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Does Bonfire have any public instances? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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I noticed Bonfire is getting a lot of positive attention lately, and I wanted to try it out. They don't have a directory of instances yet. Do you have any instances that you recommend.

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[–] 14 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Not really anything serious.

By poking around https://bonfire.fediverse.observer/list I found two (and only two) with open sign ups that do not say "demo and testing instance":

Try:

https://discussions.sciety.org/

https://bonfire.home.coop/

It's kinda amazing to me how they convinced so many people to give them money when that is all they have. I guess people want to have hope.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    €30,000! I was stunned when I just pulled up their crowdfunding campaign. Apparently that is enough money for software "maintenance". I think you have severely underpaid me for my contributions to PieFed if that is the going rate. I was just a sucker doing it for free. 😜

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    I know, right.

    After they've finished doing maintenance no one will be able to see any visible difference and will just have to believe them when they ask for more money. They were upfront about that so maybe it'll go ok but yeah seems risky as hell.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Is 30,000 euros a lot???

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago* (1 child)

    In open source development it is a lot more than 0€

    It's not a very grateful job. Many developers provide an option to make donations, but often don't promote it too hard. So if you do not have a dedicated person organizing a crowdfunding campaign but concentrate on development instead, it's nearly impossible to reach such sums. Often you also get pressured by the community.

    Issue 752: WHY DOES FEATURE XYZ NOT WORK??? THIS IS BULLSHIT THE DEVELOPERS DONT CARE

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    • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    I read https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/what-is-bonfire-plural-by-design/ and I still don't understand. What is Bonfire? The instances that Rimu found look just like Mastodon

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    What did you not understand? The idea is to have modular features easy to disable and enable.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    What features? Do you have an example? The "content" is supposed to be like microblogging posts?

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    You got flavors which is a set of features pre-selected features. One of them offer microblogging but you can completely disable it or choose another flavor. You can build with bonfire any type of platform like an peer tube and pixeled alternative or even novel applications like a platform for collaborative peer review in science

    I think it is a big mistake to have an clone to mastodon as a demo. Instead of promoting the unique capabilities

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago

    I dont fully understand either, thats why I wanted to join an instance to see the difference. So far it looks like Mastadon but you can filter your feed based on "most boosted", "most liked", "most commented", instead of only a chronological feed only. it also has a feature called "circles" which I think is the equivalent of a facebook group but I haven't tried it yet.

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    • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    @Twoafros I think there was another platform/software that did events, posts, collaboration for community groups.. I just cant remember the name ...

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    [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    https://piefed.zip/c/fediverse/p/786779/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse#post_replies

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