Molly White is one of the most thoughtful writers and thinkers on the web today. In addition to being a high functioning crypto critic, @molly0xfff is a believer and practitioner in crafting the next era of the web.
Molly believes that human connections are an inextricable part of the web and sees a bright future ahead as those connections move from walled gardens to the open web.
Check out this fantastic conversation with her on the latest episode of #DotSocial on our #PeerTube instance or wherever you get your #podcasts.
Great to hear @molly0xfff's thoughts on not just the fediverse but lots of #dweb and #indieweb technology.
The points about UX are so right, been thinking about this a lot.
Portability, attribution and ownership are also key
Thank you @mike and the @Flipboard team for producing these #dotsocial podcasts
Donate to your and your friends' admins, and all the developers actively building the fediverse and the apps and other tools that make it better. See if you can volunteer. Help spread the word.
@andypiper FWIW... I really wish someone would put together and idiot's (me) guide to available Fediverse platforms like, mastodon, bookwryn, writefreely, etc. (My list may be inaccurate; it is certainly incomplete.)
New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 69
It's this weeks news, with:
Celebrating the 16th birthday of the fediverse
European Commission sets up their own Mastodon server after the previous fediverse pilot by the EDPS has ended.
I had such a great chat with @mike on his Dot Social podcast, where we talked about the future of the web and why I'm a web optimist, why everyone should be a blogger, digital ownership, and decentralized social media.
I really have hard time to understand why every technology must be bent around the non-sensical word #contentcreator...
Who cares about "content creators" ... For me "content creators" means publishing superficial & arguable topics with very low budget on the internet... WOW... Super... 😑
It looks like we (not exactly me) are all addicted to consume content on the internet that we can't live without "content creators" . 🤦♂️
For me "content creators" are another symptom of the #Fediverse#enshittification, because they are a product of the "nasty social media" to let people sticking in front of a screen.
If you are against the "nasty social media" the last thing that you want on the Fediverse are the "content creators" .
Please save the Fediverse from "content creators" ... 🙏
@freezr@molly0xfff We do have a bad habit in the tech world of calling people "users" and stories "content" and artists "creators". This kind of shorthand is often used to make it easier when building or discussing products but risks overly simplifying or categorizing.
When I use the phrase "content creator" I'm referring to people like bloggers, vloggers, and podcasters who often tell stories in a way that is deeply rooted in their passion or expertise. I think these are people who I think should be celebrated in the fediverse and given an opportunity to subsidize their work so that can be sustainable.
#EmpoderaLIVE is the hashtag to discuss the ongoing conference in Málaga. It mostly happens on closed suveillance networks, but we may as well start somewhere and free the conversation here on the decentralized, open network #Fediverse.
Today was a great set of meetings and discussions, moving the #Fediverse forward. Nice to reconnect after too long with @chrismessina - and to meet @snarfed.org@snarfed.org @J12t@anca@frozencanuck in person, lots more connections to make tomorrow. It is an exciting time in the #ActivityPub and #MastodonAPI ecosystem!
@julian a few different meetings - not connected to a specific event in most cases - there was a small gathering hosted by Flipboard today, as well. I'd certainly love to meet you in person at some stage soon!
I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.53 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:
New user feature to search by post content (using regular expressions) or tag.
Added some (partial) support for Event object types.
Minor fixes: Allow unboosting your own posts (contributed by khm), CSS fixes for the Dillo browser (contributed by kvibber).
@HailsandAles Trying out "Crystal" from Passage...they're definitely no longer a doom band at all (though this was my first listening to them.) Light, whispy, pianos and orchestrations, something you'd probably hear in a hot yoga studio.
FediForum, the online unconference for the Fediverse, has its 3rd day on a Saturday this time. Join your peers to discuss the future of the fediverse and how we get there? Have unmet needs and wishes? Of even better: have solutions? Demos of interesting fedi software? Or just want to meet people who think like yourself?
Consider joining us on September 14. More info and registration: https://fediforum.org
So, #Smithereen no longer requires a username when signing up. You instead get assigned one automatically, of the form "idXXX" where XXX is the ID for your user record. You can change it later in settings if you wish. Current Mastodon versions handle this change no problem.
The username is only visible in two places:
The URL of your profile
When someone mentions you
So it's not very important. Definitely not important enough to be a required field when you register.
Testuję sobie rozmaite klienty Mastodona dla Androida i pomyślałem, że zapytam na fedi, co jest ważne przy wyborze takiej apki.
