Search results for tag #fediverse
Kinda weird and sus that some Mastodon instances aren't respecting deletes....
Had a post I deleted last week that just got replied to, from a mastodon instance.
And people wonder why casual users don't wanna be here...🤦♂️
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 84
This week's news:
- @fediforum happened this week, with tons of demos and sessions
- the mozilla.social server shuts down
- Mastodon announces a new project to build Fediverse Discovery Providers
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-84/
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Mozilla decided to invest in AI rather than the #fediverse
Mozilla.social will shut down the Mastodon instance...
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#Mozilla abandons #Mastodon and the #Fediverse. Figures.
Mastodon launches a new project that will "[explore] decentralized search and discovery for the Fediverse".
And it's all very privacy-conscious, which is nice!
Announcement: https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/113125057908864709
@lolgop Mastodon is the better choice because it's federated and therefore not owned by one company or a single person. #fediverse
Apparently I have a habit of finding out about Fedi projects ahead of time. Causing me to get excited and leak them before they're announced.😅
That's either whoops or hurray!
Still trying to judge which it is.🤣
Posted about BridgyFed before Ryan announced it was live and just found out I posted about sub.club before it was announced officially.
Ya'll not very good at hiding things tbh! 
Fediblock: literal psychopath. This is serious. [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
Browsing the federated timeline, I came across this post:
https://azure-byte-dragon.x10.mx/archives/359#
Reading it yourself, I'm sure you can see why it's quite concerning.
TL, DR: He's a literal psychopath with homicidal ideations and does not hide that. He also posts about wanting to harm people regularly, it seems.😳
They also detailed their suspension from mastodon.social in this post:
https://azure-byte-dragon.x10.mx/archives/338
There are other outlandish posts on the blog as well, these are just the two that stand out regarding this person's homicidal ideations.
To each their own, but I don't think it's safe to have someone like that out in the open.
What if he decides that he doesn't like his meds anymore and does something absolutely wild like drive cross country to murder another Fediverse user? Or even if they accidentally skip their meds, with the same result?
This is very concerning and I've blocked them for my own safety.
You should consider your safety as well.
Week in Fediverse 2024-09-13
Servers
- ActivityPub for WordPress v3.2.0
- Mbin v1.7.1
- Sharkey v2024.8.1
- Trunk & Tidbits, August 2024
Clients
- Jerboa v0.0.75
- IceCubesApp v1.10.54
- Tuba v0.8.4
- Mastodon for iOS v2024.9
- Voyager v2.17.1
- Photon v1.31.3
- Milktea v2.163.0
- Dhaaga v0.10.0
- Fedicat 9-11-24
- One year on - Pachli
Articles
- An analysis of mastodon adoption dynamics based on instance types
- An evidence-based and critical analysis of the Fediverse decentralization promises
- User Agents for the Social Web
- Bandwagon is Emissary’s Bandcamp Alternative
- Fediverse Discovery Providers
- A Small Compendium of Fediverse Platforms I Use
- E2EE for the Fediverse Update – We’re Going Post-Quantum
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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0191c9dd-e298-8704-376b-acf65079e5ec
@anderspuck @randahl @potus Huh‽ @threads made #ActivityPub opt-in for legal reasons. @wordpressdotcom did the same thing. Both are massive, for-profit corporations who are under a lot of scrutiny.
Turning on #Fediverse sharing as a default option would open #Meta to not only potential personal lawsuits, but more wrath from the @EUCommission (which they are trying to avoid right now).
A small compendium of the Fediverse platforms I use/know well.
In the past few days, I revisited some of my old Fediverse instances since some friends asked me to help them set up a new one. I also took the chance to perform maintenance on some leftover instances. Here's my experience:
Akkoma: My oldest instance still running, opened in 2022. It was offline for a few months (3/4). I updated everything to the latest version and restarted it. I’m not sure why, but it’s extremely slow, with a heavy load on Postgres and many queries just to open the main page. I like Akkoma - I'll investigate further.
GoToSocial: I updated a friend's instance - GoToSocial itself was up-to-date, but the underlying system wasn’t. I noticed that once it exceeds 2000 followings, it becomes a bit slow. The database is PostgreSQL, but that's not the issue. The GoToSocial process becomes somewhat heavy on the VPS. Still, it's very usable and a software with great potential, in my opinion. The Mastodon API is implemented quite well and works with the major software.
Mitra: It seems well-built. The person had around 1000 followers and followings on a Mastodon account, which they moved from a large instance. No speed issues, though sending a message makes the server “heavy” for a bit, but it’s temporary. The Mastodon API is partially implemented, but the software is advancing quickly, and I find its native interface quite pleasant.
