We have to increase a bit the fundraiser due to some "sales taxes"... https://www.gofundme.com/f/yearly-fundraiser-for-our-backups

Apparently we had to pay that too...

Thank you so much everyone! We are 83% there!

#fediverse #fedi #donation #volunteer #tromsite #trom

While sites like https://jointhefediverse.net can be great at explaining basic concepts behind the fediverse, for most people, this can be all a bit overwhelming.

The best way to get people interested is to promote your own community. Show people where to sign up, which apps to use, and who to follow.

My latest project can help you with that.

https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/

#fediverse #community

Fediverse invitation

A customizable fediverse invitation page that you can share with friends.

^{Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)}

Yearly Fundraiser for our Backups - https://gofund.me/d96c58985

Hello friends,

We need to pay for our backups every year. We backup with borgbase.com all of our websites. Two servers, a total of around 3TB of data.

We backup:

- tromsite.com
- videoneat.com
- tromjaro.com
- trade-free.org
- directory.trade-free.org
- trom.tf - all of our services: Friendica, Peertube, Nextcloud, etc.

See all of our projects here https://www.tromsite.com/

Many thanks!

#campaign #foss #fediverse #fedi #tromsite

How federated systems dissapear
Long-tail effects mean things become invisible, and it is hard to argue for that which does not seem to exist.

Read more here:
https://test.roelof.info/log/how-federated-systems-dissapear/

#fediverse #federation #web traffic

roelof.info test blog

2026-03-04 00:00:00

How federated systems dissapear
Long-tail effects mean things become invisible, and it is hard to argue for that which does not seem to exist.

Read more here:
https://test.roelof.info/log/how-federated-systems-dissapear/

#fediverse #federation #web traffic

Every now and then people break into a fight on here over fediverse vs the Atmosphere (or Bluesky, as its main representative).

I get it. Many of us get frustrated when we see people flocking to a VC-funded fediverse competitor.

But let's focus this energy on making the fediverse a place people want to spend their time in.

#fediverse #bluesky #infighting

Hey if anyone is interested we setup instances for Mastodon, Pixelfed, Friendica, Peertube, Nextcloud and more, See - https://webape.site/

We do so for a cost so we can afford to also make the many trade-free services and projects we have. See https://tromsite.com/

If you are interested or may want to help, you can also share this. We setup a separate VPS for each instance and provide updates, support, or custom requests as much as we can, for each instance. Plus an email server for each of them.

#fedi #fediverse #mastodon #friendica #nextcloud #foss #opensource #pixelfed #hosting

As the prophecy foretold.

"The site includes stone rings and a possible mastodon carving, possibly dating back 9,000 years when the lakebed was dry."

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/prehistoric-structure-lake-michigan-stonehenge-2432737

#mastodon #fediverse #history

!Friendica Support

I was investigating the "Channel" feature, and I noticed a channel with the name "Dansk" (Danish). The query is https://friendica.dk/network?channel=language

As far as I can see it gives me a list of posts across the #fediverse with a language specification matching my language settings in my profile. For another one of my accounts (with English specified) the channel is called "English".

Is it possible to create a query/URL (so, not a channel per se) that will give me posts based on a specific language code? So something like

https://friendica.dk/network?language=da (Danish ISO code)
https://friendica.dk/network?language=de (German ISO code)
https://friendica.dk/network?language=en (English ISO code)

!Friendica Support

The Danish part of the #fediverse is characterized by a bunch of small instances - each with a couple of hundred active users on each.

It is possible to set up something in Friendica (maybe a channel?) that gives a consolidated feed of the public posts of some of the Danish instances? The problem I am trying to solve is that we usually promote #fediverse as being able to have a local context, so "if you are interested in music, join Instance A" and "if you like hiking, join Instance B". But these smaller instances tend to drown in the traffic from e.g. mastodon.social, friendi.ca and others.

It would be great if I could set up a feed with "All public posts from these X Danish instances"

Seit vielen Jahren gibt es die ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie, die nun Medienstudie heißt. Ich habe mir die Studie 2025 mal im Hinblick auf soziale Medien angeschaut mit besonderem Fokus auf das #Fediverse. Erhoben wird dabei allerdings nur der Dienst #Mastodon. Wir schauen uns näher an, wer es wie nutzt!

Ein Thread. 🧵

Kurz noch vorab zur Studie selbst: die Grundgesamtheit ist die deutschsprechende Wohnbevölkerung ab 14 Jahren in Deutschland, Feldzeit war im Frühjahr 2025, n= 2.512, Dual Frame-Stichprobe (d.h. es wurde per Telefon und Online befragt).

#Kommunikationswissenschaft #Science #Medien #SocialMedia #ARD #ZDF #Empirie #Befragung

Der Fediverse Stammtisch am 2. Februar auf der c-base in Berlin wird leider aufgrund der Witterung, dem BVG Streik und weil einige noch in Brüssel bei der FOSDEM sind

NICHT STATT

#Berlin #feditreff #fediverse @c-base e.V.

