Let's take a moment to explore the concept of my block list.

"Billy Bob" is like:

> "I like child porn and share photos and videos of child porn."

So naturally, Billy Bob ends up on the block list. But along comes "Mary Sue," and she is like:

> "I support Billy Bob, and I am going to like, share, and boost Billy Bob's post."

So naturally, Mary Sue ends up on the block list. Then along comes "John Doe," and he is like:

> "It is completely unfair of you to add Mary Sue to your block list! Mary Sue is not Billy Bob — and so what if she is liking, sharing, and boosting Billy Bob's child porn post? I do not believe anyone should use your block list, and I insist that people should block you instead."

A wise person sees the problem and knows why all of these people are now on the block list, and why anyone who claims the block list is unfair should also be on the block list. No one should be defending child porn, nor the individuals who like, share, and boost child porn posts, nor should they come to the defense of such individuals while denouncing both the block list and its creator.

I am applying this exact same logic to spammers and scammers. It is not a hard concept to understand, and it is not unfair either — unless you are pro-spammer and pro-scammer.

(Speaking personally, I see scammers as just as bad as pedophiles, because they too often prey upon the weak, vulnerable, and defenseless. Scammers are known to target the young, the elderly, and the disabled.)

https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse/-/blob/main/block_spam_scam_users.csv?ref_type=heads&plain=1

#Spam #Scam #Fraud #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Pedophiles #pedophile #FediBlock #Fediverse #ActivityPub #BlockList

@evgandr

I am glad you find my list useful. You're not the only one — there are many.

The big problem here on the Fedi is that it reminds me of the historical build-up to World War II. Before things turned violent in Germany, but when the climate was already bad, people were too fearful to speak the truth out of fear of retaliation.

On the Fediverse, I receive many messages from people acknowledging that the scam group, gaza "verified," is spammy and scammy. But it has become "taboo" to say that out loud because the group has 357 members, plus their dummy accounts and friends, who are never shy about attacking people or dog-piling on them.

They've weaponized!

So, of course, I am going to include the individuals who also promote them, share their spam, and defend them. If you don't want the spam, why would anyone want the people sharing the spam and defending the spam. It is the logical choice!

It is laughable that they claim that's crossing a line.

I use FediLab too (see URL). If I have to self-host this in the future, I may.

https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse

#Spam #Scam #Fediverse #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #FediBlock #ActivityPub

@LinuxBSD

Pixelfed is not for sale. It never was.

I've turned down 6 and 7 figure offers, and I'd do it again tomorrow. Some things matter more than a beach and a Peach Bellini.

We're building something generational here. Something that outlives us if we get it right.

100M+ people. Ethically sustainable. Admins and creators get paid.

You deserve better, and we're going to build it together.

#activityPub #fediverse #together #notForSale

Fediverse Software Distribution (from https://fedidb.com)

#fediverse #activityPub #fediDB

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Fediverse Software Distribution

The Fediverse - a platform that rules them all

hyperblog.de/hoergen/en/posts/…
#demhoergen #hyperblog #fediverse #mastodon #friendica #activitypub #digital sovereignty #data protection #decentralization

An assessment framework for management and decision-makers - why the Fediverse answers the strategic question of the communication platform anew and which criteria really matter.

Das Fediverse - eine Plattform die alles beherrscht

hyperblog.de/hoergen/posts/202…
#demhoergen #hyperblog #fediverse #mastodon #friendica #activitypub #digitalesouveränität #datenschutz #dezentralisierung

Ein Prüfrahmen für Management und Entscheider - warum das Fediverse die strategische Frage der Kommunikationsplattform neu beantwortet und welche Kriterien wirklich zählen.

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1,467 accounts spreading spam or participating in scams, along with the people who promote, defend, or otherwise amplify their existence on the Fediverse.

Save as a CSV file, for example, block.csv, import (upload) the file, and merge it with your current block list.

https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse/-/blob/main/block_spam_scam_users.csv?ref_type=heads&plain=1

#Spam #Scam #Fraud #FediBlock #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Save as a CSV file, for example, block.csv, import (upload) the file, and merge it with your current block list.

https://gitflic.ru/project/fediverse-express/fediverse/blob?file=block_spam_scam_users.csv&branch=main&mode=code

#Spam #Scam #Fraud #FediBlock #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub

1,457 accounts spreading spam or participating in scams, along with the people who promote, defend, or otherwise amplify their existence on the Fediverse.

