jrollans.com is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
I'm sure it's not massively known quite yet, so I'll mention them again:
There's a Fedi scraper on multiple instances that's been here for about 6 months now. It won't go away.
Search for "Awakari" on your instance and block/report every account with the same profile pic, as a data scraper.
I've posted about them 7 or 8 times now because they've made multiple instances to ban evade. Those instances include Awakari.com, Awakari.app, and Indy.rest
The owner is Akurilov@mastodon.social
Just thought I should keep mentioning them for the new users that haven't blocked them yet, as Mastodon Gmbh seems content with allowing them to operate from their instance.
A nice, detailed list of major Fediverse milestones, with sources.
https://codeberg.org/ddfon/federated-sns/src/branch/main/mycelial-web-history.markdown
Just seen someone unironically call Fediverse, "The Mastodon Network".
I don't have the energy to correct them anymore.
I, for one, refuse to bow to Mastodon overlords.
To each their own though.😑
#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #MastodonNetwork #Centralization #Centralized
is anyone building a selfhosted federated #cohost alternative or working on an importer for cohost users who are about to have to find a new home? #fediverse
When discussing BlueSky, it's not entirely correct to say that "everyone is on the same server".
I used to think the same way.
However, I've been informed over time, by very knowledgeable people that it's more complicated than that.
If you're knowledgeable about Fediverse and how the protocol works and are interested in a comparison, I posted a detailed explanation of *my understanding* of how BlueSky works and what I believe are it's shortcomings here:
@dan_the_architect @lisamelton The Venn diagram of “#Fediverse is not #Mastodon” and “it’s actually #GNU / #Linux” people is a single circle
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 83
This week's news:
- The signup wave from Brazil to #Bluesky continues, adding more than 3 million accounts in just over a week
- Fediverse integration for the podcast app Truefans
- Firefish has died another dead, and the project now has definitively come to an end
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-83/
Did you know that Pleroma, a Fediverse software, has the option to make "followers only" posts that reach their instance, public on their instance if they choose?
They can also automatically deny deletion requests if they want.
It's always important to remember that there's very little privacy on the internet. If you post something, even if it may seem private, always has several ways of going public and existing forever.
Pretty much everything on the internet is public and will not be deleted on request.
Screenshots and internet archive also exist.
If you don't want your post to be seen by most people, don't post it.
You are not safe just because the software or platform you're using says you are.
Week in Fediverse 2024-09-06
Servers
- snac v2.58
- tootik v0.12.2
- Mitra v3.4.0
Clients
- PleromaFE v2.7.1
- Pachli v2.8.1
- Fedicat 9-5-24
- Dhaaga v0.9.0
- Jerboa v0.0.72
- Phanpy changelog
Tools and Plugins
- Peertube livechat plugin v11.0.0
- Fedinesia v3.2.3
- FediFetcher v7.1.7
Articles
- You Can't Join Mastodon
- A Brief History of the Fediverse Symbol
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0191a523-e1e8-1e49-174d-d7fa26db48ba
This one is for server admins and moderators 👇
Would you be open to new trying technology built to help you manage your Mastodon server?
Please boost for more visibility!
#Fediverse #Mastodon #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Admin #Server #Patchwork
Yes, I want to try new things!: | 1 |
Maybe...: | 1 |
No, I'm content at the moment: | 0 |
With #FediForum coming up next week, we thought we'd give you a little more info on our new service for server admins - Patchwork.
Patchwork servers won't just benefit the admins who run them, but also the people who use them. For example, admins can choose to add complex post types to their server, including:
- Long Posts
- Post Scheduling
- Rich text
- Local Only Posts
We're happy to chat to server admins about what Patchwork can do!
"For Fediverse 2.0 to be a meaningful hub, pulling different platforms and protocols together, we can’t just be providing plumbing for Meta and Google. Going beyond a debate about people vs protocols, we need to add in a third “p” that’s definitely not plumbing: politics."
Going beyond recent migration and into the future, take a look at what @michael thinks the next steps are: https://www.blog-pat.ch/brazil-bluesky-fediverse/
Ooh, https://fediverseexplorations.org is mentioned on the German version of the Wikipedia article about the fediverse!
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
But not the English version, hmm 🤔
We're working on something really exciting for server admins 👀
Patchwork - our server management service - is getting closer to release.
If you're a server admin who wants to become an early adopter and help us test this technology get in touch!
I'm curious about the size of the #fediverse in the #Chinese-speaking world.
