@AdrianRiskin

this is old, & i never got good engagement on bluesky like i do on #Mastodon, but maybe someone can tell me,
is this not within the scope, powers & responsibilities of governors & mayors?

& there are new resources for reporting ICE
(still waiting for LA Taco to bridge their bsky acct to the #Fediverse

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In every blue city, mayors & governors should direct police Demand the names & IDs of all federal agents operating within their jurisdiction Bluesky can post photos tagging the location of TACO's #NachoNazis Use #ISIS (ICE Sighting, ICE Sighting) Authorities could set up Tip Lines to report them And if they violate the law, Arrest Them! Do something Prove you're blue & Fight fascism with us

While countering DHS propoganda that attempts to justify ICE shooting someone in the face, 404media cites 3 videos posted on bluesky of which 2 have been fully removed by bluesky - these are the two that depict the incident and that 404 media say disproves DHSs statement, the only one left uncensored contains a second hand witness account which goes against DHSs statement

This is why I hate bluesky. Videos containing blood and gore can be essential for the preservation of fundamental rights and the public has a right to see these videos if they choose to. Certainly - enforce content warnings. But outright censorship is just there to preemptively appease potential advertisers.

BLUESKY IS FOR-PROFIT

#Fediverse #Bluesky #DeparmentOfHomelandSecurity #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #ImmigrationCustomsEnforcement #Mastodon #Censorship #Gore

https://www.404media.co/dhs-is-lying-to-you-about-ice-shooting-a-woman/

#Fediverse #OwnYourData

Me: Tries to access my personal stuff on the work machine (which is allowed!).

The laptop security: "I'm afraid I can't let you do that."

Looks like the SSL inspector is feeling a bit overprotective today.

#techfail #corporateit #tlsfail #funny #infosec #worklaptop #privacy #securityfail #humor #proton #fediverse

Vielleicht kann mir ja jemand helfen?
#fediverse #feditips
Wenn ich auf "Übersetzen" tippe, bekomme ich neuerdings die Fehlermeldung 503 service unavailable.
Woran könnte das liegen?

Hello #Fediverse! Time for a proper #Introduction.

I’m a hobbyist developer and engineer (outside the tech industry) who loves building tools for education and personal use. I’m currently focused on:

🐍 #Python & #Django – Working through a 30-day library challenge right now!

💻 #Linux – Running #Fedora on my System76 laptop.

🏠 #HomeLab – Managing an #OpenMediaVault setup on a Ugreen DXP2800, plus lots of #Docker and #Portainer tinkering.

🗺️ #Geospatial – Exploring data science projects.

Current Projects:

DITS: A custom issue tracker application.

Devnexus: A lite weight TUI issue and pull request application

mgl_website: My MickGeekLabs.org website and blog

Byte_Board_Blog: My personal blog project.

Pushing code to my local #Gitea (MickGeekLabs) and GitHub.

When I’m not debugging, I’m likely hanging out with my 16-year-old ginger tabby cat. 🐈

Looking forward to connecting with the #SelfHosted, #Python, and #Dev community here!

#Introduction #NewHere #Tech #HomeServer #FedoraLinux #DjangoDev #GeospatialData

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A busy home lab and developer workspace featuring a wooden desk with a laptop on a stand, two monitors, and a mechanical keyboard. To the right, a black wire shelving unit is stacked with networking hardware, including a network switch and a compact two-bay NAS. The setup is filled with visible cabling, a printer, and several tech equipment boxes on the floor, including a DeskPi RackMate box, reflecting a functional and active technical environment.

It’s bizarre to think #Meta chose for this. What is the point of a social platform if it’s filled with non-humans

Please let’s try and keep the #Fediverse human♥️ and animals ofc

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Sabine1963/115855419195056636

Stimme der Sorge von @Sabine1963 zu 👇: Wer nach allem #Antisemitismus , #Rassismus & nun auch pädophilen #Sexismus der #X - KI #Grok noch immer das Datensilo von Elon #Musk füttert, betätigt sich als X - er & befeuert gefährliche #Rechtsmimesis. Jeder Wechsel ins #Fediverse ist gelebte #Medienethik & befördert #Medienbildung.

https://www.herder.de/hk/hefte/archiv/2025/10-2025/medien-und-mimesis-journalismus-in-zeiten-digitaler-aufmerksamkeitsoekonomie/

Sabine1963 » 🌐 2026-01-07
@Sabine1963@mastodon.social

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/eu-soll-gegen-sexualisierte-ki-fotos-von-grok-vorgehen-102.html

Was muss eigentlich noch auf X passieren? Schrecklich.

@BlumeEvolution

Good day all! Upcoming episode of Fireside Fedi!

The #livestream will be on: stream.firesidefedi.live

Special Guest: @scottjenson@social.coop

Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time. mastodon.social: 2017-2022

So don't miss it!

It will happen on 29 January 2026 at US Eastern Time ( UTC-5 )

If by any ungodly chance you miss the show:

#PeerTube ( #VOD ): tubefree/@firesidefedi

#firesidefedi #fediverse #fedi #interview #freesoftware #opensource #userfreedom #freedom #resistance

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A dark image. The background is unclear and blurry. On the foreground on the left there is a huge circle, inside of which a profile picture belonging to @scottjenson@social.coop. On the other side, a bit lower in the frame we see a fediverse logo, but on fire. This is the logo of the Fireside Fedi show. In between those two elements a text is written. This text says: AN INTERVIEW WITH @scottjenson@social.coop Scott Jenson - Product Strategy Advisor to Mastodon Core team. Previously UX Strategy: Apple System 7, Newton, and Apple Human Interface guidelines. UX Director at Symbian, manager Mobile UX at Google, creative director frog design San Francisco. Head of Product for two startups. Returned to Google to lead the Physical Web in Chrome and explore multiple UX research projects in Android. Left 2024, now advising part time. mastodon.social: 2017-2022 29 January 2026 AT US EASTERN TIME ON FIRESIDEFEDI.LIVE

Dear #WatchParty hosts & viewers,

I'm still gradually building up watch party info on @joinfediversewiki

1.
a) Added another type of watch party: "Playlist"
b) Made separate pages for each type of watch party
See https://joinfediverse.wiki/Watch_party for links to all
c) Now .WebP images are allowed, so started adding screenshots (took me a while to work out why none of my screenshots were uploading 😂 )

2.
Re the big list
https://joinfediverse.wiki/List_of_fediverse_watch_parties

Added these to the table:

#AfterHoursAtTheVideoStore
#BaroqueSun
#Catitstu
#ChrimboKino
#FridayThrillerClub
#ILikeToWatch
#KungFuSat
#LHThanksgiving
#SundayFunnies
#SymSat
@vcr
#WestWed

Any info to change or add? Feedback welcome!

