@etcetera.exchange pleasde gift my umbrella to @symm.social

@etcetera.exchange may i have a thing, please?

vidcrunch.app issues i am aware of to be fixed: - not all listed file types are actually working. - mobile layout is total trash & unusable, basically right now. lmk if you find other things wrong with it!

Hello, friends! I am quite pleased to share with you all a tool I hope you will find quite useful across many different platforms, & not just here on Bluesky - please spare a moment to take a quick look at my latest thing. I don't think you'll regret it! I give to you: vidcrunch.app ! 🤩💚👍

FYI: I only post from this account with reasonably noteworthy updates on my Bluesky hobby projects. Honestly it's not a bad idea to turn on Post Notifications for app update news. ...uhh, like, subscribe, & mash that bell? or something? 😅

Hi! Bluesky Alt Text Generator browser extension updates have taken longer than I wanted, but I am getting things to a much more stable version as fast as I can manage! The Web App at alttext.symm.app just got published to v1.0.0 ahead of publishing the extension versions ASAP. Sorry for the wait!

A bunch of updates to @gemini.is-a.bot have been deployed. ✨ See previous post for details on what has changed. <3 Enjoy!

Things I added to my Gemini today. (not in production release yet, but you can poke @ symmtestbot.bsky.social right now) 🧵

@fritzdrybeam.bsky.social @thatac.bsky.social thanks for trying the alt text generator & so very sorry it was in a broken state when you tried to use it. I was working on a rather significant update & may have partially broken it for a while. Very big oops. I'll work more now! Ty for reporting!!!

uuuhhh.... i broke my primary account. i can't post anything or like anything or do anything. it's weird. wtf.

I am seeking to form a team for a meaningful, long term fork of @whtwnd.com, as it has been stale for quite some time, & could use a whole mess of additional features, fixes, & design improvements. I don't want to rush it & ship soon™️; I am just seeking interested parties at this time. 🧵

I am seeking to form a team for a meaningful, long term fork of @whtwnd.com, as it has been stale for quite some time, & could use a whole mess of additional features, fixes, & design improvements. I don't want to rush it & ship soon™️; I am just seeking interested parties at this time. 🧵

THEY TOOK THE SPAM LABEL OFF JUST NOW!!! ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨💚💚💚💚💚💚💚🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

My reply to their email btw:

@moderation.bsky.app here's my appeal. The site won't take the submission for it. Read.

I tried to appeal the new SPAM LABEL, but the site won't let me:

If they ban my bot I will delete my entire PDS and never come back. I swear. I am insulted by this.

&& READ THE DOCS ON GITHUB THEY MIGHT BE THE BEST PART!!! && THEY'RE EVEN FUNNIER WHEN YOU KNOW THEY ARE 100% GENERATIVE TEXT!!

So people have been campaigning to \@gemini.is-a.bot to be the most banned account on Bluesky, & we've ALL been kind of riding along with it in our blocks, thanks to me. .....so I made a leaderboard. From Clearsky API. With celebrations for each milestone. 😐 I present to you: Are We NYTimes Yet?

HEY!! 👀 ...YEAH YOU! 🫡 🥳📢 ~ COME LOOK AT MY DUMB BULLSHIT!! ✨ I had so much fun doing this project in the last few hours! It was such a cool thing to play with & let loose & make something FUNNY & USELESS. & it turned out SO GOOD!! I'm proud!! 🔥 Thanks to @julia.cool for the idea! 🐦 🧵👇

Making accessibility accessible is cool.

Bluesky Alt Text Generator has been published in the Chrome Web Store! 🥳✨💚 chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bdgpk... Please install it & try it if you want to ease accessibility for all! Thanks for your interest & support! (&& an even furth improved version is almost finished & coming shortly!)

Hello, non-AI crowd, again! Just wanted to let you know that a couple more developers of bots are already on board to usde the AI Opt-Out mod list, as well as a new list I just set up which is the bots that are in my own awareness & are mostly also blocking the opt-out user list.

@parisien.gay thanks for the thought! Yes, it's currently gemini-2.0-flash & when it chooses image gen, then gemini-2.0-flash-preview-image-generation. I haven't given any other functions to the models at this point. Would you (& others) like web results available to the model in a future update?

Hey. I'm always trying to meet people where they're at, so let me offer this to the anti-AI crowd that has noticed me today: A moderation list intended for developers of AI accounts & tools for Bluesky & ATProto to use with those automated accounts to block you on their end in future projects. 🧵

Hey! I am the developer who created @gemini.botsky.social. I would like to invite anyone who is interested in sharing their concerns about the bot in a civil conversation to please reach out! I am always happy to discuss! I am just one lonely nerd. Remember that there is a human on the other side.

&& here's my Steve Jobs "one more thing..." It's available for Firefox for Android now, too!!

Bluesky Alt Text Generator 0.3.0: GitHub: github.com/symmetricalboy/gen-alt-text/releases/tag/0.3.0 ← check here for release notes! Firefox: addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bluesky-alt-text-generator/ ← new version is LIVE! Chrome: *STILL* PENDING REVIEW!! Web app: alttext.symm.app ← NEW!

Here, everybody. I threw this together in 15 minutes on a whim: alttext.symm.app It uses the exact same logic as the browser extension. Enjoy!

Test @symm.social

Hm. Seems uploading a GIF as a video does not want to gen alt text. Adding to known issues. Will fix soonish. <3

Also, major progress has been happening towards publishing my Notisky extension, which adds multi-account near real-time desktop notifications with several fiddly options to suit your needs just so! It's my baby, & she will arrive soon! Stick around. Love y'all!

I've noticed that the alt text extension seems to fail for longer videos, it seems. I believe it just times out & that limit can be extended. But this is an issue I am aware of right now. Also, FF Mobile was requested & is planned, for all extensions I can manage to do it for!! Ty for caring!

Chrome version is still pending review, but you can grab the .zip & install it that way from the releases page on GitHub, if you wish! I'll keep you posted when it is published in the Chrome Web Store soon! github.com/symmetricalb...

Bluesky Alt Text Generator is live for Mozilla Firefox users to install right this second! Try it! addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo...

Hello hello! I am working on a couple different browser extensions to add some cool features & extras to bsky.app right now. I have an extension in very early puiblic testing if you want to try it: using AI, it can generate image alt text with a click! Give it a poke, if you want! Thanks!