I’ve grown a lot as a developer over the past few years.
I never would have thought I could write a mobile app, now I’m writing 3.
Y’all pushed me outside of my comfort zone and helped me grow, I’ll never forget that.
This was a hobby that y’all helped make a career, and I’m so happy doing this. I do move fast but am mindful of the risk of burnout, and take my time accordingly.
Long live the #fediverse ❤️
If there are any other #fediverse developers working on a TikTok like platform for the fediverse:
Maybe we can join forces and work together with Loops, and if not, lets keep in touch so we can work on #activitypub compatibility?
I'm already working closely with @stux on #Goldfish, which is shaping up to be a serious fedi TikTok contender!
Hi 👋 #fediverse my name is Stuart but you all can call me Stu.
I am a huge fan of all technology and vintage technology
I love open source software and apps, I use #Xubuntu as my main OS
"If you’re a new creator and you’ve been trying to grow your #TikTok platform, don’t!"
https://techcentral.co.za/letter-to-the-editor-tick-tock-for-tiktok/241524/?utm_source=Mastodon
And that's not only because it's about to be banned in the US. According to this article, they've been making changes lately to severely restrict content creators' ability to a) get videos approved, and b) get reach for their short-form videos. Apparently, they're tanking pretty bad.
Unfortunately, the article says that people are moving to Instagram Reels instead. Now, I dunno much about #PixelFed, because I've never been much of a "visual person" when it comes to social media, but wouldn't that be a better option? Do they do something like Reels? 🤔
(If you know, maybe go drop a comment on the article. The more people we can bring into the #Fediverse, the better!)
15 million users in the Fediverse, now.
No ad-blocker needed.
Zero ads.
My data stays on my server.
Interactions are genuine, driven by people's desire, not an algorithm pushing for conflict to boost engagement (and ad sales).
Nobody's here just because it's trendy. If you're here, you want to be here.
The best social media experience I've had in years.
Thank you to all of you, among these 15 million accounts, who have helped make this a wonderful place to be.
#Fediverse #Privacy #NoAds #GenuineInteractions #Decentralized #ThankYou #Mastodon
Friends of #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse, happy Monday everyone! I hope this week will be less busy than the last one. I've started writing the second part of the series of articles on setting up a mail server on #FreeBSD. Additionally, I've taken notes for a less technical post on the reasons that led me to take this path. Stay tuned, and have a great day!
Friends of the #BSDCafe and the entire #fediverse,
Have a great Sunday!
The week has been long and busy; now it's time to relax.
Week in Fediverse 2024-03-15
Servers
- GoToSocial v0.14.2
- Castopod v1.10.5
- Mitra v2.13.0
- tootik v0.9.4
- Announcing Ibis, the federated Wikipedia Alternative
- Apas: ActivityPub via email
Clients
- Sengi v1.7.0
- Elk v0.13.0
- Jerboa v0.0.63
- toot v0.42.0
- Mastonaut v1.9.0
- Voyager v1.47.0
- Photon v1.28.3
- Shitter v3.5.6
Tools and Plugins
- PeerTube Livechat Plugin v8.4.0
- FediFetcher v7.0.4
- Fediverse Redirect v1.13.0
- Fedify: A fediverse server framework in Deno
- LemmyAutomod: A tool for Lemmy that allows instance admins to set rules that will take action in certain scenarios
Protocol
- FEP-6481: Specifying ActivityPub extension support with NodeInfo
- FEP-9fde: Mechanism for servers to expose supported operations
Articles
- The playground schematic analogy for designing a fediverse service
- Owncast Newsletter, March 2024
- Tiktok and the Fediverse
- How updates work in ActivityPub / Mastodon
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 59
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/018e1f65-597a-c30c-c68f-fdbe89706f3a
I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but this is a good reason to use The #Fediverse, specifically on a locally hosted instance like #MastodonAfrica for people in #Africa.