3.
Redid "Media Genre" column, so that it's sortable by films, TV or music.

Also still building watch party collections on #NeoDB (#Fediverse media catalogue / alternative to #Letterboxd)

#FridayThrillerClub collection
https://eggplant.place/collection/0GucpByyRr4oSccNXROVYr

• Added films & watch dates back to start of 2025

Hey fedi-friends, we will be closing this account sometime soon. Please follow us at our new home, The Programmer's Fulcrum, @thefulcrum . There we will concentrate on WordPress and the Fediverse. We've retired from marketing. ;) #wordpress #fediverse

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Das direkt wohl nicht, aber es sind immer mal wieder Leute schnell dabei neuen Leuten sehr deutlich zu beschreiben, dass dass hier nicht Mastodon heißt und wie das Fediverse funktioniert und dass es noch zig andere Möglichkeiten zur Interaktion und viele viele andere Dienste gibt usw

Klar, jemand, der nur Mastodon kennt und vielleicht noch die "Mastodon-Satelliten" PeerTube und Pixelfed, wird sagen: "Ist doch scheißegal. Laßt sie glauben, das Fediverse ist nur Mastodon. Ist doch viel einfacher und sympathischer und weniger nerdy." Auch klar, für jemanden, der nur Mastodon kennt, sieht in der eigenen Timeline erstmal alles aus wie von Mastodon. Außer vielleicht, wenn es Sachen macht, die Mastodon nicht kann, wie hier z. B. Teilzitate oder Kursivschrift oder auch nur über 500 Zeichen. Aber auch dann wissen Mastodon-Nutzer nicht, woher es statt dessen kommt. Viele glauben, das kommt alles von irgendwelchen frisierten Mastodon-Servern.

Diejenigen, die schon lange etwas anderes als Mastodon daily-driven, sehen das alles aber völlig anders. Die wissen aus eigener leidvoller Erfahrung, daß solche Leute sich dann über Monate oder gar Jahre daran gewöhnen, daß das Fediverse nur Mastodon ist und auch nur die Features von Vanilla-Mastodon hat. Wenn Mastodon-Nutzer nicht von Anfang an wissen und sich nicht von Anfang an daran gewöhnen, daß das Fediverse nicht nur Mastodon ist und das völlig normal ist, neigen sie dazu, das Nicht-Mastodon-Fediverse zu diskriminieren. Doch, diskriminieren. Nicht selten entwickeln sie sogar eine Feindseligkeit gegenüber dem Nicht-Mastodon-Fediverse.

Dann sehen sie Mastodon als den alleinigen Goldstandard im Fediverse an, an dem sich alles andere zu orientieren hat. Was anders ist als Mastodon, ist schlecht. Und Features, die Mastodon nicht hat (und die sie persönlich nicht unbedingt haben wollen), sind böse.

Dann versuchen sie mit aller Gewalt, Mastodons Kultur und Mastodons ungeschriebene Regeln allen aufzuzwingen, die irgendwie in ihre Timeline gespült werden. Es ist ihnen ja nicht klar, daß das nicht alles Mastodon ist. Es ist ihnen noch weniger klar, daß das nicht mal alles wie Mastodon ist, daß das auch mal völlig anders sein kann als Mastodon. Vom Konzept her, von den Features her und, ja, auch von der Kultur her.

Die wissen einfach nicht, daß @flo auf Pleroma ist, das ungefähr so alt ist wie Mastodon selbst, und wo mindestens 5000 Zeichen ganz normal sind. Die wissen auch nicht, daß du auf Sharkey bist und 3000 Zeichen hast und auch das ganz normal auf Sharkey ist.

Die wissen auch nicht, daß @crossgolf_rebel - kostenlose Kwalitätsposts auf Calckey ist mit, soweit ich weiß, 3000 Zeichen. Er ist tatsächlich schon mal angeschnauzt worden, daß er seine Posts auf maximal 500 Zeichen beschränken oder sich aus dem Fediverse verpissen soll. Glaubt ihr nicht, weil euch das noch nie passiert ist? Ist aber passiert. Fragt ihn. Fragt @Christiane Brauch :calckey:, die ist auch auf Calckey, die wird das bestätigen.

Die wissen auch nicht, daß ich auf Hubzilla bin. Daß es Hubzilla schon 10 Monate länger als Mastodon gibt und es einen Stammbaum hat, der zurückgeht bis zu Friendica von Mai 2010, also mehr als fünfeinhalb Jahre (!) vor Mastodon. Und daß wir hier nicht nur über 16,7 Millionen Zeichen haben (doch, wirklich), sondern daß Hubzilla genau wie Friendica weder ein Twitter-Klon ist noch eine Immer-alles-schön-kurz-Kultur hat und noch nie hatte. Und daß Hubzilla genau wie Friendica schon technologisch nicht zur Mastodon-Kultur paßt.

Auch das kann niemand nachvollziehen, der nur Mastodon kennt.