Ja, aber die Reichweite?! – Wie wir einst von „Twitter“ ins „Fediverse“ wechselten und es nie bereuten

https://computertruhe.de/2026/02/01/ja-aber-die-reichweite-wie-wir-einst-von-twitter-ins-fediverse-wechselten-und-es-nie-bereuten/

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #X #SocialMedia #MicroBlogging #Reichweite #DIDAY #DID #DigitalIndependenceDay #DigitalerUnabhängigkeitstag #DUT

I updated the diaspora* interface translation to my native language: Spanish (Argentina). I'm still in the top 5 on the list of top translators. 😀

Actualicé la traducción de la interfaz de diaspora* a mi idioma nativo, el español de Argentina. Todavía permanezco en el top 5 en la lista de mayores traductores. 😀

https://webtranslateit.com/

#diaspora #pods #dispersion #socialnetwork #social #hello #hola #newhere #freedom #freesoftware #posts #love #mywork #fediverse #podmin #question #publish #home #account #database #network #followme #followyou #users #top #webtranslateit

Announcement: The 3rd Berlin #Fediverse Day will take place again in Berlin from September 11 to September 13, 2026. 🚀 We are very excited and more information will follow as soon as possible. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

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Ankündigung, der 3. Berliner Fediverse Day findet vom 11.09.-13.09.2026 wieder in #Berlin statt. 🚀 Wir freuen uns schon sehr und weitere Informationen kommen, asap. 👨‍👨‍👧‍👧

#digitalsovereignty #FOSDEM #FOSDEM2026 #SocialWeb #SocialWebFOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM2026

It is really nice to see so many people on the Social Web devroom 🤩

#FOSDEM #socialweb #fediverse

Instance admins: Meta and Twitch have both come out with rules about antisemitism in their latest Terms of Service that are measured but address the concerns of many Jews on the platform.

If I were take those rules and provide you language based on them that would help you implement them on your own sites, would you use it?

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Antisemitism #HateSpeech

Content warning: VHSky.cz and MakerTube joined forces to host few FOSDEM rooms on PeerTube as well Click to open/close

Dear #Fediverse,

we managed to prepare our #VHSky #PeerTube instance channel for 3 #FOSDEM rooms, so feel free to subscribe them or use #federation feature if you are instance admin.

fosdem@makertube.net
fosdem@vhsky.cz

If any other instance admin would like to join our effort, feel free to contact me, there are still quite a few rooms left for sharing 😀

Fingers crossed hoping that everything goes well

Unified playlists here:
https://vhsky.cz/w/p/ixCUdbv6dmPVgeWLcKxLLG
https://makertube.net/w/p/tH91FM3JdSe7b3cnqsfhmW

Thank you for your attention to this matter 😁
(and boost if you feel like)

FOSDEM 2026

VHSky – Otevřená platforma pro sdílení videí bez reklam. Podporujeme kreativitu, svobodu projevu a komunitní obsah.

^VHSky

Just noticed the new friendica version has been released 😀. See https://github.com/friendica/friendica/releases/tag/2026.01

For u3a.social I'll be doing an upgrade on a test instance as soon as I can and then plan for the live upgrade (I'll also want to switch to native rather than docker database).

The nice thing about test upgrades is you get to test your backups !

@U3ACommunities Computing #friendica @Friendica Support #fediverse

Release Friendica 2026.01 released · friendica/friendica

We are very happy to announce the availability of the new stable release of Friendica “Blutwurz" 2026.01. In addition to several improvements and new features, this release contains fixes for secur...

^GitHub

Are there any "case studies" of whole communities moving to the fediverse, similar to the Forkiverse?

I'm thinking about writing a version of my article https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-an-overview-for-government-agencies/ and aim it at community organizers.

#fediverse #community

Fediverse: An overview for government agencies

Fediverse as a tool for government.

^{Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)}

On February 3rd (very soon!) I am hosting another [BERLIN FEDERATED NETWORK EXPLORATION CIRCLE] at @offline. It's a chance to meet and talk with people who are interested in the #fediverse & networking & exploration & circ---you get the idea.

We have the pleasure of having @hongminhee who will give a presentation about @fedify "an opinionated #ActivityPub framework for TypeScript that handles the protocol plumbing"

It is an open free event and everyone is welcome!

Heute war ja der erste #diday und Teil der Idee ist es ja Leute ins #Fediverse zu bekommen. Wir wissen alle, dass das Fediverse groß, unübersichtlich und einschüchternd seit kann.

Eine hervorragende Reihe von Veranstaltungen auf denen man mal "dumme Fragen" stellen kann (keine Bange, die gibt es nicht) firmieren under dem Hashtag #FediTreff - gibt es über ganz Deutschland und die Welt verteilt. Dezentrale Stammtische um über das Fediverse zu schnacken.

