Good morning and happy Thursday fellow fedizens of the #Fediverse.
Let’s get this day kicked off and meet for our #KoffeeWithKyle chat and see what we all have planned today.
My day is kicking off with a bang and not a good one. Have to get my car towed to Hyundai (more on that in next post). Maybe I’ll get to work today 🤷🏻♂️. Rest of the day im not sure.
Happy Thursday to everyone around the #Fediverse today!
Let's discuss what the day has in store for each of us as we near the end of the week and get ready to head into the weekend.
It's work as usual here with a meeting at 12pm and then not much else work wise after that.
I'll be starting Ghost of Tsushima on PC today since it releases at 11am EST. Super excited to play this as I never played it on console.
#MorningMoments #GoodMorning #VideoGames #GhostOfTsushima #Work #Meetings
Great to meet @Gargron, @andypiper and many other #Fediverse and #Mastodon enthusiasts in SF.
Thanks to @mike and @Flipboard for holding the social event!
Good morning and happy Wednesday #Fediverse.
It’s the peak of the week. It’s all downhill from here. Let’s have our #KoffeeWithKyle chat and see what we all have going on today. Let’s catch up in the comments.
I have something going on today I can’t discuss right now. Hopefully I’ll have more information later. It’s also just the usual work stuff. Have to go to a client to check some network stuff. The just relaxing this evening.
Been having a strange issue on the new Sharkey instance.
I have object storage on and it's going through my domain through cloudflare. However, sometimes the uploaded media goes to the media.thesocial.zone/proxy and sometimes it goes to media.thesocialzone/file/<bucket>. I believe the 2nd one is correct but I'm not sure why it's going to a proxy folder. Could this be because I have the "proxy" setting on cloudflare for the object storage and I should turn that off? 🤔😬
If anyone knows anything and can offer advice, please let me know.
Also, apparently users can't change their password....😳
That's a completely different issue and for that I don't even know where to start....😬😩
Endpoint: i/change-password
Info: {"e":{"message":"incorrect password","code":"Error","id":"cf50413a-756b-43b5-a7f8-9e29c88b3d17"}}
Date: 2024-05-15T12:12:33.258Z
If anyone has any ideas on this, please get back to me. I'm so confused on this.😔
You know what's nice about here...knowing I can criticize and call out any corporation, politician, or wealth hoarder without being suppressed, hidden, etc at the whim of advertisers or megalomaniacs. #Fediverse
I talk about the #fediverse in this episode of Technically Optimistic, a terrific podcast by Raffi Krikorian and Emerson Collective. The topic: How to Save Social Media
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/technically-optimistic/id1689164209?i=1000654155177
Good morning and happy Tuesday #Fediverse.
For our #KoffeeWithKyle chat, let’s have a chat to discuss what we all have going on for today. Comment below to add to the discussion.
Just the usual work for me. Trying to get a plan together to send to boss for foundation of MSP side of business and future growth. Has been pain to get it all together and completed. Then it’s a new school week so I’ll be seeing what work there is.
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At Newsmast we’re all about growing the social web, foregrounding consent & safety.
We’re excited by the introduction of Bluesky and Threads to the Fediverse! We’re currently working on new ways to manage federation and exploring how this could expand the knowledge in our Communities.
We know it’s not for everyone! If you don’t want to see Bluesky or Threads content, please block the bsky.brid.gy or the threads.net domains!
#Fediverse #Threads #Bluesky #BridgyFed
Happy Tuesday #Fediverse
How are we all doing today and what do we each have planned for the day today?
For me, it's the usual work stuff with a meeting at 12pm EST, and then Google I/O is at 1pm EST so I'll certainly be tuning into that.
After that, it's just more work stuff and then maybe I'll check out the new season of Diablo IV that starts today.
#MorningMoments #GoodMorning #Work #GoogleIO #Meeting #DiabloIV #VideoGames
I know some fediverse apps use various text/image detection technologies, so I was curious if this encourages the use of alt text.
The main thing I learned: Out of nearly 30,000 fediverse posts I looked at, almost 80% did not have information about the client app.
That was a bit surprising. And it makes doing this sort of analysis difficult.
Chanelling @tchambers to bring more orgs to the #Fediverse 💪
Gods I love the #Fediverse! No #Algorithms and the ability to edit posts. And no corporate advertising (small biz promotion is fine). People actually see my posts (or mute me if they choose to). Support your local instance if possible! Don't let this gem go the way of the #BirdShiteSite (or other platforms).
