Welcome everyone!

First of all, what is a ’ Yarning Circle '? Well it’s a place to have a yarn, a conversation, in a circle where everyone can speak equally. In this case we’re here to discuss the state of the instance and it’s future. Something I hope to host monthly going forward. Oh and thanks to slrpnk.net for letting me steal their formatting of community posts.

🌟 Community Highlights 🌟

  • !lll@quokk.au - little left library: “A community to share leftist literature”, a cozy little place to find something to read on a rainy day.

  • !y2k_memes@quokk.au - Y2K Memes: This makes me feel old.

  • !90s_memes@quokk.au - 90s Memes: This makes me feel older.

  • .ml de-fed?

🧑‍💻 What’s Up? 🧑‍💻

Prior to switching over to PieFed from Lemmy, Quokk.au was de-federated from the ‘triad’, as it stands with the move we are now re-federated with lemmy.ml. In the near future I would like to hold a vote to decide if you would like to continue to remain as such or move towards de-federating them. Please let me know your thoughts.

  • I’ve started working on a few small customisations to PieFed. Mostly centered around the web interface, changing layout.
  • New (WIP) themes such as a replication of old.reddit and a PHPBB inspired theme.

🧶 Yarn 🧶

Please let me know how you’re finding your experience so far with Quokk.au, and if there is anything I can to do help improve it for you.

  • Quokka@quokk.auOPMEnglish
    3·
    24 days ago

    Thanks for your input Comrade_Spood, and welcome! Pleasure to have you here with us.

    I guess that’s one of the benefits of PieFed over Lemmy is that per instance de-federation is apparently working much better. Combining your suggestion with Unruffled’s above I’m currently thinking of making a sort of ‘Welcome to PieFed/Fediverse’ primer page, with some warning on the Triad/other questionable instances and information on how to block them.

    Alternatively, I wonder if there’s the possibility of making it opt-in rather than opt-out. So by default new accounts do not see it, but if they wish they can allow it.

    • Comrade_Spood@quokk.auEnglish
      1·
      24 days ago

      I think either is a great way of balancing user safety and experience, while still allowing for individual freedom