Saddling small sites with the same duties as huge platforms means many will shut down in a hammer blow to net plurality.

We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services; the incubators of online harms.

URGENT: The UK government must change the Online Safety Act to protect safe, non-commercial blogs, forums and fediverse.

Write to your MP to #SaveOurSites 🌐

https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp

#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #fediverse #ukpolitics #ukpol #activitypub #mastodon #netplurality

Vor über einem Jahr, im Januar 2024 wurde ein Artikel von mir auf der Webseite GNU/Linux.ch in der "Fediverse-Serie" zum Fediverse-Dienst (streams) veröffentlicht...

..:: WEITERLESEN ::..

#fediverse #forte #activitypub

I'm finally seeing the new kind of spambot showing up at my blog, and it's way worse than the old kinds.

Like, I'm seriously wondering whether I have to turn off comments _except_ from the Federation, which may end up being what saves blog comments.

https://solarbird.net/blog/2025/03/09/mission-unfortunately-accomplished/

#ActivityPub #AiSpam #spam #blog #blogging #CommentSpam #comments

BotKit by Fedify

Simple ActivityPub bot framework. A framework for creating your fediverse bots. Using @botkit, you can create standalone ActivityPub bots rather than Mastodon/Misskey bots. Hence, you are free from the constraints of the existing platforms. BotKit is powered by @fedify, a lower-level rock-solid ActivityPub framework.

🐢 https://botkit.fedify.dev

#activitypub #fediverse #botkit #fedify #bot #web #typescript #webdev #ts #dev #followfriday #freetoolfriday

@npa
expected to do so .. cause it is #ActivityPub #PeerTube ist hier von Faircom genutzt , gell ?
sehr schöm

So #fediverse / #mastodon / #activitypub people, what do we have by now that is a usable alternative to facebooks group- & event feature?

I have a number of friends who work in event-related contexts, play in bands, do art exhibitions etc. most of them are still at metas platforms for basically 1-2 reasons. Twatter doesn't really matter at all to them because no feature keeps them there.

The Main reason for most of them to stay with meta is to promote their events & the easiness to invite people to an event or self-subscribe.

The other reasons are groups/channels where people have sub-discussion threads, that "feel a little bit isolated from the rest of the platform".
I'm not 100% convinced, that this can/can't be substituted by something like "only display this toot to people following the #hashtag" or something similar.

Reason number three is network effect at the end of the day, which is not really technically addressable from "our side" imho. Being able to show easy to use alternatives should be doable tho.

"Several people have asked about using #ActivityPub if you're hosting #Ghost elsewhere. Some quick notes about that:
Importantly, Ghost's ActivityPub service is already out in the wild, #opensource, and released under the MIT license. We build in public, and all our work is up on GitHub for anyone to download, fork, run or deploy if they want to."

https://activitypub.ghost.org/warp-factor-5-mr-sulu/

Ganz rund läuft es noch nicht, aber Ihr könnt jetzt schon mal meinem persönlichen Blog via Fediverse @blog folgen und kommentieren. #activitypub #blogvernetzen #wordpress

does someone know how to best contact the admins of loma.ml? it seems that content negotiation on the profile URLs/IDs are not working properly!

#followerpower #activitypub #friendica #fediverse

Just connected the @SURF #PeerTube (pilot) video platform:

▶️ video.edu.nl (focused on research, science and education) with
▶️ @waag (focus on technology and society) and
▶️ @publicspaces (advocating for a better internet)

The process was incredibly smooth… no restarts or any bumps. In just seconds, we federated 3 platforms across the #Fediverse using #ActivityPub in live action and combining hundreds of videos from trusted partners!

