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化物語 (by Modare) in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago

It's probably the file extension. It's a picture of Senjougahara Hitagi though.

Theme darkly-pureblack is not pure black in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I think I'll leave it to other people to do a PR. I simply changed all #111 to #000 and 17, 17, 17 to 0, 0, 0 so there might be some unintended behavior somewhere. Also, the last time I did a PR, it didn't end very well.

The CSS file is accessible here however: https://ani.social/css/themes/amoled.css

Monogatari Series: Off and Monster Season - Episode 2 discussion in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I mentioned last time how Nadeko changed a lot throughout the series. Now, different faces(phases) of Nadeko materialize thanks to Yotsugi which made me realize that Nadeko changed much more than I had originally thought. We have Current-Nadeko, Meek-Nadeko, Wrath-Nadeko, Flirty-Nadeko, and God Nadeko. That's a lot of Nadekos.

Yotsugi also mentioned Gaen Izuko and Kagenui Yozuru so I wonder if they're going to appear in this season. Gaen is also one of my favorites. Speaking of appearances, Oshino Ougi makes one and seems to be a major character this season. I'll have to remember that Ougi is a boy now.

As usual, this episode is a visual treat. It's much closer to Bakemonogatari (Season 1) than any of the other seasons I think. It really looks like mixed-media artwork compared to the other seasons.

Some screenshots for this episode:

With these screenshots alone, it's hard to convince someone that this is anime. Monogatari Series really stands out because of this and this is why I really love this series.

Theme darkly-pureblack is not pure black in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Should be fixed now. You might have to clear browser cache for it to take effect or wait it out a bit. Let me know how it goes!

Theme darkly-pureblack is not pure black in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I added an "amoled" theme under the theme dropdown in user settings. Let me know if it works!

Theme darkly-pureblack is not pure black in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I think I can add a custom theme with a pure black background. I'll try it later.

Do you ever use the Internet Archive for anything? in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Bypassing paywalled articles.

There's old movies there, too.

[Aki] Kogarashi Sentiment (Monogatari Series) in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

It's Senjougahara Hitagi's birthday today so wish her a happy birthday!

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[Aki] Kogarashi Sentiment (Monogatari Series) (ani.social)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Source

Monogatari Series: Off and Monster Season - Episode 1 discussion in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Wait. It's out already?!

edit: It's 30 minutes long. It starts with a live action shot of an egg cracking. That's how you know it's good.

It retains a lot of what I love about the Monogatari series. Lengthy dialogue paired with its unique visual style that sets it apart from a lot of anime. It still has that really harsh and bloomy lighting style that creates weird geometry from shadows, the space around the characters are surreal, the style of animation interchanges, and the cuts are quick.

I think the music is a bit different from what we usually had though but a lot of sound effects (like when the characters talk sometimes) are still there.

Nadeko really changed a lot. This shot explains it:

She's my second favorite character in the series so I'm happy we're getting more of her especially since she's the character who had some dramatic changes.

The voice actors are great! We just saw Hayami Saori's performance in Giji Harem and her emotionless monotone voice as Ononoki sets the role apart. Everyone sounds just as they did over a decade ago (especially Hanazawa Kana whose voice is unforgettable!).

We didn't get an opening theme yet but we do have the ED theme with Yoasobi's performance and Hajime Ueda's illustrations of the characters.

I've never read the novels, so I couldn't tell whether the adaption is faithful or not.

A pleasant Sunday morning!

Here's a compilation of some of my favorite shots (in a spoiler tag so it doesn't take up the entire page):

spoiler

Nadeko's room is different than it was before. Now she has large shelves of manga and her bed blocks the entrance door.

This one was really well done! It shows the passage of time in an animated comic book frame.

I remember this setting when Hitagi pushes Koyomi over and uses the Eye of Horus to count the number of girls Koyomi hung out with that day (including Kanbaru's Grandmother). There are also other memorable locations like the park.

Platinum Disco dance:

I love this heat map image. Ononoki is a doll so it would make sense that she's "cold".

... and many many more.

