Wafrn: a tumblr clone that federates with fedi and now also has opt in native bluesky
from gabboman@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 15:21
https://lemmy.world/post/32510678

Hello, its me gabbo the creator of this hellsite. I am totaly not making this post to make sure that lemmy federation works properly

#fediverse

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gabboman@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 15:26 next collapse

I know bsky is not everyone’s jam. But I promise wafrn will do the best to protect you from stupid shit they do. The main wafrn instance has blocked jd vance as example ;D

gabboman@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 15:36 next collapse

this post is totaly not a test of lemmy federation wink wink

capuccino@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 15:42 collapse

i can’t make posts about vance?

gabboman@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 15:50 collapse

You can and theoreticaly you can actualy mention harrass him in bluesky funily enough but wont look like a mention in wafrn end

ozoned@piefed.social on 05 Jul 16:00 next collapse

Thank you for your hard work! Let me know if you'd like to talk on Fireside Fedi with me sometime!

gabboman@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 16:04 next collapse

fireside fedi?

Eldritch@piefed.social on 05 Jul 16:28 collapse

Fediverse centric podcast. I've never watched/listened. But I regularly see episodes through the new que on Lemmy. They even host on peer tube.

ozoned@piefed.social on 05 Jul 20:00 collapse

TY for linking. :-)

Asking for constructive criticism reasons, is there a reason you don't watch or listen? I've been told my mic quality bothers folk, so working on getting a new setup for that this week hopefully. :-D If you just don't listen because you're not a consumer of that kind of content or just not interested, totally understand. I just thriving on constructive criticism. :-)

Eldritch@piefed.social on 06 Jul 00:40 collapse

You don't always need an expensive microphone. But a pop filter can make a much bigger impact than you would believe. Honestly the thing I see a lot of YouTubers using often that seems to work out quite well are lavalier mics. Not the traditional desktop microphones.

A lavalier microphone attached to a collar or lapel. Is generally outside of the direct path of your voice. So the need for pop filtering Etc is reduced. Though many of them do provide filters for it. Further since they are generally clipped to you the distance between you and them doesn't change much. Meaning that your levels stay much more consistent and even. No leaning away from mic and then back in. And they sometimes have a few less issues with assonance.

That's not even touching the headaches that can be simply capturing footage or streaming in obs. That rabbit hole goes deep. It's also a lot of fun with a lot of opportunity to be creative.

And as I said in my other post I just don't tend to listen to many podcasts at all. I have listened to behind the bastards a little bit in the past, Pod save America a couple times. Even the Retro hour a few times with RMC. But it's just never been something that I have a lot of time available to focus on or desire to. Though I might give it a try.

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 16:23 next collapse

I didn’t know the creator of Fireside Fedi was here!

Eldritch@piefed.social on 05 Jul 16:38 next collapse

If you are on voyager, tag them and never be unaware again LOL

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 16:45 next collapse

voyager?

Eldritch@piefed.social on 05 Jul 16:50 collapse

My current favorite and most used threadiverse app. They just added experimental piefed support.

It allows you to locally tag users to help keep track. As well as tracking your Collective up and down total for users. Along with all the other standard features everyone else provides. The only thing that could make it better for me is if there were a desktop version. Lift off now a long defunct browser for Lenny had iOS Android and desktop versions. I still miss that.

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 18:47 collapse

FYI, Piefed has noted built-in in the platform too

fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 18:52 next collapse

noted?

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 18:56 collapse

Notes about users

fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 18:57 collapse

Ah, thanks

Eldritch@piefed.social on 05 Jul 19:06 collapse

That is excellent too. Just another reason for people to switch over from Lemmy.

ozoned@piefed.social on 05 Jul 19:58 collapse

lol wow I hope folks don't follow my ramblings. :-) But I do like Voyager and TY for suggesting!

Eldritch@piefed.social on 05 Jul 22:41 collapse

Some certainly do. I've never been much of a podcast person myself. The closest I follow is the Cody Showdy AKA some more news. but it's a bit more Straight Up Performance than just basic podcast.

I do watch a lot of tech YouTubers. And have done some shows myself. I know the amount of time and effort that can go even into simple ones. They require a lot of passion and drive to produce. And especially for topics like this where there isn't a lot of money in it. It's definitely deserves some respect.