Even if we do completely lose our connection with the outside world, at least we can continue to communicate with *each other*. :-)
@nikspyratos #MastodonAfrica would happily welcome a Laravel Cape Town group account or of course all the members of the Laravel community that want to build a community on the #Fediverse. :)
Week in Fediverse 2024-03-08
Servers
- tootik v0.9.1
- snac v2.49
- Pixelfed v0.11.13
- streams v24.03.06
- GoToSocial v0.14.0
- honk v1.3.1
- Misskey v2024.3.1
- Sharkey v2024.3.1
- nodeBB: February Update on ActivityPub Development
- The path to Funkwhale 2.0: more federation!
- Threativore: A Fediverse/Threadiverse bot to fight against spam and help with moderation
Clients
- Elk v0.12.0
- Mastodon for Android v2.4.1
- Voyager v1.44.0
- Photon v1.28.0
- Alexandrite v0.8.13
- Raccoon v1.8.0
Tools and Plugins
- activitypub-federation-rust v0.5.1
Articles
- Rethinking Moderation: A Call for Trust Level Systems in the Fediverse
- Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon’s Toxicity
- Nightmare on Lemmy Street (A Fediverse GDPR Horror Story)
- We’re Hosting Our Own Fediverse Instance. Here’s Why
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/018dfb66-16e6-4a94-db56-d2444dbe5384
Dear friends of #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse,
some of you have expressed the desire to offer a bit of support to BSD Cafe.
In response, I've set up a Ko-fi page and a LiberaPay account for the project.
You can now buy a coffee for BSD Cafe at this link: https://ko-fi.com/bsdcafe or https://liberapay.com/bsdcafe
I'm reading that Meta's social networks are experiencing accessibility issues across Europe.
The Fediverse is open for (not) business, as usual.
Long live decentralization!
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Decentralization #OSS #OwnYourData #SocialNetworks
With various services being down today, use this as an opportunity to explore more of the #fediverse and the #OpenWeb:
https://jointhefediverse.net/join
And if you have the time and resources, consider running your own service!
Well done, #Fediverse. You've outdone yourselves this time. 🤦♂️
Makes me ashamed to be a part of this network.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/
Dear friends of #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse,
since December 2023, snac.bsd.cafe has been operational, initially in an experimental phase but has proven to be stable and reliable.
Thus, Snac2 is now available as a service of BSD Cafe. It is considered one of the best and most comprehensive "lightweight" implementations of #ActivityPub, offering one of the best ways to interact with the Fediverse without the need for the extensive dependencies and components of Mastodon.
It is now possible to request an account on the snac2 instance of BSD Cafe. There isn't an automatic sign-up process (snac2 does not provide one, as it wasn't designed to create large communities).
For information and details, I suggest reading the relevant page on our Wiki: https://wiki.bsd.cafe/snac.bsd.cafe
Have a great week!
#OpenSource #TechCommunity #DecentralizedSocialMedia #snac #snac2
It's time for an #introduction.
I'm glad to meet you! I'm the main administrator of the bsd.cafe instance (and other projects), a computer science enthusiast who's been fascinated by technology since childhood. I'm a big supporter of open-source solutions and enjoy working with #BSDs and #Linux systems. I enjoy #music and #photography. I've been an avid traveler and am now looking forward to getting back to traveling.I'm married to a wonderful wife and strive to live each day with a positive attitude,making the most of every day to improve our lives.
I like writing blog articles, especially tech ones (https://it-notes.dragas.net) and, from time to time, some of them are widely appreciated, especially in the open-source community.
Thank you for passing by and reading my introduction, enjoy your stay here in the #fediverse
Pixelfed Account Migration will transfer your followers to another Pixelfed or Mastodon account!
We could limit this to only other Pixelfed servers, but why?
The ability to easily migrate your followers between platforms and servers is what makes the #fediverse special ❤️
Details of the @pixelfed security vulnerability from February 10th have now been published.
