@klu9 You know, I've not tried following a hashtag live over on Sharkey until you mentioned your issue. Sure enough, there doesn't seem to be an option for following hashtags.
Hmm..🤔
One of the reasons I spend more time on my Sharkey account than Mastodon: Emoji choices. Having only a star for a plain old "like" doesn't cut it, Masto.
I've been experimenting a little with #Sharkey but have issues compared to #Mastodon
- I can't follow hashtags "live" e.g. for a #WatchParty like #Monsterdon
- my timeline is dominated by just a few users' posts & boosts
Do you experience that, too?
Do you know of solutions/workarounds?
One of the reasons I spend more time on my Sharkey account than Mastodon: Emoji choices. Having only a star for a plain old "like" doesn't cut it, Masto.
Box464
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Migrated from Sharkey to GoToSocial, because I wanted something more light-weight and less feature-rich (though I do have to say that Sharkey is excellent and has tons of features and control. I highly recommend it to somebody who really wants a lot from their Fediverse software). I probably sent out some unnecessary notifications by mistake while backloading my posts. Sorry about that.
I wrote this python script for doing the actual backloading. It's clunky, doesn't handle many common cases, breaks on mentions, and has tons of little flaws, but it did get the job done.
Migrated from Sharkey to GoToSocial, because I wanted something more light-weight and less feature-rich (though I do have to say that Sharkey is excellent and has tons of features and control. I highly recommend it to somebody who really wants a lot from their Fediverse software). I probably sent out some unnecessary notifications by mistake while backloading my posts. Sorry about that.
I wrote this python script for doing the actual backloading. It's clunky, doesn't handle many common cases, breaks on mentions, and has tons of little flaws, but it did get the job done.
YunoHost :disability_flag:
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CW for sysadmins: chaotic energy / puzzling actions by a self-hosting newbie
Mentally tired after the week I've had.
I must have installed/uninstalled #Sharkey at least 9 times... and even when I got it to work it proved to be a total lemon.
Ditto for #Wallabag (paid plan on their server) and my self-hosted #Linkwarden.
🦇 This is my self-hosting cursed week 👻
I finally got Sharkey to work because I switched to a managed instance (https://calckey.world). And then I got my collection of links to work on #Linkwarden when I switched to their managed instance (there's a clear pattern here, LOL).
Then yesterday I tried CasaOS. A little too simple for my taste and with NO security in place / no instruction to add Let's Encrypt certs (as far as I could tell). When I read it's a Chinese project I kind of bolted (no offense to them, but I like to keep my stuff in Europe).
Then today I tried Cloudron and could not set it up.
Then I spun up another Ubuntu server to manually install Ghost v6 and couldn't figure out how to configure the caddy file.
Since Wednesday I must have started and stopped at least 7 servers on #Hetzner. My usage is still ridiculously low (1.19 Euros for the past 30 days) but I'm afraid I'll get flagged for suspicious behavior, LOL. I promise I'm not shady, I'm just an awkward newbie.
In all this, I am now EXTREMELY GRATEFUL for how easy and clear it is to set up a #YunoHost system.
The security they offer right off the bat is awesome... as well as the clear instructions about how to edit DNS records, install Let's Encrypt certificates and the whole nine yards.
YUNOHOST has no equivalent when it comes to empowering newbies and I'm just so so grateful to them... and I look forward to writing a step-by-step installation guide for newbies.
Apologies to sysadmins if this post had triggered you. I completely understand its chaotic energy... to be fair it's the first time in 10 months that I attempt to do so many things.
Anyway, off to get dressed for Halloween now.
Wishing you all a lovely evening and weekend 🎃
CW for sysadmins: chaotic energy / puzzling actions by a self-hosting newbie
Mentally tired after the week I've had.
I must have installed/uninstalled #Sharkey at least 9 times... and even when I got it to work it proved to be a total lemon.
Ditto for #Wallabag (paid plan on their server) and my self-hosted #Linkwarden.
🦇 This is my self-hosting cursed week 👻
I finally got Sharkey to work because I switched to a managed instance (https://calckey.world). And then I got my collection of links to work on #Linkwarden when I switched to their managed instance (there's a clear pattern here, LOL).
Then yesterday I tried CasaOS. A little too simple for my taste and with NO security in place / no instruction to add Let's Encrypt certs (as far as I could tell). When I read it's a Chinese project I kind of bolted (no offense to them, but I like to keep my stuff in Europe).
