Post #2574602

2026-05-14 23:24 UTC

do you like discord? no? do you wanna help with replacing it? go check out polyproto! we're slowly inching towards defining a specification and implementing it so that we can build our very own federated discord-type chatting program :) doesn't mean we want it to be a clone, though! we would like to take some...creative liberties down the line but that's for the future. For now, if you're interested in working on this and wanna pick up some low-hanging fruit in rust or want to write documentation and specifications, we'd love to have u around! also, feel free to leave questions! I've been meaning to write up an FAQ anyways. also on fedi → @polyproto #polyproto #polyphony

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@j0lol@app.wafrn.net 2026-05-15 11:20

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com we could tackle some low hanging rust fruits maybe :) our executive function is low but if you have a good-first-issue list or something send it over and i might be able to find some energy for it! do you have a chatroom for it? would love to passively lurk in it -josie

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@gwenthefops@transfem.social 2026-05-15 10:44

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com when you say "pick some low hanging fruit in rust", how easy do you think it would be for someone who is good at programming but didn't really get rust to use those low hanging fruit to learn rust?

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@lunya@sk.lunya.pet 2026-05-15 10:44

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com this is awesome

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@lyrial@transfem.social 2026-05-15 10:31

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com Legit question: why use this over XMPP?

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@Stellar@mk.absturztau.be 2026-05-14 23:27

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com adding this to my social media bar like general grievious because i fucking know one of my fuckass oophies will only use that to contact me

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@menelion@dragonscave.space 2026-05-16 17:42

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work What is your attitude to accessibility? Do you care about it, do you know/want to learn about it? My main concern about Discord is its poor accessibility/usability.

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@wcbdata@vis.social 2026-05-16 16:54

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com I wonder if @zulip@fosstodon.org would look at such an integration...

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@solonovamax@tech.lgbt 2026-05-15 18:04

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com maybe in like 3 weeks when I get a break I'll finally look into polyproto I have a lot of ideas about api & shit, and would love to get involved

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@linkachus17@furry.engineer 2026-05-14 23:44

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work What happen to Fluxer?

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@tael@yiff.life 2026-06-03 23:13

@alexia@shrimp.starlightnet.work @polyproto@fed.amazonawaws.com about time we got a federated solution!

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