Hi. In the spirit of XOXO and the past couple of years of preliminary work and the things that need fixing, I'm starting a micro-studio and kicking off a community support setup and fixing what I can reach in the only way I know how.
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My first post that isn't about launching the site is about the weirdly complex problem of making it easier for people to find good homes on the fediverse.
It's WEIRDLY COMPLEX. But I think there are ways to make it a lot better, and I'm digging in.
how to buy shoes in the fediverse
It's hard to get settled into the fediverse for a set of distinct but interlocking reasons, starting with "How do I pick a server?"
wreckage/salvage (www.wrecka.ge)
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@kissane hell yeah! Thank you for doing this!
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@evan Terrifying but necessary! (Thank you!)
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@kissane
I love this! The work of course, but also the frame and the name. I hope it works! -
Ahmet Alphan Sabancıreplied to Eleanor Saitta last edited by
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@dymaxion Thank you! And me too, for some value of “works.”
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Ahmet Alphan Sabancıreplied to Erin Kissane last edited by
@kissane so happy that you’re doing this and would love to have a chat sometime (maybe via email) because I have some things in my mind related to this.
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Erin Kissanereplied to Ahmet Alphan Sabancı last edited by
@ahmetasabanci @dymaxion It took me two years to name it
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Erin Kissanereplied to Ahmet Alphan Sabancı last edited by
@ahmetasabanci I l would love that!
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J. Nathan Matias 🦣replied to Erin Kissane last edited by
@kissane this is really great. Everything everywhere is happening all at once for me right now, and pausing to read this was one of my best decisions today; thanks for writing it!
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Erin Kissanereplied to J. Nathan Matias 🦣 last edited by
@natematias ahaha I am literally reading your and Sarah's earlier post about Pennsylvania Hall in the tab I lined up for a post-launch treat!
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Andrés Monroy-Hernándezreplied to Erin Kissane last edited by
@kissane great read! you might be interested in this https://citp.princeton.edu/applications-for-citp-fellows-program-is-now-open/
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Erin Kissanereplied to Andrés Monroy-Hernández last edited by
@andresmh Oh wow, these are going to be incredible! (I bailed on my MA mid-thesis to write a book and take more paying work, alas, but this is going to attract so many wonderful people.)
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@andresmh And thank you for sending it along, I know at least three people I want to send it to!
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sara the ninth 💀replied to Erin Kissane last edited by
@kissane I am so incredibly HYPED that you are doing this!
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sara the ninth 💀replied to sara the ninth 💀 last edited by
@kissane (and as someone that’s pondered making a solo pursuit like this to explore better avenues of community, tools, tech, and web spaces—and routinely talked myself out of it—this is SO INSPIRING.
Thank you for doing this work, and for setting a new tone and example to follow!
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Erin Kissanereplied to sara the ninth 💀 last edited by
@sara Who knows what will happen! But like…let's find out!
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@kissane this was a fantastic read and I got a lot out of it.
I think that note you made in the metaphor about there being no reviews for the shoe stores might be a really effective stepping stone or first step towards making navigating the instance options more accessible- reviews for fediverse servers would be REALLY helpful
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@kissane Like if mastodon (the piece of software) had a page similar to the one that lists federated connections that hosted reviews, with a couple text boxes, asking for sentence or two of user opinion on why someone would want to choose this server, and why they wouldn't, and maybe something regarding governance (I need to go read your piece on governance, it's still a vague idea for me), along with a simple 5 star rating, I think that could really help people.
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@kissane it's a messy and imperfect solution, one with plenty of flaws, but it's an existing blueprint that could help a lot and doesn't need to be conceptually designed from scratch