#smooth #openStandards #stepByStep
Thank you @peertube ‼️❤️💪

Ok, I'm doing the Bluesky thing now too apparently. getmisch, natch'. Seeking kind folks who don't mind admitting they're woke. Say hi!
#Bluesky #social #media #federated #kind #of #ActivityPub #bridge #follow #share #post #protest #punch #Nazis too
https://bsky.app/profile/getmisch.bsky.social

In response to a Reddit post asking for #Fediverse alternatives to #Facebook that AREN'T Friendica or Pleroma: I just discovered [socialhome](https://socialhome.network/) that is federated with #ActivityPub so you can see #Mastodon and #Pixelfed and #Lemmy content in a more attractive display. It's still not the same as Facebook - I don't know if anything will ever be polished enough for the normies to switch.
1/2 #deletefacebook

Really loving #NodeBB so far. We’re currently using it at forum.wedistribute.org, and filing issues as quirks come up. But it’s really a polished experience, and #ActivityPub federation feels really good so far.

Forums could potentially be a really good fit for the Threadiverse, I’m excited to keep exploring this.

True to its devastating, crippling inability to be even slightly critical of the Silicon Valley scourge that has so far devastated humanity & brought back fascism, #tech #media pays brief lip service to a single one out of the dozens of active #ActivityPub projects, before diving into three identical Bluesky ones.

They have the attention of investors, you see. That's what matters. Right?

https://mastodon.social/@Sarahp/113975351527451036

A certain well-known person (who I shall not name) recently implied that only “techbros” code for the #Fediverse.

That person is sadly mistaken.

#Sharkey is coded by a woman. #Frequency is coded by a woman. Most of the co-authors of #ActivityPub are women.

Stop spreading the myth that only men build the Fediverse.

Web monetization can be achieved using #castopod giving us one more tools to wrestle control away from #bigtech #monopolies

Watch the talk here on #peertube :)

Demo of Castopod and Mastodon with Web Monetization support (FOSDEM 2025) https://podlibre.video/videos/watch/8b5b96b6-d57a-4b5f-9a26-46e70423c92a

#fosdem2025 #fosdem #foss #podcasting #fediverse #activitypub

It’s wasn’t so long ago that #Mastodon made up 90% of MAUs on the #Fediverse. Hell, it so dominated Fediverse usage that, for most people, Mastodon was the Fediverse.

But now Mastodon’s percentage of MAUs stands at 58%. And it’s probably lower because the second most popular Fediverse software distribution, #Misskey, doesn’t accurately report MAUs. So what happened?

I suspect four things:

• Mastodon validated the concept of a Fediverse, which prompted more devs to build for #ActivityPub
• As Big Social alienated their userbase, some of this userbase sought Fediverse alternatives. This is what drove popularity of #Lemmy and #Pixelfed.
• #Bluesky became the default alternative to #Twitter instead of Mastodon
• As Mastodon users became aware of a greater Fediverse, many migrated to other Fediverse software

Obviously, Mastodon is alive and kicking. It’s not going anywhere. Its continuing development is critical to the success of the Fediverse.

But at the same time, the success of Mastodon led to the success of other federated projects. And it works the other way around too. The success of other federated projects is also Mastodon’s success.

So really, lower MAUs for Mastodon is actually a giant win for the big pachyderm.

Dear Fediverse Administrators,

Please consider relocating your website to a web hosting provider based out of the United States of America.

Historically, fascist governments do not ignore the little guy -- That's you, and your users.

#Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #CherryPick #IceShrimp #Sharkey #WebHosting #Cdn #Dns #WebHost #Hosting #Vpn

The Ghost approach to #ActivityPub looks great. They get it. Real engagement and ongoing conversations not just broadcasting. I had a similar experience when Mastodon replies started showing up as comments in WordPress, but Ghost is really building this into the core with the reader view as well. “You can’t be on the social web without being social.” #FOSDEM #SocialWebFOSDEM

Another backdated media-diary post. I'd like to write maybe a couple of longer things about abandoning algorithms and embracing federated spaces, but for now I'm just getting some quick thoughts out there to make sure the media tracking stays week to week, despite travel.

https://www.geoffdgeorge.com/blog/tiktok-gets-barely-banned/

#blog #socialmedia #tiktok #tiktokban #instagram #meta #twitter #mastodon #bluesky #fediverse #activitypub #ATproto

On the way to #fosdem #fosdem25 now.
See you anyway :)

Tomorrow, I'm in the Legal and Policy Room and then about #Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenProtocols #SocialWeb :

Social Web Dev Room
UA2.118 (Henriot)
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/social-web/

and

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/04/social-web-after-hours-at-fosdem-2025/
💖

Misskey 2025.1.0 has been released

https://github.com/misskey-dev/misskey/releases
#Misskey #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Foss #OpenSource

Esteemed #Fediverse

in these dark times, meeting the community physically feels more needed than ever.

