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+title: "My first impressions with Misskey"
+slug: "misskey-first-impressions"
+description: null
+date: 2022-05-23T00:54:00+02:00
+type: posts
+draft: false
+tags:
+- Misskey
+- Fediverse
+toc: false
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+:toc:
+:toclevels: 2
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+:url-pleroma: https://pleroma.social/
+:url-misskey: https://misskey-hub.net/
+:url-subwaytooter: https://github.com/tateisu/SubwayTooter
+:url-milktea: https://github.com/pantasystem/MisskeyAndroidClient
+:url-clip-aiscript: https://very.tastytea.de/clips/90bipryxt4
+
+I switched from link:{url-pleroma}[Pleroma] to link:{url-misskey}[Misskey] about
+a week ago. I'm writing down my first impressions here. I run a single user
+instance, so i can't tell you anything about the local community functions.
+
+The federation is working better::
+Pleroma had problems federating with BookWyrm and PeerTube, i couldn't receive
+posts from these platforms. It works flawlessly with Misskey.
+
+Simpler configuration::
+Misskey's configuration file is very short and contains only the absolutely
+necessary. Everything else is configured in the web interface, although the
+documentation can be improved in some areas. Pleroma on the other hand seems to
+be much more flexible, at the cost of a more complicated
+configuration.footnote:[I used Pleroma as a ‘from source’ installation. ‘OTP’
+installations seem to be easier to configure.]
+
+Custom emojis::
+Pleroma has them too, but Misskey can send them as reaction (software that
+doesn't support that receives favourites instead). The emojis of remote
+instances can be searched and imported.
+
+MarkDown support::
+Like Pleroma, Misskey supports MarkDown when composing messages. However, there
+are some differences. Misskey doesn't support lists and headlines at the moment,
+but has some fun extra features, like a rainbow effect, bouncing text or a
+sparkling effect. I recommend trying
+`$[shake $[bounce $[x4 $[rainbow $[sparkle Ü]]]]]`. 😉
+
+Suggestions for hashtags::
+I always missed that. When you write a hashtag, you get suggestions based on the
+ones you used before and others your server knows about.
+
+Resource usage, server::
+My Misskey instance with 1 user uses a little bit less than 600 MB RAM at the
+moment. With Pleroma it was a bit less than 300 MB. On top of that there are
+about 100 MB for PostgreSQL for both of them. I don't know how that scales with
+more users. The CPU usage seems to be negligible for both.
+
+Resource usage, web interface::
+The web interface of Misskey is considerably more CPU intensive, particularly
+when you load it first. The RAM usage seems to be about the same, a little less
+than 20 MB according to `about:performance` in Firefox. On my more than 10 year
+old laptop with Firefox without hardware acceleration it takes about 13 seconds
+to load. After that the experience is smooth.
+
+Antennas::
+They work approximately like watching hashtags, but they can look for normal
+text as well. You can add as many phrases as you like and the results can be
+filtered with an ignore list.
+
+Translations::
+There is a Deepl integration! But in order to use the gratis API you have to
+give them your credit card details. 🙁 The results are mixed, but often good
+enough.
+
+Thread view::
+A lot better in Misskey, the levels are visualised properly, like in my e-mail
+program. 💖
+
+Follower import::
+I forgot how it was when i switched to Pleroma. When i switched to Misskey, i
+exported the list in Pleroma and imported it in Misskey, done. Or so i
+thought. It seems the list was too long, or maybe something else happened. In
+any case, the import stopped around the 100th account. I worked around that by
+creating a new list from the differences of the Pleroma export and the Misskey
+export, with the help of the Linux command line:
+`comm -23 pleroma.csv misskey.csv > importthis.csv` (sort them with `sort`
+beforehand).
+
+Timelines::
+For replies, the _note_ (post, toot) that is answered to is also shown. Nice
+feature for _renotes_ (repeats, boosts), for long threads from people i follow,
+not so much.
+
+Programs::
+The API is not compatible with Mastodon's, so programs written for Mastodon will
+not work. link:{url-subwaytooter}[SubwayTooter] works pretty well, but i don't
+like the user interface. link:{url-milktea}[Milktea] looks nice but it is in an
+early development stage. At the moment, i use the
+pass:[<abbr title="Progressive web application">PWA</abbr>] on my pocket
+computer. It sucks a lot of power.
+
+AiScript::
+A programming language that apparently can be used to write plug-ins and
+scripts. I looked at it briefly,footnote:[My insights so far are collected here:
+{url-clip-aiscript}] but didn't engage with it seriously. Looks exciting!
+
+Clips::
+Collections you can add _notes_ to. They can be public or not. Useful to store
+_favourites_ (bookmarks) in categories or to collect scattered wisdom into one
+place.