I think this is the first time I'm seeing a fediverse post embedded in an article by a major news site.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/1/24232298/sub-club-fediverse-make-money
Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 82
This week's news:
- A massive signup wave on #Bluesky after Brazil bans X
- Premium feeds in the fediverse with @subclub
- Moderated microblogging groups by @newsmast
- Popular tech show WVFRM with YouTuber @mkbhd discusses the fediverse as the protocol wars.
- Hiding comments and preventing quote posts with Bluesky's latest update
Read at https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-82/
Well, if anyone wants to share this with their Brazilian friends:
"O fediverso é vasto. Ele é formado por milhares de comunidades com milhões de pessoas como eu e você, que querem se conectar e compartilhar."
Week in Fediverse 2024-08-30
Servers
- tootik v0.12.1
- Mitra v3.3.0
Clients
- IceCubesApp v1.10.50
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta36
- Tuba v0.8.3
- Pachli v2.8.0
- Fedicat v8-28-24
- Aria v0.14.4
- Quiblr: An intuitive, accessible, and modern interface to connect users to the fediverse
Tools and Plugins
- Fediverse Redirect v1.13.5
- Lemmy Schedule v1.12.0
For developers
- Fedify v0.14.0
- Bovine v0.5.11
- FedIAM: Login and access control based on open identities
Articles
- Telegram's CEO's Arrest Should Be A Wake Up Call For Social Media Admins & CEOs
- A Developer’s Guide to ActivityPub and the Fediverse
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0191808a-5231-b9bf-a8f2-0b7308e06753
I have continued to add #fediverse icons to https://fediverse.wake.st and now have 107 fediverse projects represented. I would love for this to become more of a community resource! If you want to help please come join in at https://codeberg.org/FediverseIconography/pages
On the #Korean #fediverse, there's a word called #聯親 (yeonchin; literally “fedifriend”) which stands for #聯合宇宙 #親舊 (yeonabuju chingu; literally “fediverse friend”). It means someone who follows each other or frequently exchanges replies. It's only used on the fediverse!
We’re very proud to announce that we’ve worked with @tchambers & team to build a new membership-only group on the Fediverse!
@KamalaHarrisWin is a group dedicated to organising and discussing Harris’s 2024 campaign. With better moderation controls the people there can focus on what matters, like protecting democracy, rather than having to fight through trolls and bots.
We hope the members are enjoying it! 🥥🌴
A moment of gratitude for @imdavidpierce - The Verge's editor-at-large - for his coverage of the #Fediverse.
While most other tech publications and reporters ignore it, David has been a great champion of it.
He covered the asterism symbol debate on Friday (https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/23/24226755/til-what-an-asterism-is) and wrote a fantastic piece last year: "2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse" https://www.theverge.com/23990974/social-media-2023-fediverse-mastodon-threads-activitypub (thank you @liaizon for pointing out Friday's piece).
Thank you David! 🙏
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 81
This week's news:
- A massive new report on governance on the fediverse by @kissane and @darius
- Conversations on public votes on Lemmy and Mbin, and @piefedadmin users can now make their votes private
- @FediverseSymbol proposes ⁂ as a symbol for the fediverse
- Better #Activitypub debugging with browser.pub
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-81/
X: Probably still my favorite platform but it’s getting worse and worse. At least, my lists and circles are fully functional, the search works quite good and brings me up the desired content. Finding new people gets different and is almost only possible when they commenting things with valuable content. The stream is going in the wrong direction (at least for me), where videos of fights, death or typical “sex sells” posts are shown. But working with communities and lists is still a great way to use it.
Fediverse: Runningm my own instance here for month. Sure no ads, but just a few interactions, finding new content is difficult, using the search is the probably worst experience ever. Sure, an instance cannot have knowledge of all instances in the world but when searching for not even niche content and only finding three posts that are even outdated, this is not useful or a great experience.
Threads: Could have been a great alternative. However, EU accounts do not support Fedi federation and the content is too mainstream in form of the typical Instagram content which is more about “sex sells”.
Blue sky: Anyone really still using it? I haven’t seen anyone anymore there being active.
Nostr: Hm yeah, too nichy.
Conclusion:
X stays on top, because only there I can find and interact content and people. Feediverse is a great alternative when you finally found your matching community where people are sharing your interests, because finding something by the search is just annoying. I can clearly understand why many ones are going back to Twitter/Y.
