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It looks like the #Twitter API changes towards a mostly paid model have been pushed from today to February 13th, but I didn't want to take any chances and I went forward and deleted all my tweets yesterday night, as well as severing my #Friendica connector.

It definitely feels different than when my #Facebook account was frozen in 2016 for using this pseudonym I've worn for 17 years now. Back then, I was just brutally faced with the facts, I didn't have any agency which made the move to the #Fediverse straightforward, I didn't have any other choice.

This time, I've had to actually make up my mind about leaving Twitter and stick to my plan in the face of an ever-volatile platform constantly backtracking their most unpopular decisions. It wasn't an easy decision, I had made a few organic connections on there, but I guess even I had to draw a line in the sand.
#twitter #friendica #fediverse #facebook

Today is a last day to reach out to some people still only on Twitter and tell them about the #Fediverse as for today, tools like the https://fedifinder.glitch.me/ still exist.
#fediverse

The degree to which #Web20 companies sought to colonize the #Web never seizes to amaze me.

A hashtag is the fundamental unit of Web Magic, once understood. Basically, name things using hyperlinks (ideally, #HTTP variety) and connectivity magic happens, at Web-scale.

The #Fediverse itself is the latest demonstration of said magic, courtesy of #ActivityStreams 😀

#Web30 #SocialMedia #LinkedData #SemanticWeb
#fediverse #socialmedia #web #activitystreams #linkeddata #web20 #http #web30 #semanticweb

Whoever came up with the tool at fba.ryona.agency is a hero 🤣 Congratulations @graf on having the most blocked instance on the #fediverse .

What did @alex do wrong? 🤣 #defederated
Top 50 blocked/defederated instances as of Feb 2, 2023. Source: fba.ryona.agency

fedi-block-api

fba.ryona.agency
#fediverse #defederated @Alex Gleason @anime graf mays 🛰️🪐

@John Conway Your whole post hinges on growth being desirable. However, with no profit incentive on the #Fediverse, there's no need for growth either. Commercial social networks spend so much on growth and retention because it's integral to their business model, not in their users' best interest, see the toxic culture fostered on Instagram.
#fediverse @John Conway

I've been thinking about the lack of algorithmic* feeds in the #Fediverse and wondering how much that is hurting growth and retention. Big social media spend billions on getting and keeping eyeballs, and algorithmic timelines are a huge part of that.

I think it's right to avoid it, but I worry that will just forever stunt growth. The alternative is human curators, I think, but I have no idea how to make that happen.

*Yes, I know reverse chronological is an algorithm, algo-pedants.

#mastodon
#fediverse #mastodon

I just discovered Arcmage, a free and open source self-described collectible card game inspired by Magic: The Gathering. Not sure about the "collectible" part because you can buy the full card sets (5 extensions of 50 cards have been published).

They also have a presence on the #Fediverse: @arcmage@mastodon.social

#CardGames

Arcmage – Arcmage – open source card game

arcmage.org
#fediverse #CardGames

working on a home for the single color svgs of all the #fediverse projects I have been making at https://fediverse.wake.st

Fediverse Iconography

fediverse.wake.st
#fediverse

I'm trying to compile a list of folks on #peertube who make lets plays and/or game reviews and the like so that I can help people find creators to follow. If you know of any gamers on PeerTube, or even just interesting gaming videos please send me a reply with recommendations!

#fediverse#gaming#letsplays#gamerevewier#gamereviews
#fediverse #peertube #Gaming #letsplays #gamerevewier #gamereviews

Discovered these 2009 photos of Laconica Hackfest by @zcopley!

Laconica is the first piece of the #fediverse. It took a over decade of work to blossom into what it is today... Some participants who have taggable handles on this version of the protocol:
@evan, @davew, @csarven

more information on the old #Laconica website
https://web.archive.org/web/20090721023800/http://laconi.ca/trac/wiki/east_bay_laconica_hackfest and https://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/upcoming:event=1841645

upcoming:event=1841645 photos on Flickr

Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "upcoming:event=1841645" Flickr tag.
Flickr
#fediverse #laconica @Evan Prodromou @zcopley @Dave Winer ☕️ @csarven

I present the first named release of the Friendica mobile/desktop client: Relatica. It is still very much a work in progress but I'm going to start opening it up for beta usage (early beta). For iOS that will mean me letting up to 100 people into the inside testing team (Apple's limit). For the other platforms I'll be posting binaries/packages/install instructions for Android, Linux, macOS, and Windows in the coming days as well. I also setup a Relatica Matrix room for interactive discussions with me and other users. The README on the GitLab repo will have all those sorts of details. Enjoy! #friendica #FriendicaDev #relatica #flutter #DartLang #fediverse https://gitlab.com/mysocialportal/relatica
Screenshot of the first release of the Relatica Friendica mobile/desktop client running on Windows.
#friendica #fediverse #friendicadev #dartlang #flutter #relatica

#fediverse #bigtech #donate #corporations #monetization #corrupt #gifting #mainstream

At this point in the game, Brands Town has been contacted by legal representatives of four major corporations: Nestlè, Google, DeutcheBahn, and Coca-Cola.

