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louisescher

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About louisescher

University student focused on building cool stuff in his free time!

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    Comment #47536505

    Hi! We've got Forum-Style channels planned, similar to Discords, would that work for you? It'd still be a single text channel, and you could have multiple of them per community.

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    Comment #47536453

    Sorry, not quite sure what you mean when you say "hermetically sealed qualities", could you elaborate?

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    Comment #47536439

    I really appreciate you chiming in, no matter how slick! New section has been added, lmk if you'd like to see this adjusted further

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    Comment #47535555

    Fair point! A different user has already pointed out that this isn't disclosed enough on the landing page, and I'll be adding a section to clarify that, both on there and in the ap…

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    Comment #47535518

    Good idea, will implement that! Maybe a button or something to refresh your permissions when/if you want to edit your profile via Colibri makes sense.

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    Comment #47535501

    Yep, good feedback. I'll look into it. Will add a new section on the landing page or something. Edit: Section has been added!

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    Comment #47535498

    Feel free to E-Mail me via the PDS's account: pds@colibri.social I'll send you a code!

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    Comment #47535488

    Your own messages are on your PDS. The chat, the category, community and all metadata are stored on the PDS of the person who created the community. The chat is then displayed via …

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    Comment #47535475

    I don't know how I can keep forgetting about keyboard users. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, I'm working on it!

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    Comment #47534490

    We've taken a look at co-supporting ActivityPub as well actually! And yeah, the fragmentation is an issue. But I honestly think we might see at lease some level of interop between …

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    Comment #47534466

    Hi, I've just added an FAQ entry about this: https://colibri.social/faq#where-is-my-data-stored Also, feel free to DM me (@colibri.social) on Bluesky if you want to migrate to the …

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    Comment #47534457

    https://colibri.social/faq#where-is-my-data-stored I've just added a new FAQ entry to explain this in a bit more detail. > But that’s not where you want your chats now is it? E2EE?…

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    Comment #47534278

    Done! Thanks for the suggestion, that's a good idea.

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    Comment #47533891

    Valid point! I'll get that section removed for now and either reword it later, or re-add when the protocol supports it.

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    Comment #47533815

    Hi! We're doing that to allow you to update your profile from within the app. Not doing anything else besides that. If you have concerns, take a look at the source code: https://gi…

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    Comment #47533317

    Hi, person behind the project here, thanks for the cross-post!