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JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev to selfhosted@lemmy.world
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I got distracted from my work so I made some Continuwuity propaganda. Continuwuity is a lightweights Matrix chat server that you can self-host pretty easily. Give it a try :3
ITT: people complaining about the name. Nothing else negative.
Which to me sounds like it must be a damn good software.
how am I supposed to talk my family into using this over something normal?
bilb@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago Unless I’m mistaken, this is just a matrix server. Of you were using Dendrite, you wouldn’t say “hey let’s try dendrite,” you would say let’s try "Matrix, here’s my server. "
mlg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago Thst branding reminds me of the extensive complaints of Anubis beeing too weaboo for production applications lol.
somebody: makes anything
lemmy: we hate this
I love how the culture of the fediverse is consistent. it hates everything, everywhere, all at once, and all of the time.
I tried to get my friends off of reddit on it and that’s what they always commented about, so they’ll never join.
I use the continuwuity server. Thank you to the devs for all of the hard work!
be warned that continuwuity phones home by default to fetch its news and feed it to the admin, you may want to turn that off before booting first time
Matrix’s algorithm is fundamentally broken. I guess it works if you only talk to people you know won’t abuse it, but otherwise it’s easy to split rooms or even re-write their history if you want to…
Damn, I knew it had problems with room stability, but that’s kinda completely ridiculous.
JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 2 weeks ago Because it’s not true, and hasn’t been true since 2018 at the latest.
Here is a link if you want to know more :
This is the homeserver written in Rust, right?
A suggestion: wherever a QR code is included, the human-readable content should be included next to it. Not everyone has a QR code reader handy, or their reader has the bad habit of immediately opening links or apps. In this case, I see that it just goes to continuwuity.org and is benign, but others may be apprehensive at naked QR codes.
(there’s obviously an exception for QR codes that are intended to convey machine info, like TOTP codes)
I was very excited when I started seeing QR codes gaining popularity. That excitement was quickly shattered when everyone just started using them improperly and they just made everything more annoying 😮💨
ace@lemmy.ananace.dev 2 weeks ago I made an NFC/QR code card for my wifi details at home, and that also includes the details written in clear text on the card, since some devices simply don’t do QR (or NFC in my case).
JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 2 weeks ago It is!
Yeah, I see your point, and I included the link in the alt text. On the actual design itself though, any URL I wrote in could be completely different from the QR so it seems slightly pointless - especially as it would just be writing Continuwuity a third time haha
I can see a lot of opinions & comments on the QR part and, with respect, I’d like to add that I’m reading this post on a device where I’d like to view the site on the same device, so a QR isn’t best for this platform.
I’d go a little further and say that QRs and really only useful for a mediim where you want the user to use a 2nd device (printed media, BSODs, etc)
Also putting the URL in the (for my reader) non-clickable alt-text doesn’t help either
Again, with respect, you’re making it harder for your audience to reach you, not easier.
Including the URL isn’t to act as a check on the contents of the QR code, but to act as an alternative for those who don’t want to scan it at all.
Agreed that QR codes should be accompanied by text links for accessibility, because many times the scanning fails due to bad light, old camera or shaky hands.
Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago Does it work for non-furries(fleshies?)?
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago I was under the impression that they preferred to be referred to as ‘skinnies’. We are all flesh, after all… well except protogen…
I don’t mind the name. It’s pride month so I figure the community would turn the silly up a notch.
Im not a tech person but, I’m gonna try it out. Thanks OP.
We really want to use Matrix so bad, but none of them have every feature we need to replace discord atm.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago It’s not matrix-based, but: Haven. It’s what I setup the… second? third? time discord had burned their users. The only thing missing for me is Xbox support, as several of my social circle are console gamers. But for pc users, it’s got everything I need.
Will look into this, going to have our own server eventually so this would help a lot! ^^
Bingpot! Features trump objections, which is how any industry knows it doesn’t really have to listen to users all that much. Deep down, addicts really don’t care if their heroin is ethically sourced from sustainably managed small-lot producers.
Pretty sure those are basic features of a community messaging/vc platform. Can survive perfectly fine and happily with less features if it meant that it was open source or we could host it ourselves.
Respectfully this is a dumb fucking name
It’s a spiritual successor to conduwuit, the name checks out imo.
Feel free to use Synapse, og conduit or whatever floats your boat.
Myeah but it’s just a server - the clients just use Matrix.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago This really is a bizarre thread, but anyways, thank you for sharing.
Does it have easy gif embedding like discord? I tried another chat app and it felt so stripped down without gifs or emojis
Do they have MAS support yet? I kinda need my single signon :p
Why do useful FOSS things always have the worst names that make it hard to spread.
Lots of folks also like the unmarketable names, because you know that it’s not a corporate project. You’re hearing about it, because it’s actually good, and not just because some startup got VC money to do marketing.
Heck, the reverse is true as well. This project is better specifically because it has that name. You just know some transfemmes are tirelessly hacking away at it, because they enjoy the silly name.
Well, it startend with conduit. That was a respectable name. The development slowed down and someone wasnt happy abput not getting pr merged. Then it got forked to conduwuit.
Speed picked back up. There was later a massive meltdown for some reason. To successors emerged continuwuity and tuwunel.
