NIGHT NIGHT MASTODON! #mastodon #fediverse #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #photo #photography #pets

Ahoj! 👋 pro vhsky.cz znova sháníme pomoc.
Hledáme dobrovolníky, kteří by poskytli VPS nebo server s veřejnou IP pro malou HTTP proxy (tinyproxy). Slouží k importu videí z YouTube.
✅ Instalace 5 minut
✅ Provoz minimální (nic nežere)
✅ Přístup omezený jen na naši instanci
Hodí se hlavně 🇨🇿 české IP (kvůli geo-blokovanému obsahu), ale i zahraniční pomůžou.
Když máš VPS k dispozici a chceš podpořit český Fediverse, ozvi se! 🙏
Návod na instalaci: https://hedgedoc.arch-linux.cz/OdznPoVqSqKpKqhNWAhOgA
#PeerTube #Fediverse #vhsky #selfhosted

Buergermeister-Wahlen in #Taichung und das bedeutet auch oft, dass man sich kaempferisch und mit erhobener Faust praesentiert. "Make Taichung best ever" ✊

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in die neue Woche. Alles wird gut!

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Ein Selfie an einer belebten Straßenkreuzung in Taiwan bei Tageslicht. Vordergrund: Auf der linken Seite ist der Mann mit Brille, Basecap und In-Ear-Kopfhörer im Profil/Dreiviertelprofil zu sehen, der skeptisch zur Seite blickt. Davor hält er seine erhobene Faust ins Bild, auf deren Handgelenk ein kleines hebräisches Tattoo zu sehen ist. Hintergrund & Wahlplakat: Im Hintergrund steht ein großes blau-weißes Wahlplakat mit dem Gesicht eines Politikers im Anzug, der ebenfalls eine geballte Faust zeigt, begleitet vom englischen Slogan „MAKE TAICHUNG BEST EVER“ und chinesischen Schriftzeichen. Ein gelber Pfeil deutet von rechts auf dieses Plakat. Straßenszene: Das Selfie wurde an einer sonnigen Kreuzung aufgenommen, auf der mehrere Motorroller- und Autofahrer unterwegs sind. Im Hintergrund sind Gebäude, Straßenbeschilderungen und Ampeln zu erkennen.

#selfhost #solar #diysolar #solarhosting #solarpunk #fediverse #smallcomputing #offgrid

adding another #sketching / #drawing to #fediverse

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Abstract black ink #sketching / #drawing with radiating lines from a central point, surrounded by concentric circles

Would love to connect with accounts that are either Mastodon admins or Relay admins. Need more in my feed related to that.

#mastodon #fediverse #relay

Well, I felt rather badly when I got a post in my stream from the official Fediverse account for dillo.

You see, I hadn't included it in my recent HowTo, a cookbook style tutorial on Browsers in Linux, or rather, how to install a boatload of them, and all kinds of them. I even went so far to include one produced and maintained by a company that I literally loathe (and even taught their official MCSE curriculum for them starting back in the mid 90's)...

But I left out dillo. I was tired, and truth be told, it really isn't easy authoring these types of technical publications - you literally need to go through each item on a VM you spin up and take it step by step to make sure that when a neophyte comes around and wants ot simply copypasta your instructions - they can do that, and it will work.

So anyway, the devs over at the dillo project posted on the Fediverse and I immediately was guilt-ridden for not including them. So I went and started to edit my earlier HowTo; I came out about 5k characters over count (and I think my server's already configured for 12K chars).

Anyway, long story short, here's one of my latest contributions to the #FOSS community, specifically, one that's published in the #Fediverse first and foremost. It includes almost every browser you've probably ever used, and certainly, many you probably haven't.

I had to Quote-Post my original so it's kinda kewl with an entry point starting with dillo. I think that's pretty awesome, and it quotes the original (part I if you will) that starts with Vivaldi.

I don't usually ask, but especially with respect to this HowTo/Tutorial, the more people that boost it, the further it will reach, and the more people it can benefit. Give it a gander and if you think others will find portions of it advantageous... well, feel free to boost it.

So without further ado, Here's the link to the Linux Browser HowTo

I hope you find it useful, and Enjoy! 🤗

#tallship #FOSS #Fediverse #Browsers #dillo #Microsoft_Edge #Firefox #Vivaldi #Brave_Browser #DuckDuckGo #Chromium #Opera #Chawan #Lagrange #Tor #Lynx #Elinks #Links #Nyxt #Epiphany #Falkon #Konqueror

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Here I go with this week #ThreeGoodThings
(1) this is a silly one. Took me three stops to get replacement iPhone 13 Pro Max case—harder to find than I thought. Not sure why, but I can’t be only one left with almost 4 years old mobile phone, right?
(2) if all goes smoothly, another trip around the sun in about 30 days.
(3) these three #fediverse people keep my #mastodon timeline interesting:
@Aphelion
@06fxsts
and @beisanted

A good read with good points. 👀 https://newrepublic.com/article/210669/voting-rights-act-dead-new-model-black-politics #BlackMastodon #Blackvoices #BlackFedi #BlackFediverse #BlackCommunities #Mastodon #Fediverse

Anyone have experience with the #Newport #NT300 electric outboard?

I'm considering getting after too many annoying issues with my Torqueedo Travel. Curious if any #fediverse folks have used the NT300 and what you think?

https://newportvessels.com/products/nt300-electric-outboard-motor

If you've been wanting to move your activity history from Strava to FitPub but dreaded dealing with the export files, I made a small browser tool that does the heavy lifting.

Drop in your Strava export files, it decompresses the .fit.gz files, splits everything into correctly-sized ZIP batches, and hands them back for upload. No install, no server, runs entirely in your browser.

👉 🏃🏻‍♀️ https://vast-ch.github.io/strava-archive-to-fitpub-batch-import/

#FitPub #Strava #ActivityPub #Fediverse #OpenSource

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Screenshot of the app. Move your activity history from Strava to FitPub. This tool converts your Strava data export into correctly formatted, sized, and counted ZIP batches ready for import.

JOIN EVERIOT.ORG

#ShowMastodon #FEDIVERSE #IndieWeb #SMALLWEB #EU

Everiot - European Reddit/4chan hybrid with 0 ads, 0 age verification and 0 users

everiot.org

#technology #fediverse #internet

Nfld.me is Newfoundland and Labrador’s Mastodon server. Come join and connect with other Newfoundlanders and Labradorians today!

This server has been online since 2022.

https://nfld.me

You can find out more at https://nfld.me/about or contact the admin account @wilson

#FeaturedServer #Newfoundland #Labrador #Newfoundlander #Labradorian #Canada #Canadian #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Just a reminder that it helps to thumb-up this issue to request support for Mastodon post migration. It was opened in 2019 and my hope is the @MastodonEngineering team will notice the feature is highly requested and bump the priority a bit.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/12423

#mastodon #fediverse

Adding another #sketching / #drawing to #fediverse timeline

…last minute late night edition

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Black and white abstract ink #sketching / #drawing with swirling lines, organic shapes, and dense crosshatching filling most of the space.

