cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/6097110

Here is our regular update that explains what we have been working on for the past two weeks. This should allow average users to keep up with development, without reading Github comments or knowing how to program.

We are slowly getting closer to the 0.19 release, although there is still a lot of work left. Client developers should read this post with information about breaking changes to update their projects.

Edit: You can test the latest 0.19 code on voyager.lemmy.ml, or by installing 0.19.0-beta.8 on your server. Be sure to report any bugs on Github.

@nutomic has closed over 100 issues, most of them duplicates, invalid or already resolved ones. He also made numerous pull requests to fix minor bugs and implement small enhancements. This includes a bug fix for federation of admin actions which was released as 0.18.5. He is also changing the way HTML escaping is handled to avoid broken texts.

@dessalines is working on redesigning the join-lemmy.org website, adding the apps and instances pages. Also worked on rewriting the Docker images to use Debian as base instead of Alpine. Additionally he is adding support for new backend features to lemmy-ui (scaled search and cursor-based pagination).

@SleeplessOne1917 has implemented support for new block instance feature, finished implementing the remote follow feature, and updated 2-Factor-Auth to account for a backend rework. He also implemented some bug fixes. He has also been working on adding authentication to lemmy-ui-leptos.

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@dessalines and @nutomic are working full-time on Lemmy to integrate community contributions, fix bugs, optimize performance and much more. This work is funded exclusively through donations.

If you like using Lemmy, and want to make sure that we will always be available to work full time building it, consider donating to support its development. Recurring donations are ideal because they allow for long-term planning. But also one-time donations of any amount help us.

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Hello Lemmyverse!

First of all we want to say THANK YOU to both @db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com and @rikudou@lemmings.world for making this happen. The addition of tags, censures and hesitations following Rikudou's GUI being included to Fediseer offically has done a lot to bring this tool to the next level. As we said before, on Lemmy World we now implemented this tool in our flow on how to handle spam- or other types of abusive instances. The system also had his first test-run this week when there was a spam-wave of accounts from different instances and we were able to fend those off by temporarely adding the instances to our hesitations list. Once the admins of those instances were contacted and tightened up security a bit they were removed from our hesitation list and re-federated.

dbzer0.com was protected during that time because they followed Lemmy World's hesitations and therefor their communities also remained spam-free!

We're looking forward to see how this evolves, when more and more admins start using this tool - allowing us to protect eachother.

So lastly, we want would like to point the instance admins that are reading this to https://gui.fediseer.com/instances/detail/lemmy.world

As you see we've spent quite a bit of time going over different blocklists from instances and combining them into the Lemmy World one. We're also going over the Fediverse-Blocklist and adding instances from there.

The worst offenders are already in the list, but we'll keep working on making our list as complete as possible. Due to the size of our instance we are often the first ones to be targeted. And on the other hand we also have a big admin team so we also quickly notice when something is going on. So we hope that making this information available through Fediseer will help keeping instances and their communities protected and turn a negative into something good.

Greetings, The Lemmy World team

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/3365629

The app that synchronizes multiple lemmy accounts so you can migrate and keep backup accounts across instances, it's opensource and free, currently working in android and windows.

It's in homologation now and anyone can test, any feedbacks are welcome as always.

If you find any bugs please report

Github Source

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We added an extra UI for our users. Photon by Xylight is an interface with a sleek, modern look and has all the bells and whistles you would need. Moderator tools included! You can access the UI from https://photon.lemmy.world.

Visit Photon's project page on github or get in touch with the developer in the !photon@lemmy.xylight.dev community. If you want to use photon on other instances you can do so from https://phtn.app.

Update: @Xylight has set up a donation link so if you like photon as much as I do, show him some love! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/xylight

We've launced a public discord server at https://discord.gg/lemmyworld

The reason for why we choose discord is because it was easier to moderate and manage than other options. Besides we also had a discord-bot guru by the name of Rooki who created a neat bot that allowed us to connect/verify discord users to their Lemmy World account.

So if you are a moderator and you are looking for some extra hands to moderate your community, or if you need to contact anyone from the LW team, this is the most efficient way to do it!

Come have a look!

We just added Alexandrite to the server, it's an alternative desktop UI for Lemmy created by Sheodox who worked tirelessly to make the necessary changes to we could host it ourselves here. So go to https://a.lemmy.world and have a look!

He continues to update it constantly, you can follow the development on his github page or in his community. If you like what you see and want to support him, why not buy him a coffee? :)

For those who don't have Lemmy World as their home instance and want to use Alexandrite, either ask your instance admins to add it or go to https://alexandrite.app!

Edit: I should probably have mentioned that Alexandrite is meant for desktop!