If you are still using a vulnerable version (39.5% of pixelfed instances as of today), then you should update immediately, otherwise someone may just be able to turn off federation for your instance.
https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/security/advisories/GHSA-gccq-h3xj-jgvf
Week in Fediverse 2024-03-01
Servers
- Mastodon v4.2.8
- Hatsu v0.1.0
- Akkoma v2024.02
- Mitra v2.12.0
- snac v2.48
- Hubzilla v8.8.8
- Honk v1.3.0
- Mobilizon v4.1.0
- Misskey v2024.3.0
- Castopod v1.10.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v2.2.0
- gathio v1.4.0
- Mbin v1.4.1
- ActivityPub Server in a Single PHP File
Clients
- Mastodon v2.4.0 (announcement)
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta32
- Jerboa v0.0.60
- Photon v1.27.2
- Shitter v3.5.5
- mlmym v0.0.40
- Voyager v1.42.0
- Thunder v0.2.9
- Phanpy v2024.02.25
- Pachli v2.3.0
Tools and Plugins
- PeerTube Livechat Plugin v8.3.2
- Lemmy Migrate v1.2.0
Protocol
- ActivityPub and WebFinger (Draft Community Group Report)
Articles
- Newsmast Brings Huge New Features in 3.0 Update
- Open source meets open science - announcing the Open Science Network initiative
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/018dd6e3-8b0d-2f75-08e5-bbe4e5f1c6d1
This should help all the people that are running on #RV64 hardware (like the #VisionFive2, #MilkV, #LicheePi4A, ...) and also want to run #snac2 as a #ActivityPub instance in the #Fediverse like me.
You can grab it here: https://cdn.gyptazy.ch/files/riscv64/ubuntu/snac/snac_2.49_dev_ubuntu_23.10_riscv64_linux.tgz
So, #WordPress (.com) is evil now, but is there anything stopping AI scraping of the #fediverse?
Wasn't #Tumblr going to federate? I am all for just blocking them now that these things are happening, but what's stopping others? Couldn't there be servers out there just silently taking away all of this?
We also have #RSS feeds for every user profile and hashtag, a feature I love, but a double edged sword.
I really want us to remain open and such, but they make it really hard...
The #Fediverse is taking over! #Threads is testing native ActivityPub support; full federation should be live by the end of 2024. #Bluesky just enabled federation and a bridge between BS and the Fediverse is imminent. Meanwhile Elon Musk is intent on leaving #X out in the cold.
Hi #Fediverse, I'll give a shot about #fedijobs...
I am looking for a #remote #job as Senior #GraphicDesigner into the #opensource and #freesoftware space possibly not in the #marketing and #SocialMedia areas.
I don't want to leak too much personal information, what I can say about myself is that I could do my daily work with exclusively opensource software! 
If by any chance you, or your team, are looking for a #geek Graphic Designer that doesn't eat exclusively apples please DM me... 
Friends of the #BSDCafe and the #Fediverse,
Good morning and have a great week!
#Photography #Photo #Sunrise #Picture #Pic #PhotoMonday #FotoMontag #Sea
The #cryptocurrency is secure because it is encrypted and developed by professionals. OK, admittedly that's largely true, but then my #trust in #crypto plummets. Why do you ask me, yes then I suggest @web3isgreat.
I know many here in the #Fediverse already know about #web3 but I keep sending it to #blind capital believers. The same for @twitterisgoinggreat (inactive since the #X / #Twitter takeover of #ElonMusk), both operated by @molly0xfff.