I know I've been considering Reviving an old program myself. If it's worth all the work again.

ozoned@piefed.social on 05 Jul 23:36 collapse

Oh I absolutely do it for passion. LOVE talking with folks, especially about foss and open platforms. And definitely haven't made really any money. And any money goes to TubeFree or back to the Fediverse somehow. I've definitely spent way more than I've made. Lol

Eldritch@piefed.social on 06 Jul 00:30 collapse

That's how it was DJing for me. I never made a lot of money. But I always enjoyed sharing the music. LOL, perhaps someday I will find someone to pay me to do it. But not everyone can be as lucky as Rodney anonymous. Of course it doesn't hurt that he was famous as well:-)

ozoned@piefed.social on 06 Jul 00:31 collapse

lots of indie musicians on the fediverse. :-)

Eldritch@piefed.social on 06 Jul 00:46 collapse

Rodney Anonymous being one of them. Well I guess he's not necessarily indy? Though he's definitely not mainstream. Outside of Punk Rock Girl I'm not sure how much else of their catalog got play.. But they are legends up in Philadelphia. Which is where he DJs once a month for ynot radio.

The fediverse provides a platform individuals can completely control if they want. Or at least be free of a lot of unsavory restrictions and associations. And for a punk group like Rodney's, that is even more important.

ozoned@piefed.social on 05 Jul 19:57 collapse

lol I am here. I'm all in on the Fediverse. ;-) If there's a platform in the Fedi I'm not on, please let me know so I can learn about it! :-D

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 16:25 collapse

Oh i just saw what it was. Count me on it

ozoned@piefed.social on 05 Jul 20:01 collapse

Awesome! I'm scheduling out to end of July, but if you wanna toss me an email address or best place to contact you I'll add you to the ever growing list of awesome folks. :-D

[deleted] on 05 Jul 16:01 next collapse

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HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org on 05 Jul 16:20 next collapse

Is it pronounced like the blood thinner/rat poison (warfarin)?

conc@lemmy.ml on 05 Jul 19:18 collapse

Is that how it kills the rats? Thins their blood to death?

gitamar@feddit.org on 06 Jul 09:37 collapse

Essentially yes, as one side effect is bleedings

Steve@communick.news on 05 Jul 16:25 next collapse

Being an idiot in a hurry, I saw the medication Warfarin

fxomt@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 16:26 next collapse

Test from wafrn, will reply with @fxomt

fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 16:27 next collapse

Yo its me

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 16:27 collapse

Test succeeded!

fxomt@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 16:29 collapse

I can see you from here

Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 16:32 collapse

Pretty cool

irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 05 Jul 16:30 next collapse

hell yeah

MxRemy@piefed.social on 05 Jul 17:13 next collapse

I love WAFRN so much 😭

sk1nnym1ke@piefed.social on 05 Jul 17:22 next collapse

I assume that is the link?

https://app.wafrn.net/

gabboman@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 17:29 collapse

yeah

Dreaming_Novaling@lemmy.zip on 05 Jul 19:00 next collapse

Exciting! I’ve made an effort to let go of Insta for both privacy and hatred of Zuck’s policies, which left me stuck on Tumblr to look at any fanart/fandom content. Hopefully this could replace people’s need for Tumblr in a few years, especially since they also do a shit job of caring about their users.

Edit: Knowing the context of the name is hilarious, wish I was there for the Tumblr exodus. I will be sure to spread to other platforms about this wonderful service.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 20:10 next collapse

Well, tumblr died out in 2017 because they said “NO PORN!!!”

And all the blogs died.

It’s like Dr Cox said: “If you take all the porn off the internet, there’d only be one website left. www.bringbacktheporn.com and nobody would visit because it doesn’t have porn.”

So. Does WAFRN have porn? And also…why are these things ALWAYS named with weird hard to pronounce names? Come see my new website Drufyflezak!

bitwolf@sh.itjust.works on 05 Jul 20:23 next collapse

I always figured because the weird names have cheaper domain registrations. However wafrn is a pretty short name so, it probably is on the high end.

c0dezer0@programming.dev on 06 Jul 11:18 collapse

And also avoiding law suits with another existing names / registrated brands.

irelephant@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 21:42 next collapse

WAFRN's name stands for We Allow Female Representing Nipples.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 22:07 collapse

So Jennifer Anniston is on the fediverse now. Nice!

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 21:30 collapse

Wafrn stands for We Allow Female Representing Nipples

I hope this answers both your questions

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 22:11 collapse

Wait…now you’re the second person to say this. I thought the other guy was joking.