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The "Sift' strategy: A four-step method for spotting misinformation

S is for Stop
I is for investigate the source
F is for Find credible coverage
T is for Trace the claim to its original context

#SocialMedia
#Mastodon
#Fediverse
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240509-the-sift-strategy-a-four-step-method-for-spotting-misinformation

This is the littleFedi web interface (and PWA, with push notifications support)

#littleFedi #Fediverse

@HurricaneWeasel joined the #Fedilab account at @apps. You might already know him, he's the same person managing issues on #Codeberg.
His help with the account will be really valuable to me. The idea is to better handle issues reported on the #Fediverse and in our repo.
When we post, we'll try as much as possible to sign our messages. So, welcome Marco and thank you!

Tom

I understand the world is a depressing and corrupt place, but is there a way to follow more uplifting tweets/ posts rather than my current depressing one

#mastodon #fediverse

Today's harvest in our Banana plantation ☺️ with the team.
That is why we always say that what you "reap is your soul tomorrow"
What is your reap...?
#gardening #todays #mastodon #fediverse #solurpunk #climatechange #nature

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Meet the team, via hands on tools 🔥,how do you harvest?

A new release of TootSDK - 23.1.0 📣

https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/23.1.0

What's changed:

- Add dedicated parameters for rescheduling posts https://github.com/almalehb

Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌

#iOSDev #Swift #TootSDK #Fediverse

@ZSL 👋 schön, dass ihr im #Fediverse seid.
Der Hashtag #FediLZ wird einer sein, der euch euch eurer Community näher bringt.

Hallo #Mastodon! Das ZSL ist #neuhier Wir grüßen das #fediverse und freuen uns auf regen Austausch und vielfältige Vernetzung.

120 Jahre altes japanisches Haeuschen an der Toucheng Station im Nordosten von #Taiwan

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gseunden Start in dieses Wochenende. Alles wird gut!

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Eine Nachtaufnahme eines gemütlichen, traditionellen Holzhaues im japanischen Stil mit einer Lichterkette unter dem Vordach. Im Zentrum steht die Holzfassade mit Schiebetüren und Sprossenfenstern, durch die warmes Licht aus dem Innenraum nach außen dringt. Eine kleine Holztreppe führt auf der rechten Seite zum Eingang hinauf, während eine Lichterkette mit warmweißen Glühbirnen dem Gebäude eine einladende, städtische Abendatmosphäre verleiht.

The Blog Option in littleFedi

...and yes, this is build and served by the Raspberry Pi Zero W, powered by NetBSD

https://rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it/@stefano/blog/691cb62e-e7a1-434b-ba65-d059ee58ac41/

#NetBSD #littleFedi #Fediverse #SSG #Blogging #OwnYourData

The Blog Option in littleFedi

littleFedi, like many social platforms, had both a strength and a limit. Posts, by their nature, are ephemeral. They get published, federated (unless local-only, which littleFedi handles) and then, over time, lost. Partly through self-deletion, partly through their normal blending in with the thousands of other posts that pile up over time. Sometimes, though, we want something to stay. And not just stay as a social post, but as an actual blog. A bit like with BSSG, I had thought it would be convenient to have a minimal system. Not to compete with WordPress or other solutions, but to have a small blog, integrated into littleFedi, that would produce and serve a blog updated every now and then, whenever the person writing felt like doing it.

And that's why the blog option was born.

The idea is simple: when you write a post, from the web UI or from the CLI, there's a checkbox, "blog post". If you check it, that post stops being just a status that will scroll past and disappear. littleFedi renders it into a real static site. No JavaScript, just HTML and CSS, an Atom feed, tag pages, a chronological archive. Nothing exotic, nothing that needs maintenance five years from now.

The blog isn't a parallel system you have to feed separately. It's not an export, not an import, not a bridge to some other CMS. The post you wrote is the blog post. Same database, same act of writing, still boostable, still repliable, still part of the conversation on the fediverse side. The blog is just a second representation of the same content, generated automatically. Every time you create, edit, or delete a blog post, the whole static site for your account gets rebuilt from scratch, and the new version replaces the old one atomically, so nobody ever lands on a half-built page. If the build fails, the previous version stays in place. Simple, but it has to work reliably, or the whole idea is pointless.

That's the core of it: two representations of the same post. As a status, it lives in the fediverse, interactive, part of the conversation, subject to replies and boosts like anything else. As a static page, it lives on the web, durable, indexable, with a permalink, something an RSS reader can hold onto. You don't have to decide in advance which posts deserve to last. You write normally, and if something turns out to be worth keeping, you flag it, and it gets its own page.

One detail I cared about while thinking this through: the generated site has to be self-contained. When littleFedi builds it, media gets copied or hard-linked into the generated directory - images, audio, video. If it's stored on S3, it keeps its public URL directly. Either way, the point is that the site on disk doesn't depend on the instance staying up. If the server goes down tomorrow, the blog files are still a complete, working website. That wasn't an afterthought, it was one of the requirements from the start.

Not every account gets a blog, and that's intentional. The instance admin has to enable the feature globally ([blog] enabled = true), and then grant it per account. It's not meant to be a CMS, and I didn't want it to become one. Blog posts can't be replies, can't be boosts, have to be public and top-level. These are constraints, not missing features: the blog is for your own writing, not for threads or reshared content.

There's no JavaScript anywhere in the generated site. That was deliberate too. It loads fast, it works offline if you cache it, and it will still render correctly in ten years without anyone having to update a dependency.

In the end, the blog option doesn't ask you to choose between writing socially and writing something permanent. You keep writing the way you always do, on littleFedi, and if a post is worth keeping, you check a box. No separate platform, no migration, no vendor lock-in. Just your own posts, some of them rendered into a small static site you can host anywhere, built out of something that already existed on the open web.

Remember: all this is being currently served by a Raspberry PI Zero W powered by NetBSD

#littleFedi #SSG #BSSG #OwnYourData #Blogging #Fediverse #NetBSD

@ebinger erst #freakstock , dort einen #Fediverse Workshop halten, dann weiter mit dem Wohnwagen an die Nordsee. Nach Norddeich, einem Stadtteil von Norden. Das erste Mal ans #Wattenmeer.

Should the #fediverse ban all #AI?

Still looking to continue self-hosting my Mastodon instance, but migrating to a smaller server. Pixelfed I'm fine with switching to the main instance. That means I still need instances to transfer my PeerTube and Funkwhale accounts to.

If you host PeerTube or Funkwhale and are interested in hosting my accounts please reach out.