Then today I tried Cloudron and could not set it up.
Then I spun up another Ubuntu server to manually install Ghost v6 and couldn't figure out how to configure the caddy file.
Since Wednesday I must have started and stopped at least 7 servers on #Hetzner. My usage is still ridiculously low (1.19 Euros for the past 30 days) but I'm afraid I'll get flagged for suspicious behavior, LOL. I promise I'm not shady, I'm just an awkward newbie.
In all this, I am now EXTREMELY GRATEFUL for how easy and clear it is to set up a #YunoHost system.
The security they offer right off the bat is awesome... as well as the clear instructions about how to edit DNS records, install Let's Encrypt certificates and the whole nine yards.
YUNOHOST has no equivalent when it comes to empowering newbies and I'm just so so grateful to them... and I look forward to writing a step-by-step installation guide for newbies.
Apologies to sysadmins if this post had triggered you. I completely understand its chaotic energy... to be fair it's the first time in 10 months that I attempt to do so many things.
Anyway, off to get dressed for Halloween now.
Wishing you all a lovely evening and weekend 🎃
fedicat
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Sometimes admitting defeat and moving on is the best way... (I'm someone who typically keeps persevering, no matter what).
I started setting up my #Sharkey account on https://calckey.world and I almost wanted to cry over how easy things are over there.
Search works, following accounts is seamless... It just... works as intended.
Thank you @ruud and the Dot World team! 💖
No regrets over ditching my rickety self-hosted Sharkey. The difference in experience is like night and day!
Hi @elena
regarding your blog post about your experiences with Sharkey, I might be able to share at least two pieces of info.
news.elenarossini.com/my-so-ca…
Back in the old days, when I tested Calkey on my Yunohost setup, I wasn’t able to import any csv either. Misskey/Calkey/Firefish/Sharkey seem to have similar issues with privileges when it comes to Linux filesystems.
A small change in the default.yml solved that problem.
github.com/YunoHost-Apps/calck…
I also noticed that different instances running on the same Yunohost server can’t see each other properly. I was never able to follow my Friendica account from Mastodon, when both were on the same setup. Pixelfed was more forgiving, if I remember correctly. I guess NGINX routes requests for local domains through 127.0.01, which messes up the .wellknown lookups.
Good morning Fedi friends! 🌈✨
Made it back to France and now I’m at my in laws’.
I forgot a wired keyboard at my parents’ in Italy and I only have a wireless keyboard and mouse with me, which were never paired to my Raspi. Mother-in-law came to my rescue and gave me an old wired mouse… and with #Ubuntu’s accessibility setting and on screen keyboard I was able to log in and connect my gear. Ouf!
Happy #Linux / #Raspi week to me (till I get home to Paris) 🐧
Now I had some powerful epiphanies yesterday, with my rickety Sharkey instance.
Sad to say that because it locked me out, and recovery codes aren’t working either, its fate is now sealed. I lost all trust in it and won’t spend any more precious time on it.
But this ONLY relates to my self-hosted Sharkey, which has been cursed from the start, not the software itself, which is WONDERFUL.
I’ll stop putting my energy on it and carry on with my plan (a quiet corner of the Fediverse) on @ruud’s calckey.world — which worked perfectly for me last year, when I was test driving Sharkey. Time to resurrect the account and set up monthly recurring donations.
Anyway, wishing you all a fantastic day!
Sometimes admitting defeat and moving on is the best way... (I'm someone who typically keeps persevering, no matter what).
I started setting up my #Sharkey account on https://calckey.world and I almost wanted to cry over how easy things are over there.
Search works, following accounts is seamless... It just... works as intended.
Thank you @ruud and the Dot World team! 💖
No regrets over ditching my rickety self-hosted Sharkey. The difference in experience is like night and day!
🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 316 (realist edition) 👩🏭
a blog post in which I discuss how my #Sharkey misadventures provided some illuminating insights... including how grateful I am for self-hosted software that just works (hello @gotosocial). Also: I'm super grateful for the dot world group that allows me to have a Sharkey account that actually works as intended (thanks @ruud )!
Elena Rossini
🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 316 (realist edition) 👩🏭
Hello Fedi friends!
If you followed my #Sharkey misadventures last week - chronicled on my GoToSocial account (here and here and here), you might have been wondering: what's next?
