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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 4d

it all comes back to this doesn't it

nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · May 28

kinda feels like this

vicious cycle meme with 4 stages:
stage 1: more time to develop new features
stage 2: more users use bluesky, which means more moderation
stage 3: less time to develop new features
stage 4: less users use bluesky because stagnated feature development (which loops back to stage 1)

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 4d

I think lack of discoverability is one of the issues. To this day there's no way for someone using the app to know a labeler exists unless someone links to it. It's the reason I made the Labeler Explorer feed, and even though it's literally just one line of regex it's my most liked feed

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 4d

@mackuba.eu looks like someone gave me meds and I got better 😊

Label Scanner
Handle or URL: nokanol45.bsky.social
6 labels found:
"wizard" from TTRPG Class Identifier
"microwaved-burrito-foil" from The Cave of Trophonius
"he" from
"hero" from Alt Heroes
"joined-feb-c" from Joined Labeler
"bouba" from Kiki/Bouba Labeller

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 5d

yeah I don't post very often, though the way you said I "caught" this label and the fact it apparently has a 1 week cooldown makes me imagine it's like a mild cold, which is pretty amusing 🤧

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 5d

especially when the post format here is infamously prone to people taking things out of context and doesn't easily allow for nuanced conversations

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 7d

bsky.app/profile/deck...

deck.blue @deck.blue · 29d

for the next update, when you reload with the new version, all your bookmarks will be converted to bsky's bookmarks and all new bookmarks will be using their feature instead

there will be no required action to do this and the UX within deck.blue won't change too

Jes Steele @piratito.com · 29d

@deck.blue are you planning on incorporating the new bluesky bookmark feature? ta.

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TJ @tunji.dev · 9d

I'm excited to announce something I've been building, an open source atproto client heron.tunji.dev!

Its currently available in beta on Google Play for Android devices. Please DM @heron.tunji.dev if you'd like early access.

It will be released to all Android users in the next few weeks!

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 12d

wait what

also insta and by extension threads allow periods (".") in usernames, which look like domain name handles, how are they gonna deal with that? 😬

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dan @danabra.mov · 12d

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Open Social — overreacted

The protocol is the API.

overreacted.io

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 15d

No. 10 Hurricane Signal just hoisted for Hong Kong. The symbol used to represent this signal is a cross, fitting for Rapture Day

No. 10 Hurricane Signal, which is represented by the number 10 next to a cross
Source: Hong Kong Observatory

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Weather Fanatic @weatherfanlin.bsky.social · 15d

#HongKong SAR #China due to #Supertyphoon #Ragasa now Signal 9, 10 likely later on
This will mean 2 T10s in a yr, 1st time since 1964 if we do go Signal 10.
#Wxx #Wxtwitter #TropicsWx #BlueSkyWx #台風18号 #TyphoonRagasa #NandoPh #Supertyphoonragasa

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 15d

just in time

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 17d

meanwhile in hong kong, we're counting down the days for a physical "rapture", coincidentally right around the same time www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...

Super Typhoon Ragasa: Hong Kong braces as record wind speeds of 220km/h forecast

Hong Kong set to raise T1 typhoon signal as government prepares for ‘serious threats’ posed by looming storm.

www.scmp.com

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 18d

There is definitely a subset of users who want HDR media though
github.com/bluesky-soci...

Add support for HDR images · Issue #6172 · bluesky-social/social-app

Describe the Feature I'd like to see support for HDR images in Bluesky. I guess ideally realized through gainmaps/Google Ultra HDR style so that the same image file would still retain good colors o...

github.com

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🌈 TOKIMEKI Bluesky 🍺 @tokimeki.blue · 18d

My Personal View on Bluesky's Current State
https://holybea.leaflet.pub/3lzbntbncec26

My Personal View on Bluesky's Current State - Holybea's Diary

holybea.leaflet.pub

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 19d

excited to share that we are following through on our earlier commitments and putting together an independent+neutral organization to house the DID PLC system, includes the directory service

Creating an Independent Public Ledger of Credentials (PLC) Directory Organization | Bluesky

The Bluesky Social app is built on an open network protocol that refers to each user by a unique Decentralized Identifier, or DID (a W3C standard). The most popular supported DID method was developed ...

docs.bsky.app

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 20d

I think on a per-app level it would be possible for appviews to simply stop serving the posts when someone "locks" their account. Obviously the posts are still public but perhaps the friction of needing another service/app to access the posts would be enough to dissuade most people?

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 21d

imo it's a good thing the discussion has changed. PDSes were the easiest to host so at first it was the goal. Relays were next as people raised concerns about decentralization, and today the new goalpost is the Appview. The fact the discussion has changed proves that the protocol is maturing!

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 21d

only if you implement material you bottom tabs as well on android 👁️👁️

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 25d

I think we should name it something similar to the search engine since it's the equivalent role in the atmosphere... the "social engine" maybe???

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fig (aka: [phil]) @bad-example.com · 25d

i get tired by “oh no bsky controls 99.999% of everything” because imo that’s significantly a community-building problem and we don’t have data to know if it’s something architecturally inherent or more about fast growth dynamics

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 27d

known issue on github fwiw, not sure if the bsky team is aware of it yet https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/8597

Remove upwards audio compression on videos · Issue #8597 · bluesky-social/social-app · GitHub

Posting videos with really quiet starts get compressed super heavily until a noise happens in the video. Some of my music clips also get messed up by this. Kinda annoying Example In this video the ...

github.com

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nokanol45 @nokanol45.bsky.social · 28d

any version of tetris will do, but if I had to pick one, it would be Tetris The Grand Master 4: Absolute Eye since it fits all the criteria almost perfectly

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 28d

3. If you see content that disturbs you, immediately (or as fast as possible) go and play 20-30 minutes of Tetris (or any other fast-paced game with your eyes sweeping over the visual field that has caused visual artifacts to linger when you close your eyes for you in the past).

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Laurens @laurenshof.online · 28d

Conversations around decentralisation and the open social web have gotten fairly unproductive, resulting in a letter calling for mutual respect

Im signing it, and with that, I have thoughts regarding discourse, decentralisation and why this space matters.

connectedplaces.online/on-discourse...

On discourse and decentralisation

Over the last year, as Bluesky got more popular, conversations about whether Bluesky and ATProto are really ‘decentralised’ have gotten more “popular” as well. These conversations ranged from high-qua...

connectedplaces.online

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