🚨 Please, Help: Need Remote Work!
This happens in cycles & is happening again. Despite 11 books to my name, and 25 years varied work experience — United Nations, HBO, Pearson, etc…
If you know of any creative, meaningful work: communications, copywriting, even marketing, kindly, reach out.
The 🐺 is at the🚪
CV, below:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/yahialababidi
#work #jobs #Fediverse #Mastodon #help #boost #writing #creativity #WritingCommunity #CreativeToots
New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 68
This week's news:
- Significant interest and use of the bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky, even though it is still in active development
- Ghost gives a first glimpse at their #ActivityPub powered reading app
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-68/
Hmm, only 26 followers after being on Mastodon since November 2022? Ok, here is my intro again: (ex) Full stack web developer with Bread and Roses Creative, full time artist (now) and food critic (currently) with Chuck Eats KC. Kansas City-based web dev since the dawn of browsers (1995). Focus these days is one creative stuff: writing, food criticism, photography, streaming, art, and making fun videos.#Artists #Intros #Writers #FoodCritics #Fediverse #WebDev
#Fediverse has no daily active user data, but it does have monthly active user data (1.02m MAU according to fedidb)
#Bluesky has both MAU and DAU: 1.37m MAU and 291k DAU, for a ratio of 4.7
If we apply that ratio to fedi we get a 271k DAU for fedi.
Thoughts?
Look at how @mikedev designed `events` in @streams! I would *love* to see this implemented in other software. @julian have you thought about how @nodebb would display an #ActivityPub event yet? Does @silverpill's @mitra have any support? What about @grunfink's SNAC?
Here's a link to the event itself if anyone wants to query it in their #fediverse software of choice.
https://fediversity.site/item/e9bdb383-eeb9-4d7d-b2f7-c6401267cae0
Is NodeBB part of the #FediVerse ?
@dave @tchambers The #fediverse gets a new influx of users.
@dave @tchambers The #fediverse gets a new influx of users.
Love seeing the pictures flow in of the #aurora from all across the global #fediverse tonight….well done, everyone.
https://mast.hpc.social/@ProjectPhysX/112419051680469161
Rachel provides two key reasons (my phrasing):
1. #Threads wants to be the best place where people have relevant, public, real-time conversations, and the #fediverse is the means by which people can find the audiences that are best for those conversations, because not all of them will be on Threads.
2. The fediverse is a compelling way for creators to own their audiences in a way they aren't able to own on other apps today.
Rachel: people have more choice [when their apps integrate with the #fediverse]. They get to go where the rules are that align most with their values, and they get to vote with their feet.
Also exciting from the product development perspective: if you don't have to build your own [social] graph, you get to spend more time on cool functionality.
Wow i am seriously in love with the #fediverse vibes right now- it is going to be a weekend of amazing aurora sharing from around the world.
If you make tools for Mastodon, consider increasing compatibility with the rest of the fediverse.
This guide might help.
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/making-fediverse-apps-for-everyone/
"In 2024, for the first time, it finally feels like we have a critical mass of people and platforms who are interested in rewilding the internet to bring back what we lost, and create something new. ... There's a palpable feeling that this just might be the year of the open web."
is this feeling... hope? https://activitypub.ghost.org/day-0/
#ActivityPub #Ghost #fediverse #OpenWeb
![At various points we revisited our old idea for networked publishing in Ghost and tested a few prototypes, but we were never sure how to make it scale; nor how many other platforms would ultimately adopt it. For all its promise, ActivityPub (like many open standards) seemed to generate products with user experiences that were often confusing and convoluted. But something else happened in the intervening period between 2016 and 2024: People became increasingly fed up with the behavior of centralized platforms, and increasingly hungry for alternatives. The motivation for exploring and understanding new technologies, rough edges included, meaningfully increased. In 2024, for the first time, it finally feels like we have a critical mass of people and platforms who are interested in rewilding the internet to bring back what we lost, and create something new. In the past week alone, we've had conversations with Mastodon, Flipboard, The Verge, Buttondown, WriteFreely, and several co-authors of the ActivityPub spec. There's a palpable feeling that this just might be the year of [begin strikethrough] the linux desktop [end strikethrough] the open web.](https://media.hachyderm.io/media_attachments/files/112/417/791/608/664/900/original/979912a39535e2c3.png "At various points we revisited our old idea for networked publishing in Ghost and tested a few prototypes, but we were never sure how to make it scale; nor how many other platforms would ultimately adopt it. For all its promise, ActivityPub (like many open standards) seemed to generate products with user experiences that were often confusing and convoluted. But something else happened in the intervening period between 2016 and 2024: People became increasingly fed up with the behavior of centralized platforms, and increasingly hungry for alternatives. The motivation for exploring and understanding new technologies, rough edges included, meaningfully increased. In 2024, for the first time, it finally feels like we have a critical mass of people and platforms who are interested in rewilding the internet to bring back what we lost, and create something new. In the past week alone, we've had conversations with Mastodon, Flipboard, The Verge, Buttondown, WriteFreely, and several co-authors of the ActivityPub spec. There's a palpable feeling that this just might be the year of [begin strikethrough] the linux desktop [end strikethrough] the open web.")
