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@Seth_Petsching I'm seeing this same effect on Twitter X vs. Mastodon as well. These #BigTech intermediaries have ruined information flows and sharing and it shows when we use the #fediverse instead. Now that training their surveillance AI systems is *the* priority, I have a feeling it will get worse.
A photo on pixelfed, where I have 5 followers, half of which are my other accounts, has more likes than the same photo on Instagram, where I have 3500. How has Meta so thoroughly destroyed what was once a good app?
#socialmedia #instagram #pixelfed #fediverse #meta
Does anyone here self host Mastodon with @yunohost ?
I'm just curious how well it works given Masto's reputation for being tricky to upgrade without breaking?
Please boost for a larger sample size! Tx!
#Mastodon #Yunohost #SelfHost #Selfhosting #Fedi #Fediverse
| 😍 Works great!: | 5 |
| 🙂 Pretty good.: | 4 |
| 🫤 Some issues.: | 5 |
| 😨 Too many issues!: | 0 |
Closes in 14:08:13
Mbin v1.8.1 released
I know, it has been a while :D. However, we are happy to release v1.8.1!
Mainly a lot of bug fixes / improvements. Composer package dependency updates. Lot of documentation and language improvements (we also got Catalan now fully translated, thanks!). Feel free to upgrade to PHP v8.4 as well.
A noticeable fronted difference to point out is that we now put thumbnails in a lightbox by default. Although this can be changed by the end-user at: ⚙ Settings -> Under "Threads" section -> "Thread thumbnails opens full screen" option.
See full release notes: https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.1
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Mbin logo in Retrowave style.
Those using the new LOOPS app, are you have audio issues? I haven’t been able to hear anything on that app for at least a couple months now. It’s bizarre. #fediverse #loops #socialmedia
Hey #fediverse .. is there a way in #dovecot 2.3 to prevent IMAP users from accidentally deleting / moving / renaming certain folders? (Aside from the normal ones like "Inbox", "Deleted", etc...)
Many thanks in advance!
To the Black community in the Fediverse: Roland Martin shares crucial information about the state of Black media:
Si tu es nouveau ou nouvelle sur Mastodon ou si tu souhaites faire découvrir ce réseau social autour de toi ,
voici quelques ressources qui pourraient être utiles:
⭐ Présentation générale : c'est quoi Mastodon ?
https://tutox.fr/wp-content/uploads/conferences/mastodon_conference.html
⭐ Conseils pour utiliser mastodon:
https://fedi.tips/
⭐ Mastodon vs twitterX :
https://video.passageenseine.fr/w/iV5HFFbpXD8JoRdWnysq55
⭐ Créer un compte de secours :
https://tutox.fr/2023/09/23/deux-mammouths-valent-mieux-quun/
Truth Social was born out of Mastodon 
And so were a lot of extremist instances which are still active and popular.
The nature of the Fediverse and by extension most FOSS is that they are open and unrestrictive with their software access/usage.
On the other hand, it did also give rise to a lot of political groups from varying parts of the political spectrum.
I think so social media platforms shouldn't lean towards one side of the spectrum. A diverse set of views and opinions should be welcome. But it almost never is the case. Each platform is known for having one kind of bias or the other.
Take Bluesky, it's filled with Left-leaning people who left Twitter because of Musk/Trump. There's a homogeneity to the politics of the opinions shared over there. Some would call it an "Echo Chamber."
Truth Social- Only MAGA idiots.
X- a bit of both.
Fediverse- Depends on the instance. :) One can interact with all kinds of people here, and I think that's a good thing as far as exposure & bias is concerned.
Good morning! Today is a bit of a grey and rainy day, which feels like the perfect pretext to share this illustration!
Prints available 🐸 https://www.evanskyarts.com 🐸 (now 10% off with the code BDAY10 !)
#art #digital #digitalart #digitalartist #illustration #frog #frogs #cute #procreate #nature #drawing #smallbusinesssaturday #smallbusiness #giftideas #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #mastoart #mastoartist #pixelfed
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A frog is peeking out of the water, hands resting on a lily pad. A higher lily pad shelters it from the soft rain, but a sunbeam seems to have made its way through the clouds, hitting the sad looking frog.
The frog is surrounded with blooming water lilies and many other plants, growing in and around the pond contained by red bricks and rocks, all dripping with water, as well as many critters such as snails, slugs and dragonflies. You can almost year the soft sound of rain.
Keeping copies of this for future explanations..
#fediverse #opensource #socialmedia
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Image shows how the Fediverse apps allow all users to connect with eachother, whereas commercial social media platforms keep their users isolated per platform
For the question whether Encyclia's ORCID bridge should be opt-in or opt-out (that is, whether we should bridge ORCID records without their owners' knowledge), I – @julian – will speak personally for a moment.
It is the central design question of Encyclia and one that has been on my mind since I started prototyping the platform. I have put as much thought into it as I am capable of, and I have sought feedback from multiple privacy and safety experts.