Week in Fediverse 2024-08-23
Servers
- Mastodon v4.2.12
- Friendica v2024.08
- Mitra v3.2.0
- Azorius v0.4.0
- Manyfold v0.76.0
- Misskey v2024.8.0
- tootik v0.12.0
- Gancio v1.19.0
- PieFed development update August 2024 - prepping for 1.0 release
Clients
- Fedicat 8-23-24
- Pixelfed (React Native) v1.0.0.67
- WriteFreely for iOS v1.0.18
- Tusky v26.1
- Thunder v0.5.1
- Photon v1.31.2
- Aria v0.14.0
Tools and Plugins
- Fedify v0.13.1
- Fedinesia v3.2.0
- LemmySchedule v1.11.0
- Social Sync: Attempts to follow your Bluesky (bsky.brid.gy) follows and Threads follows via the Mastodon API
- ActivityPub-Kotlin: Kotlin implementation of ActivityPub
Protocol
- FEP-eb22: Supported ActivityStreams types with NodeInfo
Articles
- Fedicache
- Mastodon – on your wrist
- Federated Key Transparency Project Update
- Findings Report: Governance on Fediverse Microblogging Servers
- Flohmarkt is a Fediverse Marketplace
- The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)
- Privacy Policies on the Fediverse: A Case Study of Mastodon Instances
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01915c74-9501-5dd1-1104-925876a0417c
Blog post: in which I wade in to (or at least attempt to summarise) the discussion about a symbol for the #Fediverse. #100DaysToOffload #Blaugust2024
Some great recent additions to @FediverseExplorations! I'd love to keep adding more, so definitely let me know if you've written or read anything interesting.
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.9 👩🚀
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/
with shout-outs to @informapirata @Bro666 @dansup @phanpy @fedidb @vjprema @neblem @FediTips
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #piefed #lemmy #reddit #activitypub
Added @sutty (@distributedpress CMS), #gofed, #Habitat, #Forte (streams fork) and #Sakura (Misskey fork) icons to #FediverseIconography at https://fediverse.wake.st (repo at https://codeberg.org/FediverseIconography)
#fediverse #ActivityPub
Friends of the #BSDCafe and of the #Fediverse,
initially, for just over a year, BSD Cafe's media was stored in a FreeBSD physical server jail with an outgoing bandwidth of 250 Mbit/sec. To address bandwidth congestion, I had integrated Cloudflare with a tunnel, serving media (and only media) through Cloudflare.
In line with the principles of self-hosting and data ownership, I’ve decided to remove Cloudflare. This has led to some bandwidth congestion when media was posted and slower download speeds for users, particularly during peak times. This is because as soon as content is published and federated servers are notified, they will rush (depending on how full their queues are) to download the newly published content - media included.
I’ve now revised the setup (currently in beta) by moving DNS management to two personal nameservers run with PowerDNS. The media server remains the same, but I’ve added two reverse proxies, one in the USA and one in Germany (the media server is in Poland). They're connected to the Media server via WireGuard.
I’ve installed the excellent Varnish and created a custom VCL. Media requests will be directed by the PowerDNS LUA scripts to the caller's closest reverse proxy. Nginx will pass requests to Varnish, which will serve data from the cache if available. If not, it will fetch from the original server, but request volume has decreased significantly.
I’m analyzing the results, and they look very promising. I may expand this home-made CDN by adding more VPSs, potentially closer to Asia and Oceania.
A detailed blog post will follow.
Stay tuned!
#SelfHosting #DataOwnership #OwnYourData #Varnish #PowerDNS #ReverseProxy #CDN #BSDCafeUpdates #BSDCafeServices #BSDCafeAnnouncements
Hello Fedi Friends!
I've been running lots of #interoperability tests between #Lemmy #PieFed #Mbin and the rest of the #Fediverse and I've been learning so many interesting things! I cannot wait to write about all this for #TheFutureIsFederated. (For the record these are content aggregators, the Fedi’s answer to #Reddit).
I may have to resort to hand-written graphs because some of the stuff is a bit convoluted 😅
Spoiler alert:
#Mbin ↔️ #Mastodon ✅🥳
#Mbin ↔️ #Friendica ❌😵💫
#Mbin ↔️ #Lemmy ⚠️😐
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 80
This week's news:
- A British migration wave to #Bluesky as the UK gov feuds with Musk
- @Flipboard expands their fediverse integration
- Some thoughts on how experimental features on Bluesky get repurposed by the community for different goals instead
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-80/
I've just updated my blog post on installing Mastodon on FreeBSD, making it clearer and more streamlined.
