Thank you so much Eduard for becoming the 77th supporter of TROM! We run a unique fundraiser for TROM in that we need only 200 people to donate 5 Euros a month in order to support us for the long run.

Distributed support so that it won't put a big toll on anyone, and a limited goal so that we do not get rich.

If you appreciate the so many things that we do at TROM (see https://www.tromsite.com) then please consider supporting us.

#tromlive #foss #opensource #privacy #documentary #fediverse

Do you think an average #Mastodon user with a couple hundred followers could post a silly #poll to the #Fediverse, and get a million or more votes in 7 days?

Please boost to widen the sample. 😉

#polls

• Yes (33%, 276 votes)
• No (66%, 538 votes)

What we have in the #Fediverse today:
1. Facebook-like (Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, Social home, Misskey & forks)
2. Twitter-like (Mastodon & forks, Pleroma & forks, Threads)
3. Goodreads-like (BookWyrm)
4. YouTube/Vimeo-like (PeerTube)
5. Reddit/Quora/Stackexchange-like (Lemmy, Kbin, Mbin, Piefed)
6. Podcasting
7. Medium-like (Write freely, Plume)
8. Instagram/Flickr-like (Pixelfed)
9. Audio hosting (Funkwhale)
10. Blogger (WordPress and Drupal via plugin; also GoHugo)

Coming soon!
1. TikTok-like (Loops by Pixelfed)

Someone working on:
* Tumblr-like

Skin-based:
* Forum-like skin that turns a Lemmy instance into a "forums".

What else is the Fediverse network missing?
* An easy way to pull in data from databases like TMDB, and display it like a widget with necessary information visible (instead of a link-type with only a summary of the description).

* A way to show what we are currently listening, watching, and reading, everytime we update our, say, BookWyrm or Goodreads profile. Maybe as an info minibar in our profile.

We can also use LibreFM and LastFM for the listening part.

My tiny #ActivityPub server is now a massive... 64KB.

Yup. Kilobytes.

* It can send posts with attached images & alt text.
* Reply to posts with a proper thread.
* Read replies sent to it.
* Follow #Fediverse accounts and see their posts & edits.
* You can follow it.
* Hell, it even does HTTP Message Signature Verification!

All of this in a single PHP file. No database, no Docker, no dependencies, no AI.

You can grab the code at https://gitlab.com/edent/activitypub-single-php-file/

😎

Terence Eden / ActivityPub-Single-PHP-File · GitLab

A single PHP file which acts as a basic ActivityPub server.

^GitLab

Mastodon.social rolling out the red carpet for Threads is like an independent shop inviting a supermarket to set up next door.

But what’s done is done. And I’ve wasted enough words on this whole sorry affair over the last year.

So this is the last you’ll hear about it from me. When, eventually, you’re writing your “what went wrong?” articles, feel free to look up what I’d written on the issue back when.

#threads #mastodon #mastodonSocial #zuckerberg #facebook #meta #fediverse

The Fediverse is Already Dead
https://nora.codes/post/the-fediverse-is-already-dead/

Despite the grim title, it's a wonderful, thoughtful, hopeful piece by @noracodes on what fedi was and what it has become. And what the future can hold.

Highly recommended. Especially for those of us who are, like me, struggling with what "The Fediverse" is supposed to mean these days.

#Fediverse

I created an account on the Fediverse
*because* it is not Facebook,
*because* it is different,
*because* it is better,
*because* it doesn’t have ads,
*because* it is more respectful of its users,
*because* it doesn’t have an algorithm deciding what I see,
and *because* is has much better ethics and moderation.

I really hope it stays that way

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Threads #Facebook #Meta

We want to clarify some recent allegations regarding Threads hiding posts containing "pixelfed"

Several users pointed out they were unable to reproduce this, leading us to believe it was a glitch.

We're happy to see Threads open up federation, and look forward to working together to build a better fediverse.

#fediverse #threads

Our Frienica instance got updated to the latest stable and all of our custom themes were updated and we added 2 more: Brown and Grey.

Go to Settings - Display to test them out.

They will be shared with the Friendica's developers if they want to include them in the default Friendica's themes or get some ideas about future changes.

Big thanks to these people who create Friendica for being so awesome and for keeping Friendica so useful and feature-rich!

#friendica #foss #activitipub #fediverse #fedi

We started this account less than 6 months ago. It's going pretty well – thanks to you: 4.2k followers, lots of interactions, questions, and comments. 🎉

A couple of weeks ago, the European Broadcasting Union (#EBU) asked us to write a guest article about our experience with #Mastodon / the #Fediverse, explain the basics, and point out the advantages.

Challenge accepted. 👍

So here's the finished post by @lxplm, hot off the #blog press. ⌨️

🔽
https://www.ebu.ch/news/2024/03/public-broadcasters-of-europe-lets-all-join-mastodon

Public Broadcasters of Europe, Let's All Join Mastodon!

In this guest post, Alexander Plaum, Innovation Manager at Deutsche Welle (DW), writes about his team's exceptionally positive experience with microblogging in the Fediverse.

^www.ebu.ch

We provide Mastodon/Peertube/Nextcloud/Friendica and more, as a service. For a cost. Just order and have your own instance, no headaches.

I always do trade-free stuff, but since I am trapped in this trade-system and I do not get enough financial support via the projects that I do, I have to also trade a bit.