#peertube #funkwhale #fediverse

🎧🦥 hanging out on stream around 8 PM EDT while i organize some books and records.

genre-fluid music, random conversation, and whatever strange little side quest the evening turns into.

come listen, talk music, or quietly lurk. no pressure. 💜

https://twitch.tv/guerz

#Music #MutualAidCulture #Fediverse

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twitch.tv/guerz sloth flyer

Alaskan.Social is an independent Mastodon server created, moderated and owned by Alaskans.

https://alaskan.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Alaska #Alaskan #Anchorage #Fairbanks #Juneau #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Week in Fediverse 2026-07-24

Servers

- WriteFreely v0.17.0
- Ktistec v3.9.0
- Vernissage Server v1.41.0
- GoToSocial v0.22.1
- Bookwyrm v0.9.1
- PeerTube v8.2.3
- Lemmy v0.19.20
- ties v0.3
- ActivityPub for WordPress v9.1.0
- NeoDB v0.17.2
- NodeBB v4.14.2
- PieFed v1.7.7
- FitPub v1.2.1
- ActivityForge: ForgeFed implementation in Rust

Clients

- PleromaFE v2.11.1
- Aria v1.5.9
- Pixelix v5.0.0
- Summit v1.83.0
- Jerboa v0.0.88
- Holos v1.15.0
- Rocinante v1.1.8

Tools and Plugins

- Superblock v3.1 (Hubzilla addon)
- Polls for ActivityPub v1.0.10 (WordPress plugin)

Protocol

- FEP-de8d: Emoji Catalogs

Articles

- I added ActivityPub to this blog

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019f71c0-52f2-7b60-a0f7-a9df07a6fd66

Them: Sit properly

Me: Make me.

#meme #funny #mastodon #fediverse #joke

For those on Funkwhale, you can add my new album Inner to your collections and stream freely from your pod

https://funkwhale.circlewithadot.net/library/albums/119

#funkwhale #fediverse #idm #industrial #music #fossmusic #fedimusic

@AimyBits

#Welcome!

The #fediverse is complex and nerdy, like most of the #fedizens. Follow hashtags! Follow people! Follow bots! you can always trim back if your feed starts to flood, and tune your foci.

I am a knitter, and can suggest following(#FollowFriday!) @knitting and #knitting. It is also #BikeNite! a weekly social of answering #bike-related questions start at 22:00 UTC, with @ascentale as the MC. #BikeTooter is another good hashtag.

#ama, and lots of helpful people here too!

What does "the Fediverse" mean?

#EvanPoll #poll #Fediverse

Hey everyone,

@casey and @aseelfromgz had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Hana from Gaza🇵🇸🍉 (@hanafamily1234)
• Sawsan Khalid (@sawsankhalid)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their accounts, and donate to their fundraisers if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified #Mastodon #fediverse #newMembers #verification

#Fediverse reality. 10 minutes uploading to #peertube and then:
🤬

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Sorry, but something went wrong The server encountered an error.

Ganz #neuhier bin ich nicht. Meine ersten Schritte unternahm ich vor langer Zeit bei Diaspora. Im letzten Jahr gab es einen kurzen Abstecher nach Friendica und seit März 2026 bin ich mit Sharkey auf procial.tchncs.de unterwegs. Seit ein paar Tagen habe ich einen eigenen Hub auf Uberspace installiert und in Betrieb genommen. Langsam aber sicher kann ich dem Konzept und der Komplexität von Hubzilla folgen. Es ist eben nicht nur ein Account im Fediverse, sondern ein federiertes CMS. Zugegeben, ich habe eine natürliche Abneigung gegen eierlegende Wollmilchsäue, aber hier mache ich gerne eine Ausnahme. Meine technischen Interessen liegen bei Linux, FreeBSD, GhostBSD und dem Fediverse. Ich verbringe viel Zeit im Garten und in der Natur. Das alles als linksgrünversiffter, antifaschistischer Demokrat.

Ich wünsche euch allen ein friedliches Wochenende. Lasst euch nicht verrückt machen.

#hubzilla #fediverse #foss #linux #bsd #antifa #noafd #nofscm

Ich lade das Video auch wieder ins #Fediverse.

1978 war ich Ende Oktober gerade mal ein Jahr alt.

Von daher war bzw ist der wissenschaftliche, fundierte #Klimawandel immer schon eine Begleitung in meinem Leben gewesen.

Und 2026, nach 48 Jahren, ändert sich auf bundesstaalicher Seite nichts, aber auch gar nichts 🤬

Was wir ändern müssen, brauche ich nicht zu schreiben, das wissen wir alle hier im #Fediverse 🖖🏽

Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

Hello, I have created a new data visualization site for the fediverse. It includes:

• A 3d feature graph for fediverse platforms
• Aggregated and fully searchable user stats graph/table
• Fediverse Enhancement Proposal tracker to improve visibility and tracking of fediverse feature development
• Links to various fediverse resources.

I hope this is a useful tool for discovering new platforms/instances, and checking the overall trends for different platforms.

Please feel free to provide any feedback you may have!

RE: https://mastodon.uno/@amministratore/116967326136690873

Looks like there’s a Mastodon identity verification scam going around.

Good rule of thumb: if a web site asks you to verify your identity, you close that browser tab.

The scam letter looks like this (thanks to @amministratore):

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We detected suspicious activity on your account and have temporarily restricted access. Your new posts are currently visible only to you. To restore full access, please complete the verification process using the link below:

🔗 ‪<shortened link removed but you can report UPDATENOTIFICATION.CLICK to https://globaldomaingroup.com/report-abuse for it to be taken down>

If you do not verify within 24 hours, your account may be deleted for guideline violations. Successful verification will grant you a badge to enhance your visibility.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely,

The Support Team

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Do NOT click any links if you receive such a message and inform your server admin.

#mastodon #scam #updateNotificationClick #fediverse #warning

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@wrzky/116840235559384861

UPDATE. Water's still off. 100/350 raised toward getting it back, $250 left. $718 remaining for July overall.
Thank you to everyone who's given and shared my plea so far.

https://ko-fi.com/wrzky/goal

Please help however you can. Boosting this also helps, more than you know. Thank you, thank you

@mutualaidspace @wrzky@wrzky.com @mutualaid@ovo.st @mutualaid@fedigroups.social @disability @edendestroyer @QuyetPawz @ellespeaks @frugalcoffee @nillerus @actuallyadhd @autistics

#MutualAid #MutualAidRequest #DisabilityCrowdfund #DisabilityMutualAid #EmergencyCrowdfund #healthcare #poverty #mentalhealth #feminism #politics #disability #activism #writer #DisabledWriters #fedihelp #activitypub #fediverse #socialmedia #neurodivergence #audhd #autism #chronicillness

There's one teensy lil problem with that: the NFT gambler (are there any NFT or #blockchain gamblers on the #fediverse? hey there, folks, you've all been swindled!) has bought into the premise that NFTs are somehow atomic, i.e. indivisible packets of artwork which have had the miraculous property of blockchain marketability stamped into them.