Save as a CSV file, for example, block.csv, import (upload) the file, and merge it with your current block list.

https://gitlab.com/Fediverse-Express/Fediverse/-/blob/main/block_spam_scam_users.csv?plain=1

#Spam #Scam #Fraud #FediBlock #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin #Mastodon #Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub

The Fediverse - a platform that rules them all

hyperblog.de/hoergen/en/posts/…
#demhoergen #hyperblog #fediverse #mastodon #friendica #activitypub #digital sovereignty #data protection #decentralization

An assessment framework for management and decision-makers - why the Fediverse answers the strategic question of the communication platform anew and which criteria really matter.

Das Fediverse - eine Plattform die alles beherrscht

hyperblog.de/hoergen/posts/202…
#demhoergen #hyperblog #fediverse #mastodon #friendica #activitypub #digitalesouveränität #datenschutz #dezentralisierung

Ein Prüfrahmen für Management und Entscheider - warum das Fediverse die strategische Frage der Kommunikationsplattform neu beantwortet und welche Kriterien wirklich zählen.

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Of all the ActivityPub servers that have ever been publicly available, how many do you think are still up today?

#EvanPoll #poll #fediverse #activitypub #sustainability

Week in Fediverse 2026-10-02

Servers

- PeerTube v8.3.1
- Hollo v0.9.20
- Mastodon v4.7.3
- Ibis v0.3.4
- Wafrn v2026.10.01
- Hometown v1.3.0
- Misskey v2026.10.0
- NeoDB v0.19.5
- Hatsu v0.3.5
- Wanderer v0.21.0

Clients

- Pachli v3.9.0
- Fedilab v3.45.0
- chan-fe v0.4.0
- PeerTube Mobile v2.3.0

For developers

- Fedify v2.4.0
- activitypub-federation-rust v0.6.6
- Fedipub v0.10.0

Protocol

- FEP-070c: Block synchronization across servers
- FEP-302f: QuantPub — federated personal metrics for quantified-self sharing
- FEP-6757: Content License Metadata in ActivityPub

Articles

- Why Does Nobody Use Lemmy?
- Fediverse News – Summer 2026

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01a0dbf1-5095-74a1-b198-2872b783a198

@dansup @hongminhee I made a PR that I think captures all the errors you two reported.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/943

I thought I'd be able to slip it into the original PR, but @FenTiger landed the original really quickly. 🙏🏼

#FEP #ActivityPub #CreativeCommons #licensing

#Snac2 #ActivityPub

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Operations menu showing controls for manually following, boosting, liking and emojireacting (disabled on my server but still an option here!).

@fabio support for live streams now available in #Songhive.

Spin up your instance, upload your songs, create an HTTP stream mount point, queue your songs there from the Web player, and share a link so friends can tune in to your radio.

manganiello.music/streams

Or, if you want to directly point your audio player to the direct stream:

manganiello.music/streams/fabio.mp3

Big shout to @nemo who has also been testing Songhive lately. He has an account @nemo and a night time radio stream too 😆

#music #streaming #ActivityPub

https://fediverse.info/why

#fediverse #socialWeb #activityPub

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A network one company owns can be sold, shut down or turned against the people who built their lives on it. A network nobody owns can't.

Nobody owns email. Nobody should own your social life either.

When you want to show someone why they should join the fediverse, show them this:

https://fediverse.info/why

#fediverse #activitypub

I finally created a #FEP for using #CreativeCommons licenses (and other licenses) in #ActivityPub.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/939

There's a new very lightweight Fediverse platform that's just been released called littleFedi. You can follow its new official account at:

🌱 @littlefedi_official

Its official website including download and source code is at:

🌱 https://littlefedi.org

LittleFedi is intended for techy people who want to create their own Fediverse server using as few resources as possible.

It's written by @stefano (who also created the weather service FediMeteo).

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #FOSS #SelfHosting

LittleFedi is an excellent light weight but fully featured Fediverse platform (ActivityPub). I've been kicking tires and providing feedback on the test instance and excited for the first release to give it a go self-hosted.

@stefano has been leading a master class in community and developer relations. He has been stewarding the team and user community with enthusiasm and transparency. Congratulations to Stefano and the team.

