Y'all might've noticed a drop in posts
Starting today I'm using my Wafrn more, but it won't completely replace this place. At the very least, this will still be my blog, at least unless I find a better platform for that. Oh, and following pod people (Disapora users), at least until they move to something ActivityPub. And RSS feeds.
So, what does Wafrn lack that Friendica has?
Categories, useful as I can share links to just part of my blog here
Diaspora compatibility
Feed reader, this is one of the neatest features here, they show up in your timeline just like anyone else you follow
Hashtag auto complete/suggestion, kinda useful so we don't wind up with a thousand variations on the same thing
Link display in post creation window, if you paste a link into the creation box on Friendica or Mastodon, it displays the summary so you can see what the post will look like, Wafrn, you have to wait until your post is on your dashboard
No following or followers list
What's it missing that I want?
Queue function like Tumblr, something that Friendica has made clear they see no point in
An easy way to share internet links. This one isn't on Wafrn, for Friendica and Mastodon I use an extension on Firefox, I think this is a fork, of the older FediShare extension, and this one I don't think is supported as it seems to be a bit out of date on what services it supports. It'd be nice to see someone take over it and maintain it as its useful for sharing things.
Other bugs/glitches?
Relatively minor stuff, tried to upload a video that was possibly too big and got no error, just no video attached to the post.
If you search for someone then follow them, the page doesn't refresh the button status, the follow button doesn't become an unfollow, rather it stays a follow button
Seriously, that's a long list of nitpicks really, and like stuff @gabboman the wafrn dev will likely fix as time goes on since Wafrn is young, and none are a deal breaker. I'll prolly switch to hosted Wafrn instant at some point in the future, just have to figure out costs and what I want to do with this place.
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in reply to 🌴 Seph 💭 👾 • • •we need to do soo many things, we have a big list.
Regarding following rss, i think bridgy had something that allowed you to follow RSS.
I could try doing something about it but ªªªªªªªª another thing to factor in
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in reply to gabboman the wafrn dev • •@gabboman the wafrn dev I can imagine, not even to a full version yet, right? I figured none of that stuff has any chance of happening any time soon, but hey, a pup can wish, right? And the Fedishare extension thing is kinda unrelated, though it does annoy me that that extension isn't maintained considering how little maintenance it'd need.
Not sure if'n it'd help with either the Diaspora or the RSS feed thing, but IIRC, the original developer of Friendica created a library of modules to be used in Fediverse apps on GitHub, SocialHome and one other use some of the bits.
As to the list, I think it depends on goals, want to stand out, consider the queue function, prolly fairly easy thing to add, and useful as its main purpose is flood control.
Bring it up to Mastodon/et al features, add some manner of follower/followers management and/or fix the hashtag thing.
Want to kill Diaspora? Add compatibility.
Really this is a wish list, and if'n any of it happens, cool, if not, oh well, just impacts what will be my main Fediverse app
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