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Was my first impulse too, but looking at their app selection now, it seems kind of … inutile? Unsexy? Old?

Gotcha! Thanks for the ELI5 🙂

local-first

web app

I’m confused, which is it?

I don’t have a concrete suggestion for your use case, but IM doesn’t seem like the most intuitive tool for this? If you’re going to transfer files or data from one computer to another that is physically in the same room, maybe try a local network transfer instead of opening up an advanced web server with all kinds of moving parts?

I’d look at something like Sharedrop and see if there are alternatives that will offer a browser-based interface.

That sounds absolutely delightful. No new features, no intention of scaling or attracting bigger clients, just… Hobbit SAAS. 🙂

I was referring to the “just skip the hosting step” part. You may be right about Joplin but you’re wrong about the suggestion.

Great suggestion in !selfhosted@lemmy.world…

Recommending Spyglass over, say, SearxNG? Seems a bit over-reliant on Google services for my taste, but sure.

“Do I need them? No, but I nerd them, so they stay up!”

A most relevant typo 👍

So, just to split hairs: Lemmy is a link aggregator, so it’s really better suited for this than Mastodon by design. BTW, please don’t make Mastodon a linkdump (I use that more than Lemmy) 🙂

Also, if you’re using a feed reader and Lemmy for news, then yes. There will be duplicates, but that is pretty much a problem in your setup, isn’t it? Can’t really fault either app for it.

All that said, I completely agree that just posting an URL without context or comment is unhelpful on any social platform. It’s always good to know what has motivated someone else to share a news item (especially in politics and other sports!).