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  • kobra@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world*sigh*
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    1 year ago

    The entire fediverse is built upon the idea of an open protocol that anyone is welcome in yet it seems like everyone is shocked that a corporation is finally jumping in.

    This was inevitable and more will be coming. The beauty of the fediverse is that you can still find an instance that gets all the mainstream content of the Meta stuff while not subjecting you to the algorithm and data gathering that Meta apps have. In addition, if you DON’T want to participate and see that stuff, the fediverse provides ways to de-federate your neck of the woods and live in bliss without seeing and interacting with any Meta content.


  • kobra@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.world*sigh*
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s a downside that I’ve heard they’re not federating immediately, but rather doing that in a few months.

    Instagram Threads WILL entice a bunch of people to leave Twitter (and eventually get to the fediverse), but if Insta Threads aren’t federated on day 1, we can’t offer up alternatives to users that doesn’t harvest data.

    Instead, they’ll only get that choice in a few months, though still better than never I guess 🤷‍♂️




  • kobra@lemmy.worldtowefwef@lemmy.worldHow to self-host wefwef?
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    1 year ago

    To clarify a couple of things, and hopefully help anyone else doing this on macOS:

    Start by installing Docker desktop

    Open Terminal and type in:

    docker pull ghcr.io/aeharding/wefwef:latest

    Then, you want to use a Docker run command like this to get things started. In this example, I put my local IP in as “192.168.1.2” but you’ll need to adjust that value to whatever your machine’s IP is.

    docker run --rm -d -p 192.168.1.2:5314:5314 -e "CUSTOM_LEMMY_SERVERS=lemmy.world,sh.itjust.works,lemmy.ml" ghcr.io/aeharding/wefwef:latest

    At that point, I went to my iPhone, opened Safari and went to 192.168.1.2:5314 and boom, there’s wefwef. Install this as PWA and name it (local) or something and you’re good to go.