Morgen ist es in #Berlin wieder so weit. Da treffen wir uns jeden 1. Montag im Monat auf der @c-base e.V. ab 19 Uhr. Kommt gerne vorbei wenn ihr #NeuHier seit oder jemanden kennt der noch Fragen zum Fediverse klären will, bevor der DiDay im Social Media Bereich angegangen wird.

Here's your chance to see the fediverse platform Bonfire in action (without having to install it or create an account)

Our favorite fedi live streamer, @ozoned is going to be streaming an install and walk through soon (Jan 2 at 8 AM CST).

Add it to your calendars and #JoinIn

https://freestreamers.btfree.org/event/bonfire-install-and-config-livestream

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Bonfire #HomeLab

!Friendica Support I suggested today on Facebook that people should start using friendica (or, any #fediverse service) instead of Facebook. I was immediately asked:

"What do I do with the 17 years of pictures I have on Facebook?"

I tried to find an answer - hoping that there would be a way similar to the Instagram import feature of pixelfed, but I could not find one.

Is there a way to get all of your content from Facebook imported into friendica? Or do you know of a #fediverse service similar to friendica that has this feature?

Hey #39C3!
Tomorrow, Day 3, 14:00, I will spontaneously be hosting a session in the @cbase Fediverse Assembly on “Lessons from a Public University: Bringing Institutions into the Fediverse” and sharing my experiences from the step-by-step approach at the University of Innsbruck, where we have a Mastodon Instance on our servers, SSO-connected, based on a general strategic approach towards open plattforms.
Happy to see a lot of Fediverse fighters!
https://events.ccc.de/congress/2025/hub/de/event/detail/lessons-from-a-public-university-bringing-institut

#fediverse #mastodon

[39c3] Lessons from a Public University: Bringing Institutions into the Fediverse

Was passiert, wenn eine öffentliche Universität beschließt, das Fediverse als Teil eines ganzheitlichen strategischen Ansatzes für die Wissenschaftskommunikation zu nutzen? Ich werde ehrliche Erkenntnisse aus unserer Arbeit an der Universität Inns...

^39c3

Thank you to those who are helping TROM monthly! Our first goal is to reach 100 monthly donors to kickstart a new video series for TROM, bring back TROMnews and provide 20GB storage space for our Nextcloud install (TROM Files) for everyone.

We have a lot of projects and hundreds, if not thousands of people are using our services.

Everything we do is trade-free. No bullshit.

We need 17 more donors to reach our first goal. If you can help please see https://www.tromsite.com/donate/

Again thank you to everyone who has supported this project for so many years now!

#foss #opensource #tradefree #trade-free #trom #tromsite #volunteer #fedi #fediverse

📺 "Czym jest #Fediverse? Definiowanie wartości i kluczowych wyzwań" [EN] Tommi Marmo @tommi #SFSCON25

https://vimeo.com/showcase/11927245?video=1137385486

Polecam 👍

[strong]Friendica | Die meisten Reaktionen via Lemmy?[/strong]

Seit ich regelmäßig Lemmy-Communitys in meinen Beiträgen erwähne (z. B. hier), habe ich je nach Community sehr viel mehr Reaktionen auf meine Beiträge, die dann aber weitgehend von Lemmy und nicht vom Rest des Fediverse kommen.

Ist Friendica mit Lemmy besser als mit dem restlichen Fediverse verbunden? Wie sind Eure Erfahrungen?

#Friendica #Fediverse #Beiträge #Reaktionen #Lemmy #Vernetzung #Erfahrungen #Frage #2025-11-14 !Friendica Support

Heute haben wir das Bündnis "@offene_netzwerke und demokratische Öffentlichkeiten. Dezentral, souverän und fürs Gemeinwohl" gelauncht. ✨

@markusreuter war dabei und berichtet dazu:

🔗 https://netzpolitik.org/2025/digitale-souveraenitaet-neues-buendnis-fordert-mehr-engagement-fuer-offene-netzwerke/

Es ist mir eine grosse Freude, dass so viele tolle Organisationen dafür an Board sind 🤗 besonderen Dank @digiges

Helft uns unsere Forderungen zum 🇪🇺 "#Gipfel zur digitalen Souveränität" am 18.11. gut hörbar zu machen!

#Fediverse #savesocial #foefed_digitalrechte

Digitale Souveränität: Neues Bündnis fordert mehr Engagement für offene Netzwerke

In der kommenden Woche treffen sich in Berlin die Regierungschefs von Deutschland und Frankreich mit der EU-Kommission zu einem Souveränitätsgipfel.

^{netzpolitik.org}

Lovely talk by @jaz about how the #Fediverse can help keep endangered language alive

#sfscon25