Snac2: I've always had a soft spot for Snac2. The lack of a database and some design choices make it an excellent solution for small instances. For example, sending posts to all known instances increases visibility and interaction. Its basic, JavaScript-free interface is very clear, though it might not be the best for those used to Mastodon. But the Mastodon API is improving version by version, and I think the developer is doing an excellent job. It struggles a bit with larger numbers, but that's due to the underlying file system, not the software itself. If "move" support (both in and out) were added, I would recommend it to anyone starting self-hosting for single-user or small community instances because "move" is one of the options that gives the most freedom in Fediverse software.
Mastodon: My “old” personal instance was stuck at version 4.1.x and had been offline for a few months. I updated the FreeBSD Jail and upgraded Mastodon to 4.2.12 and then to 4.3.0-beta1. No issues. I also helped a friend (who had an old Pleroma-based instance they barely used) migrate. This user has around 5000 followers and followings - Mastodon is running on FreeBSD on a VPS (arm64) for just over 3 euros a month, with no significant issues (apart from media storage, but that's not Mastodon’s fault). Mastodon is sometimes said to be heavy, and that's partly true, but its modularity ensures that even in cases of overload, queues may slow down, but navigation and the local timeline remain reasonably fast. I think this is a good thing for any larger-scale use of an instance.
In short, I think things are moving in the right direction, and the software is evolving nicely. Well done, devs!
#Fediverse #Akkoma #GoToSocial #Mitra #Snac2 #Snac #Mastodon #SelfHosting #InstanceManagement #FreeBSD #OpenSource
As a single user instance, I'm glad to see something slighly positive from Mastodon finally.
Still no word on better moderation tools for small instances, though.
Maybe someday.
🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.10 👩🚀
"My Fediverse summer & the top 3 lessons I learned"
https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/
with shout-outs to: @poliverso @phanpy @ivory @MonaApp @pixelfed @Tusky @MoogleMaestro
#TheFutureIsFederated #blog #tech #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #Fediverse #Mastodon #Wordpress #Friendica #Pixelfed #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #Firefish #Ivory #Phanpy
How the whole "open communication across platforms" is going...🤦♂️😩
#Meme #Memes #Fediverse #BlueSky #Threads #Meta #SocialMedia
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A meme that uses the popular "Gru's Plan" format from Despicable Me, where the character Gru presents his plan on a large board, but it backfires on him in the final panel. In this version, the text on the boards represents the current situation with social media platforms after Elon Musk's changes to Twitter.
The first panel shows Gru proudly presenting the board, which reads: "Musk ruins Twitter."
The second panel has Gru pointing to the next part of his plan, which reads: "Some go to Fediverse."
In the third panel, Gru looks content with the next step in the plan, which reads: "Most go to Threads and BlueSky."
The fourth panel shows Gru staring in disappointment, realizing the backfire of the plan, with the board still reading: "Most go to Threads and BlueSky."
The meme humorously reflects the migration of users from Twitter to alternative platforms like the Fediverse, Threads, and BlueSky after Musk's controversial changes. The joke is that, despite some people embracing the Fediverse, the majority of users end up flocking to centralized platforms like Threads and BlueSky, much to the disappointment of those who might have hoped for a broader adoption of decentralized options like the Fediverse.
@crabstangel welcome to the #Fediverse, friend!
New users typically like to post an #introduction, littered with hashtags that are related to their interests so others with similar interests can find easily.
Also, Mastodon isn't the only platform here. There's MANY other softwares with their own uses and interfaces.
Some of those include:
PixelFed, an instagram-like interface.
Peertube, a YouTube-like interface.
Friendica, a facebook-like interface.
WordPress with ActivityPub plugin, full featured blog.
All-in-all, the Fediverse has most social media interfaces that you could want and you just have to decide which would be better for you.
Hope you enjoy it here.
Oh wow, somehow I only got 41% of the questions right in this fediverse quiz @lightone made/shared (?) to celebrate the fediverse turning 14 back in 2022.
Well, time to brush up on some fediverse trivia, especially mascots!
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
I for one welcome Bluesky, the ATmosphere, BTS Army, and millions of Brazilians to the fediverses!
And what better way to do that than with a long post about it?
https://privacy.thenexus.today/bluesky-atmosphere-fediverse/
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:
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!
#FediAdmin #Fediverse #Server #Admin #Patchwork
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The Patchwork logo, a colourful wheel made up of two-line segments, besides text. The text reads: Patchwork for server admins. Now open to early adopters! Reconnect with the community you built. newsmastfoundation.org
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
#fediverse #mastodon #SocialMedia #embeds
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A screenshot from a section of the linked article showing an embedded Mastodon post from Tom Casavant @tom@tomkahe.com.
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
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