#20260822_BlogCommentsViaHashtags - the post

lol, only one blog post per day globally - or sth

Hello from the fediverse!

It's being used by more than a dozen people, so that counts as a win in the tech world

Push based and pull when it matters more 🙂

It "won" by being there. It's technically bad, and the way federation is done is a special kind of stupid when applied at scale. If it was pull-based instead of push-based without changing much else, that alone would have made many federation issue that ACTUALLY HAPPENED impossible, although that alone is not sufficient to make it pass as "good" still.

Did it win?

Right on. You put into words what I haven't been able to easily explain.

I stumbled upon ActivityPub years ago and it appealed to me because it was built upon tried and true components of the web that I've been cutting my teeth on for years.

ATProto is novel for the sake of being novel. I don't feel it solves what it sets out to solve without introducing friction if you deviate from the happy path.

If you'll forgive an analogy to the other tenant of the mls hashtag in the fediverse, this feels kind of "DC United have won the inaugural MLS Cup; let's talk about what's left to win a Club World Cup." Much gratitude to the many folks who have brought it this far, and much love to those who will continue it from here.

Not really. You can move your subcription and blocklist to another instance. But not your accounte.

The solution would be replicating nomadic identity with activitypub : https://joinfediverse.wiki/Nomadic_identity

@rimu@piefed.social @snoopy@piefed.social can this be made possible ??

This tests the limit of the activity pub protocol.

you can import in your settings, but your acct cant be transferred to another one. i dont think any other platform does this.

You cannot transfer an account, it cannot be done.

Then my problem remains unsolved. The admin of that instance insists me to transfer everything.

You cannot import your posts or comments. You can only import subscriptions, saved posts/comments, settings, and blocks.

It can take a while. I see activity in you following of communities in the Admin panel. So they should show up now/soon. You can also message me directly through your new account for a less public conversation.

Hello there, l've downloaded and imported the JSON file. It only imported my subscriptions. But my main account and the posts that l have made isn't showing up.

Going to bed now ! Shall catch up tomorrow !!

Thanks. I've imported my account. But nothing's showing up.

Sure. Account approved!

@dosdude@retrofed.com may l transfer my account @loveespresso@cafe.coffee-break.cc to your instance ?

I was able to do it from my phone while on the toilet this morning.

I need to sit at the laptop to do this, and all my time and energy went in configuring git and setting up SSH key. It's my brother's laptop, and it's not accessible always.

Did you even bother to try? Because I just tried with my piefed account and it works, including the links the OOP provided for you.

So was your reply born of laziness? Or your typical bad faith posting?

Why did you direct me to the lemmy version ?

There was a good write up here:

https://slrpnk.net/comment/22752860

There's an import and export feature. You can click on the gear symbol (at the top, right) and go to "Import & Export" export your settings and subscriptions on the old instance, and import them on the new one. That will at least take care of your subscriptions and user settings.

What's the process ?