WebApe https://webape.site/ is what I do to trade. Basically we create websites, install Mastodon/Friendica instances, Peertube, Nextcloud, etc.. We setup, manage, update, customize.

We try to do something decent and make some money with that, to then support our free projects.

So if you want a Mastodon instance for example, or any other website/service, please see https://webape.site/. I have lowered the prices now, so a Mastodon instance starts at 30 Euros per month.

We will take a limited amount of websites so to not overwhelm ourselves.

Please share if you think others might be interested. In a way, we can make the fediverse more known and accessible via the WebServices that we provide.

#foss #opensource #fedi #fediverse #mastodon

Guten Morgen vom zweiten der Chemnitzer Linuxtage 😀 lasst uns doch mal versuchen das ganze Fediverse um 12 Uhr beim Stand der FSFE zu einem spontanen Feditreff zu versammeln.

#feditreff #CLT #CLT24 #fediverse

Ich habe gesehen das @Stephanie Henkel 😛d: :af: bei den Chemnitzer Linuxtagen jetzt am Wochenende ist und einen Vortrag zum Fediverse hält. Es werden doch bestimmt noch ein paar andere Menschen aus dem Fediverse da sein oder?

Was haltet ihr von einem kurzen Feditreff als spontanes Addon beim CLT?

#clt #clt24 #feditreff #Fediverse #chemnitz

@grin Ahh! It is Instagram's answer to X/Twitter.

Threads is currently testing ActivityPub/Fediverse support. Many if their devs, and some personalities like @timothyjchambers ( @tchambers ) already have it activated.

As per Instagram's CEO, the Fediverse feature will be opt-in for Threads accounts. We'll probably see less than half of Threads community in the #fediverse.

The #ContentNation situation is a dumpster fire for the #Fediverse. What would you do if you were building something, people misunderstood what it was, and things escalated to a point that someone loaded CSAM onto your server for the sake of reporting it?

https://wedistribute.org/2024/03/contentnation-mastodons-toxicity/

I made a thing to help me find RSS feeds, and I really liked it. So I made it prettier so you can use it too, if RSS feeds are your thing.

As it turns out, in my corner of the fediverse there’s a ton of them…

https://rss-is-dead.lol

#rss #fediverse

Pixelfed Account Migration will transfer your followers to another Pixelfed or Mastodon account!

We could limit this to only other Pixelfed servers, but why?

The ability to easily migrate your followers between platforms and servers is what makes the #fediverse special ❤️

Hey #Fediverse, something I've been missing from the features is the ability to tag accounts on a photo. Namedropping @\lumi every time I post a picture of her feels awkward but I would love to have her account there for people who want to look her up. Same for photos of friends. I don't see an issue filed for this (for Mastodon).

Are there maybe any issues (spam, harassment) that I'm unaware of for which this feature would be a bad idea? I remember on Twitter this used to be feature one could turn off, I'd imagine here it would be opt-in.

Any information about the current state of the Fediverse integration by Threads users? I mean the number of AP activated users from that Fediverse instance?

#Fediverse #Meta #Threads

Since we integrated with ActivityPub at the end of last year, Minds has added 32,000+ new users to the network via federation, from 2,200+ different ActivityPub networks.

With our new Networks product (https://minds.com/about/networks), anyone can launch their own network in a matter of minutes. These networks can federate with Minds and the rest of ActivityPub too. Your data, your community, your rules.

Building a network of networks.

#decentralization #growth #opensource #activitypub #fediverse

Many thanks to all the people who have worked on the various parts of the Fediverse long before it was cool to be here!

#Fediverse #ilovefs

@raroun Nein, nicht abstrus, sonderen dem Zweck angepasste Plattform auswählen.
#Friendica ist Micro- und Macroblogging
#Pixelfed ist fürs Teilen von Bildern.

Dea ist eben das #Fediverse. Es gibt nicht die ein und alle Plattform für ein und alles. Sondern es gibt verschiedene Dienste - sie sind alle über #ActivityPub verbunden.

@cantences @tux @helpers

• Yes (57%, 20 votes)
• No (25%, 9 votes)
• No, but I recommend stuff I see here to others (17%, 6 votes)

I won't go into details because they aren't mine to share, but a fash publication dropped dox (real name, location, years of internet history) on an antifascist member of the #fediverse today, based in large part on their activity on @kolektiva dot social and elsewhere on #Mastodon.

Just a reminder that the enemy is aware that we are gathered here and is watching us, and as we head into these dangerous times it's important to remember that. Think twice before posting anything here you wouldn't want linked to you in a court of law, for example. #SocialMedia #fascism #antifa #SecurityCulture #feditips

Uruchomienie polskiej instancji #Pixelfed przez naszą fundację zbliża się szybkimi krokami 🚀

Od poziomu waszego wsparcia zależy, ile przestrzeni będziemy mogli przeznaczać na Wasze zdjęcia, jak szybki serwer będziemy mogli zaangażować do pracy 🏗️

Rozważcie prosimy wsparcie tego projektu 👍

Dla osób mocniej zaangażowanych przewidujemy bonusy. Dla wszystkich Pixelfed w rodzinie usług #fediverse od #PolSocial

https://ftdl.pl/start-pixelfeda/

#WspieramFTdL #WspieramPolSocial