If you think brands aren't paying attention to the #fediverse, you're wrong! 🎉
#fediverse

I got tired of forgetting where the #RSS / #Atom #feeds are on various #Fediverse platforms and having to track them down, so I started a list.

https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/fediverse-feeds/

Currently covers *deep breath* #Mastodon, #Bookwyrm, #Funkwhale, #GoToSocial, #Lemmy, #Misskey & forks, #Pleroma & forks #PeerTube, #Pixelfed, #Plume, #Snac2, #Takahe, and #WriteFreely

*whew*

Feel free to let me know what I should add to the list (or any corrections I need to make) in a reply to this post!

Finding Fediverse Feeds

How to find the RSS/Atom feeds for Mastodon, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Misskey, and other Fediverse platforms.
Kelson Vibber (Hyperborea Tech Tips)
#fediverse #pixelfed #peertube #pleroma #mastodon #RSS #funkwhale #misskey #WriteFreely #Atom #lemmy #Plume #Bookwyrm #feeds #gotosocial #snac2 #takahe

#Medium – the proprietary, #SiliconValley equivalent of free and open #fediverse app #WriteFreely, by the #billionnaire co-founder of #Twitter – now has a #Mastodon server.

It might be a good time to take a look at WriteFreely (https://writefreely.org/) and their hosted services Write.as (https://write.as/) and WriteFreely Host (https://writefreely.host/) and consider owning your own #blog on the fediverse instead of contributing to the walled gardens of the folks who bequeathed you Twitter.

Write.as

Type words, put them on the internet. Reach friends and family no matter where they live online.
Write.as
#twitter #fediverse #mastodon #WriteFreely #Blog #siliconvalley #medium #billionnaire

Celebrating Silicon Valley billionaires and venture capitalists showing an interest in the fediverse is like celebrating wolves showing an interest in your chicken coop.

#SiliconValley #billionaires #vc #ventureCapital #BigTech #colonialism #fediverse #mastodon
#fediverse #mastodon #bigtech #colonialism #siliconvalley #billionaires #vc #venturecapital

I have been largely keeping out of the debate about #fediverse “governance”. As someone who has participated in OSS governance systems I see the value of them and I do think a #fediverse foundation could be a good idea. More importantly I think now that the overall #activitypub system is being used so much more there will be a need to revise and extend the protocol and for that we will need @w3c activity (workshop / working group).
#fediverse #activitypub @World Wide Web Consortium

People often say, “The #Fediverse is bigger than just #Mastodon!”

But that’s not quite true; Mastodon is actually four times bigger than the rest of the Fediverse COMBINED. And its size matters:
#fediverse #mastodon

@h2o my 2023 wish is to learn #Krita. I saw real nice artists here in the #fediverse
#fediverse #krita @H₂O 🍉

We pinned the tag #Fediverse and with a long press, we added in "Any of these" #Fedilab, #Mastodon and #Pixelfed.
Now the pinned timeline will display all messages having these tags.
You can also exclude tags. #FedilabTips
Screenshot of Fedilab where a pinned tag has been long pressed. A menu allows to add "Any of these". We added fedilab, Pixelfed and Mastodon.
#fediverse #pixelfed #mastodon #fedilab #fedilabTips

There are a few clips from #ladygaga interviews that I keep on hand to just to keep me from going insane. On a few occasions her insight is so piercing that it justifies the five separate accents she says things in. #twitter #fediverse
#twitter #fediverse #ladygaga

Hello !Friendica Support
when I click a #Fediverse post link in #Firefox it opens in @Fedilab Apps, but it only works to load the post if a Mastodon account is selected and not if a Friendica account is active.

How can we trouble shoot this? @Fedilab Apps what does #Fedilab do with such a link, which API call does it perform to retrieve the post?
#fediverse #fedilab #firefox @Fedilab Apps !Friendica Support

The problem as I see it is very much not the information or technology itself, but the very real ways in which corporations have poured billions of dollars into hijacking the #brain. After a month on #Mastodon, I think decentralized, not for profit social media like the #fediverse is the massive, accidental #PublicHealth intervention we really need right now.
#fediverse #mastodon #PublicHealth #brain

It takes all sorts to make a world. We just do our business and we don't argue with other instances. That's #fediverse
#fediverse

Instagram is trying to intimidate us with threats of legal action.

Help us bring awareness to our project by sharing this post, and consider donating if possible.