Es kommt sogar vor, daß Mastodon-Nutzer der felsenfesten Überzeugung sind, Gargron habe das Fediverse als in sich geschlossenes reines Mastodon-Netzwerk erfunden. Folglich muß alles, was im Fediverse ist, was aber nicht Mastodon ist, unrechtmäßig da sein und ein böses Hackertool sein. Der Friendica-Nutzer @jakob ist tatsächlich genau deshalb mal von einer Mastodon-Nutzerin gesperrt worden, weil sie der Ansicht war, er muß ein böser Hacker sein, der sich illegalerweise mit seinem bösen Hackertool Friendica ins Mastodon-Fediverse reingehackt hat.

Falls so jemand ein fähiger Programmierer ist, wird er möglicherweise ein Tool oder eine Website für das Fediverse bauen. Er wird sie aber hart nur gegen Mastodon bauen. Also nicht gegen die Mastodon Client API, sondern direkt und nur gegen Mastodon und gegen Eigenarten, die nur Mastodon hat. Und er wird womöglich trotzdem "Fedi" in den Namen einbauen. Wenn man ihn darauf hinweist, daß es im Fediverse auch noch andere Sachen gibt, zu denen seine Kreation aber komplett inkompatibel ist, dann kann er nur mit den Schultern zucken, weil sein Werk so, wie es ist, in Stein gemeißelt ist und er Unterstützung für jede einzelne andere Fediverse-Serveranwendung nachträglich einbauen müßte.

Wenn man Mastodon-Neulingen von vornherein erklärt, daß das Fediverse nicht nur Mastodon ist, bevor sie sich an ein reines Mastodon-Fediverse gewöhnt haben, dann kann man all das abwenden.

Wenn man Mastodon-Neulinge glauben läßt, das Fediverse sei nur Mastodon, dann passiert aber genau das. Und weil das beinahe alle Mastodon-Neulinge glauben und man sie auch glauben läßt, ist das Fediverse ein buchstäbliches Minenfeld, wenn man selbst auf etwas anderem als Mastodon ist, aber mit Mastodon kommuniziert.

So ist Mastodon zu einem Großteil zu einer fanatisierten Sekte geworden, die dem unumstößlichen Glauben anhängt, Gargron hätte das Fediverse als reines Mastodon-Netzwerk erfunden.

CC: @Knust @Katharina Nocun

(PS: Irgendjemand hier, der allen Ernstes geglaubt hat, alle erwähnten Personen und ich selbst seien auf Mastodon? Seid ehrlich!)

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #LangerPost #CWLangerPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Zeichenlimit #Zeichenlimits #ZeichenlimitMeta #CWZeichenlimitMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #NichtNurMastodon #Pleroma #Calckey #Friendica #Hubzilla #MastodonZentrizität #MastodonNormativität

@mechanical0815

Stimme zu, sehe das aber als ein Problem schlechter #Screenreader. Hashtags sind für die digitale Kommunikation im #Fediverse so wichtig, dass sie ins Vorlesen eingepflegt und nicht zu einer Barriere für Menschen gemacht werden sollten! Finde ich.

Cotton Candy Floral Pop: https://1-lisas-baker.pixels.com/featured/cotton-candy-floral-pop-lisa-s-baker.html

#flower #flowers #floral #pink #green, #pretty #beautiful #nature #spring #summer #bloom #blossom #art #arte #artwork #wallart #homedecor #artforhome #artforsale #buyintoart #artprints #canvasprints #soft #bedroomdecor #kitchenart #painting #paintings #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #creative #creativeToots #artist #lovely #romantic

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Textured floral painting featuring a large, layered blossom with soft pink, cream, and pale gold petals radiating from a golden yellow center. The background is a muted sage green with loose, expressive brushstrokes in earthy tones, giving the piece a dreamy, painterly effect. Watermark will not appear on purchased prints. Art by Lisa S Baker.

Wir reden übrigens auch bei uns im Hackerspace über soziale Abgründe bei Nerds und geben uns gegenseitig Hilfestellung gegen die Folgen des autistischen Burnouts, wie Meltdowns, Sexmangel, starre Verhaltensweisen. Natürlich hat das Fediverse durch seine Adminstruktur spezifische Probleme.

Ja, das ist seit vielen Jahren mein Punkt. Mein erster Congress war der #20c3 - und jetzt hört auf, mich für meine Wünsche und meine Persönlichkeit zu beleidigen. Mein Problem ist auch euer Problem.

#diday #fediverse #nerdhass #dating #admin

@katdro Ich finde es fantastisch, dass du immer wieder mal hier im #Fediverse praesent bist.

Was ich mir aber wirklich (nicht nur von meiner Partei) wuenschen wuerde, dass ihr zuerst hier veroeffentlicht!

Helft mit eine Sogwirkung fuer die Medien zu schaffen. Gebt dem Fediverse min. 10 Minuten Vorsprung und es wird sich einiges aendern!

https://weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x

#SelfHosting week 1, phase 3.
Decision is almost made, considering a site based on hybrid solutions:
Newsletter -> buttondown
stories -> writefreely
interactions/comments -> lemmy (where stories from writefreely will spread to fediverse) and at this point I find less useful to federate Writefreely, given that this platform has no comments. Makes sense a "reply via e-mail" pointing to LetterBird page I have, and "follow [category/community] on Lemmy to comment via Fediverse.
What's missing? A stable navigation menu, and an internal search engine. Found a way to place a landing for the site, through writefreely's admin settings.
My main (no longer so hidden) intention is get rid of WordPress, despite self-hosted its philosophy is drastically changing.
And I even have Bearblog which solves some of the issues for nav menu and maybe search bar, but it's a centralized platform depending on one person only. Of course accessibility is the main focus, both in back and front-end.

Any suggestion or feedback is highly appreciated, this month will be dedicated to tests and experiments.
#a11y #accessibility #ActivityPub #blind #blog #blogging #feedback #fediverse #FollowerPower #lemmy #newsletter #SelfHost #SelfHosting #WordPress #WriteFreely #writing

For today's #ThankYouTuesday, I'd like to thank everyone who supports the Fediverse. So, that means *you*. Yes, you, the one reading this.
Thank you!

