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- Week in Fediverse 2024-09-27
Week in Fediverse 2024-09-27
Servers
- Sharkey v2024.8.2
- Hubzilla v9.4
- ActivityPub for WordPress v3.3.0
- PeerTube v6.3.1
- Mobilizon v5.0.1
- Gancio v1.19.3
- PieFed development update September 2024 - not prepping for 1.0 release
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For developers
Articles
- Launch of Social Web Foundation
- The Social Web Foundation Launches, to Much Confusion
- the disconnect between activitypub and the fediverse
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 85
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: <https://mitra.social/objects/01921076-085b-7aed-8f7f-0a4265c091aa>
- About to give Saturn another go for a few days hopefully.
About to give Saturn another go for a few days hopefully.
The dev has removed the post limit for free users, which is definitely good.
Paying to post on Fediverse where everywhere else is free, is wild.
They also said they fixed the crash bug with notifications. Those two things immediately killed my motivation with wanting to use the app so hopefully it's better this time.🤞
#Fediverse #Fedi #iOS #Mastodon
- Maybe I should deactivate my sub.club
Maybe I should deactivate my sub.club
I don't have anything "exclusive" I want to post there.
I'm not a "content creator", I just like Fediverse and tend to ramble about it and like to try out new projects sometimes.
I would like to earn a little on Fediverse, but so far I don't think I've done anything worth earning.🤷♂️
#Fediverse #Fedi #Subclub
- I read that the official Mastodon instance of the Swiss government will be closing down.
I read that the official Mastodon instance of the Swiss government will be closing down.
They say there are few active users, low engagement, and minimal interaction, which seems quite plausible. Additionally, they claim that "on platforms like X or Instagram, the Federal Council and the Federal Administration have many more followers." I believe that too, of course.
However, I do not agree with their decision. I think a government shouldn’t be overly concerned about follower counts and interactions, but rather about providing free, autonomous communication that is independent of third-party companies. In my view, a government shouldn’t operate like a business focused on "numbers."
Still, I appreciate their experiment - many governments, like the Italian one, haven’t even tried.
Regarding costs and management effort: an instance with 5 users and 3,500 followers (numbers provided by them) can run on a VPS for €3 a month and doesn't require heavy moderation. The cost for them is nearly zero. Yet, the freedom of information and discussion, especially for a Neutral Country, should always be a priority.
I believe that maintaining control over one’s information channels is crucial, especially in today's world. But, I fear that decision-makers only consider the numbers, which often favor the flashiest - but worse - solutions.
Encouraging citizens to use closed platforms is, in my opinion, a wrong choice.
Thanks to the Swiss government for at least giving it a shot.
<https://www.admin.ch/gov/it/pagina-iniziale/documentazione/comunicati-stampa.msg-id-102585.html>
#Mastodon #FreedomOfSpeech #Switzerland #Fediverse #SocialNetworks
- This! This! So perfectly stated and well-written.
This! This! So perfectly stated and well-written.
Beyond technical features: why we need to talk about the values of the Fediverse (part 1).
As users of the Fediverse, I think we'll all relate and understand.
<https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/?ref=the-future-is-federated-newsletter>
@_elena@mastodon.social
#Fediverse
- 🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News, bringin you the world from #Boston. It's 65F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.
🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News, bringin you the world from #Boston. It's 65F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.
Iconic British actress Dame Maggie Smith has died. She was 89.
A Detroit judge who put a teen in handcuffs on a field trip has been demoted to adjudicating speeding tickets.
Hurricane #Helene is causing major flooding in NW Florida.
