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Space Catitude 🚀@TerryHancock@realsocial.life (2026-09-25 00:24:58)
@thevhswizard 

Obviously the odds of somebody spinning up a new Fedi platform in real time are low.

But what exactly is a "webcomics platform", technically?

We already have Pixelfed and some other federated image-sharing platforms, so could one simply use those? What would be lacking?
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will have been preventable@virtulis@loud.computer (2026-09-26 12:00:27)
@TerryHancock @thevhswizard I don't know what the authors need or have come to expect. But I can answer as a reader:

– most formats won't fit in a federated post, so it must work as a standalone website without any auth etc.
– simple and reliable navigation between episodes of a single title (which an author can have multiple of, and which is likely ongoing)
– a mobile-friendly UI that can accommodate different page formats and isn't ridiculously slow.
– some sort of a recommendation system, yes, fedi hates an algo, but even manual shout-outs of eachother can go a long way.

Of more technical concerns:

– if it's going to be randomly boosted onto people's timelines, those boosts will probably work better if the booster can pick something specific as a preview, i.e. we're potentially looking at every panel being a separate "post" somehow.
– it'll be a killer feature if it's able to somehow have "members-only" content with a time unlock for everyone else. then add Patreon integration and everyone's existing patrons can suddenly read with something a bit more usable than a PDF reader (or worse, Patreon UI). I'm not sure if AP allows for posts to change visibility, but being a paying member might be incentive enough to just visit the website.

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Dead Metalpoet's society@metalpoetnl@metalhead.club (2026-09-27 13:45:22)
@virtulis @TerryHancock @thevhswizard I was a webcomic author once, long ago, and one big feature is scheduled publication. 

Like most people doing it I would often create several comics in one big sitting, a good platform would let me upload them all but set a date when each should go live, to maintain a consistent schedule.