Wafrn, the tumblr inspired fedi software has got a new logo and a new installer (github.com)
from gabboman@lemmy.world to fediverse@lemmy.world on 30 May 2024 10:44
https://lemmy.world/post/15977256

Well, so as the thing says, I’ve updated the software a lot, comissioned an artist for a logo and now is not a hell to install.

#fediverse

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technomad@slrpnk.net on 30 May 2024 11:14 next collapse

What differences does this have over Lemmy?

Edit: I never actually used Tumbler

gabboman@lemmy.world on 30 May 2024 11:46 next collapse

lemmy is reddit. wafrn is tumblr

KazuyaDarklight@lemmy.world on 30 May 2024 11:48 next collapse

Like the title says, it’s meant to be a Tumblr-esque experience.

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 30 May 2024 12:09 next collapse

@technomad @gabboman ok so reddit is like a forum. Tumblr is twitter without sucking that much ass. I mean, it does because ceo has gne full cunt mode, but anyway

take alook how it looks

https://app.wafrn.net/dashboard/exploreLocal

Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works on 30 May 2024 12:16 collapse

Okay, but why male models?

NatoBoram@lemm.ee on 30 May 2024 15:59 next collapse

Tumblr is a blogging experience that’s similar to Twitter, but more focused on the user itself than on the central feed.

  • You have your blogs and you post there. Yes, you can have many blogs.
  • There’s global feeds with posts from all users, potentially including yours.
  • Posts can have non-intrusive hashtags, meaning they are not #partOfThePost, but in a separate, smaller, dedicated section of the post.
  • You can’t post stuff to someone else’s blog, but you can comment on their posts. Comments are tiny next to the post.
  • You can quote posts, but that makes a duplicate in a blockquote rather than linking to the original post like Twitter
Emperor@feddit.uk on 06 Jun 16:39 collapse

Tumblr is short-form blogging platform, inspired by tumbleblogs, which were a thing back in the day (another example of Big Tech lifting an idea and then walling it off). So it’s like micro-blogging but without the word limit, so you can throw out a thought or a picture or a video, or go into greater detail if the mood took you. On Tumblr people would tend to have a few on different topics.

I much preferred it to Twitter as it felt a lot more free-form but usually focused on a topic.

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 30 May 2024 10:52 next collapse

@gabboman @fediverse oh wow I wonder who would develop this

arudesalad@sh.itjust.works on 30 May 2024 11:58 collapse

Is this made from a wafrn instance? It’s cool that it works with lemmy

gabboman@app.wafrn.net on 30 May 2024 11:59 collapse

@arudesalad its more like in mastodon tbh. its a comment to a post

arudesalad@sh.itjust.works on 30 May 2024 12:03 collapse

I was just scrolling through the instance to see what it is like and I saw this post, I know it’s federation but it is still really cool

dingus@lemmy.world on 30 May 2024 12:49 next collapse

How do you pronounce Wafrn?

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works on 30 May 2024 14:44 next collapse

Way-fern?

Wah-fern?

Warfarin?

smeg@feddit.uk on 30 May 2024 16:31 next collapse

I read it as “waff-run”

harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 30 May 2024 18:49 collapse

It’s an acronym - “What Asshole Fucking wRote Name”

NataliaTheDrowned2@kbin.run on 30 May 2024 19:16 collapse

I chose the second one

poweruser@lemmy.sdf.org on 30 May 2024 18:25 next collapse

[Borat voice: wife!] right now

Emperor@feddit.uk on 06 Jun 16:15 collapse

Waffen? 🤔

xnx@slrpnk.net on 30 May 2024 15:10 next collapse

Keep making open source projects words no one can pronounce or spell. I love using stuff no one uses… glad it’s being worked on but wow it’s like a battle to name things confusing sets of letters

Emperor@feddit.uk on 06 Jun 16:42 collapse

I’m sure they are up for suggests as that name is not doing it any favours.

WanderingVentra@lemm.ee on 30 May 2024 17:36 next collapse

The more alternatives to corporation owned social media the better! I hope it takes off, but I’ve never really been a Tumblr guy.

starman@programming.dev on 30 May 2024 20:17 next collapse

No alt right, no nazis, no terfs.

How it’s possible to enforce this on self-hostable software?

Sunny@slrpnk.net on 30 May 2024 22:46 next collapse

Interesting choice of name to say the least…

Emperor@feddit.uk on 06 Jun 16:17 collapse

Yes, but they do specify “no Nazis” so it can’t go wrong.

MxRemy@lemmy.one on 31 May 2024 16:11 collapse

Wafrn, in MY Lemmy?? It’s more likely than I thought!

Seriously though I LOVE Wafrn. I got into Tumblr right at the tail end immediately before it went to shit, and I always regretted not doing it sooner. Wafrn rules.