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Mastodon Deployed
About two months ago, there was a big buzz that built up around Mastodon, a decentralised social network. I was really busy with the Melbourne Comedy Festival at the time, and didn’t get to take a look. I’ve had a look now, and taken advantage of the recent ChinWag server upgrade and extra resources to… Continue Reading →
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Inactive Account Purges
ChinWag is coming up on two years old now, so there are a few “I’ll worry about that later” jobs that I now need to start worrying about. Inactive account handling is one that’ll need to be settled soon. I originally thought about never expiring accounts, simply on the basis that it avoids potential impersonation… Continue Reading →
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Swift IM Beta
A great little chat client, Swift, has a new beta of its upcoming 4.0 release available and I’d encourage all ChinWag users to check it out if you’re looking for a reliable and uncomplicated desktop chat client. Version 4 adds support for message carbons, making it easy to switch between multiple desktop or mobile chats… Continue Reading →
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Service Outage
Hi everyone, there was a service outage last night of approximately five hours, from 3am to 8am (AEST). This was due to an configuration file error that prevented a restart of Prosody after a scheduled config reload. Human idiocy, basically – the config was not tested after an edit. Apologies to all affected, services have… Continue Reading →
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Chinwag Services
Here’s some of the things we run that you might want to use!
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!