Week in Fediverse 2024-02-23
Servers
- Misskey v2024.2.0
- Sharkey v2023.12.1
- Castopod v1.10.3
- Pleroma v2.6.2
- Mitra v2.11.0
- tootik v0.9.0
- Iceshrimp v2023.12.5
- The path to Funkwhale 2.0: a new API
- Pixelfed: Introducing Curated Onboarding - A Personal Touch to Community Building
Clients
- Elk v0.11.0
- Voyager v1.41.0
Tools and Plugins
- PeerTube Livechat Plugin v8.3.0
- StreetPass v2024.1
- FediPhoto-Lineage v7.3
Protocol
- FEP-96ff: Explicit signalling of ActivityPub Semantics
Articles
- Internationalise The Fediverse
- Breaking things and having fun with ActivityPub
- Who is welcome to my Inbox? (ActivityPub)
- Comparison of Misskey forks
- Cyberbullying Gone Global: Fediverse Spam and Operation Beleaguer
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 56
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/018db3a0-52c5-08c4-9c14-cbea33bc910d
Friends of the #BSDCafe and the entire #Fediverse, Mastodon 4.2.8 has just been released, featuring some bug fixes but primarily changing registrations to be closed by default.
Since its launch, the BSD Cafe instance has required manual approval of accounts (and even so, some well-disguised spam accounts have still managed to sneak in), so I won't proceed with an immediate update but rather as soon as possible, without haste.
Ehrlich gesagt, ich selber habe die Option @firefish im #Fediverse noch nicht ausprobiert aber der @mho hat darüber berichtet und der @crossgolf_rebel eine ausführliche Anleitung dafür geschrieben. Für mich ein sehr guter #Input und erweitert mein #Wissen über das #Mastodon weiter hinaus.
📰 https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Mehr-als-nur-Twitter-Kopie-Calckey-im-Fediverse-denkt-Social-Media-weiter-9205667.html
✏️ https://gnulinux.ch/fediverse-serie-calckey-firefish-kommunikation-im-fediverse-auf-einem-neuen-level%C2%A0
⬆️ …wie alles von unterschiedliche #App's im #Fediverse gibt und wie die zusammenhängen hat der @feb mal gepostet:
👉 https://loma.ml/display/373ebf56-4165-4fea-b900-75c374082640
⬆️ …einen längeren #Blog #Artikel von @annette wie das #Fediverse aufgenommen & vermittelt wird und der @Sascha sie darauf hinwies:
📄 https://www.annetteschwindt.de/2023/11/11/fediverse-bloggespraech-sascha-foerster/
⬆️ …der @derpepe hat meiner Meinung nach ganz gut artikuliert, weshalb #Mastodon als Fediverse Beispiel und zum #SocialMedia Vergleich, einfach alleine nicht reicht und weshalb die #Tools im #Fediverse so weit so viel mehr sind:
»Nicht Maulen... Alternative suchen!«
✒️ https://pepecyb.hu/nicht-maulen-alternative-suchen/
⬆️ …ich sollte endlich mal @gotosocial so wie @firefish ausprobieren. Auch wenn ich hier hauptsächlich über @Tusky auf #Mastadon unterwegs bin, sollte ich doch als Fürsprecher vom #Fediverse auch zusätzlich mehr über die andern Möglichkeiten wissen. Klar hat dies alles @gnulinux sehr ausführlich aufgeführt aber eigene #Erfahrung & #Meinung ist sicherlich nicht verkehrt.
(Weshalb, warum und wie hatte ich schon mal oben in den Toots hingewiesen)
📄 Serie – Fediverse-Dienste
https://gnulinux.ch/serie-%E2%80%93-fediverse-dienste-die-idee
⬆️ …so wie es aussieht, ist #Iceshrimp ( @admin@iceshrimp.social ) wie auch #Firefish ( @firefish ), #Sharky ( @Sharkey ) und #Calckey scheinen ein Klon von #Misskey ( @admin@misskey.io ) zu sein.
Ob dem nun so ist wie ich es wahrnehme, muss ich mich mal damit auseinandersetzen. Die Unterschiede im Detail interessieren mich und sind wahrscheinlich auch Argumente für diese #Fediverse Anwendungen. Weshalb ich darauf komme und Details siehe oben.