Welcome this legit funny parody account to the #fediverse - @rfk.jr.brain.worm
Good morning, Fediversians! We made it to #Friday! #Mastodon #Fediverse
The Fediverse is emerging as a hub for the wider social web.
You can see our thoughts about it and what we're doing to welcome it on the thread below 👇
Currently, all students, teachers and employees of 36 #Dutch educational and research institutions can use #Mastodon and the #Fediverse with 1 click by using their pre-existing institutional account.
🎓 social.edu.nl (#edu & #research)
🇳🇱 social.overheid.nl (#gov)
📺 social.npo.nl (#broadcast)
🌐 social.publicspaces.net (public org)
#vocationaleducation #highereducation #research #university #umc #library
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Hello 
… I am testing out a beta comment system integrated into my wiki. Add a comment to my latest music release Trois Esquisses by adding a comment to this post
Here is the 🌱 digital garden link
https://gavart.ist/#Trois%20Esquisses%20de%202014
Does anyone have a very detailed and comprehensive guide on how to scale up a Mastodon server?
I'm pretty noobish to Linux but I can follow guides if they have commands and stuff. Though, the only guides I could find were very light on the commands for certain steps.
My Sidekiq has been getting backed up every now and then with thousands of jobs. Of course they eventually clear out but I'd like to just mitigate it by adding more processes or whatever because I'm not even using 50% of my server resources🤷♂️
Any help would be much appreciated.
PS. My server is currently backed up so if you reply to this, I probably won't see it for a bit.😬
#Mastodon #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin #Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #MastoHelp
I'm often inspired to share my thoughts, expound upon something I've read that sparks that inspiration, or pose a bit of socratric reasoning in discourse. Sometimes we actually edjumacate ourselves by asking the tough questions rhetorically. Sometimes it's even more effective if we share those quests with others. It can be a phrase, a paragraph, or a sentence that ignites that quest for understanding within me, and whether I'm simply working it through it myself for my own sake or a genuine desire to share some kind of enlightenment or wisdom with others, I usually feel better doing it in the public eye at the end of the day when all is said and done.
There's a bit of a stir in the Fediverse. Darnell offers us some valuable considerations and specifics in the link to his blog post below.
For me, I think the most interesting part when you read between the lines is, ...
> This latest move could be a way for Meta to use Threads to thwart any potential ActivityPub powered rivals in the Fediverse (like Pixelfed, Friendica & WordPress).
Note that nowhere is masto even listed there - it's insignificant. The #ActivityPub powered rivals in the #Fediverse cited are what have been considered for many years the direct corollaries to #InstaSPAM and #Faceplant, respectively, which of course are the exceedingly capable platforms #Pixelfed and #Friendica.
In all of that, considering that #WordPress is the big game changer here of most recent repute, enjoying a 42% market share of all websites worldwide certainly blows away anything Meta has to offer, but even though it is past the 4th of May, Faceplant and InstaSPAM still do comprise the #phantom_menace flavor of this week.
- Pixelfed has a very nice interface for browsing images. Unlike InstaSPAM however, there isn't this overwhelming nausea attending user accounts with duck-ass selfie-kisses blown into bacteria laden bathroom mirrors, or the overwhelming shitposting of memes scraped from other non-verbal teenage neanderthals. So yes, there's less traffic, typically, but actual photos of things that are actually important and relevant to the people posting them, and more so, liked and boosted by people who appreciate such sentimentalism or professional art. On the downside, is Pixelfed's relatively lackluster editor that fails to provide the poster with paragraph breaks in the WebUI with any reliability, it's mastocrap-like paltry 500 character limit per post, and a complete lack of formatting capabilities (i.e., Markdown or BBCode, Etc.). Having said that, the 500 character limit is easily remedied in a single entry of a config file, which is a blessing to many who have resorted to using the #A11Y alt-text fields to provide the descriptions and narratives for images uploaded, but the other sophomoric qualities of the editor leave massively huge run on paragraphs for the reader to endure - like this one, for example :p
Other awesome projects either spawned directly from, or inspired by the success of Pixelfed are the FediDB research database, which although pretty, leaves much to be desired with respect to completeness; Sup, a client/server federated chat app model; Loops, a closed beta service that aims to position itself as a replacement for, and similar to YouTube shorts; and PubKit, a tool service in closed beta at this time that attempts to service the same or similar tests that the production https://funfedi.dev/ resource does.
