On this evening of September 11, I am pleased to announce that I have tagged a Ditto alpha1 release and deployed it to https://gleasonator.dev

Ditto LIVES. Here's what you need to know:

- It's Soapbox on Nostr.

- Ditto pretends to be a Mastodon server while using the Nostr protocol.

- You can use Mastodon apps other than Soapbox (but you need to obtain a Nostr private key first).

- ActivityPub is not supported yet, but it will be. It's part of what makes Ditto, Ditto.

- Ditto is about building communities on Nostr, similar to ActivityPub.

- Nostr uses private keys. There is still a lot of work to do in Soapbox to improve this experience.

- This is not optimized. Please excuse any slowness or glitches. If something isn't working, try refreshing the page. I will improve this.

- It's still a demo. This is just for poking around, so don't get too attached.

This is just the beginning. alpha1 is just BARELY usable. But I want to get the ball rolling. Things are going to change a lot in both Soapbox and Ditto. These things take time, but we will win. Thank you all for your patience, enthusiasm, and support!

Follow along with #ditto here: https://gitlab.com/soapbox-pub/ditto/-/issues

Enjoy!