I like the fact that in the #Fediverse the primary goal is not algorithms or making money, but owning your data and using social networks in your own terms.
#BlueSkySocial FEELS like open and decentralized but has been received funding from Twitter and has not yet fully revealed its monetization plans. This is why I won't fully trust it. I'm glad they won't invest in the ActicityPub protocol. Their reluctancy to AP is also something I find strange even after reading the arguments.
Let's remember that #BlueSky a startup company, and companies are to make money. This is where #Mastodon for example is different, there is no monetization and never will be.
@rolle Jack already proved he can't be trusted, so there's no way in hell I'm leaving here to go to yet another doomed Jack Fucks Everyone Over And Protects Nazis backed project. The fact that BlueSky is a PBC tells me everything I need to know.
@TacticalGrace_@rolle I don't trust the people developing BlueSky and AFAIK they haven't even defined a protocol. I expect that they will produce something with physical or logical centralisation as a core component. BlueSky comes from a top down Sillycon Valley startup perspective, and is not really community orientated.
Hmm, moim zdaniem to nie jest dobry pomysł, to przyciąganie na siłę wszystkich nowych osób zakładających profil przez apkę #Android na instancję mastodon.social
Ciężko teraz dogrzebać się do serwera działającego w ojczystym języku, a mastodon.social puchnie. Dopiero co się z niego przeniosłem na pol.social, bo ciężko było używać przez lagi, opóźnienia i błędy 500 w przeglądarce.
Chyba że pan Gargron chce zniechęcić ludzi do #Mastodon pokazując jak powoli działa?🤔
Ech, zamiast #decentralizacja, kolejna wielka instancja. Przykład #matrix.org chyba poszedł na marne...
@m0bi13
Myślę, że jeśli o wybór rodzimych instancji chodzi, to większość sobie poradzi. Wystarczy skorzystać z wyszukiwarki. Tak przynajmniej było w moim przypadku.
@AubreyDeLosDestinos Domyślnie apki do Matrixa proponowały założenie konta na serwerze matrix.org, nie dając łatwego wyboru czy to językowego, czy geograficznego.
Doprowadziło to do przeładowania tego serwera, jego powolnego działania i powszechnego u nowych tam ludzi przekonania "Matrix działa wolno", co nie jest prawdą. To Matrix.org działa wolno...
Zdecentralizowany Matrix zrobił ten błąd, nie dystrybuując osób po mniejszych serwerach, a teraz zdecentralizowany #Mastodon w zdecentralizowanym #fediświat robi to samo.
Czy to zachłystywanie się wysokimi liczbami osób na serwerach? Obawiam się, że tak. W świecie zdominowanym przez korpo-marketingowe wskaźniki często główny cel ucieka.
Today I learned all about #mastodon follow limits.
Though it can be set by environment variable on the server, the defaults, which appear to be in use on this server, work as shown:
If you follow fewer than 7500, you may add more.
If you follow 7500 or more, you must have a ratio of 1.1 that you follow to 1 following you. At 7500 it means you must have as followers 6750 to add more.
I've just released version 2.28 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in ANSI C, including the following:
Added a new notification area to the web interface, accessible from a link at the top, that also shows the number of unseen events. This area lists all notifications in reverse chronological order and provides a button to clear all.
More work in the Mastodon API. The new supported features are: notifications, post of new and reply messages (including attached images). Some API v2 entry points had to be implemented, so you'll need to update your HTTPS proxy configuration again, see snac(8). #Tusky no longer crashes, or so I think. The official app and close relatives like #Megalodon still don't work, though.
If you are not interested in this Mastodon API crap, you can compile it out of your #snac by defining the NO_MASTODON_API preprocessor directive and forget about it.
Fixed an HTML cache bug (it was not refreshed after editing a post).
Hi. When liking or boosting, the timeline position does not change. But, as there is (by design) no JavaScript, every like or boost operation implies a round trip from the server, and the conversation state may have changed with new replies and moved to the top due to activity (more active conversations are always moved to the top).
This is (also by design) different to what Mastodon does, so it may seem confusing until you get used to it.
It’s weird having different accounts in the #Fediverse universe that can talk to each other. I can have indepth discussions between myself and myself…. 😜
Weird... #Calckey works fine in Firefox on my desktop, but not in #Chrome. I'd blame versions of browsers and OSs, but everything else – i.e. #Mastodon – all load just fine in Chrome. 🤔
You can also create your own based on the existing themes, or the themes found in the mentioned site above. Just don't forget to share your own themes. ^_^
A veces, necesitamos dejar de analizar el pasado, dejar de planear el futuro, dejar de definir como nos sentimos, dejar de decir exactamente qué es lo que queremos y solo dejar que pase lo que tenga que pasar...