- Friendica was once a platform that closely mimicked the look and feel of Faceplant. And then it wasn't, as the Faceplant monoverse continued to evolve in look and feel, and Friendica lagged in what I typically refer to as "Prettiness". Those days are long past, Friendica looks better and better with each and every successive release, and there's an obvious effort on improving the UX for users, making it much more intuitive, and the UI, tending to the "Prettiness" that I do indeed place so much emphasis on.
Once the original darling of the Fediverse, Friendica is once again at the top of the heap with a few others. This does not include the increasingly marginalized masto brand, as more and more adoptees continue to turn their backs to that has-been flagship.
After increasingly pervasive betrayals of both the #FOSS and #DeSoc philosophies and advocates for the past couple of years, eventually revealing it's own EEE aspirations by actively conflating it's masto brand and registered trademarks with that of Fediverse. Even worse, overtly engaging in an onboarding scheme that actively funnels new #Fedizens to one masto machine in particular, in grand, deprecated silo fashion, the masto corporation has populated one of the largest monolithic vertical gardens in the Fediverse itself. The sad part is that, being just another twitter clone, it still has no sense of community and offers nearly a million users a single point of failure. Ouch!
This masto mega-silo problem becomes even less relevant when you visit the Friendica page above, and gloss over the phenomenal feature set and attention given to interoperability with a shopping list of other platforms, protocols, and clients, including:
RSS/Atom, StatusNet, GNU social, Diaspora, SMTP/IMAP, Bluesky, Tumblr, GNU Social, pump.io, Libertree, Blogger, WordPress, Twidere, AndStatus, Bitlbee, Choqok, Frentcl, Gwibber, Hotot, IdentiCurse, Pidgin/Purple, Mustard, Pino, TTYtter.
Now, you might note that Twitter/X has walled off its deprecated monolithic garden, but that doesn't mean that the client and other toolsets that work with those APIs don't still work just fine with Friendica. And we're not even stating the obvious here - ActivityPub clients like Husky, Fedilab, and Sengi work just fine with Friendica, including Friendiqa and Relatica - two fine examples among the numerous choices you have for native Friendica apps for Android and desktop.
For more of an in-depth read on Relatica, here's an article I published a while back
The second most interesting thing that Darnell mentions, I think, has to do with the verbiage in which he characterizes Existing and traditional Fediverse powered platforms. Rivals. He calls them, "...ActivityPub powered rivals". Hmmmm....
I do believe that's the first time I've actually heard it put quite like that. But it's true. to be certain, it wasn't, not by a longshot, just a little while ago, but now? Well, it's nothing that we've done here in the Fediverse, except for continue to just ignore what's going on with the #subjugated_chattel that have all but succumbed to the #Sunnyvale_Syndrome, and get on with the good work of building and #dogfooding FOSS. But, ...
It's got a lot to do with what you might call interlopers, carpetbaggers, snakeoil salesmen, infestation, or maybe just plain old encroachment of aged and abusive #dreadnoughts into the Fediverse that stubbornly adhere to their deprecated, monolithic silo model of privacy farming technologies.
Hitherto all of these ActivityPub refits and forays into a Privacy mindful and respecting network of social communications systems, people kept using terms like Alternatives, for ActivityPub powered platforms such as the three main platforms mentioned in Darnell's blog article.
Now, they're being elevated to the rank of Rivals? But we, we, didn't do anything!
Neither did the GPL'd Linux Kernel - it just continued to do what FOSS does. It doesn't care what thinks it may be in competition with, or what considers it a threat, or rival or yes, REPLACEMENT for things like Faceplant and InstaSPAM.
Yes, FOSS just lumbers and chugs right along, relatively oblivious to whatever the proprietary, closed source contemporaries think of it - with respect to Linux, It actually entered the jurisdiction of a market dominated by Microsoft, IBM, and a couple of others, was lampooned and ridiculed, until it was considered a Cancer, by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, but this wasn't Microsoft or others encroaching into a space where only Linux and the BSDs resided...