There's almost always a backstory for why the makers choose the name they did, but that doesn't change the harmful result. A bad name seriously limits how much the software will ever get adopted. Heck, if there was a FOSS project i cared about enough then i would fork it and keep everything the same except give it a more palatable name.
When they have good names they get stolen.
Try took up about gemini protocol.
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 2 weeks ago Love and use this!
Solid, fast, amazing experience… A breeze to setup as well… Quite another thing than Synapse.
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago How do I actually create an account? I’ve tried deploying a test server but when I try to create an account with Element X it just says the server needs to be upgraded to support matrix authentication service and account creation. FluffyChat doesn’t let me create an account either, it just shows me a login page.
As I’m just testing the federation port isn’t actually accessible, would that break account creation or do you have to use the console to create accounts?
JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 2 weeks ago Element X doesn’t support the traditional way of making accounts, try use cinny.in to make an account in the browser and then log in with element X. Fluffychat should also present a “create a new account” button above the login button. Make sure to follow instructions in the console for registering the first account.
The federation port not being accessible won’t break local functionality but will break federation, so you won’t be able to talk with other people. Either change the configured port in the well-known file or forward the port via your reverse proxy.
I’d suggest joining the support room via an alt account, you’ll get faster responses.
Infernal_pizza@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago Thanks that worked!
How are the moderation tools? I see matrix having a big troll problem, enough to put me off of it.
JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 2 weeks ago Moderation tools are powerful but desperate to the server. Asgard.chat offers some hosted options, but meowlnir, Draupnir and policyserv are the usual tools.
I’m sure you meant something else, but I can’t deduce what. Dedicated? Separate?
Seems tuwunel is dev of previous project and this is community fork.
Killercat103@slrpnk.net 2 weeks ago I’m planning on trying to self-host it on OpenBSD ngl. I do wonder. Does continuwuity support multiple independent domains on a single instance like Ejabberd does?
BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago I thought this was an ad, then I remembered that I was on lemmy, and I got sad because this is an ad
qr codes are cringe
it’s all about datamatrix
JadedBlueEyes@programming.dev 2 weeks ago Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
| Fewer Letters | More Letters |
|---|---|
| HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol, the Web |
| SSD | Solid State Drive mass storage |
| TCP | Transmission Control Protocol, most often over IP |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| nginx | Popular HTTP server |
5 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 4 acronyms.
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Well thanks for at least explaining what it is, but isn’t Matrix already self hostable? Anyway what’s wrong with IRC?
sj_zero 2 weeks ago federation: delivered, unconfirmedIt's based on conduit, which itself is really a lot better for self-hosting than synapse or dendrite.
I ran conduit on an atom d2550 alongside other services and it basically idled. Running synapse or dendrite on the same machine made the whole machine max out permanently.
Irc is fine, but not federated...
Matrix is a protocol, not a software. Continuwuity is one of the few servers for this protocol.
maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago Is there any reason to use Continuwuity over Tuwunnel?
At first I uwunderstood your comment as a joke, but apparently Tuwunel does in fact exist and it’s a continuation of Conduwuit.
*continuwuation
maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago Yeah, I currently use Tuwunnel for my own matrix homeserver. It’s been really reliable so far.
Respectfully, this software could solve all my problems in life, and I would still struggle to ask my friends to “federate with my continuwuity server so we can chat”
Then call it Matrix. They don’t need to know and probably don’t care about the specific server software you’re using.
Its just called a matrix server, you don’t need to tell anyone the specific kind.
I’m trying so hard not to hate this post but you have given me so many reasons to
use of UwU in something I absolutely need to share with others
mismatched fonts
comic something font
no human readable data next to the QR code
mismatched gradient radii in the corners
Make it stop 😭
Everything there (aside from perhaps not printing the full URL under the QR code) is deliberate and a part of the ‘brand’. Roboto + Sour Gummy for the fonts, asymmetry, whimsy. If you don’t like it, I’m sure you can use Element’s Synapse and you’ll be able to talk to people using Continuwuity just fine. That’s kind of the point.
Also fonts.google.com/specimen/Sour+Gummy?preview.scri… is way better than comic sans, you can’t convince me otherwise
protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
the only valid complain is “no human readable data next to the QR code”
Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Eh, the gradients hold some weight too for me, lol
missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
It’s purely a backend, what’s under the hood is not really visible to matrix clients.
Edit: Though I wish this graphic communicated that more, just realized it doesn’t even say anything about [matrix].
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Those who would be off put by the UwU are not those I wish to talk to :3
magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Ow weewy, giv it a west! :3
UwU. The cuteness is a huge plus IMO.
notabot@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
The problem is “cuteness” is very much in the eye of the beholder for things like this, and I’m with neatchee here, it’s not cute, and it makes it basically unshareable, and hence unusable in a lot of contexts. I appreciate the effort that’s gone into the project, but the name and publicity massively detract from that.
The project is the “official community continuation of the conduwuit homeserver”. Conduwuit was a popular matrix backend until the project was archived.
Although interestingly, conduwuit says the official continuation is Tuwunel. interesting
blackbrook@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Maybe this one should be named altuwunative.
onlinepersona@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Now this, I like!
Github, not so much
I’ve been using Tuwunnel since Conduwuit ceased developpment and I haven’t been able to find a reason to switch to Continuwuity yet.
Lumisal@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I like it. It’s nostalgic, in a 90s sort of way 😂