As I posted recently, the continued growth of mastodon.social is putting the #Fediverse in danger (here's why: https://fedi.tips/its-a-really-bad-idea-to-join-a-big-server/).

The quickest, easiest and most effective way to solve this would be if the official apps stopped promoting mastodon.social, and instead promoted a rotating selection from a pool of reliable servers with solid track records.

If you're comfortable using Github, please give thumbs up to both these issues:
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/issues/568
- https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/issues/1023

Would you like to make your PeerTube accounts and videos more visible? Do you want to reach more viewers and more followers?

I've done a guide to promoting your PeerTube accounts, channels and videos at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-promote-your-peertube-videos-account-and-channels

I've tried to list everything I could think of, let me know if I've missed anything! 🙂

#FediTips #PeerTube #Fediverse

Kind.Social is a Mastodon server with a broad community - queer, disabled, neurodivergent, crafters, techies, friends of all sorts. Our aim is to foster a genuinely enjoyable shared social experience.

This server has been online since 2018.

https://kind.social

You can find out more at https://kind.social/about or contact the admin account @Texan_Reverend

#FeaturedServer #Queer #Disabled #Neurodivergent #Crafters #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

RaveNation.club is a Mastodon server for all the ravers in the universe. Anyone who listens to electronic music (or not) is welcome:

https://ravenation.club

You can find out more at https://ravenation.club/about or contact the admin account @main

#FeaturedServer #ElectronicMusic #Electronica #Rave #Raves #Ravers #RaveMusic #Techno #Trance #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

#Fediverse & #Internet video accounts:

(If an account looks blank/old, read this: https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/)

➡️ @firesidefedi - Interviewing familiar faces around the Fediverse

➡️ @fedihost - Tutorials & tips for running your own Fediverse server

➡️ @wedistributemedia - News & features about the Fedi

➡️ @ethicalrevolution - Highlighting good music on the Fedi

➡️ @ele - Documentary-maker, Fedi & self-hosting

➡️ @andypiper - Tech & Fedi enthusiast, head of comms at Mastodon gGmbH

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#PeerTube

Donated to Bonfire.

@bonfire is like Lego you can use to facilitate different types of online spaces & communities.

@publicspaces wrote about them in '22:

https://publicspaces.net/2022/12/14/bonfire-social-on-your-own-terms/

Now they've launched #Bonfire Social 1 .0 & are busy working on Bonfire Open Science Network. These apps share code, but the focus of each ‘flavor’ of Bonfire is slightly different. If you have the opportunity to support them, it would be greatly appreciated!

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community#/section/what-were-building-next-4672931

#Opensource #Tech #Fediverse

Week in Fediverse 2025-11-07

Servers

- Gush! v0.0.26
- Manyfold v0.128.0
- Wafrn v2025.10.02
- Hubzilla v10.6
- Ktistec v3.1.3
- Mastodon v4.5
- gancio v1.28.1
- Castopod v1.13.6
- tootik v0.19.8
- Loops v1.0.0-beta.4
- Lemmy Development Update October 2025

Clients

- IceCubesApp v2.0.9
- Mangane v1.18.5
- Tangerine UI for Mastodon v2.5
- Mastodon Bird UI v3.0.0
- PeerTube Mobile v1.2.0
- Voyager v2.40.2
- bleromo: A Windows 98-style Pleroma/Mastodon client

Tools and Plugins

- Poduptime v5.6.0

For developers

- APx v0.20.0
- Fedialgo v1.2.32
- FIRES Server v0.4.0
- NGI0 Progress report #1 (GoActivityPub)

Protocol

- FEP-d8c8: BitTorrent Torrent Objects
- FEP-19b3: Specifying Properties of a Service

Articles

- Self-hosting your Mastodon media with SeaweedFS
- Fediverse Report – #141

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019a3c12-2a12-7683-592d-a0dec77f582e

All https://fedihost.co #Mastodon instances have been updated to v4.5.0

Big new changes are the new quote posts and remote replies fetching.

Learn more about this release here:
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/mastodon-4.5/

#hosting #SelfHosting #GetFederated #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Fediverse Report 141 - this week's #fediverse news

- @bonfire finally officially launches their Bonfire Social platform, as well as a crowdfunding campaign to support and further expand this ambitious project
- @Mastodon has officially launched v4.5 bringing quote posts to the entire fediverse
- Mo-Me is a new fediverse client from @newsmast and the Media Revolution campaign

Read at:
https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-141-2/

Drupal.community is a Mastodon server focused on Drupal, FOSS and web development, but any content is welcome as long as it adheres to the Drupal Code of Conduct.

https://drupal.community

You can find out more at https://drupal.community/about or contact the admin account @pcambra

#FeaturedServer #Drupal #FOSS #CMS #WebDev #WebDevelopment #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115507615653471686

Pretty excited by @bonfire, especially by the Open Science flavor (see https://openscience.network). The project in general also seems to be well thought out, in terms of roadmap or governance (putting maintenance first in the roadmap and making it strongly visible = 👏).