This time it is different, because it's the other way around, but the end result will be the same. In the meantime, the perceived hostile invader, at the moment, is Zuckerberg's Meta. This isn't an EEE in the works, it's a desperate attempt to reach and hold onto the the coping that lines the deep end of a swimming pool which InstaSPAM and Faceplant must learn to swim in, and yet cannot - in the meantime, until it is able to tread those waters, it is feebly dog-paddling toward the edge where a handhold can be made while it is fitted with water-wings.
Even though both Tom (everyone's friend) and Eugen are happily traveling around the world snapping photographs and flirting with photography as a hobby, #Mark_Zuckerberg really doesn't wanna be #Myspaced.
If you don't move, you atrophy.
But Friendica, WordPress, and Pixelfed? Well, they're just FOSS, and they're just doing what FOSS does - exist, improve, and evolve. independently and irrespective of commercial threats by would be competitors.
Existing Fediverse platforms continue to onboard new Fedizens hourly, that's not slowing down, and it isn't going to either. Some of these n00bs are straddling the fence until they get their sea legs, existing in both worlds, while others are just cutting ties with the deprecated monolithic silos and jumping into the pool head first.
This phenomena of adoption and the logarithmic increase in onboarding and the deployment of new Fediverse instances is only going to pick up pace as the masses of users on platforms like #Threads and #Bluesky continue to become aware of the Fediverse, and the freedoms they can enjoy in social communication through leveraging WordPress, Pixelfed, and Friendica (and it goes without saying, all the rest of the wonderful platforms too).
With a community facade that pretended to hold the reigns of masto having been dropped, leaving a new 501(c)(3) masto corporation in the US steered by the likes of Twitter founders themselves, the steam is running out on that brand, and although Meta, via Threads, is certainly welcome to participate in the #FEP process (they actually are), there's really no foothold with which they can insert a toe and dictate very much at all that the community itself isn't inclined to adopt already, independently and without concern of capture by well funded special interest groups - like the new US masto corp.
But in closing, let's get back to why all of this doesn't even really matter where existing traditional Fediverse platforms are concerned - or the millions of users actively engaged on those thousands of hubs and instances:
Because it's FOSS, it evolves organically, and just doesn't care about that kind of stuff, lolz.
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RE: https://one.darnell.one/users/darnell/statuses/112405069391666443
The little nuances of Fedi are still sometimes confusing to me, even though I've been here for almost a year, in realtime cause I have insomnia😬.
For example, I have an alt on mastodon.social for browsing certain stuff but when I login, some replies I've made from my main (this account) to others, don't show up on the home timeline. I have to go into the thread to see them...🤔and no, they're not "unlisted".
Strange....
The whole idea of BlueSky supporting nomadic identities but the rest of the ActivityPub (plus other stuff) Fediverse being unable to do so is such an oversold idea.
A new service using ActivityPub behind the scenes (and not the AT Protocol) can absolutely support nomadic identities, even if the service doesn't treat a whole website as the actor.
It will still use did:plc, same as AT Protocol (BlueSky), but once done so, an application that understands how to work with did:plc can dereference an actor based on the DID.
That said, an existing service will simply not be compatible with this idea, without changing how it operates.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #ATProto #ATProtocol #BlueSky #WebFinger
My quick reaction on #Threads after one day -
No shocker - I hate the way it incorporates with the #fediverse as a whole and, at least currently, feels like it's working in (ish) bad faith.. that may change, but for now they are simply using us as potential eyeballs to boost their engagement numbers (esp for their "big accounts")
BUT...
From my experience, it beats the absolute pants off of #BlueSky in terms of actual "topic" interaction
Your miles may vary...
How long does it take for a fediverse post to reach followers on 740 servers?
https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/data-on-sending-a-post-into-the-fediverse/
Thank you for the hug this morning @lisamelton!
It was the first hug on my optimized #GoToSocial instance and I’m happy to report that there were no fire alarms or things exploding. Just a bunch of ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for the hug this morning @lisamelton!
It was the first hug on my optimized #GoToSocial instance and I’m happy to report that there were no fire alarms or things exploding. Just a bunch of ❤️❤️❤️
Good morning my #Fediverse friends.
How’s everyone’s morning? Let’s get our #KoffeeWithKyle chat going and see what we all have planned for today.
I just have the work thing per usual. I have a few product demos today. It’s also payday but also bills needing to be paid so I won’t see it for long. 🙃 Later today will just be relaxing.