Week in Fediverse 2025-03-28
Servers
- Hollo v0.5.5
- Pixelfed v0.12.5
- Manyfold v0.105.0
- Mitra v3.21.0
- Gancio v1.25.0
- Merp Relay v0.2.2
- March 2025: Search Update (Bandwagon)
- PieFed development update Mar 2025
- Funkwhale 2.0 Alpha candidate
- Pinka: A commenting server that bridges static sites to ActivityPub sites
Clients
- Fedilab v3.31.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2025.1
- Pixelfed (React Native) v1.2.0.1
- Voyager v2.26.0
- Interstellar v0.9.0
Tools and Plugins
- Enable Mastodon Apps for WordPress v1.4.1
- Lemmy Community Seeder (LCS): A tool to seed communities, so your users have something in their All feed
- Meh… another comment system
For developers
- Fedify v1.5.0
- ActivityPods v2.1.1
Protocol
- FEP-5711: Inverse Properties for Collections
- Lemmy RFC 0008: Plugins
Articles
- Pixelfed leaks private posts from other Fediverse instances
- But It's Public, You Posted It On the Internet
- New Paradigms in Trust and Safety: Navigating Defederation on Decentralized Social Media Platforms
- PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 2: creator edition)
- Fediverse Report – #109
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0195ba9c-b3d5-7402-e337-39b10034bcfc
Thanks to an inquiry posed by @wendy yesterday, I discovered two amazing projects to map community events from aroubd the #fediverse on an @openstreetmap base.
«𝖛𝖔𝔦𝔡 balotta» by @grafton9 shows venues listed on https://balotta.org, an Italian @gancio server.
🗺️ https://autistici.org/void/balotta
«vous revoir» by @simon shows events listed across both @mobilizon and #Gancio servers.
🗺️ https://www.vousrevoir.be
#mobilizon #osm #brussels #bologna #italy #belgium
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A screenshot of a map with lots of green circles of various sizes showing venues across Bologna
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A screenshot of a map with different colored circles showing single events across Brussels
Fedi.lat - Servidor seguro, inclusivo y feminista orientado para (pero no exclusivo de) la comunidad latinoamericana.
Acerca de: https://fedi.lat/about
Administrado por: @cihuapilli
#FeaturedServer #Latinoamericana #Español #LatinAmerica #SouthAmerica #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
We’re excited to announce that, from Monday, we’re going to be the new admins of IndieWeb.social!
We’ve always loved how @tchambers has run IndieWeb.social. His direction has made it one of the best instances on the Fediverse!
Thanks to Tim for his trust in us to provide a safe and secure home for the server into the future.
Tim’s Blog Post 🔗 https://www.timothychambers.net/2025/03/27/the-next-stage-for-indiewebsocial.html
FAQs 🔗 https://www.newsmastfoundation.org/faqs/
#Fediverse #IndieWeb #Mastodon #SocialWeb #Announcement #News #SocialMedia
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The IndieWeb.social logo on a background of stars. Below it: "Administered by Newsmast Foundation".
🚀 New on #TheFutureIsFederated 👩🚀
#PeerTube: the Fediverse’s decentralized video platform (part 2: creator edition)
My PeerTube account: @elena
mentioning @Framasoft @peertube @paige @srosset @MakerTube
#ActivityPub #tech #Fediverse #activism #BigTech #SocialMedia #FOSS #blog
Hey #Fediverse, since you are my favorite discovery algorithm, can you recommend interesting #peertube channels to watch? Anything goes
May I introduce: WueRide
... a #fediverse version of the social aspect of #komoot, i.e. a federated adventure log. With support for trips, multi trips (read: collections), images, stars & commenting.
Currently rather a proof of concept, I hacked together over the last three days. Nothing fancy. (yet)
See my profile for a first impression: https://wueride.bike/@stesie@wueride.bike
Source code released under AGPLv3 here: https://codeberg.org/stesie/wueride
My book about Mastodon and the fediverse is now available for pre-order!
I've been trying to work on longer #blog posts but I am at a bit of a loss as to start.
I don't know much about #blogging on the creator side, and I am also unsure as to how to promote it without sounding more like an obnoxious #socialmedia person.
I lived under a rock, only used #youtube and #reddit for watching stuff, music, and talking to strangers.
Discovered the #fediverse when I got perma banned from Reddit.
I have #medium but unsure of it.
Here is just one more reason why anyone that is anti-fascist and truly for free speech should be using Lemmy, Mbin and Kbin instead of Reddit:
https://archive.ph/8PlKn
#socialmedia #reddit #lemmy #antifascism #freespeech #elonmusk #fediverse
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Screen shot of article from The Verge with byline "Elon Musk pressured Reddit's CEO on content moderation / Reddit took action after Musk messaged CEO Steve Huffman about users blocking X links and threatening DOGE staffers."