We're not giving up. #fediverse
#fediverse

Our Fediverse isn't done. It's designed for change. Newcomers, please keep this in mind before lamenting. Also, there are manuals. We require real discourse to implement needed features. We will build it, but there's a well established process. Start here with 'Open Source' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
Floss has and will prevail over commercial hegemony. Then, learn how to submit bugs and feature requests here. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/dev/disclosure/
Does this seem like too much work? Your behaviors and posts are not monetized here, so your time, feedback and understanding is what floss needs to prosper. Also, if you can, pay into your instance. Bandwidth costs. It's a huge amount of work to moderate responsibly. #Fediverse #OpenSource #BlackMastodon #TwitterMIgration

Bug bounties and responsible disclosure

What to do if you found a serious bug
docs.joinmastodon.org
#fediverse #opensource #twittermigration #BlackMastodon

#friendica #fediverse #diaspora #mastodon #hubzilla

I have spent the last two days working on making good quality SVG versions of the logo/symbols for #fediverse projects and I feel like it was worth it. I think the hard/less fun part of this project is getting them out there for all to use. I am pretty unfamiliar with submitting to Wikimedia Commons that is probably the best place for them to all live
#FediDev
a screenshot of fediverse icons
#fediverse #fedidev

@PhenomX6I loathe being compelled to visit a third party site when I'm doing #Fediverse stuffs, but when it comes to audio and videos, #Soapbox is one of the most capable of all Fediverse server platforms.

I can post a link to a podcast or song on a #FunkWhale server for example, and play it right here without ever having to leave my Gleasonator account - it handled such media better than pretty much any other platform, and even those that do accommodate in site viewing, Soapbox is much much prettier.

When it comes to YouTube, however, a trick i picked up in #Matrix, that also works in Soapbox, is to simply run it through a sanitizer like #Invidious.

Then i can play the video inside Soapbox.

This is handled automagically with #Fedilab if you're posting to a Soapbox Pub server.

https://invidious.fdn.fr/shorts/teK_CFdc7gM&local=true?feature=share

#tallship #FOSS #media #playback

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Matt Damon explains how Jack Nicholson CHANGED THE SCRIPT in this scene in The Departed #shorts

Have a short screenplay you wish to turn into a film or get feedback on from Oscar winning screenwriters? Submit it to our shorts competition: https://writers.coverfly.
Outstanding Screenplays | Invidious
#fediverse #foss #fedilab #matrix #funkwhale #media #soapbox #invidious #tallship #playback @🌲>tfw can't snug klonoa IRL 🇵🇱|🇺🇸

By default, Mastodon has a 500 character limit for posts.

However, you may have seen posts with more than 500 characters.

This is possible because Mastodon is just one type of server on the Fediverse. Many of the accounts you interact with on here may be using different server types with different character limits.

For example, there are modified "forked" versions of Mastodon such as Glitch (https://glitch-soc.github.io/docs/) and Hometown (https://github.com/hometown-fork/hometown) which allow server admins to easily change the character limits.

There are also completely different kinds of servers such as Friendica (https://friendi.ca) which have much larger default limits.

Because the Fediverse uses a common technical standard for communication, different kinds of servers talk to each other seamlessly, and you won't necessarily notice which server types people use. (I'm on a server running Glitch Mastodon, which is how this post can be so long.)

#Mastodon #Fediverse #CharacterLimit #CharacterLimits

GitHub - hometown-fork/hometown: A supported fork of Mastodon that provides local posting and a wider range of content types.

A supported fork of Mastodon that provides local posting and a wider range of content types. - GitHub - hometown-fork/hometown: A supported fork of Mastodon that provides local posting and a wider ...
GitHub
#fediverse #mastodon #characterLimits #characterLimit

… Or, in what a previous head of public policy at Mozilla told me while we were chatting before our talks at a data protection conference:

“Aral, we’re just another Silicon Valley tech company, I don’t understand why you’re holding us to a such a higher standard.”

When I finally managed to pick my jaw off the floor the only retort I could manage was: “But that’s not what you tell people.”

3/3

#Mozilla #fediverse #SiliconValley #ventureCapital #BigTech
#fediverse #bigtech #mozilla #siliconvalley #venturecapital

Hello! We are a new instance for #artists and #creators, both amateur and professional. We serve the creative community and want to provide them a place to promote their work and build an audience on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse. Your fans can follow your accounts from other servers, but this is exclusively for artists and creators for now.

We're just starting out, but applications are open for artists and creators, come see us at https://artistalley.space/about

#introduction

Artist Alley

ArtistAlley.space is a place for professional and amateur artists and creators to share their work and build an audience on Mastodon and the Fediverse.
Mastodon hosted on artistalley.space
#fediverse #mastodon #introduction #artists #creators

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