This of course is outrageously false. NFTs contain nothing of value. The blockchain token itself might as well be a slip of paper with a serial number on it. The artwork exists only as a frangible link to something elsewhere. Copying that artwork separately for one's private archives instantly destroys the illusion that the NFTs are in fact atomic.

(cont'd)

If you want to give phanpy a try, I run an instance of it here.

#fediverse #selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting

interesting judgement regarding GDPR, and I agree. applies to the #fediverse i believe, and may protect fediverse admins

# Facts

"A data subject published a post concerning their ADHD diagnosis on a publicly accessible online forum under a pseudonym. A person (the controller) who was a follower of the data subject and had previously been in personal contact with them, knew that the pseudonym belonged to the data subject.

The controller subsequently sent a WhatsApp message to a mutual acquaintance stating that the data subject had received an ADHD diagnosis and included a link to the forum post.

The data subject lodged a complaint with the Austrian DPA (DSB), arguing that their health data had been disclosed to a third party. They alleged that the controller by forwarding the pseudonymous forum profile, had unequivocally linked it to their real identity."

# Holding

"The [Data Protection Authority (in Austria)] held that the data subject was identifiable to the controller as regards the publication of the forum post under her profile name. Since the post also included information concerning her gender, age and diagnosis, it concluded that it constituted her personal data under Article 4(1) GDPR.

The DPA further held that the prohibition on processing special categories of personal data under Article 9(1) GDPR did not apply because the data subject had manifestly made their health data public within the meaning of Article 9(2)(e) GDPR. It reasoned that actively disclosing the ADHD diagnosis in a publicly accessible forum constituted an unambiguous and conscious act by which the data subject made the information available to the public.

The DPA therefore dismissed the complaint as unfounded."

https://gdprhub.eu/index.php?title=DSB_(Austria)_-_2025-0.968.031

#mastoadmin #lawfedi #gdpr

CupOfTea.social is a general Mastodon server for casual chit-chat and good wholesome content.

This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters and up to 5 poll options.

https://cupoftea.social

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

#FeaturedServer #Mastodon #Glitch #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

[Decentralized, federated platform for dog owners]

I haven’t been able to get this idea out of my head for a while now. 😩😁

Why are there centralized platforms for dog owners—but no open, decentralized alternative? 🤔

What if clubs, animal shelters, dog training schools, or local communities could run their own instances while still being interconnected, based on ActivityPub, similar to the Fediverse? 😃

Possible features could include:
🐶 Dog profiles
🚶 Walks & meetups
📍 Dog parks & local spots
⚠️ Poisoned bait and hazard alerts
🔎 Missing & found dogs

The focus would be on data sovereignty, local communities, and open standards instead of a centralized platform. 😉

Attached is a preliminary concept diagram to make the idea more tangible.

I’d be interested to know:
Would you use something like this, or even help build it? ⁉️ 🙄

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenSource #SelfHosting #Dogs #DogLovers #AnimalWelfare #Community #Idea

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Infographic in DIN A4 format titled “Dog Network – Decentralized. Local. For Dogs and Their Owners.” The infographic visualizes the concept of a decentralized dog platform based on ActivityPub. At the center, a network diagram connects several independent communities (e.g., animal shelters, dog training schools, local communities, or breed groups) that communicate with one another via a federated infrastructure. On the right, a smartphone app with a map view is shown as an example. Surrounding it are potential features: dog profiles, walks and meetups, warnings about hazards and poisoned bait, dog parks and local spots, missing or found dogs, as well as groups and discussion forums. Other sections explain data protection, data sovereignty, self-hosting, open-source technologies, and an optional, privacy-friendly meeting mode that uses intentionally imprecise location data. The design primarily uses shades of green and natural tones, featuring illustrations of dog owners, dogs, maps, and network symbols. The graphic serves as an initial concept sketch and does not represent a finished product or final design.

@punissuer No. Because although I do have limits (mostly relating to showing physical violence or porn) I also have my settings set not to hide whatever is behind the CW nevetheless I have never seen anything in my small bubble in the #Fediverse that I would have gone beyond my limits.

Psst... FediBoard 2.0 is in the oven. 🍕 Curators, it smells amazing!
Stay tuned!

https://fediboard.com

#Flipboard #Fediverse #OpenWeb

There are many, many reasons why the #Fediverse is the superior social media system when compared to #Facebook .

But my favorite is that most Fediverse implementations don't permit a "laugh smiley" reaction to a post.

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The "laughing emoji".

Good Morning #fediverse #tzag

I need backup from Mastodonners:

https://github.com/OrcaSlicer/OrcaSlicer_WIKI/issues/307

#GitHub #OrcaSlicer #3Dprinter #3Dprinting #3Dprinters #printer #printers #tech #technology #Mastodon #help #LibreSoftware #OpenSource #Fedi #Fediverse

Arabi.gay is a Mastodon server for Arabs, people from the SWANA region or Arabic speakers (including all dialects) who are LGBTQIA+. Anyone over 18 is welcome to join.

This server has a post size of up to 1000 characters and up to 8 poll options.

https://arabi.gay

You can find out more at https://arabi.gay/about or contact the admin account @ishraaf

#FeaturedServer #LGBTQIA #Gay #Arab #NorthAfrica #SouthWestAsia #Mastodon #Glitch #Fediverse #FreeFediverse #العربية

Trying to find more information on how the under-15 social media ban in France impacts Mastodon/fediverse servers, and while I can't see anything too concrete on that, I did come across this 2024 The Guardian article:

"The report said a 15-year-old should be able to access only what it called “ethical” social media, such as Mastodon."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/30/stop-children-using-smartphones-until-they-are-13-say-french-experts-in-report

#news #SocialMedia #SocialMediaBan #EthicalSocialMedia #fediverse #mastodon

GOOD MORNING; A FATHER’s LOVE! #mastodon #fediverse #photography #photo #socialmedia #pets #dogsofmastodon #dogs #dog #dogsofpixelfed #goodmorning #wednesday

cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/72685299

I discovered this after upgrading our instance yesterday, which also upgraded all frontends to their latest versions as well. After I did, our Tesseract frontend stopped working and I noticed immediately as it’s been my primary for a while. Initially I thought it was an API version mismatch, but no, it was much worse.

Someone pointed out that the developer of the frontend added an explicit hidden and unmodifiably blacklist which includes any and all instances to the left of Kissinger. There’s a commit which also explains their specious reasoning about our instance specifically, as it seems we’ve been on their shit list for a bit longer than that.