- Hi tech devotees! Please check out these newly federated Flipboard Magazines. Follow them for product reviews, trends, exclusive interviews and opinion, and the latest in technology news:
Hi tech devotees! Please check out these newly federated Flipboard Magazines. Follow them for product reviews, trends, exclusive interviews and opinion, and the latest in technology news:
9to5Google <https://flipboard.com/@9to5google>
Ars Technica <https://flipboard.com/@ArsTechnica>
BGR <https://flipboard.com/@BGR>
CNET <https://flipboard.com/@cnet>
DecryptMedia <https://flipboard.com/@DecryptMedia>
Engadget <https://flipboard.com/@Engadget>
Gizmodo <https://flipboard.com/@Gizmodo>
VentureBeat <https://flipboard.com/@venturebeat>
#Tech Technology #FollowFriday #Fediverse #Media #News #Journalism
- @_elena goes "beyond technical features" of the fediverse in her latest issue of The Future Is Federated newsletter:
@_elena@mastodon.social goes "beyond technical features" of the fediverse in her latest issue of The Future Is Federated newsletter:
"The people of the Fediverse - compared to people on mainstream social media - also exhibit a high degree of digital media literacy: they are keenly aware of surveillance capitalism, adtech, and the harvesting of private user data to train AI models."
<https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-values-of-the-fediverse-ethical-social-media/>
#fediverse #SocialMedia #newsletter
- The official #Fediverse ( #ActivityPub ) account of the inventor of the #WorldWideWeb #WWW
The official #Fediverse ( #ActivityPub ) account of the inventor of the #WorldWideWeb #WWW
<https://w3c.social/@timbl>
#W3C #Internet #CERN #SocialWeb #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Web #MycelialWeb
- I want to #introduce myself, maybe because today is a good day for it or just because I found my place in the #fediverse.
I want to #introduce myself, maybe because today is a good day for it or just because I found my place in the #fediverse.
I've been a programmer since childhood. Father, husband, I try to be a good person, although sometimes I tell the truth to someone's face, not thinking that they might be offended. Sorry, if anything.
I've been working as a full-stack developer for over 20 years and dream of my own project, most likely it will be a game project or something related to graphics (maybe when I retire :)). I know and studied many languages and technologies as a hobby. But now I've settled on the C language as a hobby. Maybe not everyone likes it, but this is my choice. At work, I use a modern stack (c#, sql, javascript, html, css, ...), but I still do everything by hand, I use frameworks and libraries to a minimum, this is the only way to create something truly effective, fast and productive for a specific area of application. But I'm tired of writing SaaS garbage.
Sometimes I write completely unpopular and unimportant opinions, but my own. Sometimes I tell them as stories about #undefinedvaribale.
I created my cafe (irc channel and matrix room) for wandering crafters like myself. You don't have to be a #programming guru or a creator of something popular. You just might need a cozy place in the jungle of techno world where like-minded developers share a common vision and feeling. Then you're welcome.
irc: irc://irc.libera.chat/#codecrafters matrix: <https://matrix.to/#/#codecrafters:bsd.cafe>
- Well...after a few posts using Saturn, it prompted me to pay...
Well...after a few posts using Saturn, it prompted me to pay...
Guess my trial period is over in less than 2 hours.
Not much to say tbh, since I didn't get a fair amount of time with it.
Notifications crash the app, that's about all I can say....😬
@JPEGuin@mastodon.social, I would definitely remove the limit on posting. I'm a poster, if I can't post without paying, I'll use something else.
Also, the app crashed several times in the short time I've had with it. The most consistent being when I tried to open my notifications, it crashed every time.
Overall, I can't say much more because I was very limited by the paywall.🤷♂️
#Saturn #iOS #Mastodon #Fediverse
- Follow Social Web Foundation on X for all the latest Social Web Foundation news from Meta and friends.
Follow Social Web Foundation on X for all the latest Social Web Foundation news from Meta and friends.
<https://x.com/socialwebfdn>
#SocialWebFoundation #Meta #automattic #fastly #flipboard #fordFoundation #ghost #iftas #threads #mastodon #medium #pixelfed #vivaldi #writeAs #fediverse #institutionalCorruption #senpaiNoticedMe #congratulationsOnYourNonVotingSeatAtTheAdultsTable
- Hello Fedi Friends!
Hello Fedi Friends!
Please do not think that my interest in the #Fediverse has waned because I haven’t published a new piece for #TheFutureIsFederated in 2 weeks.
I’ve been writing an EPIC post about the values of the Fediverse - a love letter to it, really - that has ballooned to 12 min reading time (and I only covered 2/3 of the points I wanted to make).