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2022/11/23/installing-mastodon-on-a-freebsd-jail/
Week in Fediverse 2024-08-16
Servers
- Castopod v1.12.9
- honk v1.4.1
- Trunk & Tidbits, July 2024
Clients
- IceCubesApp v1.10.49
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta34
- Voyager v2.17.0
- Thunder v0.5.0
- Dhaaga: An opinionated, cross-platform (Android & iOS) mobile client for Mastodon and Misskey
Protocol
- FEP-c16b: Formatting MFM functions
- FEP-c0e0: Emoji reactions
Articles
- ForgeFed: Actor Factory
- The Untapped Potential of Fediverse Publishing
- Fediverse for Freedom
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01913802-2bfe-da50-aacd-258558dfe1c6
New blog post - what I mean(t) when I said governments should have their own "sovereign owned/operated" #fediverse instances. #100DaysToOffload #Blaugust2024
If you haven't seen already, @jaz at @iftas shared this brilliant blog yesterday: https://about.iftas.org/2024/08/13/fediverse-trust-and-safety-the-founding-and-future-of-iftas/
It's a really important, in-depth look at how we scale trust & safety on the Fedeiverse.
We've always supported the work of IFTAS, but when you read through this blog it makes you realise just how important they are in the future of this space.
Thank you IFTAS & the whole team!
ProxLB is a Load Balancer for #Proxmox clusters, which rebalances your VM/CT workloads across nodes in your cluster.
https://github.com/gyptazy/ProxLB/releases/tag/v1.0.2
#virtualization #virtualisation #vmware #esxi #esx #kvm #qemu #xcpng #xen #xenserver #alternatives #opensource #free #fediverse #support #migration #VM #virtualmachines #virtualmachines #container #containers #LXC
For this #ThankYouTuesday, I want to express my gratitude to SDF.org.
This long-standing community, thriving and healthy, is built on #NetBSD.
Many years ago (I’d have to dig through old emails, but it’s definitely over 20 years), I reached out to them for advice on setting up a public access server (which I ended up not doing). They were incredibly kind and provided me with a wealth of information.
They are also present in the Fediverse - @SDF - showing that they are always keeping up with the times and looking toward the future.
Long live SDF, and thank you for everything!
#SDFCommunity #Fediverse #TechHistory #Gratitude #RunBSD #Community #ThankYou #SDF
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Login to Newsmast using your Mastodon account to get access to:
- 60+ hand-built topical communities
- Our Amplifier
- Built-in federation control
- Your servers home & following feeds
- Long posts
- Automatic hashtags
- Drafts
- Post scheduling
Download the Newsmast app today or visit on desktop: https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/download-the-app/
Bonjour Fedi Friends (from a small island off the coast of Brittany!) 🇫🇷 🥖
A moment of gratitude this morning for the #Fediverse, #ActivityPub and #Phanpy.
I love how I can seamlessly switch from one Fediverse account to the other to "catch-up" on posts I missed. @cheeaun your platform https://Phanpy.social is AMAAAAZING! It works perfectly not just with #Mastodon, but #Pixelfed AND #Friendica too 💛🏆✨
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 79
This week's news:
- @mmasnick joins Bluesky's Board of Directors
- @bonfire shows some more information on Mosaic, another project of Bonfire, and puts out bounties for developers to help get to a 1.0 release
- A platform for football fans with CollabFC
- 3d printing platform @manyfold has added early #activitypub support
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-79/
Week in Fediverse 2024-08-09
Servers
- mbin v1.7.0
- Manyfold v0.75.0
- snac v2.57
- Socialhome v0.20.0
- Mitra v3.1.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v3.1.0
- honk v1.4.0
- Ktistec v2.2.0
- Castopod v1.12.6
- Gush!: Federated social media platform for sharing the things you love
Clients
- Moshidon v107
- Mastodon for iOS v2024.8
- Voyager v2.15.0
- Eternity v0.2.0
Tools and Plugins
- Fedify v0.13.0
- FediFetcher v7.1.6
Articles
- The Archipelago: An Island Network In Practice
- The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0191141b-f558-57f8-0c0c-fa0f64396a92
Really great write-up about #friendica by @_elena!
"I have often heard people describe Friendica as the Fediverse’s answer to Facebook. [...]
I would say Friendica is an incredibly powerful aggregator of social networks and online content."
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-3-friendica/
"We want to bring organisations and content creators into the Fediverse, step by step."
Our Foundation co-founder has just published an interesting piece on how we're working to help organisations and content creators find their way to the Fediverse!
