2026-09-24 15:24 UTC
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@TerryHancock@realsocial.life 2026-09-24 15:55
@thevhswizard@retro.pizza I'm not trying to be snarky or anything, BTW. I post a lot of images, and decided to use Pixelfed for that, because it was the best fit I could find at the time. There's also Wafrn which is supposed to be Tumblr-like. And of course, one can just post images on Mastodon -- I know @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org posts a 4-panel comic this way. So it seems like it's more about an instance that specializes in web comics, maybe..?
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@virtulis@loud.computer 2026-09-26 03:00
@TerryHancock@realsocial.life @thevhswizard@retro.pizza I don't know what the authors need or have come to expect. But I can answer as a reader: – most formats won't fit in a federated post, so it must work as a standalone website without any auth etc. – simple and reliable navigation between episodes of a single title (which an author can have multiple of, and which is likely ongoing) – a mobile-friendly UI that can accommodate different page formats and isn't ridiculously slow. – some sort of a recommendation system, yes, fedi hates an algo, but even manual shout-outs of eachother can go a long way. Of more technical concerns: – if it's going to be randomly boosted onto people's timelines, those boosts will probably work better if the booster can pick something specific as a preview, i.e. we're potentially looking at every panel being a separate "post" somehow. – it'll be a killer feature if it's able to somehow have "members-only" content with a time unlock for everyone else. then add Patreon integration and everyone's existing patrons can suddenly read with something a bit more usable than a PDF reader (or worse, Patreon UI). I'm not sure if AP allows for posts to change visibility, but being a paying member might be incentive enough to just visit the website.