I’ll split the post in 2 parts… and may publish something this afternoon. Thank you for everything, I think you may enjoy this new piece ❤️
- "While it is still emerging, the fediverse has scaled to a size that makes it unquestionably relevant this election."
"While it is still emerging, the fediverse has scaled to a size that makes it unquestionably relevant this election."
<https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/the-revolution-will-be-federated/>
#2024Election #Fediverse
- I am testing out Saturn, an iOS app for Mastodon, at the request of the developer.
I am testing out Saturn, an iOS app for Mastodon, at the request of the developer.
After I give it a week or so of messing around in the app, I'll give my thoughts about it.
Hopefully it's good, we can use more apps with different styles and features.
Many options are always a good thing to me.
#Mastodon #Fediverse #iOS
- There's something I've been wanting to talk about for awhile.
There's something I've been wanting to talk about for awhile.
Quote posts, limiting of quote posts, and how those features might be added to core AP.
As it is now, the way Threads does quote posting is when a person adds a link to another Threads post, it automatically turns into a "quote post".
They also have the option to limit posts from being quoted, which in turn completely stops anyone on Threads linking to that post.
To me, that is wild, but I can see it making sense on a closed platform.
However, given the way Fediverse works and a ton of people have their own instance/website, I think it would be absolutely asinine to attempt to stop someone from simply posting a link to another post.
Links have been part of the internet for awhile now and there's no other platform that stops people from using links, AFAIK.
So, to those working on AP, please consider another route for quote posts because if I cannot link to something on my own website, I'll be pretty livid honestly.
#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Threads #SocialMedia
- This is our second microblogging test for the #Fediverse from #WordPress. Some things might still come up looking funky, we’re currently exploring how to make content look and feel as native as
This is our second microblogging test for the #Fediverse from #WordPress. Some things might still come up looking funky, we’re currently exploring how to make content look and feel as native as possible.
<https://wedistribute.org/note/12189/>
- BlueSky was created by Jack, and he could have picked ActivityPub, but he didn't.
BlueSky was created by Jack, and he could have picked ActivityPub, but he didn't.
You know why most fedi developers have such a distaste for BlueSky?
Oh right, it's because Jack saw a need for monetization that couldn't work without a centralized infra.
Then he abandoned BS.
As much as you may think the SWF wants to bring ads to your fedi feed, I'm pretty sure you'll see ads on BlueSky first.
But the real ones will keep building, where it matters.
#fediverse
- 🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 63F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 63F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
#NYC Mayor Eric Adams has been indicted on federal corruption charges but says he doesn't plan to resign.
More OpenAI executives are leaving the company as the CEO is working to make it for-profit. #AI
Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred in Washington DC for pushing false 2020 election claims. The former NYC mayor was previously disbarred in New York State.
- The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by @evan @mallory and @tomcoates.
The Social Web Foundation launched today. This non-profit is dedicated to making connections between social platforms with ActivityPub, and was co-founded by @evan@cosocial.ca @mallory@techpolicy.social and @tomcoates@me.dm.
The foundation's focus is educating the public and policy makers about the social web, enhancing and extending the ActivityPub protocol, and building tools and plumbing to make the social web easier to use. “With this program, The Social Web Foundation can catalyze more growth on the Fediverse while improving user experience and safety,” says Prodromou. “Our goal is to unblock users, developers and communities so they can get the most out of their social web experience.”
We are proud to support the work of the foundation. Read more about the it here:
<https://socialwebfoundation.org/>
#ActivityPub #Federation #Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb #SocialWebFoundation #SpreadMastodon
- People seem surprised that corporate #enshittification is setting in on the #Fediverse. Yet the signs have been on the wall for a long time. For "winning" protocols in terms of adoption, corporate
People seem surprised that corporate #enshittification is setting in on the #Fediverse. Yet the signs have been on the wall for a long time. For "winning" protocols in terms of adoption, corporate takeover is a certainty.
