owncast,
wcftr, We're very excited to be joining the #fediverse, so here's our #introduction post:
We are the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research (WCFTR), an archive preserving materials from the entertainment industries. We are home to over three hundred collections from playwrights, television and movie writers, producers, actors, designers, directors, and production companies.
Housed in the Wisconsin Historical Society’s Library-Archives Division, the WCFTR is one of the world’s most accessible #archives and is regularly visited by researchers from around the world. Research undertaken in its collections has revolutionized the scholarship of American #cinema, #theater, and #television.
We provide in-person and remote access to our collections. Learn more here: https://wcftr.commarts.wisc.edu/index.php/access-materials/
We use social media to share news about new collections, upcoming events, interesting materials we've found, and projects that we're working on -- as well as learning about what you're working on!
liaizon, @wcftr as I fellow wisconsinite I welcome you here. I have been in the wisconsin historical society many times and it is a lovely place
adamsdesk, @wcftr Welcome to the Fediverse.
cliffwade, (edited ) Were you an active user of Google+(Google Plus)?
Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse
Comment below with how you used it the most and if you miss it or not!
#Poll #Polls #POTD #Google #GooglePlus #SocialMedia #Tech #AllThingsTech
hybridhavoc, @cliffwade their Circles idea was pretty cool. Unfortunately the discourse never seemed to stray too far from talking about the platform itself, and then they soured a lot of people to it by attaching it to YouTube and other Google services.
denix, @xahteiwi @cliffwade same here - it was the best social network I've ever used, although I'm not at all "social".
I had all the right people in my circles on G+ and enjoyed discussing all the relevant topics with them.
FB-peeps always complained G+ was a "ghost-town", that's because it was very focused "no bullshit" and I preferred it that way. And because of that, I was willing to forgive Google all those little missteps, which were not critical.
mdmrn, Looks like Tumblr is having issues and Fedi is getting another wave of new folks.
Welcome to the Fediverse, new folks!
A couple tips:
Boost freely
Try to put up for yourself an introduction post with the hashtag #introduction or #introductions or both listing stuff you're interested in
Use hashtags freely, they help folks find you and what you're posting!
Use Alt-Text in your pictures. It helps a lot!
#Welcome #Fediverse #Mastodon #Tumblr #Hashtags #Hashtag #FediTips #MastoTips
cavyherd, Also, in between finding folks to follow, you can follow hashtags, too! It's the greatest thing!
renwillis, @mdmrn @jcrabapple I always recommend "follow and favorite liberally!" Build up that feed and don't be afraid to dive down rabbit holes from boosts. Lots of great people to find here!
Edent, 🆕 blog! “ActivityPub Server in a Single PHP File”
Any computer program can be designed to run from a single file if you architect it wrong enough! I wanted to create the simplest possible Fediverse server which can be used as an educational tool to show how ActivityPub / Mastodon works. The design goals were: Upload a single PHP file to the server. No […]
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/activitypub-server-in-a-single-file/
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#ActivityPub #mastodon #php
oook, @Edent nice, I was thinking of writing a simple #activitypub server for a single account that would use an #rss xml file as a source. Pretty sure this has already been done anyway.
Edent, (edited ) OK! My tiny #ActivityPub server can now follow users from other instances!
Still under 40KB of adequately documented PHP.
https://gitlab.com/edent/activitypub-single-php-file/
You can follow and message the test user at @example
chrismessina, That sound you hear is the fediverse expanding!
"ActivityPub 1.0.0 for WordPress has been released allowing WordPress blogs to be followed by others on apps like Mastodon and others in the fediverse and then receive replies back as comments on their own sites."
Download here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/
/by @Sarahp s/o @pfefferle.wordpress.com @pfefferle #ActivityPub #DiSo
brrbrr, @chrismessina @Sarahp @pfefferle cool! Zero day incoming...
alxlg, @chrismessina @Sarahp @pfefferle.wordpress.com @pfefferle
To be clear, because people seem to think it's new: that plugin has been available for many years; literally one of the first ActivityPub implementations.
gbhnews, (edited ) Seeing all the new people coming on board to the #fediverse got me thinking: how long have you been on #Mastodon? #poll
gbhnews, also if you are new, welcome! If you are a journalist, check out Mastodon 101 for Journalists (but honestly it's probably good for everybody) https://lisawilliams.github.io/lisa/tech/2022/11/28/mastodon-101-for-journalists.html
jeff, The tutorials for #journalists, #journos, and #news outlets continues to be the one by @mojo
Mastodon: A Quick Start Guide for Journalists
https://robbmontgomery.com/mastodon-a-quick-start-guide-for-journalists/
As a bonus he's got a link that news-types can use for an account on the Newsie server which is otherwise closed to new accounts.
aral, Mathematical italic capital h mathematical italic small e mathematical italic small l mathematical italic small l mathematical italic small o.
WTF?
Oh, I just said “Hello” to you in italics.
(That’s similar to what someone who uses a screen reader hears when you use fancy non-alphabetical Unicode characters to simulate italics or boldface on your fediverse posts. So please don’t do that.)
aral, (The irony is I once made an app called Feathers that let you do that for Twitter/Facebook back in the day when I didn’t know better.) 🙈
mikarv, @aral mastodon main branch needs to enable simple rich text, it already supports it incoming, just doesn't allow users to write in it...
peertube, Password-protected videos, video re-upload, storyboards, chapters...
We're proud and happy to present this year's work on #PeerTube v6!
Read and share widely: https://framablog.org/2023/11/28/peertube-v6-is-out-and-powered-by-your-ideas/
:boost_requested:
peertube, (edited ) We need your help to ensure that #PeerTube (and all the actions of our not-for-profit) won't be funded solely by donations from the French speaking community!
