Recommendations wanted:
❓ Does anybody know of a Fediverse instance that supports long-form blogging with images, accepts new members, and is not limited in content to technology?
Boosts appreciated for visibility, thank you.
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[moved] Floppy 💾
in reply to [moved] Floppy 💾 • • •In terms of software projects, #Plume allows long-form blogging with images, but I couldn't find a lot of suitable open instances. I have a plan B with Plume, but it's not optimal.
#WriteFreely is also quite mature and widely spread, though media upload requires a paid account on write.as and I couldn't find open public instances.
I am aware of e.g. Friendica, but I don't know it from the inside. Reports by people using projects like it are appreciated.
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in reply to James Smith 💾 • • •@Floppy@mastodon.me.uk Thank you for the suggestion!
I considered, but when I try to sign up it asks for a credit card to confirm identity. While I understand the necessity for this step esp. nowadays, I find this particular ask a bit much. (To be clear, not planning anything shady, just being defensive with sharing personal data.)
Right now I'm not sure whether this is going to be a one-off thing or something lasting. When/if I'm committed to long-term adventures I would definitely give Ghost a try.
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[moved] Floppy 💾
in reply to James Smith 💾 • • •Btw chatting 💾 to 💾 is always a highlight for me.
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in reply to [moved] Floppy 💾 • • •ltning
in reply to [moved] Floppy 💾 • • •I've been considering spinning up a service not unlike what you describe for a while. I could always configure my Pleroma to allow very long posts, but there's surely better OSS software out there.
If you want to collaborate, let me know.
[moved] Floppy 💾
in reply to ltning • • •@ltning Hey, thank you for suggesting and offering!
It depends a little on what exactly you are planning, but sounds interesting!
I think I'm looking for some platform where long-form posting is common and in lower frequency than what's common on the typical micro-blogging platforms (Mastodon, Pleroma, etc.). If I'm honest, I'm not quite sure how well that would work. But thanks for offering here too!
ltning
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in reply to ltning • • •@ltning Sorry, was a bit swamped the last days.
I am aware of WriteFreely and am very fond of it. But for my particular case I am not sure whether it is going to be a long-term thing and then I hesitate a little to invest money.
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in reply to Orca 🌻 | 🎀 | 🪁 | 🏴🏳️⚧️ • • •@Orca Thank you for the comment!
I saw that that WriteFreely's flagship instance supports paid accounts with image hosting, but afaict they have asome homebrew service (snap.as) for image hosting as well.
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in reply to Arturo Serrano 🇨🇴🤖👽🧙🦄 • • •I haven't noticed any Friendica instances in the past, but I guess that just speaks for the software adhering to standards.
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