Sean Tilley

@ deadsuperhero @lemmy.world

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2 yr. ago

I write articles and interview people about the Fediverse and decentralized technologies. In my spare time, I play lots of video games. I also like to make pixel art, music, and games.

10mo ago

What do y'all think of the live streaming platform, Owncast?
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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago
OwnCast is wonderful. It's dead simple to set up and use, and works great with OBS.
I tend to prefer streaming through PeerTube, simply because the platform has more features. But for simplicity, OwnCast can't be beat!

10mo ago

Will there ever be a PeerTube TV app (official or third-party)?

Yeah, but it's the only software project I've found so far that matches your description. Theoretically, it might work, although it could probably be forked and updated to support any potential API changes.

10mo ago

Fedicon is happening in Vancouver, BC this weekend

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

If anyone is interested in seeing the recorded talks, we're in the process of uploading them all to PeerTube! First day is uploaded, currently working through day two!

https://spectra.video/c/fedicon_videos/videos

10mo ago

Will there ever be a PeerTube TV app (official or third-party)?

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Actually, it looks like PeerVue for Roku is what you're looking for.

10mo ago

Will there ever be a PeerTube TV app (official or third-party)?

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

So, they already have an Android app that's pretty decent, and could be adapted to a TV form factor.

https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/mobile-application/

There's also a Kodi integration, but I'm not aware of how well it's been maintained. Given the amount of things Kodi can run on, that might be a good starting point.

https://github.com/Haui1112/plugin.video.pt

10mo ago

GNU/Hurd Now An Official Platform For SDL Cross-Platform Gaming Library

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Hell yeah! HURD gaming, here I come!

10mo ago

Big Updates Are Coming to Loops

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

I would imagine that this is getting addressed in the update as well.

10mo ago

Big Updates Are Coming to Loops

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

A significant portion of the code is available, I think it's just a matter of getting the latest code pushed out to public release status. Judging by the server repo, seems like a lot of development is happening out in the open.

https://github.com/joinloops

10mo ago

Fedicon 2025 is currently taking place. All the videos are being posted in this PeerTube account

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

I mean, all of the videos are uploaded to PeerTube, and that instance (run by me) federates across a big chunk of the network. Like, yeah, the videos themselves live in an S3 bucket somewhere, but the metadata federation and P2P video capabilities (plus the ability to mirror redundant copies) somewhat mitigates that.

10mo ago

I totally missed the point when PeerTube got so good

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Wanting to get paid for your work, so that you can keep making stuff, is in fact not the same thing as greed. We have this assumption that everything on the Web should be free, or at least helped along by donations, but it's not sustainable.

10mo ago

Channel.org open beta

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Channel is basically a white label instance of PatchWork, which is a Mastodon fork with custom feeds and community curation tools.

The main intent behind the project is to help existing communities and organizations get onto the Fediverse, and have some curation capabilities. Ideally, it can be used to get a large amount of people and accounts onto the network with minimal friction.

10mo ago

Giving Up on Element & Matrix.org

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 10mo ago

I always liked the concept of Matrix, and still actively use it, but there's some serious jank. Synapse is generally bloated and not fun to run an instance, Dendrite is perpetually in Beta, and the clients themselves range from adequate to awful. The default Element client on Android is so broken for me that I'm forced to use Element X, because I can't even log in with Element.

It's disappointing, but there's a ton of issues that aren't so easy to resolve. New Vector and the Element Foundation are basically two separate entities that have some kind of hard split between them, neither of which seems to have the money necessary to support comprehensive development. The protocol is said to be bloated and overtly complex, and trying to develop a client or a server implementation is something of a nightmare.

I want to see Matrix succeed, I think a lot of people see the potential of what it could be. I'm not sure it'll ever get there.

11mo ago

Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins"

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 11mo ago

Thank you! I've been thinking about it a lot, and I think it could be used to solve a bunch of different problems, like importing stuff from other networks, and having everything ready to go before you join an instance.

There's some UX questions that have to be figured out, the last thing I want is some super-cluttered design that asks for a million different options. Also, platforms would need to provide some necessary APIs (for registration and data import) to make it fully useable.

11mo ago

Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins"

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 11mo ago

My main critique is just that, within the Mastodon side of the Fediverse, the design is highly misleading about what the feature does. It resembles a normal DM feature, but the message addressing is purely handled by mentions in the message body.

Basically, it's an antipattern, causing people to accidentally mention other people in what's assumed to be a Direct Message. It's less about privacy, more about poor telegraphing of side-effects.

11mo ago

Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins"

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 11mo ago

I used to feel that way, but there's so much crap on that timeline, especially when you're on a bigger instance. I used to use it for the exact same thing, discovery. A lot of it is just noise to me now, though.

11mo ago

Mitigating the "7 Deadly Fediverse UX Sins"

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 11mo ago

Well, no, this was just responding to a critique on UX shortcomings, and highlighting how different efforts could solve various problems.

It sounds more like you're talking about one of my previous blog posts, where I was talking about a super-flexible frontend that's basically a pagebuilder. Make no mistake, I would love to see custom profile music and radios! And I agree that accessibility needs to be way better!

12mo ago

Bandwagon is Bringing Music Sales to the Fediverse

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 12mo ago

Yes

12mo ago

Bounce Helps You Switch Networks

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 12mo ago

Oh nice!

1y ago

My Thoughts on the Fosstodon Drama | Kev Quirk

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 1y ago

I think a lot of people do it because they want to build communities and bring people together. It's easy to underestimate the workload and what kind of problems come up. A big problem is that people start instances, and gradually realize that they're basically stuck running things until they either hand it off to someone else, or shut down.

1y ago

FediForum Has Been Canceled

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Sean Tilley @lemmy.world 1y ago

Posting from another thread:

Her comments cover everything from “trans women are mostly autistic boys who have been gaslit” to “there are only two sexes” to “trans people are unfit to play in their gender’s sport.” However, there are far worse comments floating around out there that talk about genital mutilation and all kinds of other heinous shit.

It wasn't just "I have a different opinion, we can agree to disagree", it was full-fledged unhinged stuff that all followed the TERF playbook.