I was looking though the @wikidata listing for `fediverse` as one does and saw that somebody added a Toki Pona translation for it as "ilo Petewa" https://wikidata.org/wiki/Q30325419 and was curious if it was in use anywhere and came across someone giving an introduction to the #fediverse in @tokipona *in VR Chat*
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CoAMJYVvCeA
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a screenshot of a catgirl explaining the fediverse in VR chat
Keep haunting me, my peeps. I'll never love you any less, no matter where I end up. 😍
Friends from Canada on the #Fediverse / Amis du Canada sur le #Fediverse
In these days of unpredictable weather, you might find it useful to get the forecast right in your timeline! 🌦️
En ces jours de météo incertaine, vous pourriez trouver utile de recevoir les prévisions directement dans votre fil d’actualités ! 🌦️
#FediMeteo (https://fedimeteo.com) is a project that fetches weather data from #OpenMeteo and publishes it — country by country, city by city — into the Fediverse, on each city’s page and via RSS.
#FediMeteo (https://fedimeteo.com) est un projet qui utilise les données de #OpenMeteo pour publier les prévisions météo — pays par pays, ville par ville — dans le Fediverse, sur la page de chaque ville et aussi via RSS.
Every 6 hours, a friendly bot updates and posts the weather report.
Toutes les 6 heures, un petit bot sympa met à jour et publie la météo.
📌 How does it work?
➡️ Follow your city’s account in the Fediverse.
➡️ If there are no posts yet, it just means no one is following it yet.
➡️ Start following, and from the next cycle, updates will appear in your timeline!
📌 Comment ça marche ?
➡️ Suivez le compte Fediverse de votre ville.
➡️ Si aucune publication n’apparaît encore, c’est sans doute que personne ne la suit pour le moment.
➡️ Commencez à la suivre et, au cycle suivant, les prévisions arriveront dans votre fil !
🔗 Here’s the link for Canada and the list of currently supported cities.
🔗 Voici le lien pour le Canada et la liste des villes actuellement prises en charge.
🌍 Decentralized, open-source weather — in the Fediverse! 🌱
🌍 Une météo décentralisée, open-source — dans le Fediverse ! 🌱
@abbotsford__british_columbia (Abbotsford - British Columbia - FediMeteo)
@alberton__prince_edward_island (Alberton - Prince Edward Island - FediMeteo)
@amherst__nova_scotia (Amherst - Nova Scotia - FediMeteo)
@amos__quebec (Amos - Quebec - FediMeteo)
@antigonish__nova_scotia (Antigonish - Nova Scotia - FediMeteo)
@arctic_bay__nunavut (Arctic Bay - Nunavut - FediMeteo)
@arviat__nunavut (Arviat - Nunavut - FediMeteo)
@baie_comeau__quebec (Baie Comeau - Quebec - FediMeteo)
@baker_lake__nunavut (Baker Lake - Nunavut - FediMeteo)
@barrie__ontario (Barrie - Ontario - FediMeteo)
@bathurst__new_brunswick (Bathurst - New Brunswick - FediMeteo)
@brampton__ontario (Brampton - Ontario - FediMeteo)
@brandon__manitoba (Brandon - Manitoba - FediMeteo)
@bridgewater__nova_scotia (Bridgewater - Nova Scotia - FediMeteo)
@brooks__alberta (Brooks - Alberta - FediMeteo)
@burnaby__british_columbia (Burnaby - British Columbia - FediMeteo)
@calgary__alberta (Calgary - Alberta - FediMeteo)
@cambridge_bay__nunavut (Cambridge Bay - Nunavut - FediMeteo)
@campbellton__new_brunswick (Campbellton - New Brunswick - FediMeteo)
@camrose__alberta (Camrose - Alberta - FediMeteo)
@cape_dorset__nunavut (Cape Dorset - Nunavut - FediMeteo)
@carbonear__newfoundland_and_labrador (Carbonear - Newfoundland And Labrador - FediMeteo)
@charlottetown__prince_edward_island (Charlottetown - Prince Edward Island - FediMeteo)
@chilliwack__british_columbia (Chilliwack - British Columbia - FediMeteo)
@churchill__manitoba (Churchill - Manitoba - FediMeteo)
@corner_brook__newfoundland_and_labrador (Corner Brook - Newfoundland And Labrador - FediMeteo)
@cornwall__ontario (Cornwall - Ontario - FediMeteo)
@courtenay__british_columbia (Courtenay - British Columbia - FediMeteo)
@cranbrook__british_columbia (Cranbrook - British Columbia - FediMeteo)
@dauphin__manitoba (Dauphin - Manitoba - FediMeteo)
@dawson_city__yukon (Dawson City - Yukon - FediMeteo)
@dawson_creek__british_columbia (Dawson Creek - British Columbia - FediMeteo)
@dieppe__new_brunswick (Dieppe - New Brunswick - FediMeteo)
@drummondville__quebec (Drummondville - Quebec - FediMeteo)
@edmonton__alberta (Edmonton - Alberta - FediMeteo)
@edmundston__new_brunswick (Edmundston - New Brunswick - FediMeteo)
@estevan__saskatchewan (Estevan - Saskatchewan - FediMeteo)
@flin_flon__manitoba (Flin Flon - Manitoba - FediMeteo)
@fogo_island__newfoundland_and_labrador (Fogo Island - Newfoundland And Labrador - FediMeteo)
@fort_mcmurray__alberta (Fort Mcmurray - Alberta - FediMeteo)
@fort_smith__northwest_territories (Fort Smith - Northwest Territories - FediMeteo)
@fort_st_john__british_columbia (Fort St John - British Columbia - FediMeteo)
@fredericton__new_brunswick (Fredericton - New Brunswick - FediMeteo)
@gander__newfoundland_and_labrador (Gander - Newfoundland And Labrador - FediMeteo)
@gaspe__quebec (Gaspe - Quebec - FediMeteo)
@gatineau__quebec (Gatineau - Quebec - FediMeteo)
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Senne, a video producer, has joined Exquisite.tube and just uploaded their first music video: Funky Tears :: WZA - take a look and give it a listen, I think it is fantastic.