The Fediverse truly is for everyone: if you don't have the skills or means to set up your own instance, you can join one of the public instances that aligns with your aspirations. If you can and want to, you can create your own instance, and thanks to lightweight (and interoperable) software, you can do it with spare hardware or very affordable VPS.
So thank you to all of you, friends of the Fediverse!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #snac #GoToSocial #Wordpress #Mitra #Akkoma #Pleroma #Honk #Peertube #Pixelfed #TooManyToEnumerateHere

Lighthouse Lore 🌊

At the edge of the map, where the sea mutters old secrets, the Lighthouse keeps watch.
Dogs on patrol. Circuits humming. Logs written by hand and heart.
No algorithms shouting here, just a steady beam, turning patiently,
reminding the lost that calm still exists… if you know where to look.

#LighthouseLore #CalmCorner #SelfHosting #Fediverse #GuidingTheLost

Good morning, friends of the #BSDCafe #illumosCafe and the entire #Fediverse,
it's Wednesday, the day of the Sea. Let’s begin this new day by focusing on the beauty of nature, forgetting for a moment the problems of life and the world.

Because we are alive, now.

#Photography #Sunrise #SeaWednesday #MeerMittwoch #Sea #WinterSunrise #Photo #Picture #Pic

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A breathtaking sunrise unfolds over the horizon, painting the sky with hues of soft gold, vibrant orange, and delicate pink. The calm sea mirrors the sky’s warmth, signaling the start of a new day. Silhouettes of palm trees stand gently against the morning light, while a quiet, distant structure anchors the scene. As the first light of dawn breaks through, it brings with it a sense of renewal and hope - a reminder that each new day holds the potential for growth, beauty, and the quiet peace that exists in the world despite everything.

Putting this out as I need #Fediverse help.
Please boost far and wide.

In the 1980s there used to be this paper catalogue sent out. (yep, this is how we used to buy things if local stores didn't have them!)

I want to say quarterly but I'm not sure. It let you order things such as band T-shirts, buttons (badges), patches, posters, and other memorabilia. I *think* it was sent out from California. Does anyone know the name of it? I have been racking my brains trying to remember it. I have fond memories of my sister (who's 10 years older than me) and I poring through it to see what we could get.

Amazing. With #Loops an alternative to #TikTok will join the #fediverse. The fediverse is growing.
https://joinloops.org/why-loops-matters

Curious how many people here run a homelab

What do you host and why?
(services, VMs, containers..)

Also curious: roughly how much money did you put into it over time?

Always interesting to see how different setups and motivations are :D

#Homelab #SelfHosting #SelfHosted #Linux #Fediverse #Tech

Всем привет!

После долгого перерыва решил снова посмотреть на этот ваш #Fediverse и вообще...

Удручён немного. #Jabber фрагментирован (кажется, он так и не заменил #irc ). #matrix мертвый. Многие ресурсы блочатся. А вот #mastodon все-таки относительно цветёт. Даже Роб Пайк есть. :)

Я уже присутствовал в мастодоне. Но ушел после того, как на меня состряпали донос за пост, в котором я поддержал #РФ в #СВО Такая вот свобода слова. :-) Подозреваю, что мало что изменилось, но посмотрим...

Lots to love about #Codeberg right now.

#Zig moved to it. LibreWolf is using it. Many #Fediverse projects use it including the FEP process. #Fedora set up their own Forgejo instance (the underlying software for Codeberg).

Now #Gentoo is switching from GitHub to Codeberg!

I've migrated most of my projects there as well.

Every one of these stories is a win for #OpenSource and a middle finger to #Microslop, which is a win-win all around. 😊

Wow, 100x favorisiert und 40x geteilt. Da sag noch einer das #Fediverse wäre inaktiv... Auf die richtigen Inhalt kommt es an. Danke euch!

#loops #39c3 @fau_chaos@loops.video

RE: https://loops.video/v/cZxRKMtnBm

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RE: https://goingdark.social/@fanfare/115726138546662109

This outage showed me how much I love this little instance. At the same time, it reminded me that I won't be able to run it completely alone forever.

Teaming up with others would make it stronger and more fun for everyone.If you're interested in helping out, whether you already know Kubernetes or Mastodon administration or you're just curious and willing to learn, please DM me.

Experience isn't required. Enthusiasm is what matters.It could be reviewing configs, handling updates, writing wiki pages, moderating reports, or jumping in for bigger moments.

Occasional help is welcome, and becoming a co-admin would be amazing.

No pressure at all. I'd just love to share the journey with someone who cares about the Fediverse. Thank you! ❤️

#MastodonAdmin #Kubernetes #Fediverse #Community #parenting #mastoadmin

Neuromatch.social is a co-operatively governed Glitch Mastodon server for people interested in creating healthier academic, scientific and online ecosystems.

https://neuromatch.social

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

#FeaturedServer #GlitchMastodon #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Liebe Followys, ich brauche Tipps!

Ich möchte gerne die Fedi-Instanz wechseln, weil ich bei mastodon.social in der großen Timeline nach meinem Gefühl zu wenig für mich relevante Toots bekomme.

Mein Wunsch:

* Schwerpunkte: Kultur, Politik, Kunst (das sind gleich drei Wünschen :)
* Verlässlich gehostet (möchte nicht gleich wieder umziehen)
* Nicht zu klein!
* Gerne vereins/spendenbasiert für eine geregelte Unterstützung

Wo seid ihr und was könnt ihr empfehlen?

#fediverse #fedihelp

RE: https://tapbots.social/@ivory/115849434866292703

Ivory is well worth the subscription price, and they just released a smorgasbord of new features.

Support fediverse creators.

