The botsin.space Mastodon server has been a huge part of the fediverse, and while it's sad it's being retired, I trust that the creative botmaking community will continue to thrive.
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
Here's an article I wrote in 2018, exploring this amazing creative space:
What kind of bots are posting in the fediverse? | Botwiki
Exploring the bots people make and follow in the fediverse.
(botwiki.org)
And here's my short interview with @colin from around the same time:
Botwiki Interview: Colin Mitchell | Botwiki
Colin Mitchell is the creator of botsin.space, a Mastodon instance created specifically for online bots and their creators.
(botwiki.org)
@colin, you have contributed immensely to making the fediverse a wonderful place, and I want to thank you for that!
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
Well, now I have to figure out what to do with 54 of these bad boys.
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sara the ninth 💀replied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan and I thought I was worried with my single bot! Oof! I hope you find a good spot (or spots)!
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@stefan blimey, that's a massive database for what are presumably just bots (reading that announcement from Colin). Mastodon or ActivityPub must generate bonkers amounts of data.
Hope you're able to find a good solution for your bots!
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to sara the ninth 💀 last edited by
@sara Hah, yeah, thank you!
I'm just grateful that Colin gave everyone enough time for the migration.
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@tehstu Oh yeah, Mastodon is overall pretty resource-heavy.
I am actually going to look at GoToSocial, as I mentioned in another thread.
It seems like they're aiming for a compatibility with Mastodon, and should be a lot easier and cheaper to host.
This will definitely be interesting!
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Jacob Sam-La Rosereplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan So… where to next?
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Jacob Sam-La Rose last edited by
@jslr Here's a poll asking that very question!
botwiki.org (@[email protected])
With the sad news of the #BotsInSpace server closing, what do you all plan to do with your bots? #bots #CreativeBots #botmakers #BotAlly [ ] Move them to another server [ ] Self-host [ ] Retire my bots [ ] I don't make bots
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
As for me, hard to even start thinking about this with everything that's going on.
I think after the US election is over, I will take a look at GoToSocial, it looks like it's pretty compatible with Mastodon's API, and should be cheaper to run.
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Brett Edmond Carlockreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan
I have two only, but still...Would a community funding drive to fixup and improve NextCloud Social make sense for you? I have NC VPSs that would make convenient homes.
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Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel:replied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan @mpjgregoire
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Edwin G. :mapleleafroundel: last edited by
@EdwinG @mpjgregoire Definitely! And there's plenty of time to migrate.
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Stefan Bohacekreplied to Brett Edmond Carlock last edited by
@Brett_E_Carlock Community funding definitely makes sense!
Don't really know much about NextCloud Social, will have to read up about it!
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Shadow, First of His Namereplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan Unfortunately, I had to block/purge the domain becase sidekiq was giving errors every day, no ill intent and I do know you host your bots there. I do hope those users find a better home to host them.
That being said, why don't you host YOUR bots on your server? Is it the costs? Traffic too high? Just curious and trying to understand here.
EDIT: ah, I see the issues here, hardware lacks to run those.
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if you get any good leads or ideas, let us know, I only have my five, but I'm terribly attached to them now
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@Alien_Sunset Will be doing a lot of research over the next few weeks!
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@shadow Yeah, I'm going to be looking into self-hosting, maybe pairing them down a bit to save cost.
Lots to think about!
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Michael Vilainreplied to Stefan Bohacek last edited by
@stefan This explanation is likely why the mastodon art masterworks instance was shut down earlier this year. It filled my feed with works from all the masters I subscribed to and gave me breath of fresh air. Since then, other instances with live artists have come on-line to fill that void.
Thanks for the hosting and contributing to the community.
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@stefan This is sad news, though understandable. Not sure if I'll migrate or what.
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@samplereality Definitely curious about the results of this poll!
botwiki.org (@[email protected])
With the sad news of the #BotsInSpace server closing, what do you all plan to do with your bots? #bots #CreativeBots #botmakers #BotAlly [ ] Move them to another server [ ] Self-host [ ] Retire my bots [ ] I don't make bots
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