Szukacie czegoś obsługującego kilka platform (Mastodon, Pixelfed, *key, *oma), czy jedną, a dobrze?
Jakie features są dla was kluczowe (poza takimi oczywistościami jak wysyłanie wpisów i przeglądanie osi czasu) i muszą być w kliencie, żebyście dali mu szansę? Może filtry albo listy? Albo przypominanie o alt text?
Na ile ważny jest wygląd aplikacji? A to, czy jest FOSS?
Ja używam w przeglądarce autorskiego forka Soapboksa po prostu dlatego, że dostosowałam go do swoich potrzeb. Mam w nim parę dość unikatowych funkcyj i nie potrafię przekonać się do żadnego natywnego klienta. A niestety one zwykle są daleko w tyle z kompatybilnością z Pleromą, już nie mówiąc o moim forku Pleromy i takich funkcjach jak eventy.
Mi sono divertito a caricare su #peertube delle pellicole di pubblico dominio, sperando di rendere un servizio utile a tutti i cinefili del #fediverso o semplicemente ai curiosi che non hanno mai visto dei vecchissimi capolavori ( io li definirei antichi) in ogni caso eccoli qui..... ah ovviamente ne caricherò altri 😉 https://www.neptube.io/w/p/xr5ahxjFkBVNxDZrvVSwqq
@matz sto facendo una bella ricerca su cosa posso pubblicare liberamente senza mettere nei guai nessuno, nei prossimi giorni conto di mettere altri capolavori 😉
Some days you are totally elated about all the amazing things that are becoming possible and within reach. We are changing the world!
Some other days you are in the depth of despair that this is never going to work and how could you possibly ever have thought otherwise.
This week definitely is the former. A movement is forming, good people are coming out of hiding and are getting excited and involved. So glad to be part of it!!
this poll brought to you by the fact that yr humble fediverse servant finally broke down and bought a new phone after ye venerable and very cracked iPhone 7 started making an undignified quacking noise.
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The European Commission has announced their new Mastodon account, and that they will stay on the fediverse. Over the last 2 years, the European Data Protection Supervisor had run a Mastodon and Peertube pilot for the EU, and that pilot has come to an end. The European Commission had by far the most successful and impactful presence on the fediverse out of the pilot, and they wanted to continue. The problem was that the EDPS struggled to find another EU organisation willing to take on the responsibility of hosting. As I wrote when the news came out, the perception and framing of the EDPS was wrong on how the fediverse should be approached by the EU: taking on responsibility for all EU-affiliated organisations social media presence is an unrealistic ask, and it is not a surprise that they could not find an organisation willing to do so. Instead, now the European Commission is taking responsibility and control of their own account; they are hosting their own Mastodon server. This is a much more sustainable and realistic approach for EU organisations moving forward.
The bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky has been used to spam Bluesky with pro-Trump messaging, with the spam originating from Nostr. The spam was created on Nostr, which bridges to the fediverse with the Momostr.pink bridge, which in turn can be bridged to Bluesky. While all the networks have many places of easy, open signups, spam tends to happen were signups can easily happen in bulk, and the protocol design of Nostr makes it especially easy to create new accounts.
(2024-05-21 Correction: the original article stated that the Mostr.pub bridge was used for the spam attack. This is incorrect, and the article has been updated to reflect that a different bridge, momostr.pink has been used.)
Micro.blog held their yearly micro.camp as an online live stream event, with a conversation about blogging with Christina Warren, as well as a demo of two new features of micro.blog: hiding replies on your blog and a new way for people to comment by verifying their Mastodon, Bluesky or micro.blog account.
Bluesky projects
This week I also wrote about three projects from Japanese developers who are building on top of ATProto, and build a video platform, audio spaces and a blogging platform, and I go into more detail on the challenges that building new products for the ATmosphere poses.
Ghost’s weekly update about building on ActivityPub, showing more progress. Ghost estimates that a release will take “more than a month, but less than a year, probably”.
Pixelfed has a Matrix channel again. Pixelfed developer lost admin control of the previous Matrix channel, and considered going exclusively to Discord. After many requests from the community now there is a new matrix channel again.
The ForgeFed project, which works on federated software forges, has gotten their NLnet grant extended, and showcased a demo of their reference implementation.
Hackaday.com looks at ‘your open-source client options in the non-Mastodon fediverse’