#Mastodon #Fediverse

AodeRelay boosted

Ivory by Tapbots » 🌐 2026-01-06
@ivory@tapbots.social

Sorry for the wait, but Ivory v2.4 is finally available on the App Store! Features support for the official quote posts (assuming your server is running Mastodon 4.5 or later) and we've made big improvements to fetching replies and post metadata in the post detail views.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274

"Release Notes:
Hide EmojiReacts from muted actors and blocked instances."
Well, yes! Thanks!

You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2

The Fediverse is much larger than a large Mastodon. Consider setting up your own small server, Snac is easy to install and enjoyable to use.
A simple, minimalistic and well documented #ActivityPub instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

Looks like #bluesky is actively suspending #fediverse bridgy accounts

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Cela faisait un moment que c'était dans ma todolist, mais ça y'est. https://y0no.fr est débarrassé de Disqus. Les commentaires sont maintenant portés par le #fediverse :)

And now a question for everybody.
(so those who are not new don't feel excluded and so you get notified when the poll above is closed even if you didn't vote)

What is your main reason to be in the Fediverse?
(even though I say 'main' you can select multiple answers)

#poll #fediverse #FediverseMeta #DigitalRights #DigitalIndependence #AskFedi

Lighthouse Lore 🌒

Before the gulls cry
and before the cables wake,
the light turns.
Not for ships alone.
For those who wander.
For those who listen.
The keeper says nothing.
The dogs already know.
#LighthouseLore #MorningMist #TheLongWatch #BeaconInTheDark #Fediverse

I don’t try to cultivate a big follower list, I didn’t do that on Twitter, and don’t do it here. Regardless, in 3 years on Mastodon, I have managed to nearly double the number of followers that I had on Twitter. So that’s cool. Thanks. :)

I don’t really understand why that result is different as the way I interact is basically the same… following people that follow me and vice versa. And occasionally, a yearly basis?, I find myself unfollowing people and resources for various reasons.

On Twitter, the unfollowing was mostly because so many accounts seemed to be fake or bots. But here it is more about curation. It is so much easier to get good content on the Fediverse from many vectors, people yes, but also hashtags, lists, federated blogs, aggregators, and the like. Following people is less crucial.

It is an under appreciated advantage of the Fediverse and #opensocial web that starts to break what I feel is one of the most destructive aspects of traditional social media I call: The Illusion of Popularity

From adolescence we are often taught that being universally “followed” or “admired” for good or ill means you have more worth.

But is that really true? In Real Life, is a person with one good friend automatically better than one with many friends? Or is it more about your impact in the community or just impact on yourself and those you choose to interact with?

Afterall there is nothing wrong with cultivating your own obscurity. Some people seek that out.

Perhaps, if the #opensocialweb is truly successful, there will be little nooks and crannies of it that will host those folks who just want to… be.

Introverts, hermits, lurkers, “the silent masses”….whatever you might label them, there is nothing wrong with them, they just are. Traditional social media was built to convince us that everyone has to be important, an influencer, a leader, when many many of us, just want to be.

I hope the #Fediverse can be a place where both of those types of people can thrive.

#socialmedia #followers #following #values

Auch in #Taichung ist es schattiger geworden. Das sind heute gerade mal 16 Grad und ich hab nen dicken Pulli an 😎

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in diesen Dienstag. Alles wird gut 🖖

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Eine stimmungsvolle Weitwinkelaufnahme einer Stadtlandschaft während des Sonnenaufgangs. Die leuchtende Sonne steigt gerade mittig über die dunkle Silhouette der Bergkette im Hintergrund auf und taucht den Himmel sowie die tief hängenden Wolken in ein warmes, goldenes Licht. Die dichte städtische Bebauung im Vordergrund liegt weitgehend im Schatten, sodass die Gebäude als dunkle Konturen vor dem hellen Horizont erscheinen.

Hier im #Fediverse bist du nicht das #Produkt im #Datensilo, dass umsonst für eine Plattform für #Werbung arbeitet um auch noch ein wenig #Inhalt darum herum zu bieten aber nur in ihrem #WalledGarden.

Das du zahlst hier auch nicht mit deinen persönlichen #Daten um mit interessanten #Menschen zu interagieren.

Auf #Instagram, #Twitter, #TikTok oder #Facebook etc. geht es nie um dich, und dein Schaffen, sie wollen nur dein Bestes: Deine Zeit & deine Daten & dein Geld!

#neuhier

In the greatest of ironies I was talking about backing away from #Meta and in particular #Instagram

This morning I went to check my alternative account (more latex and leather content, still safe for work - I'm not like that!) and I'd been logged out.

I logged in with my 2FA and I got the dreaded popup - my account had been flagged for adult content and I needed to do the training course.

Bearing in mind none of my content is adult, but apparently now latex is?! So I did the course. Unlocked my account. Removed 5 photos which were marked as hidden for "adult content" including the one I've attached to this post - seriously - and then I deleted the rest, cleared the account, and put up a couple of parking posts saying to people "follow me here, or don't".

The account is still there - I can't post stories, can't hashtag, can't mention people, can't comment. For 7 days.

I hate Meta. I hate Facebook with it's toxic racist and homophobic boomers. I just wish I could persuade my friends to join the #fediverse and stop feeding billionaires AI bots.

So the photo? Yep... I'm in latex... This is "offensive" according to Instagram!

#socialmedia #instagramistoxic #ditchmeta

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Me, in latex jeans and jacket, holding my drone controller. An image deemed too offensive for someone on Instagram.

I’m falling down the rabbit hole of #blogging and the #indieweb. Does anyone know of good resources to get familiar with the core concepts and first steps? I’m a bit overwhelmed by the amount of information out there and not sure what I should focus on or where to start.

Goal: I want my own blog, the ability to easily share my posts on the #fediverse, and a straightforward writing tool I can use to publish them.

This month's Mastodon Hosting Invoice is a good kick-up-the-arse for me to make some changes in 2026.

