The content is going to be both text-based and media like videos pictures etc. Currently we are on a telegram super group but that doesn’t cut it and can be lost. Is piefed or Lemmy a good fit for this? I have been here since 2023 and I think it would be. One other issue is privacy the identity of the members should be protected at all costs.

If this is only for having a place to socialize, Fedi will work

But if you want privacy, maybe check out delta chat? https://chatmail.at/doc/relay/getting_started.html
You probably will still need a domain for the relay and somewhere to run it but when used in one account mode, delta relay stores nothing on users. It only relays the messages

They probably won’t even start looking for them

Virtual tabletop looks closer, but enforces the game rules, while I want an analog of a table, bring your cards and let’s play

So it’s only missing a PR or two. Not “the rest of the fucking owl”. That’s my point

https://github.com/Cockatrice/Cockatrice/wiki
https://github.com/ArnoldSmith86/virtualtabletop

There are so many simple open-source tools for that, that I would rather think about joining an existing project instead of creating another one

And I’m afraid of the opposite: that most will just upload their IDs everywhere and allow “you don’t have to worry if you have nothing to hide” to become accepted stance

I’ve moved to Fennec and I’m very happy with it. If only it had Zen’s workspaces it would be absolutely god-like

I saw that. But while the text suggests the initiative is connected to EU, I don’t see something making it certain

Hold on. That page is someone wishing all this were true or it’s actually happening?

Could Mobilizon be used for that?

EDIT: for finding a date for some other thing I’ve been happy with how Polls in Nextcloud work. But NC might be too big for your needs. Maybe something from those would fit you?
https://github.com/manfredsteger/polly
https://awesome-selfhosted.net/tags/polls-and-events.html

If they could be using web UI (I’m not sure how a client would work with auth like that) then it kind of depends on how much hassle they can live with and how secure you want to be

Simplest would be to use https://doc.traefik.io/traefik/reference/routing-configuration/http/middlewares/basicauth/
You set up username and password and share those with the user. But it can be brute-forced

Something more secure but also a bit more demanding would be some kind of email otp
https://docs.goauthentik.io/add-secure-apps/flows-stages/stages/authenticator_email/
Set up authentik to send time-limited link to their email that well let them through. But they would have to authenticate every time they access

I think that’s why wording mentions friends not a public service

I’m afraid that with applications it would end up with the same situation we have now. 2-3 people per instance

For sure only local accounts should have voting rights

I was rather thinking about reports also having votes

Oh, nice find. I’m saving that

AFAIK the apps are rather based on the APIs. And in general APIs usually don’t require a User-Agent header as they return only data, without the html

Do you know of an app that is setting user agent?

I guess, pick one that you like and check (check code or network traffic) if it’s setting user-agent header

I have also been wondering about this. But

admins and mods are selected sortitionally( randomly) from people who apply

That’s your point of starvation. The application

I think, instead, everyone on the instance should be a voting member. And the decisions should be taken based on some requirement on the votes

1. person one flags a post -> that’s a vote
2. maybe add a header that this post is under review? The voting process should probably be taking some time
3. another person flags the same post -> that’s a vote
4. someone else says it should not be flagged -> that’s a vote in opposite direction
5. ??? <- can be changed by an instance wide vote too
6. post/comment/user is either moderated or not, depending on votes and logic from the previous vote

In order to boost participation, randomly ask an active account to cast a vote on an ongoing discussion

I think there should be some way for “backend admin” to step in and ban something. But they should only do that for spam/csam/scam/etc. Nothing else, no matter how crazy or rude the take is
(btw, maybe the instance could also normalize asking someone to reword their take if it’s rude or can be interpreted badly out of context?)

I think the scope of the idea is the service itself, not the hosting part. So the rotation would be for those who set sidebar, not those who deploy

Well, now I see that I’m going to move to have sshfs instead. There are issues with spamming sftp connections for all the small files. But in general I’ve learned that really “done is better than perfect”. Just make it work, observe, iterate

Personally I don’t agree that MD is bad but I’ve seen some opinions that Org Mode is better