Is there a way to discuss #hyperlocal things on #mastodon / #fediverse / #activitypub ?
Friends of the #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse,
Good Morning!
Cloudy and rainy, here, but it's ok, as I've a lot of things to do.
Let's start this day with some piano music.
https://song.link/s/1dWxSS2a93X4XVfs1mSYkB
#Music #MastoMusic #MastoRadio #FediMusic #FediRadio #JukeBox
Oh, great. #Pixelfed had a broken implementation of "follower-only" posts, _and_ fucked up the disclosure / bugfix release process.
https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html
Summary of the bug: If you have a protected account (on Pixelfed, Mastodon, GTS, whatever) and a Pixelfed user followed you and got approved by you, _all_ users on that instance were now able to see your followers-only posts, not just the one you approved.
Microblogging peaked when Tumblr peaked. I'm surprised no one has made an app that adjusted the #Mastodon feed to look more like #Tumblr (content ABOVE the caption, + text only posts, reblog comments BELOW original content, etc).
I saw @dansup was heading that direction in OG #pixelfed days years back, but more #Instagram style later.
But yo, #Fediverse - what do you think? Do you miss peak Tumblr? Am I crazy?
If anyone knows of any audio engineers and or podcast editors please send them our direction. #fediverse #fedi #askfedi #askfediverse #podcasts #audio
Fediverse Report – #109
An essay on user preferences, and how the fediverse’s interconnected network of communities can play into that, as well as some other news.
User Intents
The Bluesky Company (Bluesky PBC) recently announced a proposal to add User Intents to the AT Protocol (ATProto). The proposal allows people to set account-wide preferences how their data should be handled outside the network. It gives people the ability to opt in or opt out their account from a few different things, such as bridging to other protocols or not wanting any of their data being used in generative AI datasets. The proposal is similar to how robots.txt works, meaning that it is a machine-readable format which good actors are supposed to abide by, but is not legally enforceable.
I cover both the fediverse and Bluesky (including ATProto) under Fediverse Report because these networks are deeply interconnected and influence each other. Decisions on one network, like Bluesky’s User Intents proposal, can influence how the fediverse develops and builds their own features. My goal is to help readers understand the fediverse more deeply. By observing how Bluesky’s approaches default user preferences, the fediverse can build their own systems that use its strength of having many diverse and connected communities.
The proposal by Bluesky PBC is as follows:
- People are able to set their preferences for four different categories:
- generative AI
- protocol bridging
- bulk datasets
- public archiving and preservation
- These preferences are account wide. They are valid not only for Bluesky, but for every app build on ATProto.
- The default value is ‘undefined’, not opt-in or opt-out.
- Projects which are intending to use the public data should decide for themselves whether data reuse when the intents are classified as “undefined” is acceptable or not.
- the current proposal is set to lead the way for more granular user preferences, allowing people to specify on an app-level or post-level what their preference is.
Also, some concepts of ATProto that are relevant, which makes the protocol different from ActivityPub:
- On ATProto, a user has only 1 account, and can use that account to log into any service. This is in contrast with ActivityPub, where you need a new account for every service.
- Data on ATProto is public by default, and designed to be accessible. Everyone has full and free access to the data of the entire network.
One thing about user preference settings in social apps is that they are a bit of red herring. The majority of people never change the default settings. Giving people choice is a good thing, but it is impossible force people to choose: the majority of people will just not choose anything. This makes it so that the default value for any preference is hugely important, as it is the de-facto value that the majority of people will experience.
Bluesky PBC tries to avoid this issue by introducing a default “undefined” value. The advantage of using a default value of “undefined” is that Bluesky PBC will not overstep their boundaries and determine the preference of everyone on the network, including people who are not using Bluesky but are using other platforms on the network. The downside is that Bluesky PBC effectively makes no decision at all for the majority of people. Bluesky PBC leaves it to the organisations who use the data to determine how data can be handled if the preference is set to “undefined”. These organisations are likely to value their own interests more than the interest of people whose data they intent to process.
