masimatutu, to random en-gb Default instance blocks should largely replace defederation
Since what content users might want to see is quite unlikely to match which servers the admins tolerate, choosing instance on the Fediverse can be quite complicated, which is inconvenient and off-putting for new users.
For this reason, and simply that the Fediverse is stronger united, I believe defederation should ideally be reserved for illegal content and extreme cases. If Fediverse platforms would allow instances to simply block the rest for users by default, the user experience would be the same, unless they decide otherwise.
J12t, to meta Hey @TechCrunch, re your piece on #activitypub and #threads, my notes from last week’s meeting at #meta answer some of the questions in your article.
https://reb00ted.org/tech/20231208-meta-threads-data-dialogue/
akuchling, to random For people who won't want to see posts from Threads, please know that you can block an entire domain from your feeds. Docs for doing so:
andresmh, to random We're organizing a small in-person workshop about federated/decentralized social media at Princeton.
https://dsmw.cs.princeton.edu/
We're interested in bringing folks who develop fediverse tech or admins that manage active Mastodon instances. We have some travel funding.
Ping me if interested, and please boost 🚀 to reach more people.
funkwhale, to random #funkwhale 1.4.0 is on the way! We have some translations that are nearly complete, but we need some help getting them over the finish line.
If you have the time and are a speaker of Occitan, Dutch, Chinese (Simplified), Italian, Polish, Basque, Japanese, or Portuguese (Brazil), we'd really appreciate your help getting our translation strings to 100%
ernest, to kbinMeta @testing Can you repeat your tests regarding tags between kbin and other instances? It should be significantly better ;)
testing, @ernest
thank you! tags from kbin do federate on microblogging fedi - kbin users should use the the tags section rather than the text body though
- i also had a look at friendica; sadly, friendica seems not to be capable to pick up tagged posts from kbin > see e.g. https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=kbin > tried my luck at several friendica instances, and every time: no content from kbin
- tags in kbin threads do not display on kbin pwa, e.g. https://kbin.social/m/kbinDevlog/t/692551 > on microblogging fedi platforms, i can see three tags: kbin, fediverse, and kbinDevlog for the magazine > with kbin pwa, neither
kbin
norfediverse
show up
ernest, @testing Thanks for the summary. I will check those cases.
pfefferle, to random what do we have to do to make the #ActivityPub plugin attractive to more #WordPress users? We are currently at 4000+ active users on WordPress.org + the WordPress.com users.
hrefna, to random I sort of want:
- To/cc to control where the message gets sent.
- Audience to control who can see the message.
- bto, bcc to not exist or be broadly disabled in AP (edit, to clarify: I want to and cc to take the meaning of bto and bcc in general; the functionality is useful, but in a social network it should be the default behavior and we have other mechanisms to tag people in)
david_megginson, to random Let's not compete with BlueSky.
If people who want to be on BlueSky end up on BlueSky, and people who want to be in the fediverse end up in the fediverse, we'll all be happier.
Tech details aside, I understand that the culture of BlueSky is "Twitter without Elon." I came to the fediverse looking for the same thing, but I've stayed because our culture isn't remotely like Twitter before Elon, either.
indieterminacy, to random I just created a matrix room and kbin magazine concerning wider aspects about #semantic models and understanding in the #fediverse
https://matrix.to/#/#semantic-fediverse:matrix.org
https://kbin.social/m/semantic_fediverseAll backgrounds and technical capabilities welcome
Flipboard, to random What’s the BBC up to in the Fediverse? What have they learned so far from their experiments? And how is all this like the early days of the internet? In the latest episode of Dot Social, Flipboard CEO @mike chats with @Ianforrester, Senior Firestarter at @BBCRD. (How cool is that title, btw!)
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/dot-social-ian-forrester/
#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Flipboard #SocialWeb #DotSocial #Podcast #BBC
pfefferle, to random We just released version 1.3.0 of the #ActivityPub plugin for #WordPress
https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/
The WordPress.com release is in preparation!
Main new feature: Threaded Comments 😍
Here is a nice example: https://notiz.blog/2023/12/04/sidebar/#comments
Thanks to everyone who was involved!
https://github.com/Automattic/wordpress-activitypub/releases/tag/1.3.0
LaurensHof, to random 5 years of Mobilizon
Framasoft, the French non-profit organisation for open source software such as PeerTube, says that after 5 years, Mobilizon has reached maturity. In December 2018 the organisation announced their plans to develop Mobilizon, with the goal of creating an alternative to Facebook Groups and events.
Over the years, they have added multiple updates, such as federation in 2020 and searching across Mobilizon instances in 2020. This month, they are releasing their final update, v4, with a variety of new features.
Event administrators can now send private announcements to attendees, allowing them to contact all people who have registered for an event directly. This announcement is a one-way communications channel, intended for organisers to broadcast information. Besides that, a chat system for attendees is also implemented, which federates with the rest of the fediverse.
Another new feature is the ability to import and synchronise events from other platforms, such as Meetup and EventBrite. Framasoft created an import tool that allows you to import and synchronise event information from these platforms into Mobilizon. iCal event feeds are support too, so this even works with most calendar tools.
The big platform for importing events from is Facebook. Here, Framasoft has done the work to get it to work, and the ball is now in Facebook’s court to approve and validate. Framasoft is clear that they do not have a timeline how long this will take, and that they are unsure if Facebook will do so.
While Framasoft sees Mobilizon has having completed their vision, it is far from over for the project. Framasoft will hand over the keys to the French association Kaihuri, who has been maintaining a Mobilizon presence for a while. Kaihuri recently got funding from NLnet to continue development work on Mobilizon, focusing on the user experience and improving interoperability. Meanwhile, Framasoft is betting big on PeerTube for next year, and is currently organising their yearly donation drive.
pixelfed, to random We need more support to help sustain our #fediverse services:
https://fedidb.org
https://fediverse.info
https://activitypub.networkSupport Pixelfed: https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project
richardgrant, @pixelfed Perhaps you could charge money for your official apps? Maybe have a "pro" level to unlock all the features?
steve, to random #ActivityPub dev tip of the day: An inbox (or outbox) is not a queue. An inbox is reverse chronological (LIFO-ish) and maintains long-term references to items. A queue has FIFO behavior and items are dequeued/removed for processing. AP is difficult enough without equating the inbox concept with MQ middleware (which could be a useful internal implementation technique).