tldr: chapo.chat isn't ready yet.

Don't worry, you'll get to be called libs by the users from lemmygrad.ml Soon™.

[chapo.chat is] running a heavily modified version of lemmy forked months ago, for not just the front end, but the back end as well. Once they’re up to date with the most recent lemmy versions that have federation working, then we can try federation, on the back end at least. Their back end devs are great, but their front end devs contribute nothing upstream, and will have to re-create all the federation-related parts of the lemmy-ui code for their own fork.

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EDIT: See @Beatnik's comment

  • eiknat [comrade/them]
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    4 years ago

    this weekend we're going to get some information up on how y'all can contribute

    • pepe_silvia96 [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      cool. is the post gonna be on main or a different community. if you know ahead of time which user is gonna post the announcement, could you tell me so I dont miss it?

      • eiknat [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        probably going to be featured at the top of the site this weekend, you won't miss it. beatnik will make it :)