PEAK CINEMA

Giji Harem • Pseudo Harem - Episode 1 discussion in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

I just finished the manga the other day so it's still fresh in my mind. I wasn't expecting Hayami Saori as Nanakura but it was a pleasant surprise. She's played a really wide range of characters so it's fun to see her in a role that does... exactly that.

Okay, for the actual Giji Harem: CUTE! They're both just teasing each other throughout the episode. It's really playful and funny at times. Not much else to say yet since we're only establishing the characters.

Can't wait for the rest of the episodes!

Steam summer sale is on now! What games do you recommend? in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I absolutely love Doom. Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal are some of the best singeplayer FPS games I've played.

Monthly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing? in c/[email protected]
[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Slay the Spire: surprisingly addicting for a simple card game. I played other online card games in the past and its the first I enjoyed deck building. I got fed up though because I lost to the third boss in my Watcher run. I'm doing an Ironclad run again because he's my favorite.

Oxygen Not Included: I put almost 30 hours in my first two days. I like Rimworld more for the combat but it's still pretty fun.

I'm thinking of buying Civilization V on Steam. I'm fed up with League of Legends, I need something else to play especially for the summer.

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[AQ SPOILERS] Oh boy, I just finished the latest AQ (ani.social)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink

Archon Quest Spoilers

Sometimes I forget what happened in previous archon quests (and the story in general). I'm happy I remember Caribert from the cloth tied to his arm though.

His bit with Atossa was really emotional. Especially with the dolls on the tree in his island.

I found Caribert more interesting than the twins for some reason lol. I was a bit disappointed that the traveler doesn't remember their conversation with the other sibling. I was expecting something like what happened in the Sumeru Archon Quest.

I knew there was going to be a gift/ornament though but I wasn't expecting a photograph. It was a bit funny.

Anyway, I can't wait for the next summer event. Genshin Impact's summer events are always fun.

The only screenshot I was able to take:

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Ani.Social June 2024 Notice (ani.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
11 comments fedilink

Ani.Social's 1st Birthday! 🥳

Today Ani.Social is officially 1 year old! It's kind of crazy that it's been a year already. I still remember the days when it was just me posting illustrations of Kurumi. Now there's nearly 1,000 of us and over 50 communities! We've been through a lot this year (defederations, federation issues, migrations, etc) but I'm happy there's a lot of support from the community and even other admins from different instances! I want to say thank you to everyone who has contributed through posts, comments, community tools, reports, funding, and more!

Ani.Social was kind of an experiment to see if hosting a public instance is something sustainable and fulfilling. After a year I can say that it is both! :D Here's to another year!

(Fun fact: We share the same birthday as Gawr Gura from Hololive EN.)

(Fun fact 2: Ani.Social was supposed to be a KBin instance. But because there was not docker container, I settled with Lemmy instead.)

Upgrade to Lemmy ~~v0.19.4~~ v0.19.5

We upgraded to ~~v0.19.4~~ v0.19.5 which brings some new features like the ability to remove stuff you uploaded through your profile page. A full list of changes may be found here. I also want to note that because sometimes upgrading Lemmy doesn't take very long, I might not make an announcement in advance anymore.

Accidental image removal

A few weeks ago, there were some images that were deleted because of a bug from a tool I used to remove old images cached from other instances. I have a long explanation here. This shouldn't happen again (hopefully!).

Verification mails did not send

For about a week in May, email was not working so some people who signed up did not receive an email. I was informed by a user who sent an email at [email protected]. This has been resolved and anyone who did not receive a verification email can email me to have your account verified.

Random downtimes

You might notice that there are some downtime here and there. Part of this is because of small changes I make to the server (like enabling or disabling certain settings). These usually don't take long (a minute or two of downtime).

Sometimes you might see the instance gone for as long as an hour or two. This is usually caused by our hosting provider. This type of downtime is not really within my control so please bare with it. If the instance is down/inaccessible you can visit https://status.ani.social where I post updates.

Automatic moderation tools

In the near future, I plan to add automatic moderation tools (automod) such as LemmyAutomod and Fedi-safety. Both tools are likely experimental and may remove posts or images wrongly. I'll keep a close eye on them when I deploy them.

