Spliznork

I really liked the article that I hadn’t read before on Enshittification by Cory Doctorow from January linked from the EFF article, which really well captures the inevitability of what’s happening to Reddit (and the value of the Fediverse):

This is enshittification: surpluses are first directed to users; then, once they’re locked in, surpluses go to suppliers; then once they’re locked in, the surplus is handed to shareholders and the platform becomes a useless pile of shit.

FYI I closed this out on matrix. The repository line refers to creating a magazine named “random”. And after that, connecting to the federation was as easy as searching for a magazine like @technology@beehaw.org.

I also followed along the instructions and eventually got mine running. It took me a bit longer than 30 minutes – figuring out how to have Caddy have Let’s Encrypt use DuckDns TXT was new to me, for instance. But, I’m confused by one of the last lines of the admin setup guide under Configuration, “Next, log in and create a repository named “random” to which unclassified content from the fediverse will flow.” What does that mean? What’s a repository? I don’t see that referenced anywhere…