Has anyone written a good “Fediverse for Politicians” post?

I want to encourage my representative to include the #Fediverse in their communications strategy. I think the meaningful fundraising demonstrated by #mastodonforharris will be more convincing than technical arguments.

I’d rather not write yet another introduction to #Mastodon and #ActivityPub post, so show me what you’ve got!

I'm a little in over my head, but I'm just about to give a presentation based on my book about #Mastodon to the #IETF120 meeting. I'm going to talk about the development of #ActivityPub to a group interested in standards development:

https://datatracker.ietf.org/meeting/120/materials/agenda-120-rasprg-04

Somebody should just code and replicate #tumblr’s exact user interface/experience and then port it over to the #fediverse. #activitypub

#tumblrpremium

Updating #IndieBlocks’ Facepile block to allow multiple inner [Facepile Content] blocks. Here’s me splitting up likes and bookmarks.

It supports Webmention as well as ActivityPub reactions. As you may be able to tell, the “response count” excludes likes, etc.

While the #ActivityPub plugin for #WordPress does not (yet) support likes, I’ve been able to add support for them through some custom callback functions.

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A (titleless) note on my personal site. Underneath, there’s a number of likes and a single bookmark, as well as some regular replies.

Last Week in #fediverse and #bluesky - ep 77

The news this week:
- Dutch government plans to expand their #Mastodon project
- Nomadic Identity (decoupling user identity from servers) over #activitypub comes to the fediverse
- @openvibe combines Mastodon, #nostr and now Bluesky into a single app and a single feed.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-and-bluesky-ep-77/

Don't show instance announcements in public timelines (contributed by sarahpw).

Added auto boosting. If an account has this flag enabled, all mentions to that account are automatically boosted to all its followers (contributed by sarahpw).

Fixed typos in manpages (contributed by sergiodj).

Some minor performance improvements (contributed by Claire).

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

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/grunfink

#snacAnnounces

Yesterday’s #FediverseMeetup at @offline, #Berlin was so cool and insightful! Lovely to chat with very knowledgeable and interesting folks.

I have been thinking about the discussion so much that last night I dreamt of @liaizon telling the story of how they built their whole self hosted #ActivityPub instance in one single #PHP file.

This is not true and I have no idea how my unconscious could have conceived this ahahah

#Fediverse

TIL #ChatMessage type, a vendor-specific #ActivityPub extension proposed by #Pleroma. It's also used by #Lemmy and #Mbin.

Thanks for @melroy letting me know!

https://docs.pleroma.social/backend/development/ap_extensions/#chatmessages

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 74

This weeks' news:
- More updates by Ghost on their work on implementing #ActivityPub
- Statistics shared by Mastodon show the power of an open API, and the incredible diverse ecosystem that it enables
- NLnet supports fediverse event planning software Gancio with a new grant

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-74/

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 73

This week's news:
- Scraper drama as AI-powered network Maven works on implementing #ActivityPub
- Ghost will use fediverse server framework Fedify for their ActivityPub implementation
- @Castopod releases version 2.0 with plugins
- an on-device 'For You' algorithmic feed for Lemmy with 3rd party client Quiblr
- Lemmy releases local-only communities

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-73-and-72/

the amount of shares on @wedistribute.org and my original posts about maven are so surreal to me. I was really just having my morning scroll yesterday through the #ActivityPub hashtag and came across a single post about Maven and went to go look through it and was like wait all my content is here with no link back to my profile and thought others might want to know about it and since I have a sizable following here it took off.
https://social.wedistribute.org/notice/AirXBbzIFlxALKrhI0

UPDATE: Looks like its a bit more complex (isn't it always)
So the CTO is here at @jsecretan and has clarified that they are in the process of implementing bidirectional #ActivityPub, but in the meantime ingested the "federated timeline" of Mastodon.social
You can look at their AP response here: https://staging.maven.ly/mastodon/actor/1 though it doesn't seem to be live on their main domain.

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screenshot of the CTO talking to himself between Maven and Mastodon.social (as viewed on my instance through Phanpy)

@jsecretan @stefan @djsundog do you mean that you are pulling posts directly from only the mastodon.social API? Have you implemented #ActivityPub in Maven at all? or are you just grabbing the posts from there and importing them into your own database?

Thanks to @emsquared for posting about it under the #ActivityPub hashtag which is how I discovered it...

Mastodon API: fixed a last-minute bug that broke some API functions.

I apologize for any inconvenience. This week has not been very good for me, but that is no excuse.

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

#snacAnnounces

Markdown-style links are now supported.

The alt text in attachments that have one is also shown in a dropdown just below it (useful for environments where mouseover is not available, i.e. for phones and tablets).

Instance-wide notifications has been implemented (contributed by louis77). A small tweak to the default CSS was made to suit this change; please consider updating your style.css (see doc/style.css as an example).

The avatar and/or the header images can now be deleted (contributed by louis77).

Code cleaning: HTTP status codes use names instead of hardcoded integers (contributed by louis77).

Mastodon API: fixed login problems with the official Mastodon API, IceCube and Toot! on iOS, some fixes for Mona and Tokodon apps, user credentials can now be edited from apps (all contributed by louis77), fixed crash on unset content-type header.

The webfinger content-type response header is now RFC-compliant (contributed by steve-bate).

