite how bad reddit is, a lot of Lemmy instances are worse, 2024-02-24
• https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/tear-down-walls-not-bridges/ - Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges, 2024-02-13
• https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/ - Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity, 2024-03-02
• https://reddit.com/r/fediverse/comments/1b76cbo/fediverse_is_not_so_good/ - Fediverse is not so good..., 2024-03-05
• https://kevquirk.com/blog/linux-elitism-again - Linux Elitism...Again, 2024-04-14
• https://www.reddit.com/r/Mastodon/comments/1g1g844/why_is_mastodon_struggling_to_survive - Why is Mastodon struggling to survive?, 2024-10-12
• https://lemmy.world/post/19004972 - Lemmy wouldn't really takeoff to replace Reddit until it's content is search indexable, 2024-08-24
• https://evergreenfiles.com/blogs/the-fediverse-desperately-needs-sustainable-file-hosting - The Fediverse Desperately Needs Sustainable File Hosting, 2024-11-04
• https://lemmy.world/post/22316287 - I really want to like Lemmy, 2024-11-22
• https://bsky.app/profile/techconnectify.bsky.social/post/3lbs4ihb2gs24 - Technology Connection's thread on Bluesky about Mastodon being a ghost town and more, 2024-11-26
• https://transfem.social/notes/a16rvjhkk34b00tf - [...] if you are explaining the fediverse to a non-tech person, "it's like email" is not a sufficient explanyation., 2024-11-30

2023

• https://pawb.social/post/42756 - "Tanky" and the perception of Lemmy., 2023-06-14
• https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt - Mastodon Is Easy and Fun Except When It Isn’t - Erin Kissane's small internet website, 2023-07
• https://lemm.ee/post/873456 - I miss reddit, 2023-07-09
• https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/16zq1dd/the_lemmyverse_aint_all_its_cracked_up_to_be/ - The Lemmyverse ain't all it's cracked up to be, 2023-10-04

I know that there are countless amount of movies/games soundtracks with leitmotifs, but other than that I've never found albums with leitmotifs.

(This is a repost of this reddit post https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1fbv41n/what_are_the_things_that_makes_a_selfhostable/, I wanna ask this here just in case folks in this community also have some thoughts about it)

What are the things that makes a selfhostable app/project project good? Maybe another way to phrase this question is, what are the things that makes a project easier to self-host?

I have been developing an application that focuses on being easy to selfhost. I have been looking around for existing and already good project such as paperless-ngx, Immich, etc.

From what I gather the most important thing are:

• Good docs, this is probably the most important. The developer must document how to self-host
• Less runtime dependency--I'm not sure about this one, but the less it depends on other services the better
• Optional OIDC--I'm even less sure about this one, and I'm also not sure about implementing this feature on my own app as it's difficult to develop. It seems that after reading this subreddit/community, I concluded that lots of people here prefer to separate identity/user pool and app service. This means running a separate service for authentication and authorization.

What do you think? Another question is, are there any more good project that can be used as a good example of selfhostable app?

Thank you

Some redditors responded on the post:

• easy to install, try, and configure with sane defaults
• availabiity of image on dockerhub
• screenshots
• good GUI

I also came across this comment from Hacker News lately, and I think about it a lot

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40523806

This is what self-hosted software should be. An app, self-contained, (essentially) a single file with minimal dependencies.

Not something so complex that it requires docker. Not something that requires you to install a separate database. Not something that depends on redis and other external services.

I’ve turned down many self-hosted options due to the complexity of the setup and maintenance.

Do you agree with this?

Repository: https://codeberg.org/ForgeFed/ForgeFed

ForgeFed is a federation protocol for software forges and code collaboration tools for the software development lifecycle and ecosystem.

ForgeFed is an ActivityPub extension. ActivityPub is an actor-model based protocol for federation of web services and applications.

See also:

https://forgejo.org/2023-01-10-answering-forgejo-federation-questions/

https://forgejo.org/docs/latest/contributor/federation-architecture/

https://drawabox.com/r/artfundamentals/

If you visit r/ArtFundamentals now, there is a message:

/r/ArtFundamentals has PERMANENTLY CLOSED. Our drawing lessons are still available, completely free, on drawabox.com. We also have a large community you can join on our Discord chat server: discord.gg/drawabox. Lastly, all of the advice I have provided on this subreddit (6000+ comments worth) is available on our archive: drawabox.com/r/artfundamentals. More info on why we closed here: https://www.reddit.com/r/drawabox/comments/14pr4fa/drawabox_is_no_longer_maintaining_an_official/

Quote from the mentioned post:

[...] As of June 30th 2023, we have decided to move away from having an official presence on Reddit. Maintaining a presence on any social media platform comes with its risks - whether it's Reddit, Discord, or any other. When a platform demonstrates a lack of regard for its users, its volunteer moderators, and the third party developers that help provide critical accessibility and usability tools, that elevates the level of risk to something more immediate. [...]