Bluesky PBC has three options here, that all have a downside:
- If Bluesky PBC sets default values for how ATProto account data can be handled it reinforces its centralising role in the network.
- If Bluesky PBC does not set a default value, no decision is made for the majority of people, and it is left to organisations whose goals do not align with those of the people whose data they process.
- If Bluesky PBC sets User Intent not on an ATProto-account wide level, but only on an per-app basis, choices quickly become overwhelming if users must set preferences for every app.
So far I’ve only been talking about Bluesky and ATProto. But the fediverse has a long history of debates, conversations and drama on how to deal with data processing that happens outside of the network. Some high-profile cases include the blowup around Bridgy Fed considering making the bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky opt-out, or the backlash against Searchtodon, which saved user’s timeline locally for searching.
These debates are around data scraping, consent, things being opt-in or opt-out. But one of the struggles that the fediverse has had is to build structural solutions. A significant portion of the fediverse does not consent to have their data handled outside of the network. A persistent problem is that this preference is not expressed in a machine-readable way. This leads to an endless cycle of new developers coming in that are not familiar with the culture who then cross lines of consent and it all blows up in drama again.
Moreover, the fediverse and ActivityPub have a significant advantage on how to deal with the dilemma of setting default values over ATProto. The fediverse is a network that is build up of many different communities connecting with each other. A variety of communities allows for diverse preferences, which can also be expressed in setting default values. And it is a shame that the fediverse is not capitalising on this advantage.
There are communities from whom discoverability is important. Just as there are communities for whom not being easily publicly discoverable is important. These preference can differ within an individual as well: people treat personal photos shared with friends differently from blog articles.
The fediverse can sidestep the question of default account values because people have many accounts on the fediverse, for different use cases. This gives the option to set a different default value for different services. A Pixelfed platform for close friends should set stricter default data-handling preferences. A Mastodon server for blogging platform Medium that has the goal of giving more visibility and reach to its writers could consider setting default values to be more open.
The power of the fediverse is in that there does not have to be a single default at all. Instead, communities and servers should be able to set default values for themselves. This can help shape the tone of the community, and makes it clear what the identity of a community is about. What’s even more powerful is that this only concerns the default value, giving people the ability to set their preferences as they desire. The state of the open social web is such that there are now two protocols in competition with each other. That gives the ability for the fediverse to take ideas from other networks, and improve on them in a way that plays up to the unique strengths that the fediverse has.
The News
Reminder: next week will be FediForum, on April 1-2, and you can register here.
FediverseSharing: A Novel Dataset on Cross-Platform Interaction Dynamics between Threads and Mastodon Users is a new academic paper (currently under review and up on arXiv) that explores the interaction between Threads users and Mastodon users. It takes a dataset of 20k Threads users that have fediverse sharing enabled and compares it to 20k Mastodon users that have interacted with these Threads users. The main goal of the research is to build up this dataset and share it with the community for further research. How sharing a dataset of aggregated user interactions relates to the above essay on user preferences for being included in bulk datasets is left as an exercise to the reader.
PeerTube has done a major redesign for their v7 of the software that came out a few months ago. The organisation now shared the design and development reports that shaped the update.
IFTAS recently had to shut down most of their larger projects due to a lack of funding. One of their projects, FediCheck is now available as open source for someone else to continue with. FediCheck is a deny list management tool that allows server admins to subscribe to external deny lists.
The Lemmy developers will hold an AMA on Wednesday March 26th.
Last week, Ghost made their ActivityPub integration available in public beta for Ghost Pro subscribers. Their weekly update says that now over 250 sites already use the integration. WeDistribute has a hands on with the new features that Ghost offers.
Note: Last week I wrote about the new fediverse platform Forte, and said that the repository did not include an install guide. This is incorrect, the guide can be found here.
The Links
- Website League and the Rise of Island Networks – Sean Tilley/WeDistribute.
- The fediverse has a long tradition of building silly clients for Mastodon. This article has an overview of some of them.
- Two new video tutorials by FediHost, for setting up a GoToSocial instance and configuring a PeerTube instance.
- An update on how search works in music sharing platform Bandwagon.
- A development update for Letterbook, an upcoming fediverse microblogging platform.
- This weeks’ fediverse software updates.
- Fediverse Events hackaton project.
That’s all for this week, thanks for reading! You can subscribe to my newsletter to get all my weekly updates via email, which gets you some interesting extra analysis as a bonus, that is not posted here on the website. You can subscribe below:
https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-109/
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Frozen leaves of a bramble bush
Pixelfed before v0.12.5 has a vulnerability where it could leak your private posts, regardless of whether you are a Pixelfed user or not.
Admins should update ASAP.