Is this legit what it stands for??? Because thats hilarious!

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 22:12 collapse

I am the creator so yes

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 22:14 collapse

notices your username

…touche.

cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone on 05 Jul 20:30 next collapse

i was big in the david karp era fandom tumblr and loved it during gleek tumblr and spn tumblr days (i still have an account but don't use it as much) so i'm definitely going to look at this (as someone that also uses bsky, i like the idea that it's integrated with atproto too. i trust that it's trans and queer friendly too? :^

RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com on 05 Jul 22:03 next collapse

You had me at reticulating splines.

e. Registrations over VPN are disabled. Pause it while registering or you’ll have to spend an entire minute rewriting the stuff D=

RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com on 05 Jul 22:05 collapse

Dude that gender list is great.

4grams@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 23:03 collapse

My god cat with disturbingly human lips, the internet is back.

Seriously, I love it. Correct amount of humor and functionality. I’m on the road but I’ll be signing up for sure.

Cris_Color@lemmy.world on 05 Jul 23:33 next collapse

Thats sick!

xnx@slrpnk.net on 06 Jul 00:49 next collapse

i love it but Please choose a name that can be pronounced

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:10 collapse

no. it means “we allow female representing nipples”. Also there is no canonica way of pronunciating it

OldChicoAle@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 15:59 collapse

Seems pretty easy? Wayfern?

Tikiporch@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 16:16 collapse

No, it’s “wah-fren.”

BlindFrog@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 17:46 collapse

Wuff-fern

Gibibit@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 05:16 next collapse

It has an F-Droid app btw: f-droid.org/packages/dev.djara.wafrn_rn

skribe@aussie.zone on 06 Jul 07:37 next collapse

Also includes Doom in the settings. Mouse didn’t work for me though.

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:04 collapse

its old doom keyboard only

PugJesus@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 08:43 next collapse

Fantastic idea! I miss Tumblr terribly ever since the Great Porn Ban of 2018, even though I never even reblogged or followed ‘adult’ blogs. I just wanted to reblog holsum and funny fanart, but fuck giving into puritan corpo censorship.

What’s the moderation policy on genocide denial and the like? I hate having to ask this, but having heard too many people deny the Holodomor on here, I feel it necessary to make the inquiry.

For that matter, more generally, are you prepared, in terms of moderation structure, for the massive amount of legitimately disturbing material that’s going to pass through the site and will need to be removed if the site grows beyond a few hundred users? I would hate to join and then see this crash because of (completely understandable) moderator/admin burnout at the depravity and speed of mankind’s worst elements.

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:04 collapse

its a fedi platform, shit will happen but we have blocked the worst of the wrost on fedi. And we also check registrations for vpns. Registration with vpn is not allowed for safety

lime@feddit.nu on 06 Jul 09:06 next collapse

any plans to appease the cohost crowd and allow css in posts?

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:03 collapse

we allow some css in posts

dil@lemmy.zip on 06 Jul 09:46 next collapse

What do you have against e I o u and sometimes y?

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:03 collapse

wafrn stands for We Allow Female Representing Nipples in reference to 2018 tumblr porn ban

traceur301@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 06 Jul 11:26 next collapse

err wasn’t the tumblr verbiage “female presenting nipples”?

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:30 collapse

that is correct but I already bought the domain when I realized that and waprn doesnt sound as well

irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Jul 16:22 next collapse

WAP right now

lenz@lemmy.ml on 06 Jul 20:09 collapse

wafpn, not waprn

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 20:39 collapse

doesnt sounds well

trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world on 07 Jul 08:14 collapse

Wafern would probably roll off the tongue a little better?

venoft@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 10:00 next collapse

Why do these kind of things always have random-name-generator names? Just name it something sane.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 06 Jul 15:30 next collapse

If everything was named “Something Sane” how would we tell different things apart?

irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Jul 16:22 collapse

Its name stands for “We Allow Female Representing Nipples”, based on the tumblr policy of banning Female Representing Nipples.

dedconfigurator@pawb.social on 06 Jul 10:27 next collapse

Only for 18 and up…?

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 11:03 collapse

for safety reasons on my side yeah sorry

Balerion6@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 21:09 collapse

Thank god. I hate being on websites with kids.

Lampadaire_raclette@jlai.lu on 06 Jul 10:32 next collapse

Just registered !

TheLastOfHisName@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 15:28 next collapse

Well this is damned exciting.

