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Chinwag Services

Here’s some of the things we run that you might want to use!

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Chinwag Social

Our flagship social media platform. You don’t need to be Australian to post here, but it might help.

Yellow Plastic

Yellow Plastic is a discussion forum for retrocomputing and older technology projects.

Chinwag Code

Any projects we modify or create are shared here, and we’re happy to provide some space for our users as well!

  • Happy Birthday, Chinwag!

    Happy Birthday, Chinwag!

    Our Fediverse instance at https://social.chinwag.org came online on December 18th, 2017! That’s eight whole years ago today! Chinwag has been (and is) the umbrella for many services, but this one’s definitely our biggest and most important. It’s been a super fun time and we’ve got more fun to come! The timing of our birthday puts… Continue Reading →

  • Chinwag Release 4.4.7

    Chinwag Release 4.4.7

    We have now released and deployed Chinwag 4.4.7! This is mostly a minor update from 4.4.5, but we have introduced one additional fix for an issue still unaddressed in Mastodon, related to preview cards not being generated for some web sites. Examples of the link previews before and after the update are below. Was there… Continue Reading →

  • Chinwag Release 4.4.5

    Chinwag Release 4.4.5

    We have now released and deployed Chinwag 4.4.5! This version brings us to feature parity with Mastodon 4.4.5 and TangerineUI 2.4.4, and includes some minor updates to our Chingerine style from the previous 4.4.4 Release Candidate, making blockquote backgrounds and related elements a little less visually jarring. This version is now live for all Chinwag… Continue Reading →

  • Chinwag Release 4.3.8

    Chinwag Release 4.3.8

    Chinwag 4.3.8 has been released, this is a fairly minor bugfix release that just merges in the Mastodon 4.3.8 release changes. There are no Chinwag theme changes or any further customisations from the 4.3.7 release. This release is now live on Chinwag Social for all users. Continue Reading →