When following someone from a different server on the Fediverse, the remote server decides whether you are allowed to do that. This enables features like locked accounts. Due to an implementation mistake, Pixelfed ignores this and allows anyone to follow even private accounts on other servers. If a legitimate user from a Pixelfed instance follows you on your locked account, anyone on that Pixelfed instance can read your private posts.
I wrote a blog post about how I found the vulnerability, how disclosure coordination went and general ramblings about Fediverse safety:
https://fokus.cool/2025/03/25/pixelfed-vulnerability.html
Today I got an email notification from #Unsplash informing me that my #Fediverse stock photo just hit the 1,000 downloads milestone. But when I clicked on its link I saw that the number is actually closer to 2k downloads - yay 🥳
🔗: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-person-holding-a-smart-phone-in-their-hand-9Xf-jxvfpW8
Long live the Fediverse - and yes I plan to create more stock photos! ❤️
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A screenshot from an email from Unsplash that reads: “1,000 downloads and counting”
New: Fediverse Report 109
This week, an essay about #Bluesky's proposal for setting user preferences on their accounts. This allows people to indicate how they want their data to be handled off-protocol. I wrote about how the #fediverse can improve on this, using its strengths of many different communities, each with its own culture and values.
Also:
- Next week is the digital conference @fediforum
- A research dataset to compare Threads and Mastodon users
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-109/
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The fediverse can sidestep the question of default account values because people have many accounts on the fediverse, for different use cases. This gives the option to set a different default value for different services. A Pixelfed platform for close friends should set stricter default data-handling preferences. A Mastodon server for blogging platform Medium that has the goal of giving more visibility and reach to its writers could consider setting default values to be more open.
The power of the fediverse is in that there does not have to be a single default at all. Instead, communities and servers should be able to set default values for themselves. This can help shape the tone of the community, and makes it clear what the identity of a community is about. What’s even more powerful is that this only concerns the default value, giving people the ability to set their preferences as they desire. The state of the open social web is such that there are now two protocols in competition with each other. That gives the ability for the fediverse to take ideas from other networks, and improve on them in a way that plays up to the unique strengths that the fediverse has.
hi! i'm Echo, a trans lesbian weirdo based out of Berlin. i'm really interested in #larp, #anarchism, #tumblr, #fediverse, and #queerhistory
I work as a web engineer at Mastodon. However, this is my personal account and not representing Mastodon at all. Please direct all queries to official Mastodon channels!
What are all the "accidental" characters of Decentralized Social-Media (DeSo)?
• Goosetopher
• John Mastodon
• Nicole the Fediverse Chick
• Pixel Fred
Anything else?
#DeSo #Bluesky #Fediverse #Goosetopher #JohnMastodon #NicoleTheFediverseChick #PixelFred
@maxleibman @andrewfeeney Don't worry, there's no shortage of Nicoles who you can call the Fediverse Chick :D
They're all proud Polish girls from Toronto (29 y/o).
Urban legend says that it all started because of a PhD student's ethically questionable cloning experiment that's gone horribly awry.
There's now whole university lectures filled entirely with Nicoles who are taking the pre-health sciences program at George Brown College.
It's an absolute nightmare marking essays. The poor lecturers don't know which Fediverse Chick to assign the grade to.
And forget about recording tutorial attendance. The lecturer calls out "Nicole" and the whole room yells back "present"!
They're all hoping to get into the medical field someday!
Somebody on the #Fediverse feels anxious about the #AI... bust
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A truth that instantly hurted some AI propagandists on the fediverse: LLMs are just Lorem Ipsum generators.
🇵🇸I made some fanart for the #fediverseChick
(Designed by combining the Fediverse Logo [CC0] with a chick illustration I found on openclipart [CC0])
Released under CC0
#fediverseChicks #fediverse #fediverseLogo #shitpost #meme
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The fediverse pentagram logo with nodes replaced with chicks (baby chickens)
Lots of hot chicks in bathing suits in the #fediverse the last 48 hrs.
Must be the summer of #Mastodon
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► Alle Links aus dem Video:
1. E-Mail-Anbieter:
• Tutanota: https://tutanota.com
• ProtonMail: https://protonmail.com
• Posteo: https://posteo.de
• Mailbox.org: https://mailbox.org
• GMX: https://www.gmx.net
• Web.de: https://web.de
2. Suchmaschinen:
• Ecosia: https://www.ecosia.org
• Qwant: https://www.qwant.com
• Startpage: https://www.startpage.com
• Good Search: https://www.good-search.org
3. Karten- und Navigations-Apps:
• Here WeGo: https://wego.here.com
• Sygic GPS Navigation: https://www.sygic.com
• TomTom GO Navigation: https://www.tomtom.com
• OsmAnd: https://osmand.net
• Organic Maps: https://organicmaps.app
4. Messenger:
• Threema: https://threema.ch
• Olvid: https://olvid.io
• ginlo: https://ginlo.net
• SKRED: https://skred.mobi
5. Kollaborations- und Office-Lösungen:
• Nextcloud: https://nextcloud.com
• kSuite von Infomaniak: https://www.infomaniak.com
• CryptPad: https://cryptpad.fr
• Jitsi Meet: https://meet.jit.si
• OpenTalk: https://www.opentalk.eu
• Stackfield: https://www.stackfield.com
6. Soziale Netzwerke:
• Mastodon: https://joinmastodon.org
• Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.org
• BeReal: https://bere.al
• Xing: https://www.xing.com
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Ich bevorzuge da #xmpp als freien und offenen Standard. Vor allem ist es dezentral (wie z.B. fas #fediverse) und nicht zentral kontolliert (wie #twitter, #WhatsApp, #threema, #signal usw.).