🧵 …klar gibt es einiges mehr an #Fediverse #Service & #Software als oben erwähnt. Die unten erwähnten sind dem #Mastodon ähnlich und es lässt sich ua auch sein Konto übertragen wenn mensch wechselt. Was führ wem geeigneter ist muss jede Person selbst herausfinden. Die #Vielfalt ist für mich nicht verworrend, sondern zeigt #Moglichkeiten zum #Kommunizieren.
✏️ @Sharkey
✏️ @firefish 
https://chaos.social/@kubikpixel/111391056352380309
Heute mal wieder ein kleiner #FridayFollow für ein wenig Orientierung im #Fediverse, ein deutschsprachigen #Podcast #FF:
💻 @zeroday
⚔️ @GeschichteFM
🌠 @astro_geo
🪐 @AufDistanz
⚗️ @minkorrekt
🏴 @aradio_berlin
🪲 @BugtalesFM
🤔 @DeepUndDoof
💡 @CeelightsEintopf
🎮 @gamedevpodcast
🗓️ @wochendaemmerung
👻 @HOAXILLA
💬 @wmr
Die ursprünglichen #Forum'e im #Internet gelten schon länger als #veraltet und die scheinbare alternative Lösung #Reddit hat nun #KI integriert und schnuppern die #User aus. Die wahre #Alternative finden wir wieder im Fediverse und sind ua #kbin / #Mbin so wie #Lemmy. Ja das #Fediverse ist viel mehr als nur #Mastodon und Co und kommuniziert nicht nur auf einem Server, sondern in der #Community (ihr kennt es evt schon)
💬 https://kbin.pub
💬 https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin
🐭 https://join-lemmy.org
🧵 …wie ihr sicherlich schon wisst, sehe ich Bluesky skeptisch an (siehe oben). Mir ist klar, das dessen #Entwicklung nicht einfach so wie rasch geht. Deren sich jetzigem #offen Erscheinen kommt für mich mehr als #Werbung als #Inovation vor. Im #Fediverse sind die unterschiedlichsten Server ein #Grundprinzip und auch deswegen mag ich es, siehe @FediTips.
«Kurznachrichtendienst: #Bluesky föderiert und öffnet sich für andere #Server»
»Was ist #Bluesky, und wie verwendet man es?«
Ich persönlich empfinde es als mysteriös, dass es bei Bluesky so lange dauert, bis es "fertig" ist. Für mich bleibt das offene Fediverse, das viel größer als nur Mastodon ist, die einzige öffentliche Kommunikation Lösung. Das erst bereit sein für angemeldete FrühuserInnen ist plumpes Marketing, da anscheinend nur Priviligierte Zugang erhalten.
🤔 https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000189452/blue-sky
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#thread #fediverse #mastodon #twitter #x #socialmedia #internet #privilege
👆 …so wie es aussieht, scheint das #Bluesky #SocialMedia ein Thema in allen deutschsprachigen Medien zu sein, da diese #X / #Twitter verlassen wollen müssen und sie das #Fediverse irgendwie befürchten:
– via @isAutonomous
👆 …einen weiteren Artikel zu #Bluesky, das als #X / #Twitter Ersatz angesehen wird. Die Gedanken vom @barning und weshalb das #Fediverse nicht eine gute Alternative ist (ich persönlich sehe dies absolut anders!):
📃 https://niklasbarning.de/2023/10/07/mastodon-bluesky-und-die-sache-mit-den-interaktionen/
«Spamwelle im Fediverse – Discord unternimmt nichts, Mastodon bekommt einen Schutz:
Eine #Spam'welle gegen besonders große User auf #Mastodon hat Schwächen des #Fediverse offengelegt. Organisiert wurde sie auf Discord, wo nichts unternommen wird.»
Ich meide Discord schon eine längere Zeit und nutze stattdessen @matrix für die Chat Kommunikation. Anderseits kann #Discord damit indirekt ihrer #Konkurenz entgegen wirken, was es aber keinesfalls seriös macht.