Here's a great story of the project's genesis and journey. https://littleone.littlefedi.social/@littlefedi_official/01a0f644-8ed6-7a7d-ade6-46f4c0a74f41

#littleFedi #ActivityPub #Fediverse #FOSS #SelfHosting

Why is #ActivityPub missing from the Local First Conference?

#LocalFirstConference #fediverse

It's out! https://littlefedi.org/

Congratulations and massive thanks to @stefano!

#littlefedi #activitypub

The End of the Fediverse

It all comes down to money and availability.

You, whether you like it or not, are a valuable resource, and so is all your content and your users' content. There is no law preventing AI from combing through your site, and it will.

Meta's AI already makes micro-instances and uses Mozilla Firefox to browse sites, preventing people from blocking a user agent. Their AI can even register and join your community, and CAPTCHAs are not a problem. They are already exploring piggybacking off their apps — think Tor, but for Meta — and soon even consumer IPs will not be a safe bet.

Resistance is futile.

Locking down the Fediverse means people cannot know if your community is one where they will be welcomed until after they join — assuming you even have registration open.

If worse comes to worse, AI can simply launch their own Fedi site, joining the network, and scraping content by Federating. The very thing that makes the Fediverse, the Fediverse..

This is what killed community forums. We are seeing this now within the Fediverse.

It all came down to money and availability: who has it and who does not.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

In today’s session of #IMadeAThing: #Songhive

This is a project that has taken me quite some work in the past months and it’s finally ready to be announced.

Imagine a fully federated (compatible with #ActivityPub and #Webmentions) social network built on top of your music collection.

Not something like #Funkwhale, which only allows individual tracks, albums or playlists to be federated, but a real social network where you have a real profile that can comment, like, boost and quote tracks and anything and follow anyone on any server.

Add custom user-managed audio streams on top of it, with support also for #Icecast and #Snapcast, so you can play your radio with your favourite songs in loop and share an .mp3 link with your friends.

Add support for flexible storage, so you can hook an S3 bucket, a Google Drive, a Dropbox account, a Nextcloud folder, and your music from that storage will be immediately available to be streamed and shared through your server.

Add support for external music services, so you can hook your Jellyfin server or TIDAL account and get your collection all in one place.

Add support for podcasts synchronized over gPodder because why not.

Add support for the #Subsonic API so you can stream your music from your server from Substreamer or any compatible Android/iOS app, and a #mopidy extension to allow you to plug Songhive into your existing music server.

And, most importantly, add support for payments. On two sides:

• For sysadmins: hosting a media server isn’t free, and often it’s not even cheap. Many open-source solutions lack integration with Stripe or crypto and handling of subscriptions. This doesn’t give many incentives to someone to run a small media server for their friends or their band. Songhive provides a paid mode for registration_mode. Admin can set how much they want to charge their users to upload content on their server and how often (weekly, monthly, yearly…)

• For musicians: Songhive supports Stripe Connect integration with the ability to wire any number of payout accounts to the main account on the server. It means that musicians can connect their Stripe account, and set any songs or albums they want for sale for any price they want. Call it the federated #Bandcamp killer if you wish

Links:

• My personal instance: https://manganiello.music
• My federated Songhive profile: @fabio
• Source code: https://git.fabiomanganiello.com/songhive

@PeterBlok ok its your feed personally I don't see any difference between putting the link here or the body of text here

#ActivityPub #Fediverse

Blocks on the fediverse have a consistency problem.

When a Block or Undo Block gets lost between servers, the two sides quietly disagree about who blocked whom. Sometimes that means a blocked account can still reach you.

Our fix, FEP-070c: Block synchronization across servers, is now accepted as a draft. Pixelfed is the first implementation, merged and shipping in our next release.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/070c/fep-070c.md

#pixelfed #pixeldev #activityPub #fediverse

How should we support #ActivityPub creators who want to see their engagement metrics, while ensuring user privacy?

I've got some ideas (https://rochebit.net/posts/analytics), but I'd really love to hear some other perspectives and approaches

Can someone explain to me why was Pixelfed, Loops, and Dansup being singled out for AI use?

There's no shortage of Fediverse software that are either built with AI assistance (including vibe coding), or welcomes AI contribution, but I'm not seeing the same level of outrage.

Did Pixelfed, Loops, and Dansup specifically promise to be AI-free?