@foobar@troet.cafe
I just had such a lovely conversation with #bsd "barista" @stefano about building community here. What a nice way to start the week -- by being reminded that there are thoughtful humans who care about genuine connection.
Thank you to @_elena and others who recommended him.
Now I want more fedi friends! 😃 Anyone? Anyone?
My paraphrase of something Blaine Cook ( @blaine ) ( https://bsky.app/profile/blaine.bsky.social ) said:
The original idea of WebFinger was to separate your identity from the application and services you use.
Rather that bind then together (as on the Fediverse).
Paraphrasing Blaine Cook ( @blaine ) ( https://bsky.app/profile/blaine.bsky.social ):
You could fix how Mastodon and the Fediverse uses WebFinger if WebFinger could point to multiple profiles.
It doesn't now. But it could.
#ATmosphereConf #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #MastoDev #Mastodon
In the year 2019, a scholarly paper misspelled the names of the Fediverse software —
Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Pleroma
As —
Mastadon, Pixelfred, Plemora
This is the paper:
"Peer-to-Peer based Social Networks: A Comprehensive Survey"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.02611
RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/103467590881549361
#DeSo #Fediverse #Mastadon #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Pixelfred #Pleroma #Plemora
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Table III
Top 10 Federated Online Social Networks (Nov. 2, 2019)
Some dude is on Threads telling people that the only reason the Fediverse exists is for Meta to do some kinda weird and wild human trafficking crap.😳
What the fuck.
This is the wildest one I've seen and I thought I seen it all.
The #Fediverse is growing and we're welcoming more and more new single user instances but #federation can become challenging.
With #Relay instances, single user and smaller instances can quickly become federated and grow which is supported by many Fediverse applications like #snac #snac2 #Mastodon #Pleroma etc.
More information at:
https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com
#fedi #community #fediworld #federated #opensource #fedirelay
Paul Frazee ( @pfrazee.com ):
ActivityPump got renamed to ActivityPub — that was a good rename 🙂
Nick Gerakines ( @ngerakines.me ):
ActivityPub and Mastodon are effectively the same thing to most people.
( @reiver note: this seems similar to the phrase "the Mastodon in the room".)
#ATmosphereConf #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Mastodon #TheMastodonInTheRoom
Theres a new interview with @hongminhee (of @fedify, @hollo, and now #Ghost fame). It's in with Korean subtitles but quite readable with YouTube's autogenerated English subs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqxR8zscSDo
https://hollo.social/@hongminhee/0195a85a-6a29-71fa-a60f-3e79c1295b05 #fediverse #fedidev
I was very bummed because Fedi #spam seldom reaches our tiny instance in a corner of the #Fediverse, BUT the #FediverseChick just messaged me!
I feel so blessed!
What an amazing list of #fediverse development that took place in the last week by @weekinfediverse!
https://mitra.social/objects/0195ba9c-b3d5-7402-e337-39b10034bcfc
Week in Fediverse 2025-03-21
Servers
- streams v25.3.15
- Mitra v3.20.0
- Hubzilla v10.2.0
- PeerTube v7.1.0
- Manyfold v0.104.0
- Lemmy v0.19.10
- NodeBB v4.2.0
- snac v2.74
- ActivityPub for WordPress v5.5.0
- GoToSocial v0.18.3
- Gancio v1.25.0
- tootik v0.15.5
- Activity-Relay v2.0.8
- gathio v1.5.1
- NeoDB v0.11.5.5
- Vernissage Server v1.6.0
- Development Update: Sandcastles edition (Letterbook)
- picverse: ActivityPub based blogengine
- Jaseur: An ActivityPub server implementation in C++ developed using AI agent technology
Clients
- Tusky 28.0
- Pixelfed (React Native) v1.1.0.1
- Blorp v1.0.3
- Tesseract v1.4.32
Tools and Plugins
- Lemmy Schedule v1.14.2
- Lemmy Webhooks v0.21.1
- Enable Mastodon Apps for WordPress v1.4.0
For developers
Protocol
- FEP-c180: Problem Details for ActivityPub
- FEP-ae0c: Fediverse Relay Protocols: Mastodon and LitePub (Finalized)
- FEP-d556: Server-Level Actor Discovery Using WebFinger (Finalized)
Articles
- Website League and the Rise of Island Networks
- The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls
- Silly Mastodon apps
- Hands on with Ghost’s New ActivityPub Beta
- Fediverse Report #108
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/01959655-f2a7-6172-cb8c-8d6c51cebb2d
I REALLY hope more pro wrestling discussion comes to Fedi at some point so I don't have to be on corporate social media.
