Linux Is Best on Nostr: Why should you leave Sharkey? 1) Instability: Every Sharkey instance frequently ...
Why should you leave Sharkey?
1) Instability: Every Sharkey instance frequently displays 502 errors. The developers claim that Misskey is the problem, but this is not true. I use both Misskey dot IO and Misskey dot DE. The problem is Sharkey, which has been around for almost a year. There were memory leaks in the previous version that caused instances to stall or crash.
2) Leadership: The developers have changed three times, leading to uncertainty.
3) Funding: The lead developer kept asking for money for a server, which they ended up using for Minecraft. After raising (an estimated) €2,000, they left development four months later and took the server with them after failing to raise enough money for a limited company.
4) Toxic development: Instead of working on Sharkey, the team often trolls users who point out problems.
5) LGBTQ+ attitude: When criticism is justified, it is falsely claimed that the critics are homophobic, which harms the LGBTQ+ community and undermines legitimate discrimination.
I recommend CherryPick as an alternative to Sharkey. It's a fork of Misskey with stable development for three years and a script to convert your Sharkey installation. CherryPick offers more features and doesn't have the toxic mentality of Sharkey.
Even if you don't take my suggestion, I don't recommend Sharkey. The Fediverse should be a safe place for everyone, and Sharkey offers no added value.
I invite everyone to read my post history (npub1ycg89us6fl4k0an2cc0p28c62hc86et9jjzunfk9sh0cc0e89hts5syhwh (npub1ycg…yhwh)). I used to praise Sharkey until I saw the internal problems.
#Sharkey #Fediverse #Fedi #Misskey #LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #Mastodon #CherryPick
1) Instability: Every Sharkey instance frequently displays 502 errors. The developers claim that Misskey is the problem, but this is not true. I use both Misskey dot IO and Misskey dot DE. The problem is Sharkey, which has been around for almost a year. There were memory leaks in the previous version that caused instances to stall or crash.
2) Leadership: The developers have changed three times, leading to uncertainty.
3) Funding: The lead developer kept asking for money for a server, which they ended up using for Minecraft. After raising (an estimated) €2,000, they left development four months later and took the server with them after failing to raise enough money for a limited company.
4) Toxic development: Instead of working on Sharkey, the team often trolls users who point out problems.
5) LGBTQ+ attitude: When criticism is justified, it is falsely claimed that the critics are homophobic, which harms the LGBTQ+ community and undermines legitimate discrimination.
I recommend CherryPick as an alternative to Sharkey. It's a fork of Misskey with stable development for three years and a script to convert your Sharkey installation. CherryPick offers more features and doesn't have the toxic mentality of Sharkey.
Even if you don't take my suggestion, I don't recommend Sharkey. The Fediverse should be a safe place for everyone, and Sharkey offers no added value.
I invite everyone to read my post history (npub1ycg89us6fl4k0an2cc0p28c62hc86et9jjzunfk9sh0cc0e89hts5syhwh (npub1ycg…yhwh)). I used to praise Sharkey until I saw the internal problems.
#Sharkey #Fediverse #Fedi #Misskey #LGBTQ #LGBTQ+ #Mastodon #CherryPick