This instance and its admin staff encourages identity politics, groupthink, mob mentality, and extremist solutions to societal problems. Users who advocate violence are not moderated so long as the admins agree with the target. Caution and critical thinking are advised when interacting with this instance or its users.

When you use tesseract to connect to one blacklisted such instance , you just get a message informing you that Tesseract is “incompatible with that instance” which leads one to think of a technical issue, like an API mismatch, rather than the dev being an opinionated coward.

Isn’t it funny how all the software developed by turbolibs, like Piefed and Tesseract, end up with hidden control mechanisms from developers who think they know better than everyone else? That they don’t just think they deserve to tell you what you should think, but they should manipulate you to think it? Isn’t it funny how libs go on about how bad it is to support lemmy due to the ideology of the devs behind it, and yet lemmy has 0 opinions as a software? It does make one think…

Anyway, I forked - it as one does - and disabled the blacklist, but since this is a massively ideologically compromised software, I’ll doubt I’ll keep this frontend up after Lemmy 1.0. I think we’ll bring up mlmym again now that someone’s maintaining it again.

🆕 blog! “Scattered thoughts on social geolocation”

I want to be able to share my location with my friends on social media. Twitter (RIP) had a way to attach an optional location to a post. Facebook still lets me check in to venues. But neither ActivityPub (Mastodon) nor AT Protocol (BlueSky) allow me …

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/scattered-thoughts-on-social-geolocation/
⸻
#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #FourSquare #geolocation #json #openstandards #OpenStreetMap

Good morning, Fediverse ☕✨

New day, new chaos, new tiny attempt at pretending I have a plan.

First: coffee.
Then: wake up properly.
After that: let’s see what kind of weird little adventure today throws at us.

Have a good one, everyone. 🌿

#GoodMorning #Fediverse #DigitalNomad #CoffeeFirst #SlowWeb #OldSchoolInternet

A developer in Korea just built a Fediverse server that runs directly on CloudFlare.

/r/fediverse users responded:
"this is cancer"
"you are a horrible person"

???

Can you please help me with a genuine question: what would make the #Fediverse a more welcoming place?

Yes, humans are just grumpy sometimes. But a real solution can't just be more HOA members reading the rules at the door.

What do YOU think would make a difference here?

This might be what enables the #fediverse to even exist

When I created #Fedle, it was mostly for fun. A #Wordle game across instances. Now it has reached more than 10k games played across the #Fediverse in six languages.

Each day, we play as a family, a small ritual where the children try to guess the daily word.

If you want to know more, follow @Fedle. In its bio there are links to bots to play in your language. And maybe you can help your instance climb to the top:

https://fedle.fedilab.app/leaderboard

New on our blog: Guest Interview: Fairplayer x Mirlo by Mirlo

https://mirlo.space/team/posts/716

Support Mirlo: https://mirlo.space/team/tip ❤️🐦‍⬛

#Music #Mirlo #Blog #Blogs #MusicNews #FediMusic #Fediverse #Musicians

75 000+ IP au tapis ! ⛔️🛡️
Et encore, ce chiffre ne montre que ce qui réussit à passer la première ligne de défense.

En amont, mon fichier de blocage #Nginx personnalisé fait déjà un gros tri sélectif :
🛑 #Scrapers #IA, faux Chrome et outils automatisés reçoivent un #403 immédiat.
🟢 Les instances du #Fediverse ( #Mastodon, #PeerTube... ), elles, entrent sans problème.

Nginx filtre les indésirables, #Fail2Ban verrouille le reste. Résultat : un serveur qui respire et des ressources préservées ! 😎🧹

Here's a crazy idea for my wonderful fedipeeps.

Now that #Mozilla is back on the #fediverse,

Maybe DON'T shit on them.

Maybe embrace them.

Maybe just remind them of what was good about them in years past, and encourage them to seek the good, rather than the latest #SiliconValley management brainrot.

You don't have to look for every opportunity to vent and fume.

BLISS! #mastodon #fediverse #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #pets #photography #photo #viral #pets

📣​ New post 📝​

"A newbie's guide to self-hosting: GoToSocial part 1 (installation and set-up)"

🔗​: https://blog.elenarossini.com/a-newbies-guide-to-self-hosting-gotosocial-part-1-installation-and-set-up/

Basically a visual guide showing how to install #GoToSocial via #YunoHost and set it up with some basic security.

⏱️​ From start to finish, it should take about 25-30 minutes.

It's my act of resistance against tech bros... I love the idea of teaching people how to self-host their own social media instance, connected to the fediverse ✌️​❤️​ ​

Thank you @yunohost  and @gotosocial for empowering us all!

#SelfHosting #Fediverse #newbie #MySoCalledSudoLife #blog #resist

Hey everyone,

@casey and @aseelfromgz had the honour of speaking to two families from Gaza today and we’d like to welcome them to Gaza Verified.

They are:

• Sereen (@leliaa)
• Eman (@emanY2017)

Please give them a warm welcome to Mastodon and to the fediverse, follow their account, and donate to their fundraiser if you can (and please share this so others can do the same).

Also, remember that you can find all our families who have fundraisers listed at the following page, ordered by those who have received the least in donations over the last week (on a rolling basis):

https://gaza-verified.org/donate/

Thank you for making Mastodon and the fediverse a safe space for our friends in Gaza and for your support.

💕

#gaza #palestine #gazaverified #mastodon #fediverse #newmembers #verification

After a 2-year break, I picked up my discs again today.
Two relaxed rounds at Discgolfpark Chodov: +2 in the first, even par in the second, with my first birdie since returning. More importantly, I remembered why I loved this sport—the walk, the focus, and being outdoors. Three discs were all I needed. Let's see where this journey goes again. 🌳

#discgolf #outdoor #sport #mastodon #Fediverse

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Par

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+2

Wanted to share my love of the #Fediverse, thank you all for making me feel part of such a wonderful community 💙

That's all! Hope you are having an amazing day. Stay safe out there!

Love Janine

#Photographer #Positivity

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photo of girl with green and blue hair taking a photo of a red beetle in an abandoned garage

"Kind mit Katze"... ok, ob die Skulptur jetzt so heisst, das weiss ich nicht, aber sie ist eine von nem guten Dutzend, die im Umkreis von einem Kilometer in meiner Nachbarschaft aufgestellt wurden. Ich mags.

Moin #Fediverse und euch nen gesunden Start in diesen Dienstag. Alles wird gut!

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Eine Bronze-Skulpturengruppe auf einem modernen Gehweg vor einem Gebäude. Im Vordergrund steht die Statue eines barfüßigen Mädchens im hellblauen Kleid mit Zöpfen, das auf einem Bein tanzt und spielerisch die Hand nach oben streckt. Auf einer niedrigen Steinmauer direkt vor ihr sitzt eine kleine Katzenstatue aus Bronze, die zu dem Mädchen aufblickt. Im Hintergrund befinden sich gepflegte Grünflächen, ein Gehweg mit Holz- und Steinoptik sowie parkende Roller.