Improved support for the HTTP OPTIONS method, allowing sites like https://mastodonlistmanager.org to work.

Fixed non-working content warnings in the public instance timeline.

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

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/grunfink

#snacAnnounces

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 70

This week's news:
- The Verge and 404 Media are preparing to add federation to their news sites
- @newsmast starts adding #bluesky and #threads accounts into their communities to create a hub in the social web
- Combining #nostr and #Mastodon in a single feed with the app @openvibe
- A 10k seed funding bounty for building DeviantArt on #ActivityPub

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-70/

An excellent #fediverse and #activitypub explainer! (and it doesn’t even refer to any specific platform) https://youtu.be/VmSWPj0T9IQ

@bart is offering $10k for someone to build an #ActivityPub DeviantArt alternative for the #fediverse, who's gonna take them up on it?

New user feature to search by post content (using regular expressions) or tag.

Added some (partial) support for Event object types.

Minor fixes: Allow unboosting your own posts (contributed by khm), CSS fixes for the Dillo browser (contributed by kvibber).

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

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/grunfink

#snacAnnounces

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 68

This week's news:
- Significant interest and use of the bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky, even though it is still in active development
- Ghost gives a first glimpse at their #ActivityPub powered reading app

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-68/

Look at how @mikedev designed `events` in @streams! I would *love* to see this implemented in other software. @julian have you thought about how @nodebb would display an #ActivityPub event yet? Does @silverpill's @mitra have any support? What about @grunfink's SNAC?

Here's a link to the event itself if anyone wants to query it in their #fediverse software of choice.
https://fediversity.site/item/e9bdb383-eeb9-4d7d-b2f7-c6401267cae0

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an event displayed in 'streams'

Did the #ActivityPub plugin for #WordPress support custom “profile fields,” yet?

Using a bit of a hack here (what’s new?) but it works, for now. https://github.com/janboddez/addon-for-activitypub?tab=readme-ov-file#user-profiles

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My blog’s “profile” as displayed by Mastodon.

Anyone in #Berlin want to present a #fediverse or federation related topic at a casual meetup I am hosting at @offline on May 19th? Please respond here or DM me!
#ActivityPub #Bluesky #Nostr #XMPP #Matrix
UPDATE: we have enough confirmed people! Please come join the event!
https://offline.place/events/2024/05/19/berlin-federated-network-exploration-circle/

Looking into this Summer of Protocols thing that @evan and @tomcoates got accepted for to work on adding encryption to #ActivityPub, and realized its a grant from the Ethereum Foundation. I am not opposed to crypto slush money flowing into more useful projects like the #fediverse but thought it was interesting that I hadn't seen anyone mention this fact yet.

Https://cosocial.ca/@evan/112363426896322946

Posts that were liked or boosted can now be unliked and unboosted.

Outgoing message timeouts are no longer hardcoded and can be configured (see snac(8) for more information).

Fixed a bug that caused some incorrect unfollows under special conditions (with shared inboxes enabled and users from the same instance that follow each other, the internal message distributor was confused).

Mastodon API: Added support for lists.

Added a header to avoid over-zealous caching in some browsers (contributed by louis77).

Added support for running and federating inside hidden networks like Tor, I2P or Loki (contributed by iwojima).

Fixed an error processing polls coming from Pleroma instances.

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

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/grunfink

Usage tips: Use social media as little as possible. Go for a walk. Meet with friends. Read a good book.

#snacAnnounces

Flipboard curators have seen over 100,000 boosts, likes and replies from people across the fediverse since April 11. Given this positive signal from the community, today we're federating another 100 accounts representing more than 2,500 Magazines about everything from climate to culture. Read more here:

https://flipboard.medium.com/over-100-000-social-interactions-from-the-fediverse-to-flipboard-f76465dee4f8

If you’re an active Flipboard curator and you would like to federate your account, let us know by applying here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PB69W6L

And if you’re still getting up to speed on what the fediverse is and does, please check out our Fedi Curious Magazine:

https://flipboard.com/@mia/fedi-curious-fdg527fez

#Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #FediCurious

I may have added “content template” support to my “ActivityPub add-on” plugin.

In short: create, e.g., `activitypub/content-post.php` in your child theme folder.

In it, you can do something like:
```
<?php

echo $post->post_content;
```

(Also: don’t do [exactly] that. But you get my drift.)

I’m not yet sure if this isn’t incredibly stupid.

#WordPress #ActivityPub

I was thinking what would it look like if a Flohmarkt instance pulled in a @bookwyrm book to list as an item to sell. How would that make the most sense to represent through #ActivityPub?

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 66

This week's news:
- The EU Voice pilot that hosted Mastodon and Peertube instance for the EU over the last 2 years will come to an end. The @EU_Commission account will continue to be active and grow their Mastodon presence.
- Ghost announces a major push for fediverse support, adding #Activitypub to their posts and building an ActivityPub powered news reader app.
- Mastodon starts a US-based nonprofit.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-66/

Fascinating look at how #ActivityPub is being used by the SFO art museum to help encourage revisiting its cultural objects. Still early days, but you can see the potential here -> “The reason I am telling you all of this is that SFO Museum has written it's own limited ActivityPub server implementation and we have, in fact, created an ActivityPub account – a social media, account – for every object in our collection.” https://orthis.social/@thisisaaronland/112339899293624779