Since we organized the official @apconf #ActivityPub Conf all the ActivityPub Events were always officially fun.

#FOSDEM is near
Sat
The Policy Group starts with a waffles breakfast and I'd like to recommend the

Legal and Policy Dev Room
H.1301 (Cornil) starting 10:30
by wonderful @tmarble

then (yay)

Social Web Dev Room
UA2.118 (Henriot)
https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/track/social-web/

and

https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/01/04/social-web-after-hours-at-fosdem-2025/

#fosdem25 #OpenProtocols #SocialWeb #Federation #Policy #Legal 💖

🧵 1/x
(editing along the installation process)

@howto install the @freeopensource platform #castopod (1.13.3) on a shared hosting.

@Castopod is a #fediVerse podcast hosting software with #activityPub and #RSS.

As of now, no requirement problems with the #sharedHosting:
https://docs.castopod.org/main/en/getting-started/install/

Provider had to change root folder to /public.

There were problems uploading the folder structure and files with fileZilla. Uploading the entire ZIP file, unzipping it on the shared hosting worked.

Some #mastoadmin (or other Fediverse Software that supports AP relays ) in the mood to try my ActivityPub Relay? https://ap-relay.mxhdr.net

#ActivityPub #Relay

When I opened up Lemmy this morning I could not believe my eyes. The top story was a headline from Forbes stating:
« ‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media ».

The article mostly focused on #Pixelfed and did a fairly good job explaining how #ActivityPub works. But they spelled #Mastodon « Mastadon » over and over again with no links to it. Yikes.

B for the effort, but please editors do better!

https://www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/

"At a time when established platforms are facing criticism & turbulence, a new approach to #socialmedia is gaining attention.
At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform—a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, #theFediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol: #ActivityPub."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/

LOLA: an #ActivityPub data portability initiative spearheaded by @DTinitiative
https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-data-portability/lola

Ich möchte verstehen, warum sich gute Leute wie Cory Doctorow zu der 30-Millionen-Dollar-Geldsammlung "Free Our Feeds" zusammengeschlossen haben. Damit wollen sie Bluesky dezentralisieren und deren AT-Protokoll stärken, vor allem aber einen zukünftigen Zugriff und Kontrolle durch reiche Dritte verhindern. Für uns hier im Fediverse mit dem Flaggschiff Mastodon und dem W3C-Protokoll ActivityPub muss es unverständlich sein, warum diese Initiative etwas bei Bluesky erreichen will, was es hier schon längst gibt: Dezentralität und ein offenes Protokoll.

Um das zu verstehen, habe ich mir zwei Artikel von Cory Doctorow angeschaut, die er in den letzten Tagen veröffentlicht hat:
- "Defense (of the internet) (from billionaires) in depth" ( https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/23/defense-in-depth )
- "Enshittification isn't caused by venture capital" ( https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/20/capitalist-unrealism )

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#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Bluesky

I have a #Fediverse #ActivityPub question:
Why doesn't my client ( #mastodon or #pixelfed ) automatically load the comments from the original page so that all comments are visible?
Is there a technical reason?

I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.69 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. Again, this version has been possible thanks to the very valuable help from great people. It includes the following changes:

Added support for subscribing to LitePub (Pleroma-style) Fediverse Relays like e.g. https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com to improve federation. See snac(8) (the Administrator Manual) for more information on how to use this feature.

Added support for following hashtags. This is only useful if your instance is subscribed to relays (see above).