«Reddits #KI-Partner ist Google»
Mögt ihr auch die #Vielfalt im #Internet? Wenn ja, dann nutzt kein #Reddit und #Google mehr. Wem sag ich das? Sicherlich nicht euch, ihr seid ja schon hier im #Fediverse ;)
🤷♂️ https://www.heise.de/news/Reddits-KI-Partner-ist-Google-9635742.html
🧵 …vor vier Monaten war dieses Thema oben zum @signalapp schon aktuell, doch nun hatte es #Signal umgesetzt. Meine #Meinung dazu seht ihr unter diesem #Fediverse Link:
@fink @scy I'm not testet yet but I hope this comes in to the #fediverse.
Dear #Fediverse app devs (including the #mastodon web interface itself): PLEASE stop autocorrecting my #CamelCase'd hashtags into all-lower-case.
That's just silly. You should be autocorrecting lower case to camel case instead! Grab the list of all hashtags with the same letters without regard to case, and if there's a plurality of them with the same capitalization (not counting all-lower-case), suggest that. Duh! ;)
edit: self-tone-policing. I come across a little too snippy.
Nun ja liebes @tagesschau Team, wie bringen wir den Menschen nun das #Fediverse bei? Es hat ja keinen zentralen #Diktator und ist je nach Wunsch & Vorliebe eigen publik zu nutzen.
«Nach #Tod von Kremlkritiker X-Account von Nawalny-Witwe zeitweise gesperrt:
Der Onlinedienst X, vormals #Twitter, hat das Konto von Julia #Nawalnaja vorübergehend gesperrt. Die genauen Gründe sind bislang unklar. Zu lesen war zwischenzeitlich, der #Account verstoße gegen die Regeln von #X.»
🤨 https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/europa/x-account-nawalny-witwe-gesperrt-100.html
One interesting lesson about the #fediverse is that centralization and algorithms are not all bad.
Centralization for managing block lists, and a simple algorithm that shows you posts popular in your network, so that your friends who live in different timezones don't need to repost their posts every few hours.
I know some will disagree, but to me the fediverse is not about being against these things on principles, rather approaching them more thoughtfully.
ActivityPub Server in a Single PHP File
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/activitypub-server-in-a-single-file/
"For #Mastodon users who want to remain isolated from traditional social networks, these connections to other platforms — particularly #Threads, which has 130 million active users — could pose a greater threat than a third-party #Bluesky bridge."
Yeah. I think that's the crux of it. I think many "traditional" #Fediverse users (i.e. the early adopters of the early platforms, like Mastodon and Misskey) are, whether they care to admit it or not, afraid of us being connected to these big corporate networks, because they liked their isolation.
Which is something I can sort-of understand. I mean, one of the things I've mentioned being afraid of in the past is the de-techifying of technology. I don't want to appeal to more non-technical users; I want to force people to get more technical, because learning how things work is the key to education and becoming better human beings.
But hey, that's unlikely to ever happen. Even the Fediverse as it currently is is moving towards more "beautiful" and "user friendly" UIs and UXes. Which I read as dumbing themselves down. And it's leaving us technical users feeling left out.
Overall, though, I think my desire to be able to follow and be followed by as many people as humanly possible, regardless of the platform they're on, outweighs my desire to see people getting more technical. :)
Please can my #filter / blocker on #Mastodon also use the #alttext alt-text of photos & videos to remove stuff from my #hometimeline ? #spam #Fediverse #Fosstodon
🧵…wie gebe ich das #Fediverse den Menschen bei um von #Facebook, #X, #Intagram & Co. sich zu verabschieden?
Die #News natürlich über #RSS aber für die offene #Kommunikation und weitere #Infos u.a. hier drüben? Klar das Video oben aber wie spreche und überzeuge ich sie davon? 🤔
«60 Millionen Dollar: Reddit erlaubt KI-Unternehmen Zugriff auf seiner Plattform»
«Trainingsdaten: #Reddit schließt #KI-Content-Deal ab»
Wenn dies nicht ein Grund ist, seine Gratisarbeit aufzugeben und dann besser in's #Fediverse wie zB @LemmyWorld zu wechseln?!