Up to now the #Commons hasn't found a way to avoid that. Our #FOSS is inherently unsustainable. It is able to innovate, and then subsequently hand over the fruits of that innovation to corporate harvesters. Working in public, under #HyperCapitalism and for hypercapitalism.
- New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 85
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 85
This week's news:
- The Swiss government shuts down their Mastodon server
- @gotosocial latest update brings Interaction Policies to the fediverse, giving people control over who can interact with their posts (or turn off replies altogether
- The Social Web Foundation has launched, with controversy about Meta being a partner
Read at: <https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-85/>
- idk where to really put this (might turn into a blog post later or something). it's what you might call a "hot take", certainly a heterodox one to some parts of the broader #fediverse community. this
idk where to really put this (might turn into a blog post later or something). it's what you might call a "hot take", certainly a heterodox one to some parts of the broader #fediverse community. this is in response to recent discussion on "what do you want to see from AP/AS2 specs" (in context of wg rechartering) mostly devolving into people complaining about JSON-LD and extensibility, some even about namespacing in general (there was a suggestion to use UUID vocab terms. i'm not joking)
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!US and Russia Tensions !President Zelensky signing a 155 munition at a Pennsylvania munitions production plant !Inflation eases in the US
- 🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 62F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 62F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
Tropical storm #Helene is approaching the Gulf Coast as residents of Tampa and Tallahassee FL prepare. #flwx
Standardized test scores for students in Mass. public schools showed little improvement this year and remain well below pre-pandemic levels.
The A's will play their final game in #Oakland on Saturday. The team is ultimately going to Las Vegas. #MLB
- Composable moderation is one of the things ATProto/BlueSky gets right, along with account portability between data stores. I wonder how much of this can be added to fediverse software using the Zot
Composable moderation is one of the things ATProto/BlueSky gets right, along with account portability between data stores. I wonder how much of this can be added to fediverse software using the Zot creator's FEPs? Which I assume are being implemented in his new project called Forte;
<https://codeberg.org/fortified/forte>
#fediverse #ComposableModeration #ATProto #BlueSky #AccountPortability #Zot #FEP #Forte
- Told y'all mastodon being the majority here is not a good thing....
Told y'all mastodon being the majority here is not a good thing....
<https://socialwebfoundation.org/>
I hate this.
I hate that I was right.
Everything is about 🤑🤑🤑. It always has been.
#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialWebFoundation
- At @Vivaldi we love the Fediverse!
At @Vivaldi@vivaldi.net we love the Fediverse!
More and more are joining. I urge you all to help your friends join as well!
<https://vivaldi.com/blog/social-web-foundation-launches-supported-by-vivaldi/>
#fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #BlueSky #Facebook #Computer #Mozilla
- Loops aims to be the #fediverse TikTok
Loops aims to be the #fediverse TikTok
We're building it for everyone, even those who may not care about federation!
The whole platform and discovery algorithm will be open source, and fingers crossed, will be funded by a grant by NLnet (if our application gets approved)
But more importantly, I'm eager to implement better safety and moderation tools to empower users and admins to create more safe, healthy and sustainable communities.
We can do this better, without influencers 😎
- I'm preparing a new article for #TheFutureIsFederated about the values of the Fediverse & FOSS communities (vs. Big Tech platforms).
I'm preparing a new article for #TheFutureIsFederated about the values of the Fediverse & FOSS communities (vs. Big Tech platforms).
Something that I LOVE about the #Fediverse is the encouragement to use #AltText in pics... for accessibility / people with visual impairements / ppl using screenreaders.
I see you can add #Alttext to images posted on #Threads but where do you read those descriptions?
Or is nobody using it on Threads?
If you have an example, please LMK. Thanks! 🙏
#AskFedi
- Really sad to see Mozilla give up on their Mozilla.Social server. We all need to work together to grow the Fediverse.
Really sad to see Mozilla give up on their Mozilla.Social server. We all need to work together to grow the Fediverse.
Should any of you need a new home, you are welcome at Vivaldi.social.
<https://mozilla.social/@mozilla/113153943609185249>
#Fediverse #Mozilla #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Vivaldi
- Ah, sad to see another fediverse server shutting down. But appreciate that the admins shared their experience, the good and the bad.
