Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of gnusocial

Timestamp:

Sep 19, 2017, 3:18:09 PM (8 years ago)

Author:

Jamie McClelland

Comment:

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gnusocial

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 = Options for GNU Social server setup =
 
-Related discussion: https://quitter.se/conversation/2262019
+This page is not maintained! Click history link if you want to see it
 
-Below GS refers to GNU Social
+Please see:
+ * Users - how to use our social network: [wiki:socialnetwork]
+ * Admins - how to maintain our gnusocial instance: [wiki:how-to/servers/support/gnusocial]
 
-== Plain GNU Social ==
-Just a custom theme
-
-Pros:
-- updates and maintenance easy since we are working straight from
-  upstream
-- all GS features work as designed, e.g. polls, groups etc
-Cons:
-- no auto-updates
-
-== GNU Social + meteor ==
-
-Pros:
-- we are still pretty close to upstream, just using meteor service
-  in addition
-- auto-updating UI
-- GS features such as polls etc should work 
-Cons:
-- some users don't like auto-updating, and some claimed it to be a
-  bit "messy" (see quitter discussion above)
-- having the additional meteor service has some extra maintenance
-  overhead, although from my own experience setting it up for dev.social it doesn't seem so bad
-
-=== tech notes ===
-Some helpful links from @vinz
-
-http://www.verbosity.ca/statusnet-identica-ostatus-microblogging/getting-real-time-updates-statusnet
-
-http://whird.jpope.org/my-statusnet-meteor-and-realtime-setup/
-
-https://github.com/vinzv/gnusocial/tree/master/meteor
-
-== GNU Social + qvitter plugin ==
-I'm not very familiar with the details of this one.
-
-Pros:
-- nice-looking interface which reminds of Twitter (easy to attract
-  user of that service)
-- it handles auto-updates in a manner which some people prefer to
-  meteor, i.e. it just displays e.g. "3 new posts" instead of
-  disrupting the time-line
-- from discussions with @hannes2peer@quitter.se I have the
-  understanding that auto-updates are just the JavaScript client
-  polling, so no additional service (such as meteor) is needed
-
-Cons:
-- AFAIK the qvitter UI does not yet implement all GNU Social
-  features, and at least on Quitter.se you sometimes have to
-  fall-back to the old UI, this is ugly and confusing for new users
-
-== GNU Social + chimo's updater ==
-
-chimo says it's experimental and not well tested
-
-https://github.com/chimo/gs-wsRealtime
-
-Pros:
-- looks like a really neat WebSockets-based system, i.e. real-time,
-  not polling
-
-Cons:
-- setup and dependencies looks pretty heavy (although I'm not very
-  familiar with PHP dependency management)
-- "Ratchet doesn't support SSL. One work-around is to use nginx to
-  proxy those requests."