#GoodMorning #HappyWednesday #CoffeeChat
👋🏻 notice me. hug back please 🥺🙏🏻
#Mastodon #Fediverse #kindnessmatters #toot #today #Boost #bekind
A few (more) #fediverse suggestions for @Flipboard
👉🏾 https://darnell.day/a-few-more-fediverse-suggestions-for-flipboard (via @darnell@darnell.day)
Summary:
👉🏾 Adopt Dolphin 🐬 mascot
👉🏾 Domain grouping (with responses)
👉🏾 Domain blocking at local (or user) level
👉🏾 Manage premium logins for premium subscriptions
👉🏾 Ability to pay for “one time pass” for a premium article
Pinning a Community on the Newsmast app is easy.
Just log on with your Newsmast or Mastodon account, select a Community that interests you, and hit the pin!
Pinning a Community means you can seamlessly swipe between the things that matter to you, no matter your home server.
#fediverse #tech #mastodon #community #fedidev #feditech #socialweb
#PhanpySocial as a PWA #fediverse app on iPhone? Pretty darned neat.
Good morning all !!! #AllThingsTech #Fediverse
Looking into this Summer of Protocols thing that @evan and @tomcoates got accepted for to work on adding encryption to #ActivityPub, and realized its a grant from the Ethereum Foundation. I am not opposed to crypto slush money flowing into more useful projects like the #fediverse but thought it was interesting that I hadn't seen anyone mention this fact yet.
@sezduck @sed Can the #fediverse survive Inception?
@sezduck @sed Can the #fediverse survive Inception?
Hello fediverse!
So far we've federated 450 #Flipboard accounts which have now received more than 100,000 likes, boosts, replies and follows from people in the #fediverse. Today we are federating another 100 people who are curating terrific magazines that people in the fediverse can now enjoy.
Here's just one of my many favorites:
Addressing Climate Change Locally
By Ms. Coleman La Salle
High school Biology and Anatomy Teacher in Portland, Oregon
Federated link:
@addressing-climate-change-locally-cariecoleman
Note that it takes time for newly federated magazines to populate so click on "Browse more on original profile" in order to see all the stories in the magazine. Once you follow, you'll see new stories as they are added in real time.
Enjoy and check out this post for more great examples:
https://medium.com/fedi-curious/over-100-000-social-interactions-from-the-fediverse-to-flipboard-f76465dee4f8
So Mastodon has an "instance/peers" endpoint that lists "domains that this instance is aware of".
https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/instance/#peers
Example: https://mastodon.social/api/v1/instance/peers
I'm playing around with this a bit, and looking at one instance that knows about mine, but I can't find my own posts or my account on it.
Is this expected behavior?
Via @tchambers, more @Flipboard boards are federating today! Flipboard has seen over 100,000 #fediverse interactions and is opening up 100 more boards today.
I knew Zuck would find a way to fuck it all up! With interconnectivity comes a dick with no Vaseline!
#Threads #Fediverse #Mastodon https://social.wildeboer.net/@jwildeboer/112391192672337102
Flipboard curators have seen over 100,000 boosts, likes and replies from people across the fediverse since April 11. Given this positive signal from the community, today we're federating another 100 accounts representing more than 2,500 Magazines about everything from climate to culture. Read more here:
If you’re an active Flipboard curator and you would like to federate your account, let us know by applying here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PB69W6L
And if you’re still getting up to speed on what the fediverse is and does, please check out our Fedi Curious Magazine:
https://flipboard.com/@mia/fedi-curious-fdg527fez
#Flipboard #Federation #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #FediCurious
Good morning and happy Monday to the #Fediverse
It's a brand new week, so let's all comment below and talk about what the new week has in store for us.
It's the usual work stuff for me and things are still relatively busy due to the new release of Nova last week.
I have a meeting at 12pm EST and then just focusing on emails.
Not sure what else the day/evening has in store, so we'll have to wait and see.
#MorningMoments #GoodMorning #Work #Email #Meeting
I’m really loving the “catch-up” functionality of Phanpy. I notice it is replacing quite a bit of how I used to use lists, where I used to add people to lists and then watch the lists to catch-up on things that I might have missed.
Phanpy’s “catch-up” does all of that and more, and I don’t have to manually manage lists for it to give me value. I can even set the time frame for which I’d like to “catch-up” (1-12h etc) to match the time I’ve been offline. Great stuff.
Did you know that this single-user #fediverse instance (https://mookiesplace.com) runs on a $4/mo VPS?