Ah, sad to see another fediverse server shutting down. But appreciate that the admins shared their experience, the good and the bad.
"[...] not the amount of work that goes into running this server [...] difficult to untangle a situation in order to come to a good moderation decision"
"connected to communities that I wasn’t a part of, and learned their struggles and their joys"
<https://blog.strangeobject.space/posts/2024-09-23-shutting-down.html>
via <https://strangeobject.space/@esther/113186552978176117>
#fediverse #ServerAdmins #FediverseAdmins
- "It’s one thing to argue that ActivityPub is “the future of the social web” [...] but it’s an altogether different bit of self-puffery and disrespect to claim that ActivityPub is the social web.
"It’s one thing to argue that ActivityPub is “the future of the social web” [...] but it’s an altogether different bit of self-puffery and disrespect to claim that ActivityPub is the social web.
Blogs were the social web. Friendster was the social web. MySpace was the social web. Twitter was the social web."
<https://bix.blog/posts/holy-hell-the-social-web-did-not-begin-in-2008>
#fediverse #SocialWeb #SocialMedia
- Corporate social media locks you in to their platforms, but projects like the Fediverse put you in control to build a more free, more private, and better moderated web. It's exciting to see more
Corporate social media locks you in to their platforms, but projects like the Fediverse put you in control to build a more free, more private, and better moderated web. It's exciting to see more people working to make independent social media even better. <https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/24/as-the-open-social-web-movement-grows-a-new-nonprofit-launches-to-expand-the-fediverse/> #fediverse #activitypub
- I don't have a ton of thoughts to share about the newly announced #SocialWebFoundation, but I do want to express gratitude to everyone here working towards making the fediverse a fun, safe, and
I don't have a ton of thoughts to share about the newly announced #SocialWebFoundation, but I do want to express gratitude to everyone here working towards making the fediverse a fun, safe, and inclusive space, whether through technical and monetary contributions, or by sharing your daily wins and struggles.
You all give me a lot of hope!
#fediverse #SWF
- ⭐️This Week's Featured Voices on Flipboard⭐️
⭐️This Week's Featured Voices on Flipboard⭐️ You can now discover climate experts from Mastodon and Threads on Flipboard. These six influential voices are featured in our Community tab this week:
@kathhayhoe@fediscience.org @renewable_energy_club @globalecoguy @MichaelEMann@fediscience.org @britishantarcticsurvey@threads.ney @stshank@mstdn.social
Follow their accounts in the app to see their photography right alongside content from your favorite publishers. If you miss them in the tab, you can always search for their accounts on Flipboard.
Download the Flipboard app to check it out:
<https://about.flipboard.com/download-flipboard/>
#Flipboard #Federation #ActivityPub #ClimateChange #Science #Environment #Fediverse #MastodonMigration
- Oh nice, partnered with Meta.
Oh nice, partnered with Meta.
You know, these guys:
<https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/why-did-meta-just-hire-this-ron-desantis-approved-project-2025-alum/ar-AA1pti16>
FFS, why is everything so shit? Is it too much to ask that you folks don’t involve yourselves with these assholes one fucking time?
#fediverse #meta #SocialWebFoundation #vivaldi #BigTech #SiliconValley #FFS <https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi/113193395332307465>
- The new Social Web Foundation is launching today. https://socialwebfoundation.org/2024/09/24/launch/
The new Social Web Foundation is launching today. <https://socialwebfoundation.org/2024/09/24/launch/>
@evan@cosocial.ca held early community feedback sessions at FediForum e.g. here: <https://fediforum.org/2024-03/session/3-a/> and it's good for the #fediverse and the #socialweb that the organization is now live!
- 🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 61F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 61F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.
President Biden spoke at the UN General Assembly, rallying support for #Ukraine.
Admittedly, our first reaction was: "They were still around?" But Kmart's last full-scale store, in Bridgehampton NY, will close on Oct. 20.
Trump says he will lure foreign companies to the US by giving them access to federal land. #uspol.