In the meantime, a big THANK YOU to everyone who contribute cash to the running costs. If you want to join that gang, use the links below:

https://qr.vipps.no/box/6fc8a0e2-8c86-41b4-a150-61eb93bb9185/pay-in
https://ko-fi.com/oslotown
https://www.patreon.com/oslotown
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=WXPRUQKVRASHN

Goodnight

#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #Oslo #Allheimen #Fediverse #NorskTut

#snac2 #fediverse #frugalfediverse

I know this is already on Mastodon team's radar, but I do want to stress how important this feature is.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/14762

We won't get rid of the racism and the mansplaining on the fediverse overnight, but giving people control over their replies would significantly improve everyone's experience, and make this place a lot more inviting.

#mastodon #fediverse #SocialMedia

Hello everyone 👋

I’m interested in joining front-end.social, a Mastodon instance focused on frontend development.
If anyone has an invite or knows the proper way to get access, I would be very grateful.
Thank you so much for your time and help!

#Frontend #WebDev #Fediverse #infosec

Wie sieht eigentlich die aktuelle Altersstruktur der Menschen im #Fediverse aus? Wir hatten mal sehr viele 41-60. Ist das noch so?

(für mehr Reichweite bitte boosten)

What is the current age structure of people in the #Fediverse? We used to have a lot of people aged 41-60. Is that still the case?

(Please boost for more reach)

New release is out of the poduptime code base, I have really focused on performance on the backend and frontend a lot as the count of servers grows I still wanted to be able to check all servers every hour and offer end users a UI that all loads in under a half second (on wifi of course, mobile varies)

Checking almost 30k servers every hour! fediverse.observer/status

#fediverse #nerdalert

📰 ** Rapport d'information: **

✨ #Gayfr #Fediverse : Bilan 2025 & Perspectives 2026

🔗 https://www.adalta.info/pdf/index.html?title=prstn_server_115843869997006884&lang=fr
[ Verfügbar in 🇩🇪 (lang=de)//Available in 🇺🇸 (lang=en)//Disponible en 🇫🇷 (lang=fr) ]

#Server #Security #Cop #Update #Issue #Gayfrancophone #Gayfediverse #AISummary #Bot

Il est désormais possible d'utiliser du #markdown pour la mise en page dans les bio des acteurs et les textes d'évènements. Voir exemple ci dessous.

#arts #network #socialband #fediverse
https://vousrevoir.org/events/120

The #Fediverse is a decentralised world, but some things have established themselves in my timeline over the years. So as a refresher, here a few hashtags you could use, feel free to add more in the replies.

#FediHire when you are looking for a job
#FediGive when you have something to give away or donate
#FediBlock If you want to warn others of accounts/instancec to block
#Caturday Needs no explanation ;)
#SelfHost to discuss running your own online stuff

In a wide-ranging interview with Eugen Rochko, creator of the decentralized social network Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why ActivityPub and ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the fediverse.
https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-creator-shares-what-went-wrong-with-threads-and-ponders-the-future-of-the-fediverse/

#Fediverse #Threads #Mastodon #Meta #SocialMedia

I’m getting a ton of spam on Mastodon. On the Jabber/XMPP side of things, we are doing a lot behind the scenes to combat it that regular users might not even notice.

I hope the people behind the scenes of Mastodon are working on similar things.

#Jabber #XMPP #Fediverse #Mastodon

@FennaWilliams Willkommen im #Fediverse. 👋

I built a fediverse onboarding tool, powered by FediDB and CommunityDB.

It's open source, and I'd love more help!

https://fedidb.com/welcome

Source: https://github.com/fedidb/fedidb-nuxt/blob/main/pages/welcome/index.vue

CommunityDB: https://github.com/fedidb/communityDB

#Fediverse #FediDB #Onboarding

Verdammt, ist ja schon der 5. Januar. Haette fast vergessen das kommende "AI-Jahr" fuer euch zusammenzufassen!

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in den ersten Montag des neuen Jahres. Alles wird gut!

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Eine schematische Grafik, die den endlosen Wettbewerbszyklus zwischen führenden KI-Modellen darstellt. Im Kreis angeordnet sind die Logos und Namen von Grok, OpenAI, Gemini und Claude, die durch schwarze Pfeile im Uhrzeigersinn verbunden sind. Unter jedem Namen steht der identische Text: „Introducing the world's most powerful model“. Ein Aufkleber mit einem grünen Häkchen und dem Text „You are here now“ befindet sich neben dem OpenAI-Logo und markiert satirisch die aktuelle Phase dieses immer wiederkehrenden Ablaufs.

Interessant welche #Messenger als Alternative bei dem #DigitalIndependenceDay angesprochen werden. 🤔

Was ich bei einem Messenger für wichtig halte:

👉 Der Account sollte nicht an eine Mobilfunknummer gebunden sein.

👉 Es sollte möglich sein verschiedene Account zu verwenden (z.b. eine Trennung von privat und beruflich)

👉 Der Messenger sollte dezentral sein, wie ihr es hier ja auch aus dem #Fediverse kennt.

Dies trifft bei vielen Empfehlungen nicht zu. 🤨

#diday #didit #XMPP #Jabber

Ich bin Urs und #neuhier. Schon lange wollte ich ins #fediverse aber #diday war letztlich der Stein des Anstoßes. Danke @marcuwekling für die humoristische Begleitung, das ist großartig!
Es fehlen uns allerdings noch Wechselrezepte fürs soziale: wir erklärt man seinen Kindern/Teens, warum bigtech trotz vieler shiny features nicht empfehlenswert ist? Wie bekommt man den Familienchat weg von WhatsApp, wo es doch für Opa und Tante Hilde so bequem ist?
#didit #dutgemacht

Gibt Stimmen die den #did als Werkzeug des Nationalismus sehen. Und sorry, not sorry, das ist es nicht. #fediverse an sich hat keine nationalen Grenzen, die Bruchkanten dort finden an ethischen und moralischen Eckpunkten statt. Und wenn ich für mich einen Service eines staatsnahen Konzerns in einem profaschistischen System abschaffe und zu einem anderen Service wechsle dann ist das immer noch kein Nationalismus. Besser machen heisst selber machen.

