Don't pull a feddit.de on people, alright?

The local communities are such a great mix of uplifting and informative posts that I am sure to return.

Maybe is vacationing in United Kingdom

you mean an API for bots...

Because fuck blind people, that's why

(speaking as a slrpnk user): Another backup communication strategy (once things are backup) might be to designate somewhere on a non-slrpnk instance as a place where people can check for updates if things go down; when I first discovered the outage, I wasn't sure where to go to check for info/updates.

Unrelatedly, I hope that this unexpected outage isn't causing you or other admins too much stress. Whilst the extended nature of this outage is unfortunate, I respect that you're using this as an opportunity to migrate to a more robust solution. This kind of resilience focussed response is a key part of the solarpunk ethos, in my view.

Some people have said that such a long outage seems likely to kill an instance, but for my part, this community is worth waiting for — I have enjoyed having an account on this instance because it feels like the perfect blend of small enough to have a distinct culture and ethos, but is large enough to be robust and diverse.

I agree. I replied to Kris elsewhere saying this, but I am super glad to have been a part of this instance because it feels like a nice balance of being large enough to be robust and diverse, but small enough to have a distinctive culture. I don't often interact with the communities that were on the instance, but I always enjoy seeing my peers crop up in the comments of various posts — it's one of my favourite parts of Lemmy being federated (db0 is another example of an instance that has such a distinctive vibe that seeing it as someone's instance is often useful metadata that affects how I parse their comment)

Mobile Apps need an API too.

It's baffling to me how customisable some fruit features can be. I know someone who works in plant genomics and cultivation and it's really cool how they can use genomic analysis alongside selective breeding to select for traits. I imagine that imported papayas are cultivars that are easier to transport internationally.

Idk, quite a few (me included) made alt accounts for the time being, and we'll return when it becomes possible, especially if we really do migrate to piefed.

why does everything need a mobile app?

It's not just native Apps. Alternative web UIs like Thunder, Photon and Voyager need them too.

Thanks.

Yeah at the very least this will result in some changes in the hardware setup to avoid similar situations. But of course it is impossible to forsee all possible problems.

On Android you can use the Interstellar app https://interstellar.jwr.one/ with piefed.social! Also iOS: https://testflight.apple.com/join/JXRtHye2

yes, but those frontends are typically tied closer to the backend than a public API.

things like CSRF can help block abuse of the back end.

Nope they all use the public API. Even the default Lemmy web client.

That sucks.

Is this loss dot jaypeg

I dont think it will be. I've had two accounts for a while to deal with unexpected issues & will happily return to my slrpnk account once it's back up and running

Plus for the communities, people who were subscribed to them before will likely stay subscribed & once the instance is back up the posts will be in their feeds without an issue.

Being able to accommodate issues like this is one of the major upsides to a decentralized platform.

What is so special about piefed? I see a few communities moving there. The interface looks different from the original lemmy interface.