Today's #OverUnder 075 with @mre

He shares his thoughts about #TUI & #CLI, #textFiles, #Chrome, #Rust, and #currywursts.

he also replied to @afb's question.

And, we got a recommendation for two #books.

#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #mastodon #food #BSD #Linux #shell #terminals

https://lazybea.rs/ovr-075

On traditional social media, leaving a platform means leaving your audience behind. The open social web promised something fundamentally better: true digital sovereignty and the right to exit.

However, migrating across the Fediverse today still leaves historical posts, media archives, and private threads stranded on your old server.

In our latest deep dive, we examine the World Wide Web Consortium's newly chartered Social Web Working Group (2026–2028) and the LOLA (Live Online Portability) specification—a protocol designed to bring full cryptographic state transfer and seamless account migration to ActivityPub.

We break down:
⚙️ The 4-phase LOLA workflow (Authenticated Data Export, Cryptographic Identity Binding, Outbox Re-indexing, and WebFinger Redirects)
📊 ActivityPub + LOLA vs. AT Protocol + PDS architecture comparison
🛡️ Why guaranteed exit rights are essential for digital creator business continuity

Read the full analysis: 🔗 https://opensocialbiz.com/articles/right-to-leave-w3c-lola-fediverse-account-migration

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #WebStandards

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Simplistic vector artwork showing data streams, cryptographic keys, and user nodes transferring across servers in an open social network layout.

@FediTips @ShaulaEvans

Thank you @FediTips for replying. I am a new fediverse user - need help with the following.

I get the idea of fediverse - but only partially after reading wikipedia.

1) What exactly is #fediverse? There are so many instances in it. I currently have accounts in infosec.exchange and mastodon.social, what about other instances? Should I join others too?

2) I am in an infosec.exchange instance, but I am able to see posts from other instances too. So would people in other instances be able to see my posts too?

3) Will I be able to post in other instances without creating an instance specific account? Why and when should I create one?

That's all for now. These are my doubts and need #help with it.

✅ Die heutige Fediverse-Sprechstunde ist zu Ende.

Ein herzliches Dankeschön an alle, die heute Abend dabei waren und sich mit Fragen, Erfahrungen und Beiträgen am Austausch beteiligt haben. 🌐😊

Ein besonderer Dank geht an Friedhelm ( @catmanfriedhelm ) für seine interessante und praxisnahe Vorstellung zum Thema:

„Fediverse – wie sich alles zusammen nutzen lässt“

Anhand seiner Katzen-Webseite zeigte er eindrucksvoll, wie sich verschiedene Anwendungen des Fediverse sinnvoll miteinander kombinieren lassen. Er nutzt unter anderem Friendica, Mastodon, PeerTube, BookWyrm und PixelFed, um seine Inhalte zu veröffentlichen und unterschiedliche Zielgruppen zu erreichen. Dabei wurde auch deutlich, wie hilfreich die Gruppenfunktion in Friendica für den thematischen Austausch sein kann.

Es war ein gelungener Abend, der einmal mehr gezeigt hat: Das Fediverse lebt von seiner Vielfalt und dem Miteinander. 🌱

📅 Merkt euch gern schon den nächsten Termin vor:

Montag, 31.08.2026 – 19:30 Uhr

Thema:
💡 „Was sind Issues und wie erstelle ich welche?“

Gerade wer Fehler melden, Verbesserungsvorschläge einbringen oder zur Weiterentwicklung freier Software beitragen möchte, erhält hier eine verständliche Einführung.

Wir freuen uns auf euch! 😊

#Fediverse #Friendica #OpenSource #Bookwyrm #fediversesprechstunde #Mastodon

RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@dantheclamman/116954518144682511

We’re going to need some legal word smithing on the order of the #GPL and the #CreativeCommons licenses to make a false statement an offence in as many ways and jurisdictions as possible (any ideas, #lawFedi folks?), some #EXIF and #ID3v2 and #PNG and comparable metadata tags for carrying legal statements attesting to non-use of media synthesis (mislabelled as #genAI by GPT vendors and NPU/TPU manufacturers), some apps to interview and educate the user about media provenance and add those tags iff applicable, and some #Fediverse and web browser add-ons to filter out media lacking them unless verifiably produced before a given date.

AodeRelay boosted

Dr. Dan Killam » 🌐 2026-07-20
@dantheclamman@scicomm.xyz

I have to pay increasing attention to what my phone does to pictures it takes. For example, my new Motorola phone includes a super zoom feature that actually uses generative AI to fill in details as it crops in! I turned it off, but others might not notice and upload such digitally created images to iNaturalist, where they'd actually impact scientific research

https://petapixel.com/2026/07/20/scientists-warn-wildlife-photographers-ai-enhanced-bird-photos-could-threaten-research/

Please suggest me a good Lemmy Android app that allows me to moderate my own Lemmy communities that I created.

#Lemmy #AskFedi #AskFediverse #AskMastodon #fedi #fediverse #Android #AndroidApps #LibreSoftware

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✅ Posts planen & sofort veröffentlichen
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und macht Wachstum planbar.

Mit dabei:
Mastodon, Pixelfed, Friendica, Pleroma/Akkoma, Misskey & Co., Loops, PeerTube – alles an einem Ort.

👉 Jetzt ausprobieren: https://www.fedisuite.com

#Fediverse #Mastodon #CreatorTools #SocialMedia #IndieTech #OpenWeb

Na? Schon überlegt, was ihr am ostersonntäglichen DI.Day macht?

Wie wärs, wenn ihr mit eurer Familie (oder Wahlfamilie oder mit wem auch immer ihr euch zum Eiersuchen trefft) übers Fediverse sprecht?

Wir haben da mal was zur Unterstützung vorbereitet.

https://digitalcourage.de/fediverse/oster-dut

PS: Auch für alle, die mit Ostern nix am Hut haben ist übernächste Woche DI.Day. Das allein könnte ja als Anlass reichen. Und den Osterhasen denkt ihr euch dann einfach weg ;)

#OsterDUT #OsterDID #DUT #DutGemacht #DidIt #DigitaleUnabhängigkeit #Ostern #Fediverse

I wanna move my PeerTube Channels over from MakerTube what should I do?

I have a few PeerTube channels on @MakerTube@mastodon.social

The goal was always it to be a temporary home for my YouTube content. The time has come to help MakerTube by moving my content away from there system's freeing up storage space and not costing them a monthly price for hosting.

I've got a few options;
Option 1 -- I upload all channels content to this account. Making it a mix of gaming, vlogging and general posts I've done across video content.

