Samuel
@samuel.fm
just realised I can’t add a “posted by graysky” field to posts because then it would become embarrassingly obvious that I don’t use my own app
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shreyan (wise)this is exactly why you must add this field
1 23Samuelwait a minute could I abuse the self-labelling system for this
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P(aul) Frazee
WhyIgnore paul, use the label field for whatever you like. This is the free internet.
2 1 33Samuel👍 cool cool
2 18P(aul) FrazeeWE LIVE IN A SOCIETY
1 31Samuelwait so what’s the conclusion of abusing labels for this case specifically. Should I do something more like unspeccedPostedBy: “Graysky” on the post itself (if that’s possible). Or abuse facets instead?
2 10WhyPaul and I actually disagree here, i think it’s totally fine to use labels in this way. Labels are statements made by some party about a post, and the self-labels are statements made by the author of the post. Plain and simple imo
4 2 20SamuelMakes perfect sense to me but I don’t want to accidentally fuck up a potentially large % of posts. Especially since this would be all posts not just a weird special case like, say, custom poll posts
1 3P(aul) Frazeethat’s such a broad description that it could apply to anything in this network
1 10WhyExactly. Labels are generic.
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Blake StovallMidwit meme with “just use labels” on the tails
4P(aul) Frazeewhat effect are you hoping for?
1 3shreyan (wise)an indicator of the client it was posted from
2 6P(aul) Frazeeprobably the best move would be to propose a lexicon change, second best would be an off spec field that’s maybe an object for that kind of metadata
1 6WhyYou should make a “post to community” feature that adds a “community:fishing” type label to posts, then we can make feeds key off of that instead of hashtags or emojis
2 1 14WhyThen the feedgen could add some curation tools to allow people to moderate those feeds (using app passwords or something) and boom you get subreddits
1 13P(aul) Frazeethis is bad advice, seriously don't do it this way
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tweety fishgonna give it a try just to see
4shreyan (wise)lol
2 3WhyGonna change my handle to “the heretic”
1 4shreyan (wise)outta curiosity how would you prefer
1 4shreyan (wise)wait that's super cool, i truly love that idea
1 4shreyan (wise)@skyfeed.app feature request 👀
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shreyan (wise)Oh okay I support heresy then
5shreyan (wise)You could literally just hardcode a field in GraySky so all your posts show up as "Via GraySky" when somebody uses GraySky
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Comfortably NumbI mean it won't even be an abuse, labels are an array right? You can keep both the moderation ones, and add your own.
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Faine GreenwoodGASP
I’ve been using Graysky almost exclusively for the last month as the Bluesky app destroys my (brand new iPhone 14 pro!) battery, it’s pretty sweet
3 4tweety fishahaha I just checked today and bluesky is overwhelmingly my #1 one battery killer, has safari beat by more than double, you go, bluesky
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Rail enthusiast wife Daria
Rail enthusiast wife Daria(The #2 on this list is actually my own app, not shipping; I have a carplay entitlement and built something to stream independent alternative radio; also built my own RasPi gizmo to receive and encode FM and mailed it to a friend in the station’s broadcast radius, cuz I’m weird)
1 12Rail enthusiast wife DariaAnyway I’m convinced. Just provisioned Graysky on my phone, hopefully my battery will love me for it.
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William D. JonesThis... seems about right lmao. The web/staging app is MUCH better...
3Faine Greenwoodswitch to Graysky, MUCH easier on the battery
3 7tweety fishyou know at this point I'm kind of impressed? Like let's ride this wave together
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Faine Greenwoodsuper glad you added better alt text!
are link cards coming soon?
1 1SamuelYeah, the hard part is already in. Just need to upload the thumbnails :)
1Faine Greenwoodhell yeah, eagerly awaiting them sweet sweet thumbnails
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