👽 https://www.heise.de/news/60-Millionen-Dollar-Reddit-erlaubt-KI-Unternehmen-Zugriff-auf-seiner-Plattform-9631551.html
👽 https://www.golem.de/news/trainingsdaten-reddit-schliesst-ki-content-deal-ab-2402-182328.html
🐭 https://join-lemmy.org
All I care about is being able to follow the people I want to follow, from a single account, regardless of whether they're on the #Fediverse or #Threads or #BlueSky or #Nostr or whatever.
I really don't care who does or does not get to see my public posts. The whole point of a public post is that it's (wait for it) PUBLIC. By definition, I want it to be seen by as many people as possible.
If I don't want a post to be public, I'll mark it unlisted or followers-only, or I'll send it as a DM (yes, I know DMs on Mastodon aren't encrypted at rest. That is unfortunate).
There is zero expectation of privacy for posts you make public. Never has been. On any network.
If #BridgyFed comes online, I *want* all my public posts to be seen by people on #Bluesky and #Nostr and wherever else BF decides to bridge to. And I want people on all those platforms to be able to find and follow me. And I don't want to have to do anything special to make that happen.
But now because of a few irate paranoid people who happened to have a problem with the author's use of the phrase "opt out" (the entire Fediverse is opt-out by default, don't you know), that's probably never going to happen. Now, if I understand correctly, I'll have to explicitly opt-in to be discoverable by BlueSky users, but what's worse, BlueSky users who want me to be able to find them from my Fediverse account have to explicitly opt in too.
Which is a total joke. Most of them don't even know the Fediverse *exists*, have no knowledge or understanding of this bridge, and/or have no interest in the Fediverse. Or they would've joined the Fediverse-proper by now.
In fact, one of the hopes was that when BS users start getting followed by Fediverse users, they'll see our weird handles, wonder what it's all about, do some research, and maybe by virtue of that, will end up joining us "for realsies":..
So how many BS users do you think are going to opt-in to be discoverable from the Fediverse? Especially the high-profile accounts, the accounts I was most looking forward to being able to follow and interact with?
Week in Fediverse 2024-02-16
Servers
- Pixelfed v0.11.12
- Bovine v0.5.10
- snac v2.47
- Mastodon v4.2.6, v4.2.7
- GoToSocial v0.13.3
- Honk v1.2.3
- ActivityPub for WordPress v2.1.0
- Immers Space v6.0.3
- tootik v0.8.3
Clients
- Jerboa v0.0.59
- IceCubesApp v1.10.32
- Mastodon for Android v2.3.0
- PixelDroid v1.0.beta30
- mlmym v0.0.38
- Mastodon Bird UI v1.8.5
- Photon v1.27.0
- Raccoon v1.7.7
Tools and Plugins
- PeerTube Livechat Plugin v8.2.0
- Substitoot v0.7.2
- Lemmy Schedule v1.8.0
- Kbin KES v3.3.0
Protocol
- Private Communities Lemmy RFC
- Activity Streams/Primer/Place type
Articles
- Fediversity at O₄FFDEM
- Bonfire Offers Framework for Next-Gen Fediverse Platforms
- Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges
- Can we improve the Fediverse Allow-List Model?
- CVE-2024-23832: Remote User Impersonation and Takeover via Cache Poisoning
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 55
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/018d8e59-fe42-c931-348a-48530ccdf465
At an in-office session with the #nodebb team, talking #ActivityPub
There are some hard questions to answer, such as:
- how to scalably introduce the concept of ACL at the post/toot level.
- how to educate about the #fediverse in a user-friendly way
- how to solve the "empty home feed" problem
- how do we handle #GDPR compliance when federating in and out?
- how do we improve on "newest to oldest" without introducing a corruptible algorithm?
@nodebb is all in on fedi. Let's make it work.
@multiverseofbadness thank you!