Option 2 -- I create new accounts on solent.social where I upload these bits of content allowing me to boost it with my main account as a 'go check it out' system. (I'm questioning how I'd name them as I currently run two channels of "SamXavia" for vlogging / motorvlogging content and "SamXaviaGaming" for gaming content, but I could rather simplify this name or keep it the same as my main on here is Sam)

Option 3 -- I take more time and start up my own PeerTube instance to make sure that the content gets put onto PeerTube along with the rest of the Fediverse instead of where microblogging systems post to. This option doesn't give much benefit to me other than spending more money from what I can see but I might be missing something.

So help me, what do you think I should do? They are all okay options and have there benefits, but I do really want to make sure my content is out here on the Fediverse and it is better to have proper control / ownership of it.

@asklemmy@lemmy.world

#Fediverse #PeerTube #MakerTube #VideoContent #ContentCreator #Motorbikes #Gaming #GamingContent #Question #AskFedi #AskFediverse #ContentCreation #AskMastodon

A little help from you lovely Fedis

I need to clear out my freezer and still have 2 bags of fruit left

I'm thinking of making a cake or pudding with fruit

But what else can I make with this frozen fruit over the next two weeks?

Thanks for your ideas ♥️

#mastodon #fediverse #help #share #boost

The #Fediverse is perhaps the only #socialMedia that still deserves to be called “social media”.

Because this is perhaps the only remaining social media whose primary function is socializing, not advertising.

@republik_magazin

Warum ist SRF nicht im Fediverse unterwegs?

#schweiz #srf #fediverse #peertube #mastodon

Warum habe ich eigentlich einen Account im Fediverse?

Immer wieder lese ich Beiträge von Menschen, die nach kurzer Zeit enttäuscht sind. Sie hatten sich vom Fediverse etwas anderes erhofft oder vergleichen ihre Erfahrungen mit Facebook, Instagram, X oder anderen kommerziellen Plattformen.

Dabei lohnt es sich, einmal einen Schritt zurückzugehen und sich zwei ganz einfache Fragen zu stellen:

❓ Warum habe ich einen Account?

❓ Welche Erwartungen habe ich an das Fediverse?

Diese beiden Fragen erscheinen zunächst selbstverständlich. Doch die Antworten fallen oft sehr unterschiedlich aus.

Manche möchten einfach ihre Gedanken teilen oder ein digitales Tagebuch führen. Andere suchen Austausch mit Gleichgesinnten. Wieder andere möchten ihre Projekte vorstellen, Wissen weitergeben oder Menschen für ein Thema begeistern. Einige möchten Nachrichten lesen, neue Kontakte knüpfen oder einfach einer Community angehören.

Ebenso unterschiedlich sind die Erwartungen.

Erwarte ich viele Follower? Viele Kommentare? Sofortige Aufmerksamkeit? Eine große Reichweite? Oder wünsche ich mir vor allem einen respektvollen Austausch mit Menschen, die ähnliche Interessen haben?

Das Fediverse funktioniert in vielen Bereichen anders als kommerzielle soziale Netzwerke.

Hier entscheidet kein zentraler Algorithmus darüber, welche Beiträge möglichst viel Aufmerksamkeit erhalten. Es gibt keine Firma, deren Geschäftsmodell darauf basiert, unsere Aufmerksamkeit möglichst lange zu binden. Sichtbarkeit entsteht vor allem dadurch, dass Menschen miteinander in Kontakt treten.

Deshalb lohnt sich vielleicht noch eine dritte Frage:

Was bin ich selbst bereit, in diese Gemeinschaft einzubringen?

Folge ich anderen Menschen? Kommentiere ich interessante Beiträge? Teile ich Wissen oder eigene Erfahrungen? Nehme ich an Gesprächen teil? Unterstütze ich andere oder warte ich hauptsächlich darauf, dass andere auf mich aufmerksam werden?

Das Fediverse lebt nicht von Algorithmen – sondern von seinen Menschen.

Je mehr wir miteinander kommunizieren, desto lebendiger wird diese gemeinsame Welt. Beziehungen entstehen oft langsamer als auf kommerziellen Plattformen, dafür sind sie häufig persönlicher und nachhaltiger.

Vielleicht liegt genau darin die größte Stärke des Fediverse.

Es ist kein Ort, an dem man nur konsumiert.

Es ist ein Ort, den wir alle gemeinsam gestalten.

Mich würde interessieren:

Warum habt ihr euren Account im Fediverse erstellt?

Und wurden eure Erwartungen erfüllt – oder haben sie sich im Laufe der Zeit verändert?

#Fediverse #Friendica #Mastodon #Hubzilla #Pixelfed #OpenSocialWeb #DigitaleGemeinschaft

🤑 #Gutenmorgen Brutzelmänner
&
🍌 Show- Föderalismus

feat. Hart wie 🌱__Zäh wie ZDF
( trotz offenem Bein 🤕 )

#kaffee #monopoly #demokratie #krimi #welt #bild #fotomontag #zdf #theater #gesellschaft #tv #bildung #marketing #cannabis #werbung #zukunft #3sat #kultur #fediverse

I am thinking to make a matrix ​​ account to communicate with other admins but I don't know if other admins use matrix for moderation.

#mastoadmin #sharkeyadmins #fediverse #community

Hello jetlag my old friend, I come to talk to you again!
"Passend" zum Finale um 1 uhr aufgewacht, dann um 6 Uhr zum Spocht gegangen & noch kurz dieses Foto vom Balkon geschossen.

Moin #Fediverse und euch einen gesunden Start in die neue Woche. Alles wird gut!

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Eine weitwinklige Panoramaaufnahme der Stadt Taichung unter einem weitläufigen, leicht bewölkten Himmel. Im Vorder- und Mittelgrund erstreckt sich eine vielschichtige Mischung aus flachen Wohngebäuden, Industriehallen und einigen mittelhohen Hochhäusern, durch die links eine breite Hauptstraße verläuft. Im Hintergrund zieht sich eine durchgehende, dicht grün bewachsene Bergkette quer durch das gesamte Bild.

I'm making new collection of accounts publishing content related to public relations, reputation management and other related topics. No ads, no spam. Just sharing valuable knowledge, tips and interesting stuff.

If you publish valuable content about these topics, feel free to let me know in replies or DM, so I can add you to the collection.

Let's make good and professional space for sharing stuff about PR to help others learn and share their own ideas, perspectives and more.

https://vebinet.com/collections/116927303411241619

#collections #fedi #fediverse #marketing #PR #PublicRelations #business #learning

the other day i took some time to install #snac2 on my small server. the whole experience was a breath of fresh air, and it made me excited to participate in the #fediverse again, this time owning and controlling my own data.

i just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to @grunfink@comam.es and other snac2 developers and contributors for this awesome human-made, human-scale software. i'm looking forward to trying to contribute to it in whatever small ways i can.

