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1. Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 16:15:22 UTC Stephen Sekula
   Thanks to somebody over on GNU Social mentioning that they found it hard, as an average user, to get started with pump.io, I wrote up this wiki page on "Getting Started with Pump.io": http://polari.us/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=gettingstartedwithpumpio Comments welcome. I especially welcome other tips people would like to have available!
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   • dragnucs (dragnucs@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 16:27:04 UTC dragnucs

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     • gnusocial
     @steve I see no need to start with pump.io while I am now a !gnusocial user.
   • Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 18:22:31 UTC Stephen Sekula

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     • dragnucs
     @dragnucs Not forcing anyone to do anything. Merely lowering the barrier to entry. Plenty of interesting people on different networks. For me, it makes no sense to be provincial.
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   • dragnucs (dragnucs@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 18:52:18 UTC dragnucs

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     • gnusocial
     @steve I was just saying. Its just that I appreciate !gnusocial ;)
   • chris (chris@quitter.se)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 19:03:51 UTC chris

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     @steve I already have an account. pump is english only and has no translation yet. So there is only english people.
   • Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 19:13:37 UTC Stephen Sekula

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     • dragnucs
     @dragnucs I share that value. I just want there to be more info out there about getting started on pump.io. I prefer its privacy model, as do others. Public when you want to be, private when you need to be.
   • Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 19:30:27 UTC Stephen Sekula

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     OK, I've heard from a few people in response to this post about why they don't use or don't like pump.io. I would think it would be obvious, but I wrote this guide for people who are _interested_ in trying out pump.io or who tried it out very early on and never gave it a second look but might want to now. If you don't like pump.io, that is fine; but there is no need to broadcast it here in response to a helpful guide. I'm just trying to do some positive good here. You don't have to read the guide and you don't have to use pump.io.
     
     I happen to like pump.io, diaspora, and gnu social all for different reasons. I use them all. And I bridge between them. That's my choice. Not using one other the other is a fine choice, but it's unnecessary to broadcast it in response to my original post.
     
     If you have a specific thing you'd like in pump.io, I am sure that an email to evan@e14n.com would be appreciated; certainly, check out the current list of bugs and features and see if others have already made the request. If you can program or translate and want to make pump.io better, your contributions will certainly be welcomed.
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   • Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 19:50:29 UTC Stephen Sekula

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     @chris@quitter.se : can you clarify what you mean by pump.io not having translation yet and that there are only English people? For instance: https://identi.ca/trc/note/ED7DPlbLTrSVesiAyvXD_A (I translate Tyng-Ruey with Google Translate, for now), or how about https://identi.ca/gh00str/note/V8BXGKljSO2GkX8icdeKAg (German) or https://identi.ca/larjona/note/krt4MdRVTKGx8k2B80kdXQ (Spanish). Do you mean that pump.io doesn't support automatic translation of languages other than your own? I didn't even know that GNU Social did that...
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 20:25:37 UTC MMN-o ✅⃠

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     • gnusocial
     *slowly but surely adds code to implement a #PumpIO API to !gnusocial*
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   • Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 20:49:13 UTC Stephen Sekula

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     That is good to hear. Will that totally replace the Twitter API?
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 21:55:01 UTC MMN-o ✅⃠

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     Nah, that'd mean software most people using #statusnet have gotten used to won't work. But it will mean that clients with support for both won't have to use the Twitter API (which is pretty restricted and crappy altogether, so if there'll be a GNU social 2.0 - it will not be included there :)
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   • Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2014 22:03:58 UTC Stephen Sekula

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     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     Sounds like a great plan!
   • lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 08-Aug-2014 00:14:43 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

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     @steve There are a few guides to surprises like #OAuth for subscribing, but you’re right that people usually expect a(hopefully #spam-free) public stream.

   • Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca (bobjonkmanformer@sn.jonkman.ca)'s status on Friday, 08-Aug-2014 00:45:27 UTC Former Bob Jonkman -- Please use the new server at https://gs.jonkman.ca

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     • gnusocial
     Will a #PumpIO API on !GNUsocial also mean message exchange between systems, subscriptions &c?