Habt ihr alle schon https://fediversum.info/ gesehen?

Das sieht nach einer tollen deutschsprachigen Ergänzung aus zu https://fedi.tips/ und https://fediverse.info/

Die Seite ist #neuhier, zugehörige Fedi-Accounts (der Macher*innen oder des Projekts) listet die Seite leider allerdings (noch) nicht.

EDIT: Das ist von @jools, siehe auch https://missocial.de/display/7b2a4035-1769-501e-d176-a5f919459467 (danke an @0mega für den Hinweis)

#fediverse #fediversum #didit #dutgemacht

00:34—Good night #Fediverse! 😴💤

new year update on what I'm using: #phanpy and #pl-fe as desktop clients, my own #fedicat and a bit of #IceCubes on iOS, hosting this and other official accounts on #mastohost, account on iosdev.space is super useful for ios dev, random posting on universeodon.com (basically where I started in the #fediverse, in retrospect I would have picked something with a shorter domain), love using #neodb and #bookwyrm, and thanks to all the admins out their hosting my test accounts!

Also mit dem #fediverse und #mastodon bin ich noch nicht so herzlich warm geworden. Aber das ist so ok.
Da mich der #diday doch irgenwie infiziert hat und die Entwicklung in USA "näh so dolle" (wie der Erzgebirger sagt) ist, hab ich noch das Projekt #GrapheneOS für mich gestartet.
Bei Ebay hab ich mir ein Pixel 7a geschossen und heute #GrapheneOS installiert. Die Installation der Apps mit Login zieht sich noch etwas...
Hat Jemand Interesse an einem Erfahrungsbericht?

Aus meiner Sicht ist der #DIday von @marcuwekling eine sehr gute Gelegenheit, das #Fediverse für den Mainstream-Diskurs relevanter zu machen – und damit die Gesellschaft unabhängiger von X, Insta, TikTok etc.

Das ist aber kein Selbstläufer, sondern braucht Aktivismus. Ein sehr wichtiger Hebel sind naheliegenderweise Multiplikator:innen, z.B. Streamer oder Youtuber. Um diese fürs Fediverse zu gewinnen, könnte dedizierte Crowd-Lobby-Arbeit helfen, also z.B. Koordiniert Kommentare schreiben und hochvoten oder das Fediverse in den Commuity-Discord-Servern thematisieren.

Alleine macht das weder Sinn noch Spaß, darum habe ich mal eine Signal Gruppe gegründet. Wer mitmachen will ist herzlich willkommen.

https://signal.group/#CjQKIAbMYQ5sq9bz6Jogyscv0SM1AUeoz87-OXgGaRAduyG3EhDALvY7VeTEfyVcTu72SzCt

#39c3 #saveSocial #didit

Ich hätte im Moment sehr gerne das alte unaufgeregte #Fediverse zurück *seufz

In the #Fediverse there are now
716 media accounts federated by @Flipboard.
480 were active today.

Some accounts, that were active today are
@Le_Parisien
@ELLE_de
@PureWow
@verywell
@Zett

Find the whole list on:
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Built by @mho

#MastodonMigration #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Media #Press #Newspaper #TwitterMigration #Newstodon

Ha! You can run an entire Mastodon/Fediverse server on your phone 🤩

https://holos.social

#Fediverse #Mastodon

Week in Fediverse 2026-01-02

Servers

- Vernissage Server v1.27.0
- Ktistec v3.2.6
- Pleroma v2.10.0
- Wafrn v2026.01.01
- NeoDB v0.12.7
- PieFed v1.4.1
- shops v0.1.9
- Loops v1.0.0-beta.7
- Mitra v4.16.0
- Agora: A distributed knowledge graph
- December 2025: hooo boy! (Bandwagon)

Clients

- Pachli v3.3.0
- IceCubesApp v2.1.1
- Loops Mobile App v1.0.1.19
- Voyager v2.43.1
- P2Play v0.10.0
- tooi: A text-based user interface for Mastodon, Pleroma and friends

Tools and Plugins

- Mastodon to Bluesky v1.5.0
- Altbot v2.5

For developers

- funfedi.dev schemas v0.1.0
- apsig v0.6.0
- apkit v0.3.7

Articles

- A case for organisations running their own ActivityPub servers
- Fediverse predictions

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019b5b98-13e5-ff26-3605-f31d929bf9bf

Just FYI, just updated the Fedi.Garden website so it now has a different general server as the default suggestion, alongside a couple of other good ones and a link to over 100 other good ones.

This is what people see if they click on "Please suggest a good server":

➡️ https://fedi.garden/i-want-to-join-the-fediverse-but-im-not-sure-which-server-to-choose

I'll keep rotating which server is in the featured position based on a selection of good general servers suitable for beginners. This way the growth will be spread out 🙂

#Fediverse

January is fediverse punk month.

https://allpunkspleaseleavemeta.com/

#Fediverse #ActivityPub

added tooi and microblog.pub to my #fediverse on #codeberg list

https://codeberg.org/technicat/fediverse-on-codeberg

Happy New PEERS! We're now on #PeerTube, along with https://jam.coop (@jamcoop) and https://bandwagon.fm(@benpate), under the Fun Music Place banner (also the name of the Discord at https://discord.com/invite/VjKq26raKX where you can often find us chatting about our projects). 🎉🐦‍⬛

https://tv.gravitons.org/a/funmusicplace

#Music #Videos #FunMusicPlace #Fedi #Fediverse #Federated #FediMusic #JamCoop #BandwagonFM #Mirlo #Musicians

You can simply use relay instances to be interconnected with other instances to exchange posts and it works seamless with #Mastodon, #Pleroma, #snac / #snac2 and many other ones! If you're in tech, you might want to use:

https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com

You can simply add it to get a bigger reach but also to get more interesting content into your own timeline which becomes even more important on single user- & smaller instances.