Added support for a Mastodon-like /authorize_interaction webpoint entry, that allows following, liking and boosting from another account's Mastodon public web interface. To be able to use it, you must reconfigure your https proxy to redirect /authorize_interaction to snac (see snac(8)).

Some fixes to accept Event objects properly (like those coming from implementations like https://gancio.org/ or https://mobilizon.fr).

Added some caching for local Actor objects.

Hashtags that are not explicitly linked in a post's content are shown below it.

Fixed broken NetBSD build (missing dependency in Makefile.NetBSD).

The user profile can now include longitude and latitude data for your current location.

Mastodon API: implemented limit= on notification fetches (contributed by nowster), implemented faster min_id handling (contributed by nowster), obey the quiet public visibility set for posts, other timeline improvements (contributed by nowster).

Reduced RSA key size for new users from 4096 to 2048. This will be friendlier to smaller machines, and everybody else out there is using 2048.

If the SNAC_BASEDIR environment variable is defined and set to the base directory of your installation, you don't have to include the base directory in the command line.

Fixed a bug in the generation of the top page (contributed by an-im-dugud).

Added support for Markdown headers and underlining (contributed by an-im-dugud).

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider contributing via LiberaPay: https://liberapay.com/grunfink/

#snacAnnounces

This release has been inspired by the song Nine Hundred Miles by #BarbaraDane.

It's so cool to see other Fedi advocates being added to lists so people can find easily.

Though I can't help but wonder who's ass I gotta kiss to get on one....

I DO tend to talk about Fedi quite a bit.

Only 70% or so, of my posts, of which I have 17k+🤣🤷‍♂️

#Fedi #Fediverse #StarterPack #FediverseStarterPacks #ActivityPub #Mastodon

so all the good stuff is running on #activitypub

does that make all the different apps just different frontends/views/UIs ?

(wanting to test out #pixelfed to help out people coming to fedi from insta, not wanting to make a new account)

#eli5

Wer die potentielle Power hinter #ActivityPub erst mal kapiert, auch fürs eigene Produkt, wird sich gerne assimilieren. Es braucht Zeit, weil die Social-Hype-Priester immer woanders ihre Glöckchen läuten (immer irgendwo bei den Plattformen). Doch es wird - mit der Zeit. Unaufhaltsam.
https://www.heise.de/news/Anbindung-an-Mastodon-Co-Forensoftware-NodeBB-ans-Fediverse-angeschlossen-10251690.html

My argument for #ActivityPub over #ATProtocol is simple: if ATProtocol rules supreme, what will compete against #Bluesky’s firehose?

How many nodes are there on AT Protocol?

How many unique services that don’t resemble Twitter run on AT Protocol?

But above all, what happens if Bluesky gets bought by Musk or Zuckerberg?

With the Fediverse, we got established decentralization. Not theoretical—something that exists in the far off future—but decentralization that is here and now.

Ich begrüße die Tendenz 👍. Meinem Empfinden nach nimmt die Geschwindigkeit und die Anzahl von Plattformen, die #ActivityPub implementieren, stark zu

My new relay instance in the #Fediverse launched successfully :)

Just added a blog post: As I could see, not everyone was aware of the benefits of using such a service which is especially very important for smaller instances or even single-user instances. So, nothing new in the post - just a recap to summarize the things for newcomers :) #activitypub #mastodon #snac #pleroma #social #socialmedia #community

https://gyptazy.com/hosting-a-new-activitypub-relay-for-the-fediverse-including-mastodon-and-snac/

One further note about MAUs and the #Fediverse:

The common number for this month is 1.2M MAUs—but this has a giant caveat.

This doesn’t count #Threads, which has implemented many aspects of #ActivityPub

It also doesn’t count *most* #Misskey servers, which don’t publish MAUs—and Misskey makes up 9% of the Fediverse.

I also know that Friendica servers and MAUs are underreported.

So while that 1.2M MAUs figure is helpful, it’s not entirely accurate.