Did you know that this single-user #fediverse instance (https://mookiesplace.com) runs on a $4/mo VPS?
Weird #plumbing issue. In warm weather, our toilet and drains sound hollow, gurgles, etc, when flushing or draining, like when the tub is drained. In the cold months, it is fine. Last year we had the system snaked 100%. No clogs–been an issue since we bought house in 2019.
I am thinking the warm weather, wind, etc is causing negative air pressure through the main roof plumbing vent
What does the #Fediverse think? Any solutions?
#Plumbers #Building #HomeConstruction #construction #Physics
Good morning, kindred spirits of the #Mastodon! Here's wishing you a lazy #Sunday! #Fediverse #SilentSunday
With big players like Flipboard, Wordpress, Ghost and Threads entering the fediverse, along with bridges to Bluesky and more….your choice of platform will be less about content (you’ll see it everywhere!) and more about the app experience and features you prefer. 🥳
I have a 3D avatar that's connected to the #Fediverse!
HTC's Viviverse virtual world turned on their Fediverse connection yesterday I think.
This is actually major news. HTC is a major company!!
Say Hi to @j12t@www.viverse.com !
“When asked what the next big thing in social media might be, Professor Angus points to the #Fediverse.
A portmanteau of ‘federation’ and ‘universe’, the fediverse is a collection of social networking services that can communicate with each other using a common protocol.”
Good morning #Fediverse friends!
It’s has been a while. Sorry about that. The last few days of the conference were crazy, plus the last party they hosted was insane. It actually ruined my Thursday plans. LOL.
Let’s have our #KoffeeWithKyle and see what we have going for today. I’m just chilling, recovery from my trip. I do have to catch up on school work though. Got behind.
#GoodMorning #HappySaturday #INeedCoffee
It's such an exciting time for social media.
Fediverse is going near-mainstream due to wide adoption.
Bluesky now "unofficially" federates with the fantastic work of Ryan Barrett's BridgyFed!
Threads has one-way federation and claims to plan to fully federate soon enough.
Flipboard is actively working on Federation, some parts already working!
Nostr is federated using the Momostr Pink bridge which also bridges Threads.
The future of interconnected social media is now. Exciting times, we are in!😁
#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Pleroma #Akkoma #IceShrimp #FireFish #Misskey #Sharkey #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #NodeBB #GoToSocial #Meta #Threads #Nostr #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #Flipboard
If you are on a tightly locked down Akkoma instance, like mine, and you’d like to follow the BlueSky bridge but struggle to do so, try logging in to your account via Phanpy instead. That’ll work.
For this #FollowFriday, we encourage you to follow these top #photography Flipboard Magazines right here in the #fediverse 📸:
@depth-of-field-nndflip - one of the best general collections
@leica-owners-magazine-mike - stories and conversations contributed by #Leica owners for Leica owners
@pol-femo-leobrogioni - exploring the art, language and visual narrative in contemporary photography
@portrait-photography-essentialpixels - endless portrait photography inspiration and tips
@wet-plate-conversations-tintype-and-ambrotype-stories-mhaustria - a place for wet plate photographers to share stories and talk shop
Thanks to curators @nndflip, @mike, @leobrogioni, @essentialpixels and @mhaustria for this #ff ❤️
Hello, fediverse community 👋
We're excited to share that the Flipboard community team is kicking off this new account to celebrate and amplify Magazines curated by passionate enthusiasts and experts, publishers, and organizations on Flipboard.
Follow along to get recommendations for Magazines to follow in news, tech, science, history, culture, travel and more. A Magazine is a curated feed of posts about a specific topic or interest that is followable, just like a profile.
To get this party started, here are 10 Magazines to follow in tech from trending news to AI and EVs:
Technology by The Intercept: @technology-TheIntercept
Fast Co. Technology by Fast Company: @fast-co-technology-FastCompany
Tech News by The Verge: @tech-news-theverge
The AI Economy by journalist Ken Yeung: @the-ai-economy-thekenyeung
Cars and Transportation of the Future by Mashable: @cars-and-transportation-of-the-future-Mashable
CyberSec by cybersecurity practitioner Allen Westly: @cybersec-West1118
AI Prompts by innovator and angel investor Jenifer Daniels: @ai-prompts-Jentrification
Science & Tech by The Conversation (U.S.): @science-technology-us-ConversationUS
Apple Watch by the ultimate Apple fanboy, Scott Klienberg: @apple-watch-scottkleinberg
Following the Fediverse by Mike McCue: @following-the-fediverse-mike
We ran a webinar on April 18 for creators and curators who are curious about the fediverse, have a federated Flipboard account, and don't know what to do next. Here's a link to the recording, plus the TL;DR bullet points if you don't have time to watch it.
https://medium.com/@flipboard/recap-of-fediverse-webinar-for-creators-and-curators-522038f010af
#Flipboard #Fediverse #Federation #FediCurious #SpreadMastodon
New features for Newsmast: We are so excited to announce a release we have been working on for more than a year - The Amplifier. 🧭
We believe curated timelines let you discover more. But only if you are the one in control.