Week in Fediverse 2026-07-17

Servers

- flohmarkt v0.20.0
- Vernissage Server v1.40.0
- FitPub v1.2.0
- Wafrn v2026.07.02
- TinyAP v0.1.11
- NeoDB v0.16.5.0
- PieFed v1.7.6
- Catodon v26.7.0
- Trunk & Tidbits, June 2026 (Mastodon)
- matrix-appservice-activitypub: Turns your Matrix server into a fully functioning ActivityPub server
- Discord–Fediverse Bridge: A self-hosted bridge between Discord forum channels and ActivityPub community actors
- ~petersanchez/honk: Fork of honk

Clients

- PeerTube Mobile v2.2.0
- Photon v2.4.0
- Tesseract v1.5.5
- Aria v1.5.8
- Mitra Mini v0.5.0

Tools and Plugins

- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.6.1 (WordPress plugin)
- Polls for ActivityPub v1.0.9 (WordPress plugin)
- Telegram ↔️ Mastodon Bridge Bot: A Python bot that forwards text messages, photos, and albums from a Telegram chat to your Mastodon account

For developers

- @shootpub/activitypub-types: ActivityPub types package with support for FEP-2277 Activitypub core types (duck typing)

Articles

- The Long Tail of Work Left Until ActivityPub Has E2EE

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019f4de5-e808-73f3-96d7-1c4948c2a47a

I don't know if you've read my previous (very long) commentary. But just implementing one or two FEPs won't get you the same full-blown nomadic identity (https://joinfediverse.wiki/Nomadic_identity) that Hubzilla (what I'm writing from right now; https://hubzilla.org; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubzilla; https://joinfediverse.wiki/Hubzilla) has had since 2012. And having this level of nomadic identity has to be the goal.

What has to be done is:

Take something like Mastodon.
Non-nomadic.
Where your account, your login, equals your identity.

Make your identity cloneable

Mastodon has to introduce a sort of container for your identity, like the channels that Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte have always had (https://joinfediverse.wiki/Channels_(Hubzilla_&_(streams))). This is necessary so that a future nomadic Mastodon will know what to clone and what not to clone. For example, cloning your password is dangerous nonsense.

So, everything that makes up your account except for your login credentials will have to be moved into this container.

• your short name
• your long name
• your profile images, including alt-texts
• your profile
• your followers
• your followed
• your toots, including stats like faves, boosts etc.
• copies of the conversation trees of all your toots, including stats like faves, boosts etc. as well as attached files for each message
• all files you've ever attached to toots
• your settings
• your filters
• your mutes
• your blocks
• your server blocks
• etc.

Change your login

In order for this to work, half of Mastodon's server backend will have to be rewritten.

Decentralised IDs

The decentralised IDs must be tested against other Fediverse software that already understands them or that's nomadic itself: (streams), Forte, Mitra, Tootik. For example, @silverpill of Mitra and @Mike Macgirvin of (streams) and Forte must test whether their software correctly understands Mastodon's DIDs. And the Mastodon developers must test whether Mastodon correctly understands the DIDs from Fediverse server applications that already use them.

Once it has gotten rid of its Webfinger IDs, the next phase can start.

Implement cloning within Mastodon

A clone, in nomadic identity, is a full backup of the container with your identity in it. A real-time, live, bidirectional backup that you can log into and use just like the "original". The clone always has the same idea as the original, regardless of which server it's on.

The key elements of clones and cloning must be implemented and tested:

• cloning an identity container to a different server after registering a new, blank account there
• cloning an identity container to a different server where you already have an account with a different containerised identity
• anything that happens on the original being sync'd to the clone
• anything that happens on the clone being sync'd to the original
• clone going offline, things happening on the original, clone coming back online, things that happened on the original being reliably sync'd to the clone
• original going offline, clone still working with the ID based on the original's domain
• original going offline, things happening on the clone, original coming back online, things that happened on the clone being reliably sync'd to the original
• making additional clones of an identity container that has already been cloned at least once
• the whole syncing shebang from the original to any number of clones
• the whole syncing shebang from one of the clones to the original and also directly to the other clones
• declaring one of the clones the new original, thus changing the ID of both the former original and all clones

Implement moving within Mastodon

Why? Because moving involves cloning. It's an automated process. At least it is on Hubzilla, (streams) and Forte, and it really should be one on nomadic Mastodon.

Basically, first you make a clone.
Then you declare the clone the new original, and your old original is demoted to a clone.
Then you have to wait until your change of ID from changing the original has federated to all your followers and followed and everywhere and whatnot.
Then, one last sync so that both the former-clone-now-new-original and the old-original-now-clone are really identical, and you won't lose any data.
Then your old-original-now-clone is deleted. We don't want to leave any dead stuff behind, now, do we?
Lastly, if your old account where your old original used to reside has no other identity on it, the whole account is deleted. In nomadic containerised identity, accounts cannot/should not exist with no identity container on them.

Cloning and moving beyond Mastodon

Cloning or moving from Mastodon to Mitra. From Mastodon to Tootik. From Mastodon to (streams). From Mastodon to Forte. Oh, and maybe also back to Mastodon.

The difficult part is not only to make Mastodon capable of cloning identity containers to other nomadic software. And to make Mastodon accept identity containers from other nomadic software being cloned to Mastodon. I mean, this would be difficult already. (streams) and Forte are vastly, vastly different from Mastodon.

No, the difficult part is to make these four capable of cloning from or to someplace else. As it stands now, you can only clone from Mitra to Mitra, from Tootik to Tootik, from (streams) to (streams), from Forte to Forte. Even cloning between (streams) and Forte has never been possible, even though they're very similar. Oh, and cloning from and to Hubzilla is another story because Hubzilla doesn't have FEP-ef61 implemented.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #Mitra #Tootik #NomadicIdentity

I'm quite proud of the new https://fediverse.info, including the admin dashboard that I've invited a few trusted people to help oversee.

Such an important resource requires trust and integrity, and the admin audit log helps ensure we all remain accountable.

Such collaboration and unbiased stewardship is crucial for a service like this, and I'm thrilled to play a part in making fediverse onboarding easier and more accessible. ❤️

#fediverse #fediverseInfo

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Fediverse.info admin dashboard activity log

https://fediverse.info Stats:

- 4,232 People joined the People Directory
- 76 Apps listed
- 37 Starter Kits submitted
- 2 admins joined

You love to see it ✨

#fediverse #guideToTheFediverse

Just added a new Messaging category to https://fediverse.info/apps

Thanks to @maddyunderstars for sharing her Shoot project, it looks very promising!

#fediverse #fediverseInfo

The https://fedicon.ca website has been updated with the proper schedule and speakers!

Come join us in Vancouver next month at FOSSY.

#fedicon #fediverse #fediverseConference #fossy

The best place to find out about #Fediverse #events around the world is https://fediforum.org/events/ .

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/