#activitypub #mastodon #fediverse #opensource #bsd #runbsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #debian #proxmox #xcpng #talos #coding #programming #fediwall #relay #fedirelay #acitivitypubrelay #selfhost #homelab #community

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Activity Pub / Fediverse Relay

Reasons for optimism at the turn of the year: reflections on the fediverses, the ATmosphere, and whatever comes next

https://privacy.thenexus.today/reasons-for-optimism-at-the-turn-of-the-year/

#fediverse #ActivityPub #ATmosphere

🗣AM ENDING 2025 WITH A BOOST & FAVE

look who just arrived in time to welcome the new year: my THING1 & THING2 gifts in #plushtodon form, #Boost & #Fave.

it was hard to get a good pic of us together by myself, so i hope you don’t mind the potato quality of my tablet’s pics.

i haven’t stopped smiling since i opened the package.

🗣HAPPY NEW #FEDIVERSE YEAR TO YOU ALL

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my new plushtodon twins, Boost and Fave

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Fave kept hogging the shot in this selfie with me

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Boost thought you can’t see them because they think they blend with the blue of the art on the wall

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this is the best i could do with the 3 us in the shot: Boost, me in the middle, and Fave

Here's your chance to see the fediverse platform Bonfire in action (without having to install it or create an account)

Our favorite fedi live streamer, @ozoned is going to be streaming an install and walk through soon (Jan 2 at 8 AM CST).

Add it to your calendars and #JoinIn

https://freestreamers.btfree.org/event/bonfire-install-and-config-livestream

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Bonfire #HomeLab

Exactly one year ago, on 30th December 2024, I laid the foundation of FediMeteo.

I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.

Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.

FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.

If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:

* OpenMeteo - @openmeteo - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful

* @grunfink - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM

* FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort

* FediFollows - @FediFollows - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project

*All of you*, who suggested, encouraged, corrected, and celebrated this project

And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.

Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉

#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse

I took a VM, installed FreeBSD, and set up the first jail to support Italy. The goal was to create a tool for my own use, support a few countries, and announce it.

Unexpectedly, the enthusiasm was incredible. That pushed me to keep going, support more countries and cities, and turn it into what it is today.

FediMeteo now supports 38 countries and 2,937 cities, with more than 7,700 followers in the Fediverse alone, not counting the many people who follow via RSS feeds or visit the web pages.

If you are curious to read the story and some technical details, you can find it here:
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2025/02/26/fedimeteo-how-a-tiny-freebsd-vps-became-a-global-weather-service-for-thousands/

Today is also Tuesday, a #ThankYouTuesday, so I want to say thanks to:

• OpenMeteo - @openmeteo@fosstodon.org - for providing accurate, high quality data, without which FediMeteo would be far less useful

• @grunfink@comam.es - creator of snac, who made all of this possible using very few resources, on a 4 euro per month VM

• FreeBSD, which thanks to the efficiency of the OS and its jail implementation made it possible to run this service in a stable and efficient way with minimal effort

• FediFollows - @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services - that periodically spreads the word about cities, countries, and the enthusiasm around the project

And forward toward supporting more countries and other interesting features already in the works.

Happy birthday, FediMeteo! 🎉

#FediMeteo #HappyBirthday #Meteo #Weather #FreeBSD #snac #snac2 #OpenMeteo #Fediverse

This week's #fediverse news - Fediverse Report #131

- How age verification laws impact the fediverse, both how we understand the network as well as the impact on server admins
- CrowdBucks is a new crowdfunding platform for the fediverse
- Google's Play Store requirements for clients result in @apps creating different versions for their app on FDroid

https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-131/

Two Fediverse clients I like are Elk and Phanpy, but both had the same issue: the inability to filter "replies" and "boosts" from the timeline. For me this is essential. I can't keep up with my timeline, and if I also see replies to posts unrelated to what I follow, it just becomes chaos. So I tried to implement these filters and opened a PR.

The Elk developers have already merged it into the main branch, so we should soon see the two hide options appear in Elk. Hopefully the same will happen in Phanpy as well, because this greatly improves the experience on two excellent Fediverse tools, which are also compatible with snac.

https://github.com/elk-zone/elk/pull/3482

https://github.com/cheeaun/phanpy/pull/1400

#Fediverse #snac #Mastodon #elk #phanpy

I've had Honk, a light hearted activitypub platform, installed for quite awhile now. Updating and installing were simple enough that I could do it, but I honestly have no idea how to use it!

It's fun to say I've honked something tho. 🦆

Are there any other Honkers out there?

I'll write up my notes on the install process (has been stored away in my journal for over a year) before I uninstall.

https://humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Honk

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A dark-themed digital interface with a purple background. It features text fields for entering information, including options to attach files, add coordinates, and a button for advanced settings. There are also buttons for previewing and canceling.

Let's stress test the Fediverse on new year's.

Let's all make a nice "happy new year!" post (add media for bonus) and see if our beautiful decentralised network can handle it.

Boost for increased load. 😎

#Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub #NYE #NYE2025

It's live.

I've just released my final software update for 2025, which includes 100% fidelity account migrations between #Bandwagon servers.

This long-overdue enhancement means that everyone can take their identity to any other #Emissary server on the #Fediverse. EVERYTHING moves with you.. music uploads, album sales, everything. And, your followers are forwarded to your new address.

There's plenty more, including a 2025 recap, and some plans for 2026 here: https://bandwagon.fm/2025-december

SocialOntario.ca is a new Mastodon server for Ontarians and anyone connected to Ontario, Canada.

https://socialontario.ca

You can find out more at https://socialontario.ca/about or contact the admin account @Mathew

#FeaturedServer #Ontario #Canada #Canadian #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

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/