Our Amplifier will be able to:
✅ Opt-in or out of posts from Bluesky & Threads
✅ Choose whether to include Posts, Reposts or Replies
✅ Cycle back through time and pick up where you left off with a version of Phanpy’s “Catch-up” feature
Another week and another #FollowFriday!
We’re going to be logging off now but we wanted to give you another weekly suggestion of Community Feeds you should follow (if you aren’t already) 👀
We’ll be back on Tuesday next week (Monday is a holiday in the UK) at 9am BST - we look forward to seeing you!
Check out this thread for this weeks Feeds and their unique contributions to the social web 👇
#fediverse #mastodon #socialmedia #politics #music #travel #space
Sharkey seems to be really good, and a lot better than Akkoma, at accepting bridges, webfinger redirects and possibly-sloppy usernames.
Sharkey is the one service where I’ve been able to add all my test accounts on the first attempt so far. All the others need fiddling and/or adjustments.
Let's have a short discussion on 'when will you follow someone' on the #Fediverse especially when it comes to #politics and #press
There is a catch22 situation here, where politicians and people of the press say 'we are not going to use the Fediverse, since we cannot get enough reach there' and people here on the Fediverse say 'we will only follow people who are actually active here'.
I think that if we really want to make the Fediverse a place where we can find all the news and all the political activity we should take action to overcome this catch22 situation: if there is an official account of a politicion or a press-outlet, even if they are not (very) active: follow them!
It does not hurt you (if there is no posts, then there is also nothing to not like) and it will give them the chance to see that there is an active audience here that is worth spending time on.
Oh, and when they do get active: treat them like you want to be treated, welcome them with a warm heart and encourage them to be even more active.
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
For those unaware, the BlueSky-Fediverse bridge is LIVE and seems to be federating profiles who "opt-in" to BlueSky.
If you want to opt-in, you just have to follow @bsky.brid.gy and then if you have a BlueSky account, you can login and find your account by using the format @user.domain.ap.brid.gy, so mine is @BeAware.social.beaware.live.ap.brid.gy
This is SUPER exciting! Bridging open protocols is a super cool thing and I'm so happy to test out this super cool project!
#BlueSkyBridge #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Mastodon #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Bridge
Right. If anyone tells you that Fediverse is too complicated and suggest you therefore should use Nostr instead, send them my way.
Today I’ve been troubleshooting Node dependencies (generally considered to be impossible) and to get my Nostr account to…umm…work (nothing complex…writing a post and finding it again elsewhere).
I’m not sure which has been the most complicated challenge today. But my Node site is now working again, which is more than I can say about my Nostr account.
An interesting conversation on #Flipboard #DotSocial
@flipboard@flipboard.video @Flipboard
To learn more about what Flipboard's doing in the fediverse, sign up here:
Catch up on past episodes of the podcast in Mike’s Storyboard collection: https://flipboard.com/@mike/dot-social-the-future-of-the-social-web-3r0pl8ge5dju9965
#Fediverse #OpenSocialWeb #Mastodon #DotSocial #Flipboard #SocialMedia
When he built a bridge to connect Bluesky to Mastodon and other ActivityPub-powered platforms, @snarfed.org started a new chapter for the fediverse. The software engineer opens up to @mike about his rollercoaster ride in the latest episode of Dot Social:
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/ryan-barrett/
#BridgyFed #Fediverse #Bluesky #Mastodon #OpenSocialWeb #DotSocial #Federation #ActivityPub #Flipboard #SocialMedia
Good morning and happy Wednesday to the #Fediverse today!
It's a new day, so let's all discuss what the day has in store for each of us.
For me, it's just the usual work stuff. It's super busy today and will be for the next several days due to us releasing Nova 8.0.16 to the stable channel with a 30% staged roll out. Lots of emails coming in.
Fortnite with friends tonight and not much else beyond that.
#MorningMoments #GoodMorning #Work #VideoGames #Fortnite