@jcrabapple I'm floating an idea for Friendica in my city for those who want a Facebook Lite experience without needing to support or be apart of Meta at all.
We need a federated alternative to Mastodon designed specifically for journalists (and one for government sites). Is there a publishing platform that most outlets use for managing their website articles? Maybe a modified FOSS version of that.
But again, we're part of the #openweb. Every server should be searchable unless they specifically opt out. The "safe space" culture developed to keep servers healthy when the #fediverse was sparse. Mastodon should adapt to the changing user base to thrive.
@wjmaggos Follow + mirror RSS-feeds on Friendica is nice for that case. Including BBCode and invisible hashtags.
Too buggy here and there but for sure the better choice for publishing imo.
One of my regrets was advising an IT director at a previous employer that #ActivityPub wasn't worth pursuing at the time. Granted, this was a few years ago when it was far more "niche", but I was clearly wrong to downplay it.
People??? Why are you freaking out so much about the change in the #Mastodon iOS app where mastodon.social is now displayed in the welcome screen?
There is nothing wrong with there being a flagship instance, people interested in specific instances and decentralization will find their own instance, and this is in no way harmful to the #Fediverse
The team is attempting to make it friendlier and there's nothing wrong with that, nobody is shutting down your instance, ActivityPub will keep working
Fair enough, that would be a disappointing outcome. Currently I don't think Mastodon is going quite that extreme in terms of corporate monopoly, but I do recognize the potential for that to change if masto grows too fast with a naive username that is unwilling to try alternatives.
I think right now the activitypub fediverse is decentralized enough that it won't fizzle out. Hopefully it doesn't follow the path of XMPP and Matrix into centralization.
A #feditip to those trying other #fediverse software: Treat your new account as you would signing-up in a new #SNS.
A more detailed #feditips: 1. Let each of your account grow separately.
It is fine to follow certain groups and users. These are your ‘core’ interaction. But for the rest, keep them separate and let it grow organically.
2. Define a certain theme or topic or purpose for your new account.
Since we are in an interconnected network, you will end up having a major overlap between your first account and your succeeding accounts. Which might confuse you later (as well as your followers).
For example, I still post my new articles through my @youronlyone account, for two major reasons: Follower Badge, and #Indieweb support via #Bridgy.
3. Use this opportunity to learn how discovery, growth, and reach, works in the #MycelialNetwork (or #SocialWeb)
By letting your new account grow organically, and keeping the overlap with your first account at a minimum, you will be able to observe how discovery, growth, and reach, works in the network.
The Misskey and Calckey accounts are organically growing. I also discover new people, new content, that I haven't seen in my #Mastodon account (@youronlyone). And I asked myself, why? As I find answers to that question, I slowly adjust my interactions, and this in turn helped me discover more and reach wider.
The Mycelial Network (as I now prefer to call the Fediverse), is huge. When it started in 2008, it was small, and we all know each other. Today, I've probably only discovered and reached 0.5% of the network. It grew that fast.
#SelfHosted, #MastoAdmin, and others, you can block all of the THEGX accounts popping up from multiple instances all at once by going to your Preferences, Moderation, choosing Accounts, ALL or Remote and search 'thegx', checking all and suspending if you admin #Mastodon. As new accounts appear hourly, it seems, you might need to do this often. That will prevent them from getting to your users and frustrating them.
And you shouldn't get your hopes too high. This won't be full-blown, bidirectional federation between Mastodon and Discourse like Mastodon is fully and bidirectionally federated with Friendica.
This means:
Discourse will only announce new threads via ActivityPub by federating the first post. It will NOT federate any replies, and you will NOT be able to post to Discourse.
You will still need a separate account on that particular Discourse forum. The ActivityPub federation only serves to notify you of new topics, but if you want to participate, you still have to visit the forum itself.
Also, you will be able to follow categories in Discourse forums. You will NOT be able to follow users.
@thomas Ja, das schaut schon ganz brauchbar aus. Dankeschön. Ich habe ein Bissle Angst vor Peertube, weil es ja, dadurch, dass die Streams von mehreren Nutzern mitgetragen werden, man bei Urheberrechtsverletzungen eines Anderen ja quasi mit daran beteiligt ist. Ist rechtlich schwierig.
