Oh wow, I was not aware of that! Very cool.
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I have not heard about gancio, I will check that out, thanks!
True about the empty room problem. That is a problem with the fediverse in general with new features, which is why I think it is better to try to integrate these features with existing platforms, or to consider building new platforms that are additive with regard to features, rather than isolated. A classified ad site for the fediverse is nice. A site that lets you post microblogs and classified ad posts would be even better. One that allows all of that plus private groups and events would be even better still. It seems platforms are relatively resistant to adding new features and prefer to stay isolated as individual feature platforms, which is a losing strategy imo.
They remade Riven, and it got a sequel, Obduction.
I heard this spoken in his voice from south park, like the "it's a plane" dude.
Gotcha. Well hope I set you on the right track at least, not sure what else I can do to troubleshoot. At least p.piefed.social works, so that's good.
I recommend trying a smaller instance on piefed, it is better than Lemmy in a number of ways.
I don't consciously remember making it, but I might have made it in the troubleshooting phase. In any case, still doesn't explain why I cannot login with any credentials at piefed.social. I am able to login to p.piefed.social, but those exact saved login credentials do not work on piefed.social.
When I click that I get a blank website that says not found, so I am not sure where in the user list you saw that. Unless I just can't see it because it's banned. I do not recall consciously making another username after I was banned, unless I had done that to try to see if it was an IP ban.
The username is korendian, and the handle is @robert.meyer86@piefed.social. Neither of those work to login at piefed.social, nor does my email, but I can use my email and that password to login at p.piefed.social. I think it is some discrepancy in the naming system, as viewing my profile from different sites shows different username/handles. Here is a view from several different sites showing that korendian and robert.meyer86@piefed.social are the same account, but depending on where it is viewed, korendian and robert.meyer86 both show as the username or handle (I.e., piefed.social seems to have korendian@piefed.social as the handle, but Lemmy.zip shows the handle as robert.meyer86@piefed.social. I am honestly unsure which is the right one to be honest).
Seriously though, why we are clinging to continued federation is beyond me.
The problem with friendica (at least from my perspective) is that it is a janky piece of software and the UI is very difficult to figure out. Sure there are events, but damned if I could figure out how to make one and invite someone to it in a way that makes sense and is easy to use. Same with groups, it's there, but in a way that seems held together with glue and duct tape. That is not to say that it did not have its place in the history of the development of the fediverse, but like walled garden platforms that have gone the way of the dodo, the same applies for the fediverse, not all will survive. Just because one platform failed to fully implement these features in a clean and user friendly way does not mean it's impossible or that it is not a goal worth pursuing.