#Fediverse #ActivityPub

Pixelfed has never federated Blocks, which can cause some issues, so we came up with a Block Synchronization FEP that is heavily inspired by the Mastodon Follower Collection Sync FEP!

Blocks will soon federate, and Pixelfed will be the first implementation to support this Block Sync FEP.

PR: https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/7583

#pixelfed #blockSynchronization #activitypub #fep

Wrote and submitted my first FEP!

FEP-070c: Block synchronization across servers

Just wrapping up the implementation in Pixelfed as we speak.

https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/pull/7583

#pixelfed #blockSync #fep #activityPub

@berlinfediday @julian I did not know about SciOp.

Great project and they are making a #FEP (https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/d8c8/) to allow #BitTorrent data types in #activitypub - cool!

#FEPd8c8

Hola! We're Protopia: a regenerative farm and co-living lab on 14 hectares of jungle in Costa Rica.

Artists, activists and digital nomads live, work and have fun together: sociocratic governance, pro social tech, evidence based thinking.

Our members work on ActivityPub tools, which is partly why we're here. If you do too, reach out, and come and work from here.

protopia.community

#Introduction #CoLiving #Regenerative #CostaRica #activitypub #community

Blocked domains really should mean blocked domains.

I don't want to see their post even boosted by someone else, and I do not want them to see mine either.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #Akkoma #GoToSocial

RE: https://techhub.social/@manlycoffee/117344978702165876

I decided to donate €527.04 to GoToSocial (€509.66 is going to GoToSocial, and €17.38 in processing fees), lump sum.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #GoToSocial

The scam group known as Gaza Verified continues to do what scam groups do. That includes pressuring people — especially the elderly and disabled — into giving them large sums of money.

Unfortunately, reporting this behavior, even when it seems obvious, may not personally win you any favors, as someone recently learned.

The Fediverse has a scammer problem!

Concerned user:

" Linux have you seen this guy: USER NAME @ mastodon.social?

He seems to be giving a lot to these accounts. I had a look at one of them, and he's given just one of them over £4k in about a month
(eg: https://chuffed.org/project/184394-hanadi-is-a-nurse-graduate-who-need-help-for-her-family).

I hope he's loaded, and he's giving wierd amounts, £9, £8, £50 and then lastly £500! 😕 "

" I already have them on my block list because they were boosting the scam groups post and trying to help them raise money. They're one of their so-called supporters. Although, I haven't yet updated the GIT. The next update will have over 50 or so new accounts. "

" Linux :( he's giving them serious amounts of cash even though they keep guilt-tripping him :(
I did msg him to be careful, but never got a reply.

When I reported https://ieji.de/@hanadinurse88, and told them to stop harrasing the USER NAME guy, some modertor from leji.de reported me, just tagging random posts from me in the report... weird! "

" That whole domain is in my blocked domain list for a reason. There are some sites that are complicit and other sites I suspect are in on it. The Internet and by extension the Fediverse is anonymous, and just became someone is a mod or admin, does not make them a good person. "

" post 2 of 2 (follow-up)

It seems they have removed hanadinurse88, but since they also reported you (to you, not knowing you are the admin of your own site), you see what I am dealing with.

Many scam groups show two sides... a legitimate side and a scammer side. It is how they manage circumstances to their advantage and manipulate moderation systems to evade accountability.

You did the right thing, and it was obvious, so someone couldn't ignore it. But you were also inconvenient to their operation, and so you were reported for voicing yourself.

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The screenshot is of a private message between myself using my alternative account Linux @ fairy.id and a concerned user. The alt text is already included in the post. The names were removed to protect the innocent (the person being taken advantage of and the person who brought this to my attention).

The wanderer app is now in public beta for iOS and Android!

Your self-hosted trail database, in your pocket:
- Find trails across federated instances
- Plan routes on the map
- Record hikes with GPS, no network needed
- Download map regions for offline use
- Turn-by-turn navigation, even offline
- Recordings sync as soon as you're back in range

Admins: the app needs the v0.21.0-app images. Setup guide: https://wanderer.to/run/backend-configuration/mobile-app

It's a beta, so expect rough edges and always carry a backup map. Install via TestFlight, Google Play or APK:
https://wanderer.to/app

#wanderer #selfhosted #hiking #FOSS #ActivityPub #fediverse #OpenStreetMap

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If I made a Federated Search system, and it required 10 gigabytes on a server and 1 gb on a PC using it (caches). Would you host this? Would you use it?

