Right now, Nooki isn’t trying to compete at that federation scale, it’s more of an experiment in minimal, text-first discussion spaces.

The idea is mainly to create a simple, clutter-free environment where people can just post and chat without the extra noise. So for now Nooki is lightweight, minimal, and focused on words first. Whether it grows into something federated or niche-focused is something I’ll explore if people actually enjoy using it.

Thank you! Optimizing for screen readers makes total sense, and I hadn’t considered command line text-only browsers before but I will def. look into how this could support them better in the future

Fair enough. I’ll circle back if/when I add ActivityPub support. Appreciate you checking it out anyway.

I do plan on making it open-source once it’s a bit more polished and stable. Right now it’s still an early build, so I’m keeping things simple.

As for “text-based”, I meant it in the sense of content type (text-only posts, no images/videos) that is just focused on minimal text posting/discussion.

Lol, didn’t see that coming. Thanks for pointing it out tho. The name might change anyway, but I’m glad you dig the concept!

Nooki isn’t federated right now. I mainly posted here because I figured folks who care about alternatives might have valuable thoughts on a minimal text-based one. I am personally interested in both ActivityPub and AT Protocol down the line, but I get if this is off-topic.

I get why it might come across that way. My intention wasn’t to compete with Lemmy or take away from it. Federation is powerful, but it also adds a lot of moving parts. My goal with Nooki is to quickly experiment with the feel of a lightweight, text-first Reddit-style space. If it sticks, I would be very open to adopting federation standards. I’m personally interested in both ActivityPub and AT Protocol.