Closing thoughts -- one year in the Fediverse

A few days ago I was reading this article called "Seven Theses on the Fediverse and the Becoming of FLOSS" which made a lot of interesting points on the Fediverse (duh). Theses 3, 5, and 6 are the most relevant ones in my opinion.

Thesis 3 is relevant for a lot of the political discussions and issues on defederation you see around in the Fediverse. Thesis 5 is relevant for developers, admins, and moderators as it deals with labor. Thesis 6 extends this to users.

Transitioning from corporate social media extends far past from simply "install this app and treat it like Reddit/Twitter/Instagram". It's not just a technical change for most users, it's a new social experience. The social world of the Fediverse is different from corporate social media because of how it operates differently (in policy, labor, etc). More importantly though, a lot of our practices and principles are still experimental so it's interesting to see how these are changing and developing over time (and as mentioned in the article, how these will generate new "userships").

Anyway, I suddenly feel a wave of laziness so maybe I won't write anything more than that. Feel free to read the article because there's a lot to think about.

Again, if you have any questions or concerns, please let me know! Thanks for reading all the way through!

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Ani.Social May 2024 Notice (ani.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ani.Social and Lemmy.World federation issues

Due to federation issues between Ani.Social and Lemmy.World caused by geographic distance, Ani.Social has been relocated from Asia to Europe.

Ani.Social was first moved to US on May 12 because EU providers like to ask for my passport and electricity bills. But even in the US, Ani.Social still could not keep up with Lemmy.World. Thankfully, there are smaller server providers in the EU that don't ask for my birth certificate so we migrated there a little over 24 hours ago.

The chart below shows Ani.Social is now on par with other servers in terms of Lemmy.World activity queue in the past 24 hours.

Moving Ani.Social to a region closer Lemmy.World was a last resort option because I'd like to have my servers close to me and to avoid centralizing Lemmy servers in US/EU. However, because a potential fix appears to be scheduled for Lemmy v0.19.5, I felt that we really need to migrate sooner.

I apologize for not announcing the migration and the downtime(s), as I only had time to work on this a few days ago.

We will likely relocate back to Asia in the future when a fix is available.

Lost activities

Because of a problem during the migration, activities (likes, posts, comments, etc) from Ani.Social between May 12 16:31 to 17:47 (UTC) have been lost locally. They may appear in federated instances but cannot be deleted or modified from Ani.Social. This happened because of an unexpected behavior in migrating the database. I apologize for this and I'll carefully review the database restoration steps next time.

(Specifically, I first restored an earlier backup then a later backup after. For some reason, Postgres did not include the changes of the later backup.)

Video uploads

You can now upload videos that are up to 25mb in size and 7200 frames. See example below:

The file size is modeled after Discord's file size limits when uploading files to text channels. Depending on the usage and costs, we may or may not decrease these limits.

Temporarily removing info.ani.social

info.ani.social is the documentation @koyo and I wrote a long time ago but never completed. It contains information about ani.social such as the rules, guidelines, and FAQ. The aim of the webpage was to provide new users all the information they need to navigate Ani.Social and the rest of the Fediverse.

All the important information displayed in info.ani.social has been copied to https://ani.social/legal and the sidebar. Because Ani.Social aims to be accessible and easy to use for new users, I will return the info page as soon as possible (and possibly in the form of a community wiki).

Alternative front ends

Other instances have alternative front ends for Lemmy. Some of these look modern and include new features. We have deployed Photon at https://photon.ani.social if you are interested in trying a new look for Ani.Social. Let me know what you think of Photon and other frontends that you might like.

Nyaa.Social

Did you know that when I chose a domain name for Ani.Social, I had a few other candidates? These include otaku.social, baka.social, and nyaa.social. The first two were taken and I was choosing between nyaa.social and ani.social.

I decided to use Ani.Social for an anime Lemmy server because it was direct and straight to the point. I also felt nyaa.social was more fitting for a microblogging platform.