#Activitypub #search

🌐 Es ist wieder Fediverse-Sprechstunde!

Am Montag, 28.09.2026 um 19:30 Uhr treffen wir uns online zu einem Thema, das sehr schön zeigt, wie vielseitig das Fediverse eigentlich ist:

„Was kann man mit ActivityPub noch alles machen? – vutuv und abuuba“

Zu Gast ist @wintermeyer

Mit vutuv schauen wir uns ein berufliches Netzwerk an, das als Alternative zu LinkedIn gedacht ist und bereits mit dem Fediverse verbunden ist.

abuuba verfolgt dagegen einen ganz anderen Ansatz: ein technisches Experiment mit dem Fokus auf Geschwindigkeit und der Frage, was bei einem Fediverse-Server technisch noch möglich ist.

Zwei sehr unterschiedliche Projekte – und genau deshalb dürfte es spannend werden. 😊

Wie immer gilt: Die Fediverse-Sprechstunde lebt nicht nur vom Vortrag, sondern auch von Fragen, Diskussionen und dem gemeinsamen Austausch.

📅 Montag, 28.09.2026
🕢 19:30 Uhr
💻 online : campus.ws-12.de/rooms/8p9-mvy-…

Wer neugierig ist, was mit ActivityPub jenseits der bekannten Anwendungen möglich ist, ist herzlich eingeladen.

📢 Bitte gern teilen – und morgen einfach dazukommen!

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #vutuv #abuuba #FediverseSprechstunde

RE: https://berlin.social/@berlinfediday/117337512329875864

Yep, here's my presentation at Berlin FediDay 2026, where I talked about SciOp and its federation plans. 🙂

That was a really nice environment and audience for this exchange. Good Q&A too. I'm looking forward to the recording of the “research on the fediverse” panel at the end of the session.

#FediDay #ActivityPub #SciOp

Berlin FediDay » 🌐 2026-09-26
@berlinfediday@berlin.social

🧪 @julian — SciOp & decentralised research data rescue
https://fair.tube/w/uQCVZArwr6BitUCbmTfeWJ

📢 Have a look, share the videos and help carry the ideas and discussions from #Fediday further into the Fediverse! 🚀

❤️ And: Fediday should continue!
If you would like to support #Fediday2027:
https://digitalegesellschaft.de/weitermachen/

#Fediverse

That might explain why I have a single instance snac
server, and still get basically spam posts.

I know I get something similar to that when there is
like a secondary relationship thru someone i am following.
But these things I see seemingly have no connecting relationships.

#activitypub

#snac2
#snac

Week in Fediverse 2026-09-25

Servers

- Pixelfed v0.14.0
- Ktistec v3.13.0
- XWiki ActivityPub Extension v1.7.12
- Misskey v2026.9.1
- NeoDB v0.19.3

Clients

- Fedilab v3.44.0
- Smither v3.6.7
- Pixelix v5.2.2
- RaccoonForFriendica v1.1.1
- Aria v1.5.14

Tools and Plugins

- FediFetcher v8.2.1

Protocol

- FEP-c0d0: Context Locking

Articles

- The Algorithm, Apparently Chronological

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Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01a0b604-9fbd-7213-b1c1-8084f3f2447b

FediForum Fall 2026 starts in four weeks, exactly.

Registrations and proposed topics are coming. Check some of what has been proposed so far on https://fediforum.org/2026-10/

#fediforum #opensocialweb #event #activitypub #atproto

Is there a #mastodon or #activitypub mobile or web client which will show you the latest post from each account you follow? So I can more easily see the latest updates from my less frequently posting friends more than my timeline allows?

Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).

Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1) for more information).

The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.

Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).

Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).

A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).

Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.

Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces #FrugalFediverse

Notifications are now shown in a more compact way (i.e. all reactions are shown just above your post, instead of repeating the post ad nauseam for every reaction).

New command-line option unmute to, well, no-longer-mute an actor.

The private timeline now includes an approximate mark between new posts and "already seen" ones.

Fixed a spurious 404 error in the instance root URL for some configurations.

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/

#snacAnnounces

This release has been inspired by the song The Answers to the Questions by #Christabell and #DavidLynch.

Wow, there's way more apps connecting to the fediverse than I thought.. This list is really great, thanks mostly to @smallcircles

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-apps

#fediverse #federation #activitypub