For more information on what we plan to do as a charity and how Patchwork, a new service we'll be launching soon, can help 👇
https://www.blog-pat.ch/enter-the-fediverse/
#Fediverse #SocialMedia #FediDev #FediAdmin #MastoDev #MastoAdmin #Technology
Hello Fedi Friends! I'm planning to cover #Friendica in the next issue of my newsletter #TheFutureIsFederated and I have a question for power users.
What is a feature you love, that you wish new users would know about right off the bat? Or something that is not widely known and that makes Friendica really special for you?
Personally I love being able to follow my favorite blogs via RSS integration...
I would really appreciate it if you could boost this ✨🙏✨
the #fediverse audio player in https://statuzer.com looks quite nice, I would love to see more people experiment with more media focused fedi features mixed in with the microblogging interfaces
This is a milestone worth celebrating!
In development as we speak, @forgejo can now federate comments (and tons of other stuff) from issues in repos!!!
The first screenshot is @algernon (a Forgejo account able to be tagged in this post!) commenting on the issue: https://shoes.forgejo.madhouse-project.org/algernon/federation-test/issues/4 as seen in @phanpy while logged into my Mastodon account!
#fediverse #ActivityPub #FediDev #federation #forgejo #git #GitFederation
New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 78
This week's news:
- @gotosocial latest update adds reply controls
- Conversations about racism on the fediverse, leading to work on a separate allow-list based federated network
- @peertube adds automatic video transcription using Whisper
- A closer look at Patchwork, an upcoming plugin system for Mastodon
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-78/
Some recent articles I wrote about the #fediverse:
"A lot of people think that the pentacle was chosen because of its occult or satanic connotations."
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/the-history-of-the-fediverse-logo/
Analysis of the usage of link verification feature.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/verification-in-the-fediverse/
A look at custom emoji used across the fediverse.
Week in Fediverse 2024-08-02
Servers
- Pleroma v2.7.0
- PeerTube v6.2.1
- Misskey v2024.7.0
- gathio v1.5.0
- Activity-Relay v2.0.6
- Castopod v1.12.4
- ActivityPub for Wordpress v3.0.0
- Iceshrimp v2023.12.9
- NeoDB v0.10.4.5
Clients
- Husky v1.6.0
- Impressia v3.0.0
- IceCubesApp v1.10.46
- Voyager v2.14.0
- Pachli v2.7.0
- Moshidon v106
Tools and Plugins
- Fediverse Redirect v1.13.4
- Poduptime v5.3.1
Articles
- Verification in the fediverse
- The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 2: Wordpress ↔️ Fediverse)
- The story behind peertube's transcription feature
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0190f14b-a6ea-81cc-c715-78f423020ed9
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.7 👩🚀
The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 2: #Wordpress ↔️ #Fediverse)
https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-part-2-wordpress-fediverse/
with shout-outs to @pfefferle @oblomov @evan @cwebber
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog
Speaking of #fediverse #icons and #logos, I have to give a shout out to @liaizon, who's been doing incredible work over at https://fediverse.wake.st.
"A lot of people think that the pentacle was chosen because of its occult or satanic connotations. And while it would be in Fediverse's rebellious spirit, this was not the case."
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/the-history-of-the-fediverse-logo/
Hey, anyone running a WordPress site interested in helping me test a fediverse sharing button plugin before I submit it for review?
https://github.com/stefanbohacek/fediverse-share-button-wordpress/
(EDIT: You can use the "Code" -> "Download ZIP" button.)
Here's more about the project: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-sharing-button/
#wordpress #WordpressPlugin #fediverse #SharingButton #SocialMedia #webdev
Rather than a #FollowFriday #ff recommendation, I'd like to propose that those of us outside of the #BlackTwitter #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi community on here broaden who we follow.
Even if for just a few days, and then unfollow later on. Just to get a sense of what is going on outside of our usual bubbles.
I seriously don't want to see another "show me an example of racism" comment.
This week we want to talk to you about Patchwork, an upcoming project, using technology we developed for Newsmast to make new and existing spaces on the social web more safe, more connected and more fun!
Here’s an update from our Foundation Ambassador @FreddieJ 👇
#SocialMedia #Fediverse #FediDev #FediAdmin #Technology #Tech
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.5 👩🚀
"How do you get more 'regular people' and more friends on the Fediverse? I’ve sketched a plan"
I would LOVE to hear your feedback and suggestions about how to improve this plan...
#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog