Notices by Chameleon Scales (chameleonscales@mastodon.art), page 8

@haitch Haha, so you cheated ! You took a resolution that you already resolved

@haitch Good one. I hope you succeed.

We have an easy way to save net neutrality. Do it now!
https://youtu.be/Mvt32vvTAN8

... sorry for that. It's not funny.

@rash My bad, I didn't know what the 35c3 was and it seems to be an event full of free software utopists so they don't need to be convinced that the fediverse is a good thing for privacy and freedom. In fact I would bet some of them think it's not enough.

@rash That hat and that green screen on his smartphone make him look like some rich boss with dollars in his hand. Add to that the big "I WANT YOU" and he's become a real uncle Sam parody. I find this advertisement approach very debatable.
Hell I find it plain bad considering there's no information about what the fediverse is or why it exists or any catch phrase on privacy or freedom. Who are you trying to attract with this?

@nextcloud
lol
Let Me Ecosia It For Myself:
https://www.ecosia.org/search?q=nextcloud+%22renewable+energy%22

Is there a @nextcloud instance powered by renewable energy?
#nextcloud #askmastodon

Cleaning plastic is not a solution. Only prevention is.
Ban plastic from your life.
https://youtu.be/PBhakv9DQFQ
#storyofstuff

@melpsn Cool! For me every day is buy nothing day though. I really keep it to the minimum.
Not like I have a choice lol !

@sybren Holy smokes! The comparison image between July and November doesn't seem so fair though. The lighting setup and pose are completely different.

In any case, the last render looks ridiculous nonetheless.

@candle Shoot. I'm looking for such a thing. I'm also thinking of hosting several fediverse instances on a GreenGeeks server if no one else does it but I'm not very experienced and can't dedicate enough admin and moderation time.

@WammKD ... and the fact that a heart shows up on hovering is an indicator that it's mostly a platform for simple recognition rather than honest or insightful feedback.
So is it what people look for? Well, not me for starters, and probably not the rest of the Deviantart community either 2/2

@WammKD I disagree.
Instagram is geared for users who like being liked and want to grow in meaningless popularity. Pixelfed could be more geared for artists who want to make portfolios and show more meaningful art instead of food photos and selfies.
The fact that the grid gallery is not adapting to the aspect ratio of the image is an indicator that it's not meant to show very thought out pictures... 1/2

@WammKD I think it's the other way around. The more resemblant, the less interesting for newcomers. An instagram user (who's not very educated about privacy and FOSS) would just think "So, some people just took the work that the Instagram creators did and made this thing which is basically the same except nobody's there, right?" whereas if it were different (but smart), one may at least be curious to see it.

@dansup why is your pixelfed link green with a check mark?

@dansup Isn't it too close to an instagram ripoff? Sure it's free, open source, decentralized, uses ActivityPub but the UI seems really copied from Instagram which I think is a shame.

@thoughtcrime @funkwhale Same question for me

Did you know blenderartists has a Patreon now?
https://www.patreon.com/blenderartists/posts
There's lots of improvements and work to be done, so please support if you want them to happen asap!
#b3d