In case you don't want to click on those links, the saga can be quickly summed up like this: I successfully
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Elena Rossini ⁂
🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 316 (realist edition) 👩🏭
a blog post in which I discuss how my #Sharkey misadventures provided some illuminating insights... including how grateful I am for self-hosted software that just works (hello @gotosocial). Also: I'm super grateful for the dot world group that allows me to have a Sharkey account that actually works as intended (thanks @ruud )!
Elena Rossini
🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 316 (realist edition) 👩🏭
Hello Fedi friends!
If you followed my #Sharkey misadventures last week - chronicled on my GoToSocial account (here and here and here), you might have been wondering: what's next?
In case you don't want to click on those links, the saga can be quickly summed up like this: I successfully
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More from
Elena Rossini ⁂
I've tried searching, but can someone please explain what Clips and Channels are for on Sharkey? Thanks in advance 🙂 #Sharkey
Elena Rossini ⁂
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🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 315 (desert island edition) 🏝️
a blog post that chronicles my struggles self-hosting a #Sharkey instance.
Yes I have it up and running now but I encountered some unexpected new problems: search and limited federation! With a broken search function I feel stranded on a desert island...
🔗: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-315-desert-island-edition/
Update: I appear to be locked out of my Sharkey account... 2FA codes give an error message and so do recovery codes :FireDumpster:
#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting
🏕️ my adventures in self-hosting: day 315 (desert island edition) 🏝️
a blog post that chronicles my struggles self-hosting a #Sharkey instance.
Yes I have it up and running now but I encountered some unexpected new problems: search and limited federation! With a broken search function I feel stranded on a desert island...
🔗: https://news.elenarossini.com/my-so-called-sudo-life/my-adventures-in-self-hosting-day-315-desert-island-edition/
Update: I appear to be locked out of my Sharkey account... 2FA codes give an error message and so do recovery codes :FireDumpster:
#MySoCalledSudoLife #selfhosting
My oh my I can't believe my eyes. The 9th time was the charm!!! 🥳
(I had been struggling with this since Friday, so I'm a little in disbelief) ☺️
And so that there are no misunderstandings: YunoHost is WONDERFUL. I struggled with this particular installation (first time ever) because there isn't an available guide. I will be writing to my YH contacts offering to create such a guide for newbies.
Two crucial things needed to happen (I got advice about the first and lucked out with the second... lots of A/B testing):
1) When you install Sharkey with YunoHost you need to set the initial permissions to "All visitors" (I had it set to Admin only and that's why my instance looked broken).
2) Sharkey has two passwords in the account setup screen. The only combo that worked for me was keeping the first field empty and then using my YunoHost admin's password for the second. The username could be anything, didn't have to be like the YH admin. I'll be changing this stat though, for security reasons.
Voilà. And sorry but need to rush off and set up my profile - yay!
#Sharkey
I set up 2FA and immediately uploaded Seirdy's Tier0 blocklist... and unlocked an achievement on my self-hosted #Sharkey instance: "well prepared" 😆
Giving #Sharkey one more try (the 9th for the record).
Yes I can be pretty persistent, LOL 😅
Send me pictures of your cute pets in case it doesn't work... 🙃
#SharkeyMonAmour #MySoCalledSudoLife
My oh my I can't believe my eyes. The 9th time was the charm!!! 🥳
(I had been struggling with this since Friday, so I'm a little in disbelief) ☺️
And so that there are no misunderstandings: YunoHost is WONDERFUL. I struggled with this particular installation (first time ever) because there isn't an available guide. I will be writing to my YH contacts offering to create such a guide for newbies.
Two crucial things needed to happen (I got advice about the first and lucked out with the second... lots of A/B testing):
1) When you install Sharkey with YunoHost you need to set the initial permissions to "All visitors" (I had it set to Admin only and that's why my instance looked broken).
2) Sharkey has two passwords in the account setup screen. The only combo that worked for me was keeping the first field empty and then using my YunoHost admin's password for the second. The username could be anything, didn't have to be like the YH admin. I'll be changing this stat though, for security reasons.
Voilà. And sorry but need to rush off and set up my profile - yay!
#Sharkey
Giving #Sharkey one more try (the 9th for the record).
Yes I can be pretty persistent, LOL 😅
Send me pictures of your cute pets in case it doesn't work... 🙃
#SharkeyMonAmour #MySoCalledSudoLife