The fact of the matter is, a lot of popular #fediverse software is rather new, and that's super exciting, but also means some of the software is rather green and not battle tested.
#nodebb went through its own growing pains, so I feel like there are some lessons that can be learned from outside orgs looking to join #ActivityPub devel.
I'm not saying we're perfect, but if we can help soften some of those growing pains for all of #fedi then 👍
«Bonfire Offers Framework for Next-Gen Fediverse Platforms»
– by @deadsuperhero on @wedistribute
I have been reading about @bonfire for some time now, but only superficially. Now it seems to be something special in the #nextgen #Fediverse and I will have a detailed look at it.
🔥 https://wedistribute.org/2024/02/bonfire-nextgen-framework/
Danke @tuxi für das teilen vom #Video über das Fediverse. Ich teile per Chat den Link an Menschen, die Fragen haben was und warum ich das #Fediverse vorschlage. Dann lassen (die meisten) gerne noch sich Details und deren Nutzung erklären.
📺 Fediverse in 3 Minuten erklärt
https://video.metaversum.wtf/w/d6f4772c-acc7-42b8-9fd5-f157fd1b8e35
@FreeBSDFoundation @kamcmahon @emaste @bsdimp
Opinion
The FreeBSD Project and The FreeBSD Foundation should properly switch away from X:
— <https://twitter.com/freebsdfndation> is unreachable
— <https://twitter.com/freebsd> is unreachable
— <https://twitter.com/freebsdcore/with_replies> is unreachable
— <https://twitter.com/FreeBSDHelp/with_replies> is unreachable
… and so on.
<https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/111936925031741573> @arstechnica
<https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/111938203059715076>
Ich habe den Eindruck, dass das Weltbild vieler Menschen heute fast ausschließlich von den sozialen Medien geprägt ist. So entstehen selbsternannte Experten unserer Zeit, die ihre Meinungen auf der Grundlage von 15-sekündigen TikTok-Videos oder Instagram-Memes bilden und verbreiten. Dies zeugt von einer bedenklichen Oberflächlichkeit und einem erheblichen Mangel an Selbstreflexion.
#socialmedia #social #media #bedenken #bedenklich #fediverse #facebook #instagram #tiktok #x #whatsapp
Still in the #fediverse.
In light of recent events with the queer.af domain, I believe it would be highly beneficial for Fediverse platforms to support instance migration between domains. This would ensure complete portability and the ability to restore the entire instance on another domain and TLD, in case of emergencies.
What are your thoughts? (Especially the devs)
Thank you!
#Mastodon #snac2 #snac #pixelfed #pleroma #akkoma #misskey #gotosocial #firefish #friendica #takahe #Fediverse
- Primary Auth NS & NTP
- Secondary NS & NTP
- Webserver (#manpageblog)
- #snac (#Fediverse server) & #synapse (#Matrix chat server)
- #Tor relay node
You cannot apprehend the sheer power of Streetpass without using it.
Just install it, makes its button visible in your browser main bar and continue your online life as usual.
After a few days, you will realize how many individuals you have crossed paths with, how the words you were reading came from real people. The #fediverse is already everywhere !
Of course, it works best when reading blogs and independent websites. But that’s our shared goal, isn’t it?
@luceos That is my sincere hope. You and I are in sync on many things, and the future looks bright for #flarum.
I am very excited to pave the way for #forum software on the #fediverse, and it'll only make things better when Flarum joins up too.
If you really want @mastodonmigration and @fediversereport to go nuts, we'll have to publicly commit to close inter-compatibility and cross-migrations too 😅
I think everyone needs to be aware of this: https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://snarfed.org/2024-02-12_52106 and think about whether and how they want their #fediverse accounts to interact with #Bluesky.
Admins should probably discuss with their communities whether or not they want their instances opted-in by default. I think it's unfortunate that he built it to be opt-out rather than opt-in, but Ryan does, at least, seem open to working toward mutually agreeable solutions.