Developer Update: Privacy Commitment, AVIF Optimization, and Cleaner Updates

Privacy First: What We Track (and What We Never Store)

I want to be explicit about privacy. Private chat message content is not stored as a searchable archive, and I do not build detailed behavioral profiles. I only monitor high-level platform health signals—such as overall visitor counts, performance metrics, and error reports—so I can keep the service stable and responsive.

Performance Work: AVIF Conversion at Scale

I am converting the media library into AVIF to improve compression and loading speed. At this scale, processing hundreds of thousands of images is resource-intensive and takes many days of continuous work, but it delivers a clear benefit: faster page loads, lower bandwidth usage, and a smoother browsing experience.

Community Growth, Cleaner Updates

The library continues to expand through community uploads. To keep the news section easy to read and navigate, updates now focus on what changed and why it matters, instead of publishing extremely long lists of individual pages. This reduces repetition while keeping announcements useful for readers.

Thank you for using the project and for supporting its growth.