Congrats to the team for the release and good luck for the next steps!

(Edit: there's Ursula K. Le Guin in the crowdfunding campaign trailer, also, so you definitely should watch it)

#Bonfire #OpenScience #Fediverse

We're very excited to be a 'Common Sponsor' of the @bonfire project 🔥

Bonfire offers and incredible opportunity for the Open Social Web. It will be great to see their work with various organisations, including us, come to life.

If you'd like to donate to Bonfire yourself, they've just launched a fundraiser here 👉 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=FVxjqI1kLUOhHXxqyrS6-g

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #Bonfire #SocialMedia #Fundraising

Harry from village.one is now talking about the Fediverse and cooperatives. How does it relate to “choose your instance”?

#sfscon #fediverse

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Marcus explains how to set up your own full ActivityPub server on shared hosting without root with his project Seppo.

#sfscon #fediverse

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Davide now with Mozilla.ai is talking about custom timeline algorithms.

#sfscon #fediverse

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Andre is discussing the challenges of federating interoperability of event info in the #Fediverse in the track at #SFSCon.

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Ever wonder why you see the #fedi22 hashtag in bios?

Yeah, that's my fault.

I built a People Directory in 2022 for the #fediverse that used that hashtag for verification.

I'll improve it and make it way better, perhaps with Starter Pack support 😉

https://fediverse.info/explore/people

Sandra is describing how technology and politics are increasingly intertwined, and why digital sovereignty, free software and the fediverse matter more than ever.

#sfscon #fediverse

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Jaz is explaining the needs for communities online around a particular language, and how he supports the Welsh community with a dedicated server for them in the Fediverse.

#fediverse #sfscon

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Tobias Diekershoff is talking about the non-text platforms in the #Fediverse at #sfscon.

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Dear Fedi friends,

I'm really proud to share with you a video I made: "Introducing the Fediverse: a New Era of Social Media" https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

In this 4-minute video I explain what the #fediverse is to people not familiar with it, mentioning some of its great features and benefits (interoperability, no ads, no surveillance...) and I set it in contrast to the world of Big Tech social platforms. I argue that, with the rise of Big Tech oligarchs and the current political climate, there has never been a better time to join the fediverse.

I hope you will enjoy this video and that you will find it useful (maybe as a tool to introduce your friends, family, colleagues, school administrators, local government officials to it).

The fediverse has truly changed my life, making me a better, more empowered digital citizen. I am endlessly grateful for it, so this is my contribution to the cause ❤️

I am also incredibly thankful for the work of @samaaberg and @patel.riyen who helped me bring my vision to life with their amazing cinematography skills and their assistance throughout the process, providing brilliant feedback to the script / edits from the POV of fedi newbies.

And I was also moved by the generous help of people of the Fediverse who volunteered to translate the script into many foreign languages: @jan @fritjof @erikkemp @sknob @severin @clabru @tarcisiosurdi @hongminhee @danielcasanueva @ainali @nacly

Lastly, I'm thankful for the opportunity I had to premiere the video last week at #FediForum - thank you @j12t and @anca

The video is up on my self-hosted PeerTube instance (thank you @yunohost) and for now it is unlisted as I have no idea how my VPS will hold up. I also included an alternate location in the blog post.

I hope you'll enjoy it! It's been a real labor of love (a month of full time work on it)... I see it as my love letter to the fediverse 💌

#TheFutureIsFederated

Just a little bit frustrating to read people saying "the Fediverse should have starter packs" when I've spent the last four+ years hand-curating recommended accounts to follow on @FediFollows and https://fedi.directory

I'm not the only person doing this kind of initiative, the Trunk directory (https://communitywiki.org/trunk) was the first, and the Fediverse.info directory by @dansup (https://fediverse.info/explore/people) is an automated way for people to add themselves to suggested lists.

We already have these things on the Fedi, people just need to ask around and discover them, and let their friends know about them.

#Fediverse

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 91

This week's news:
- @loops has launched and is now available for everyone!
- @radiofreefedi will shut down early next year
- Bridgy Fed talks about potential governance directions

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-91/