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 06 Jul 15:29 next collapse

Is PM Seymour on it?

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 19:00 collapse

what

irelephant@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 21:26 collapse

www.tumblr.com/itsapmseymour

Kolanaki@pawb.social on 08 Jul 02:05 collapse

This guy’s videos are what got me to get on Tumblr. Though I just end up using it to scream into the void because nobody ever comments or reblogs with added content.

Lotsa good art and OC fanfic tho.

the_q@lemmy.zip on 06 Jul 16:12 next collapse

One of the biggest issues with fediverse platforms is poor presentation. This is another good example of that.

irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Jul 16:21 next collapse

Its intentional.

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 19:00 collapse

how would you do it

the_q@lemmy.zip on 06 Jul 19:27 collapse

Hire a designer.

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 20:39 next collapse

you pay for it ko-fi.com/wafrn

burgerpocalyse@lemmy.world on 07 Jul 01:50 collapse

HIRE A DESIGNER, HE SAYS

liquidparasyte@app.wafrn.net on 05 Jul 17:00 next collapse

Waow, we have theeadiverse integration now


#Only-thing-missing-wafrn-side-is-the-subject/header #most-link-aggregators/reddit-clones-need-that
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Jul 16:27 collapse

The first line of a post is used as a title.

BlindFrog@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 17:42 next collapse

@gabboman@app.wafrn.net ,

Is registration on the wafrn website backlogged? I submitted a registration bout 12 hours ago, and the registration page said to wait a few hours for review. Got nothin in my email just yet. Not that I’m antsy, and there’s no rush; just hoping to know when I should follow up to log in :u

I didn’t get any email confirmation about my submitted registration, I realize. I refrained to keep from spamming, but… Should I actually submit another? :x
Edit: think I saw the fdroid app & submitted my registration form there, mentioning in case it’s relevant

Thank you for this! I’m not sure how I would’ve found out about Wafrn otherwise, lol

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 06 Jul 17:48 collapse

Try registering again, weird. Also on web

BlindFrog@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 18:56 collapse

Ahhhh, immediately got a confirmation that my registration was submitted! Ty, ty

Edit: did it through the website, FYSA

BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz on 06 Jul 19:44 next collapse

I never understood what tumblr was. How is it any different from twitter etc… ?

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 20:39 next collapse

I am gona tell you a secret: yes but no. It shows full threads by default, thats a starter

cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 06 Jul 20:54 next collapse

It is Blogger that wanted to become twitter and achieved neither

BlindFrog@lemmy.world on 07 Jul 05:27 collapse

For me, Tumblr was an online culture different from the ADHD of other journaling/blogging platforms like Instagram or Twitter. You could find conversations in tags, gifs didn’t lag my browser to hell, fan content was proliferous there, webpages could be personalized to the lengths you might’ve gone to in MySpace. It was the place to find fandoms and fandom content, even for the most obscure series. There were no ads. And I felt like gifs/texts of porn and kinks were made more accessible when searched for by tags.

There was no algorithm - discovery of new blogs was just subscribing to tags & maybe following who your followed-people followed, the way the fediverse kinda is.

I felt like the presentation was good to relish each post of content with less distraction, and the pagination + scroll browsing was just enough to keep me addicted.

Someone correct me if I’m remembering it wrong.

RIP 2011 Tumblr

match@pawb.social on 06 Jul 20:17 next collapse

wow new hellsite!!

Jayjader@jlai.lu on 06 Jul 20:33 next collapse

<img alt="two back-to-back W.A.F.R.N. posts by the same user that read “rent lowering nsfw boosts” and “gotta keed the tech bros at bay”" src="https://jlai.lu/pictrs/image/a1568c49-5d25-41dd-bf4b-a87a009b163d.png">

I see the tumblr culture is already present, congrats! Although I never personally used tumblr, my understanding is that more than features or functionality it was very much the culture that its users cultivated that made that site special.

gabboman@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 20:38 collapse

It was the idea from the start

Angry_Autist@lemmy.world on 06 Jul 20:49 next collapse

Sure would be nice if the fediverse realized that part of what is holding back adoption is your nonsensical gen alpha service names.

mesamunefire@piefed.social on 08 Jul 15:35 next collapse

Interesting: Activityhub and bluesky integration out the door. Thats a first (I think?)

PugJesus@lemmy.world on 09 Jul 07:30 collapse

The Foxblob emojis are fantastic