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Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Listing of new groups. Thanks to the astute ipernity member who noticed and reported that the 'New groups' under the Explore menu was actually listing the oldest first. This has been corrected. We are truly a member-run website. 2) Resistance was not futile. The previously reported success at curbing the over utilisation of our servers has continued, so the cost and effort involved with obtaining outside help has proven worthwhile. Th…

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both… The opening lines of Robert Frost’s “ The Road Not Taken ” endure because they capture three of the oldest and most powerful realities of human life: uncertainty, choice, and consequence. Long before writing, the printing press, or the instant communication of the Internet Age, people faced diverging paths and imperfect knowledge. The future has always been partly hidden. What is different now is the speed, scale, and…

Hi there, long time no see. Do you remember Instagram before it went Reel-Machine? And the times it showed you the pictures your friends and contacts posted instead of just ads and "popular" stuff that the algorithm thinks you "have to see", mostly short videos, ignoring the ones you want to see? Do you miss the "i show you my pictures, you show me yours"-times? Well, there's an alternative in the Fediverse, called "Pixelfed". Old school "just the pictures of my contacts, chronologically"-Ti…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) The Good News. Slow but determined work gets the job done. We can report that the download to pc, and the creation/change of icon and banner for a user's home page, and for groups, are again working. And that the AI driven content scrapers causing the overload have finally been blocked, (mm/dd below). 2) Progress on our server issues. Please read all of the below carefully The Story Back in April our servers began being…

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Work on the Website is scheduled for the following days/times: Friday, May 22 17:00 - 20:00 UTC - COMPLETED Wednesday, May 27 Beginning 14:00 UTC - COMPLETED Thursday, May 28 - COMPLETED Friday, May 29 - COMPLETED ADDITIONAL DAY: Monday, June 1 This is being done to help us investigate solutions to our current issues including: SERVER OVERLOADS DOWNLOAD FAILURES GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL BANNER & ICON UPDATES NOT WORKING ---------------------------------------------…

Einst gab es in den unendlichen Weiten des Internets ein kleines gallisches Dorf. Es war umgeben von zahlreichen römischen Garnisonen. Deren wichtigste waren Flickerion, Instagraf, Facebukus und Smugus Mugus. Die römischen Legionen griffen das Dorf nicht mehr offen an, sie hatten eine neue Taktik. Sie taten, als ob sie das Dorf gar nicht interessieren würde. Allerdings sandten sie Agenten aus, um die Gallier mit List und Versprechen in das Römische Reich zu locken. Die berühmtesten dieser Ag…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Communicating on ipernity. Let’s take a moment and celebrate our community! Connecting with people on the internet can be a difficult thing to do, but here on ipernity the vast majority of our communications are rooted in enjoyment and curiosity. That’s something to pause for, to notice and appreciate. We spend a lot of time viewing the world from another person’s perspective, both visually and in writing. This wonderful type of experience is a spe…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Our annual general meeting was held 22 March 2026. A big thank you to all the members who took the time to attend. Summary of important changes voted into place: 1) Our Vice President is now Don Sutherland. 2) Our Treasurer, Corinne Pommerell, is re-elected. 3) Our Cash Auditor, Thomas Reck is re-elected. 4) Membership fees will now be listed only in euros - PayPal and banks used will do any currency adjustments needed. The text…

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In reply to our call for candidatures for the mandates of Vice President and Treasurer, we have the following: Don Sutherland - as Vice-President. New to the role, here you can read about Don Corinne Pommerell - as Treasurer. Current incumbent, standing for re-election, (for a 1 year term only). We look forward to the membership confirming these candidate at the IGA. Your ima team - - - - - - - - - - - -

Ausgelöst durch eine sehr emotionale Diskussion über die rechtlichen Aspekte von KI-Bildern, bin ich mir erst der Bedeutung bewusst geworden, die verschiedene Leute der KI geben und auch den Mythen und Unklarheiten, wenn nicht sogar Unwahrheiten, die hierzu in den Köpfen der Leute herrschen. Deshalb wollte ich den Zeitpunkt zum Anlass nehmen, mich allgemein über die Problematik KI auszutauschen und Euch meine Sicht der Dinge hierzu mitzuteilen. Meine Absicht ist es nicht, irgend jemandem nun…

© Bergfex 2026, Reference: https://www.ipernity.com/doc/bergfex/53266688 In den vergangenen Tagen kam wieder mal das Thema KI hoch – in einer Weise, die im Urgrund eher angstgesteuert war, wie Boarischa Krautmo treffend analysiert hat. Schnell ging es um Grundsatzfragen, kam es zu Lagerbildung und Ausgrenzung. Meinungen prallten aufeinander, obwohl den meisten von uns das Fachwissen fehlt, um die maßgeblichen Aspekte fundiert beurteilen zu können. So menschlich und verständlich dies…

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Agenda of the Ipernity General Assembly 2026 (IGA2026) Ordre du jour de l'Assemblée Générale d'Ipernity 2026 (IGA2026) Tagesordnung der Ipernity-Mitglieder-Generalversammlung 2026 (IGA2026)

5% Increase in Membership Fees As is detailed in our Treasurer's report, due to inflation our income from membership fees no longer matches the costs. As William mentioned, we have managed to avoid fee increases while other sites have not, only needing a realignment in 2021 due to exchange rate changes. With the uncertainty of membership levels and inflation, we think something in the 5 to 10% range is required. Of course it would be counter productive to propose a higher increase, and ri…

Dear members and friends of ipernity, 1) Ipernity General Assembly (IGA 2026). Details can be read in the formal announcement . 2) New group feature, 'View your content'. The initial reason for adding this was to help a member decide whether to add an image to the suggested group. This is when visiting the group from a 'visit/add' link as a non-member, but having content in it. However, the feature as released is available to any viewer, member or not, with content in the group. A…

Interdisziplinär KI und künstlerische Freiheit im digitalen Zeitalter Ich bin Fotografin. Ich bin Autorin. Ich bin Kunsthandwerkerin. Ich bin Gärtnerin. Ich arbeite mit KI. Als Autorin habe ich publiziert. Als Fotografin habe ich meine Arbeiten verkauft. Mein Hinterhofgarten in Kreuzberg ist kein Konzept, sondern gelebte Praxis – er wächst, blüht und bereichert die Insektenwelt. All das gehört zu meiner künstlerischen Arbeit. Es ist kein Widerspruch. Es ist Ausdruck. Ich a…

Das Veröffentlichen von AI-generierten Inhalten verstößt gegen das Urheberrecht. Nein, tut es nicht, das ist die Rechtslage in Europa, das die in den USA, schau, kein Verstoß, es reicht, Inhalte, die als Verstoß gemeldet werden, von der Palttform zu nehmen. Ok, aber AI benötigt viele Ressourcen, deshalb müssen AI-generierte Inhalte verboten werden. Das ist ein Argument. Den Ressourcenverbrauch jedoch nur auf AI zu beziehen, ist willkürlich. Allgemein formuliert muss die Forderung l…