Every time I login, I lose tons of braincells.🤦♂️
#Fedi #Fediverse #SocialMedia #ProWrestling #ProfessionalWrestling
Just saw someone on Threads say people on the Fediverse "don't exist online".
So....we are Schrodinger's people. We exist and don't exist at the same time!
Isn't that cool?!? 🤣🤣🤣
If you are not using @phanpy as your portal into the #fediverse, your missing out! Here's a good view to try playing with it (without even logging in!)
https://phanpy.social/#/mastodon.social/t/collage?media=1
Snac2 is a simple database-less/javascript-free alternative to Mastodon:
https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
It looks very nice to run your own #fediverse server
There are some screenshots here:
https://codeberg.org/voron/snac-style
Is anybody using it?
As I explore the #fediverse, I love the idea of #Mastodon more, but then a lot of people I really want to follow are on #BlueSky. @openvibe is amazing, but I kinda want to share stuff I find cool to everyone on both platforms. So many other thoughts, but I hit the bluesky limit.
What about the Fediverse or Mastodon, etc, frustrates you or confuses you?
#DeSo #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #FediverseUX #FediUX #Mastodon
My current posts on Insta and facebook ...
#fediverse
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Birds flying to the fedivers.
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Ice age People observing the birds. They want to follow them.
Has anyone written about how "Conway's law" applies to the #fediverse and the protocols that make up the fediverse?
Just noticed this "Open in the application? " banner on @framasoft's "What is the fediverse" @peertube video and I have the app installed thru @fdroidorg but it takes me to the Google Play download page for it instead of opening it in the app. Makes for a really bad fediverse experience, we need to figure out these sorts of flows and make sure they reliably work. #fedidev #peertube #fediverse
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A screenshot of a peertube video
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A screenshot of peertube on Google Play
Just gotta #shoutout to @gardiner_bryant for getting me onto the #fediverse and @BeAware for being my guide and tutor. #ThankYou #Referral
@Plasticbluemusic 👆👆👆(maybe this will help)
I've performed some tests, and it's great. #snac and #haproxy are working great together - now with caching of media and json responses, to scale up, and up, and up...and up!
#Varnish is the best tool for caching, but the setup I've tested doesn't require it and it's still good enough.
I think this will be a blog post, as soon as I'll have enough time.
New: Fediverse Report #108
This week's news:
- Ghost's (@index) connection to the #fediverse is now availabe in public beta for Ghost Pro users, with both an #ActivityPub connection to send long-form posts into the fediverse, and a reader app to read/comment/interact with the fediverse
- @anewsocial , the organisation that manages the bridge between the fediverse and #bluesky shared their upcoming plans
This fediverse thing is so awesome! What other apps can I use? #fediverse
What kind of issues or concerns might I have if I shut down one kind of AP server software and then set up a different AP server on the domain previously occupied by the now decommissioned first AP server?
(I don’t think the soon-to-be-shutdown server has a self-destruct.)
People just don't get Mastodon.
Even, in my case, people with a background in experimental art and political activism. I'm currently involved in endless online discussions about Mastodon vs. Bluesky, and people just don't understand what it's about and why one is preferable to the other.
The language of "instances" and "decentralisation" completely confuses them (and it would be much more helpful to use more understandable, jargon-free language such as "globally interconnected community servers").
Everyone thinks that in Mastodon/the Fediverse/a decentralised network you can only communicate and connect with people on your own instance, and doesn't understand that you can also post, read and connect globally across instances.
I am afraid that after 25 years the cultural hegemony of internet platforms is irreversible. Mastodon confuses people because it looks like a platform.
Just a reminder: everything you do on social media is public. Even if you delete a post on your instance, it can still exist on other instances, in the cache of search engines or private databases.
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.
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/
Anyone got an idea?
Anyone got an idea?
An important distinction is slowly being uncovered about the definition of the term "fediverse." Who is it that gets to decide what this place is? How are we being represented? These are not easy questions to answer and if we don't do a better job describing ourselves, then the job will get done for us by people who don't understand the underlying values we hold. #fediverse #meta #threads
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An info graphic with two icons, one is the symbol for the fediverse that has risen from below and the other is made by Threads
The "open fediverse" symbol
The peoples representation of the fediverse
The "Corporate Fediverse" symbol
Threads* representation of the fediverse
*Threads is a sub-brand of Meta as is Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp
Working on a page for my #fediverse SVG icons. Anyone want to help make this page better? My CSS and HTML abilities are lacking...
The page is live at https://fediverse.wake.st
I have a @Codeberg repo here up here https://codeberg.org/FediverseX/pages
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screenshot of a website with a list of the icons of a bunch of fediverse projects