When I have the time, I want to experiment with a few microblogging platforms or other ActivityPub software for nyaa.social. If you have suggestions, please tell me! Right now I have Misskey and Sharkey in mind.

Questions, suggestions, and feedback

If you have questions, suggestions, or other feedback, don't hesitate to comment, post, or DM!

Thank you for reading this and I hope everyone enjoys their day! :D

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[Announcement] Ani.Social-Lemmy.World Federation Issues (ani.social)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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UPDATE (4/27): There were two reasons that affected federation between Ani.Social and Lemmy.World.

The first reason was an outgoing activity that got stuck in queue. This was resolved by manually marking that activity as successful.

The second reason was a subsea fiber cut between Europe and Asia which caused incoming activities from Lemmy.World to lag behind.

The original plan was to move Ani.Social closer to Lemmy.World this weekend but seeing the activity queue rapidly dropping over the past two days, it's unlikely this will push through. We will continue to monitor this however.

Again, thanks to @wjs018 for informing me about this and for keeping others up to date in this post's comments. Thank you MrKaplan from Lemmy.World for helping us resolve the issue!

There are ongoing issues between incoming and outgoing activities between Ani.Social and Lemmy.World. Posts, comments, and votes from both instances are not in sync with each other.

The exact cause is to be determined. The instance may experience downtime and interruptions until further notice.

In the meantime, we suggest using an account on an instance that is federated with both Ani.Social and Lemmy.World.

Thanks to @wjs018 for informing me about this issue. Thanks also to MrKaplan from the Lemmy.World team for continuously helping us resolve this issue.

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[かにばるーん] Hanekawa-san (Monogatari Series) (ani.social)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink

かにばるーん

~~testing pictrs~~

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[Announcement] Server Maintenance: Upgrade to Lemmy v0.19.3 (2024-01-27 09:00 UTC+8) (status.ani.social)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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We will be upgrading to Lemmy v0.19.3 on 2024-01-27 09:00 UTC+8. During this time, this instance will be temporarily unavailable for approximately three hours as we perform the maintenance.

You can view the instance status updates here.

We apologize for any inconveniences.

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The Truth Behind Anime School Roof Scenes (youtu.be)
submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink

I really like The Cynic Clinic so I wanted to share this video that provides some insight on school roofs which we often don't really think about.

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[サークル・サリエル] リネット (Genshin Impact) (ani.social)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink

サークル・サリエル

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[Announcement] Important Account-Related Information! (and other major changes) (ani.social)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink

We successfully upgraded to Lemmy v0.19.1! (Yay~!)

Unfortunately, you might need to login again on your Lemmy apps and front-ends.

More importantly, if you had 2FA enabled previously, you need to re-enable it again as Lemmy v0.19 has an improved 2FA implementation.

A few other notable major changes in Lemmy v0.19 include:

  • Improved post ranking (scaled sort)
  • User-level instance blocking
  • User data export/import

You can read more about all the new changes here.

Additionally, we made a few changes to the instance that may or may not be a concern for you:

  • Increased max image resolution to 4096px
  • Disabled external image caching
  • Migrated to object storage
  • Switched email provider to MXRoute from Lark Suite

If you have any questions, feel free to ask here or create another thread at [email protected].

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[Announcement] Server Maintenance: Upgrade to Lemmy v0.19.1 (2023-12-21 12:00 UTC+8) (status.ani.social)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
8 comments fedilink

2023-12-21 15:41 UTC+8

Upgrade complete.

~~We will be upgrading to Lemmy v0.19.1 on 2023-12-21 12:00 UTC+8. During this time, this instance will be temporarily unavailable for approximately four hours as we perform the maintenance.~~

~~You can view the instance status updates here.~~

~~We apologize for any inconveniences.~~

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Just got Furina 24 hours before she's gone! (ani.social)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink

I made a comment in the gacha pull thread earlier this month with Tighnari. I was short around ~30 pulls for another 5-star guarantee. I spent the last few days playing through the rest of the Fontaine Archon Quest. With the extra primos and fates, I managed to get Furina today!

KQM also just posted their Furina guide so I guess I'll be spending the next few weeks building her.

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