Okay friends, here's the obligatory cursed 1996 home VHS recording, of a young Sean getting chased by a bee. I have to do this every time I move instances, as part of a tradition.

I managed to get everything off my plate today except for setting up meilisearch. Honestly, I might just do the wise thing and go to bed, and wait until someone can tell me about how to get it working.

I'm honestly really excited to be doing this. I'm a little nervous that people will look at this and say "FEDIVERSE YAHOO!? IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN COME UP WITH?! YOU ABSOLUTE HACK!'

But I think the vision is good, and that this could end up being great.

fedizen.net/pub/objects/01M4...

We are thrilled to unveil the #Fedizen project. Powered by @Bonfire@bonfire.cafe, built for the Commons, we are creating a new type of #Fediverse instance that aims to aggregate and curate the best parts of the network.

wedistribute.org/2026/10/int...

Hey, friends! We're just getting moved over to Fedizen, along with the rest of the accounts at social.wedistribute.org. This is our new home! 🥳

@gabboman@gabboman.xyz That album is so freaking good. ♥️ Neil Cicirega.

@anca@mastodon.xyz That's so awesome!

@benpate@mastodon.social Ugh, too real. I always try to hop between sessions, but it's tough!

Slightly salty to be missing out on #FediForum today. I look forward to seeing the demos and hearing about what discussions took place!

@kjv@mastodon.gamedev.place Not as far as I know, but the project is still relatively young. it offers partial compatibility with Mastodon apps, but also GraphQL and ActivityPub C2S APIs. I don't think many people have built a Fediverse app with those parts yet.

#Bonfire Instance goals for today: copy over our server rules, ToS, and Privacy Policy, get Search up and running, move the remaining accounts from our Akkoma instance over here, close down the Akkoma instance, and write a big fancy article about what we're trying to build.

@Prometheus@infosec.exchange Nah, just Android. But also, don't worry, I'm testing client compatibility with Bonfire. 😁

@kjv@mastodon.gamedev.place Aww, I appreciate the thought. Nope, just testing out what things work with Bonfire.

Edit: I moved from Akkoma to Bonfire. I'm testing compatibility as part of the dogfooding process.

Got Tusky working, which is better than nothing. Some minor issues, avatars aren't showing up currently, so more experiments are necessary.

I will miss my beloved Moshidon in the meantime... 🥺

Okay! Looks like our Object Storage is good to go, now it's just a matter of getting Mastodon apps working...

So, I want to set general expectations before kicking things off officially.

Yes, We Distribute is launching a #Bonfire community and will be collaborating with the devs to build a unique flavor of it. We're still in the process of getting the basics set up, so please...be gentle.

I still have a few chores to do before pulling some levers and migrating our old Akkoma accounts over, but I'm really excited! We've wanted to do Bonfire for a long time!

Just setting up my Bonfire...