mike, to random I think that fully integrating #ActivityPub into Flipboard's backend is going to be one of the best things we've done since we started the company.
There are three phases:
Phase 1 (Today): Federate 25 accounts to test and learn
Phase 2 (January): Enable anyone in the Fediverse to engage with any public curator on Flipboard
Phase 3 (April): Enable anyone on Flipboard to follow and engage with any public account in the #Fediverse
Check out my Medium post for more
https://medium.com/@mmccue/flipboard-begins-to-federate-4a80d6bdc209
BeAware, to random It seems people have become allergic to the BOOST button or maybe they don't know that Favorites don't give the content exposure.
Either way, boosting has gone way down since I joined 6 months ago and I wonder why.
It's like we don't enjoy endorsing other content anymore.
You should Boost content that you find enjoyable so that others can see it too!
liaizon, to random I learned about a new #fediverse initiative working on standardizing event federation between WordPress and @mobilizon (and others like @gancio and https://gath.io) being lead by @linos and a group of folks working under the umbrella of https://event-federation.eu.
They got @NGIZero funding for the project! (https://nlnet.nl/project/WordPress-EventFederation)
Discovered thanks to the newest reporting by @fediversereport, who's doing great work shining light on stuff like!
ghostrunner, to random
jxself, to random Happy birthday to the accidental typo, John Mastodon! Started when a writer misread the Mastodon account that was banned from Twitter as "John Mastodon" instead of "Join Mastodon", John Mastodon may not be real but thanks for the memes and everything else. Let's celebrate John Mastodon's birthday by tooting about what you love most about the #fediverse. #JohnMastodon #Mastodon
maker, to random Handmade.social welcomes all handmade artisans to join the Fediverse community. Create an account for your business or shop and showcase your unique creations to a broader audience. If promoting handcrafted items is your goal, consider making handmade.social the home for your artisanal brand.
#Handmade #Artisans #Crafts #ShopLocal #CreativeBusiness #Fediverse #SmallBiz #EtsyAlternative #CraftersOfMastodon
mahal, to random While I am an active critic of distributed privatisation (i.e., #Fediverse as we know it), I will still choose that over corporate privatisation if public service internet is just not a thing yet. Why?
• Corporations under capitalism have but one guiding tenet: the profit motive.
• Social media corporations profit from advertisement operations — especially data harvesting.
• It is their objective, therefore, to maximise profits by maximising data exploitation in every possible way.
Resist.
wjmaggos, to random what I'd love to see is #funkwhale also support basic posts ala #mastodon. I bet we could get a pretty cool pod going at ccmusic.social if this was the case. #ccmusic
weekinfediverse, to random Week in Fediverse 2023-12-15
Servers
- Funkwhale v1.4.0
- Mitra v2.5.0
- GoToSocial v0.13.0
- Lemmy v0.19.0
- PeerTube v6.0.2
- Castopod v1.7.2
- Mbin v1.2.1
- Iceshrimp v2023.12.0
- Mobile App, redesign, new dev, promotion... let’s build a bright future for PeerTube!
Clients
- Funkwhale for Android v0.3.0
- IceCubesApp v1.9.15
- Jerboa v0.0.51
- Voyager v1.31.0
- Vernissage v2.0.4
- Photon v1.24.0
- TootRain v1.9.0
- Lemoa v0.5.0
- Pachli v2.1.0
Tools
Articles
- Meta/Threads Interoperating in the Fediverse Data Dialogue Meeting yesterday
- Threads Begins Testing Federation
- Tumblr’s ‘fediverse’ integration is still being worked on, says owner and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg
- Get Out of the Nest! Drivers of social influence in the Twitter migration to Mastodon
- Implementing Federation, Part I
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 47
#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/018c4a74-156c-a4bc-4c0e-d74f3e03504f
hello, to meta Hey hcommons.social and the #fediverse: we've made the decision not to federate with #Meta and #Threads. We do not feel that we can adequately protect members of our community from potential attacks from anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Black, anti-academic, or other extremists who can freely create accounts and sow hatred on Threads unless we block the server. We do not want to allow any kinds of connections that would make our most at-risk users less safe.
We understand that this may disappoint some of you, and that you may wish to seek another instance that will allow you to communicate more freely with your friends on that network. Please read more about our reasoning on our team blog: https://team.hcommons.org/2023/12/15/threads/
fedidevs, to random A project has started to build a #Fediverse #testsuite, so it becomes possible to systematically test interoperability between applications in the fediverse.
It is going to need some virtualization, to run "substantial" server-side applications for testing. So we'd like to know what development and virtualization platforms #ActivityPub developers develop and test on.
If you are a Fediverse developer, could you spend 5min and answer our survey?
https://apps.dazzlelabs.net/nextcloud/apps/forms/s/ed2WBPzrrWFcWKjT5a9MwMGp
Thank you!!
stefan, to random In the light of renewed conversations about Meta and Threads, I would like to remind everyone that it is now easier than ever to run your own fediverse community, without having to worry about setting up and maintaining your own server.
This will help make the fediverse stronger, more resilient, and more diverse.
And we won't have to fight so much about which instance should federate with whom.
rysiek, to random Huh, I had no idea that @wikimediafoundation set up an official Wikimedia #Fediverse instance back in July!
Wonderful.
https://wikimedia.social/explore
ajroach42, to random Rachel Lambert, Director of Product Management at Meta just posted about working with the #fediverse
"Working with experts to figure out how we can reshape regulations that are built for closed systems, and adapt them to more open ones"
Ah. That's probably the game.
They've performed significant regulatory capture, and they're going to come out swinging about how the fediverse is full of material that requires regulation, and that anyone participating has to implement policies that are impossible at a hobby scale.
(Like big tech did with copyright infringement.)
Sheril, to random One of the world’s longest-running experiments has been going for 144 years!
In 1879, botanist William Beal wanted to study how long buried seeds would remain viable. He buried bottles w different seeds in a secret spot on Michigan State's campus.
Every 20 yrs, a small group scientists dig up the bottles & seeds continue to germinate 🌱 (My husband @DavidLowry is the one on the right).
The paper from their last dig is now out so this #science story is back in the news. https://www.yahoo.com/news/discovery-inside-unearthed-bottle-ve-103236780.html