We've got 5 weeks left to raise our 2024 budget: spread the word!
peertube, PeerTube is not a single website, but a federation of several videoplatforms.
There are videos in many langages, we host a search engine here : https://sepiasearch.org/
We are currently working on improving the search and recommandations engine to better support langages.
Before translating videos, we need speech-to-text transcription. We are in contact with contributors who want to bring such a feature to PeerTube so... finger crossed !
rysiek, Happy seventh anniversary of "Six reasons Mastodon won't survive" to all who celebrate:
https://mashable.com/article/mastodon-wont-survive
stux, I think i can speak for most Fedi admins when I say;
On the #Fediverse we care a lot more about (mental) health rather than keeping you on here as long as possible so with that said...
Take a break from your feed every now and then!
Go read a book, take a walk or play a game :ed_grin:
The Fediverse will be here when you'll get back❤️
oddhack, @stux something to be said for unexpected server downtime, sometimes :-)
alwynispat, @stux well said! We don’t get monies for every new joiner or post.
We simply enjoy hosting and keeping the fediverse alive!
bloodwrites, People who complain about the different rules on different #fediverse servers never navigated the Internet when forums were the thing.
It was the norm to read the damn rules and lurk for a while to get your head around the culture of the place.
Yes, I'm old. Perhaps that's why fedi is majority #GenX. We've done this kind of thing before and it's not that big of a deal.
Frances_Larina, Wait til they hear about BBS's...
bloodwrites, Along with this, however, is existing fedi denizens calling people out on other instances for 'breaking rules' that don't apply to them.
Like, jesus. Way to drive people away, douchebag. Report them and move on, let your admin deal with it.
panos, Ugh, I really tried to stay out of #fediverse drama but I guess I have to say a few things. Most of you know me as a #firefish core team member, so I think I owe it to the admins of almost 500 firefish servers out there and to the almost 5000 members of firefish.social.
So, yeah, if you haven't noticed, things aren't looking good for firefish. Its owner, Kainoa, has practically abandoned the project, which had its last stable release out on July. My last message to them was a week ago, and I haven't heard back since. Firefish.social, besides the other severe technical problems it's had due to mismanagement in the last few months, now also has serious federation issues. I hope Kainoa is well irl, but this is irresponsible and unacceptable.
I hear some of you saying "but you're in the core team too, don't try to put the blame elsewhere!". So I have to explain what being a core team member in firefish meant. Kainoa invited me, Namekuji and a few others to be part of the "core team", but kept all decisions and responsibilities. We didn't co-own this. We never shared donations. We were just volunteers, who were honestly trying to make it a great project. This didn't work well due to concentration of power to one person, who didn't keep their promises. I don't mean to be harsh to Kainoa, I mean we knew they were only 19 when they started the project. Still, it's a bummer to anyone who chose to trust and support Firefish. This includes myself.
I don't know if it's early to consider firefish a dead project, but it sure seems like that for a few months now. Maybe it can be resurrected, idk. It's all up to Kainoa.
In the meantime, Namekuji and I are starting #Catodon, which will have some differences with Firefish, and will include many changes I had discussed with Kainoa but were never implemented. If you decide to stick with us, we promise to be serious about this. I strongly believe in the fediverse and its potential, and I want to build a great platform for it. This was my goal when I chose to be involved in Calckey/Firefish. It's still my goal with Catodon, only this time I can stand behind it 100%, as the project will be co-managed by Namekuji and me. If Firefish left you with a bitter aftertaste, we hope we can build a better relationship and prove ourselves worthy of your trust. Catodon will go public in a matter of days, possibly even hours. We'll have more to say about its direction then.
In the meantime, I just wanted to share my apologies for any inconvenience regarding Firefish, as I'm still technically a core team member, whatever that means. But frankly, I tried so hard to make things go differently - but there's only so much you can do when it's someone else's project. I'm really sorry for how things went.
But this is not the end of the fedi journey for me. I'm super excited about the chance to do some things right this time with Catodon. Life goes on, I guess! Hope to see you soon on our #codeberg repo, so we can start a new creative adventure together =)
:catodon: xx
panos, OK, since this post exploded (which means there is a lot of interest in #Firefish!), and since some people might have misinterpreted some of the things I said, let me point out a few things:
I am NOT saying that Firefish is necessarily dead. I hope that this post works as a wake up call for Kainoa - whenever he sees it. If nothing changes (either Kainoa getting more involved again or sharing responsibilities or whatever), yes, it will be dead. Really hope something changes drastically, a lot of people love this project.
I am also NOT saying that #catodon is a continuation of firefish, but a different project. Honestly, if that's all you're looking for, there are other project which might be more suitable - we don't want to mislead anyone. We will gradually change quite a few things, the goal is to make it a great and easier to understand all-around software for fedi communities, so for example some of the misskey-specific features will go. In a way, it will sit somewhere between Mastodon and Misskey. So our goal is NOT to replace/continue firefish but to find our people, who will be interested in what we -and not firefish- are trying to do with the platform, and maybe do it together.
Hope this clears everything up.
amberage, @panos so Calckey split from Misskey and then Kainoa fucked something up and then Calckey changed its name to Firefish and then Firefish had a trademark problem in some countries and then Iceshrimp split from Firefish to hard fork and then Catodon split from Firefish because it was unmaintainable and now Catodon is named -todon even though it's not a Mastodon fork and also it's near-identically named to Catstodon and also Kainoa is AWOL
Shakespeare couldn't have written a better drama comedy.
sonny, Dear #Fediverse
We are funding accessibility infrastructure on Linux :linux:
We are focusing on issues and regressions related to Wayland and Flatpak :wayland: :flatpak:
Please share your feedback and ideas, even if you're not sure if it's in scope 🤷
#Linux #desktop #accessibility #Wayland #Flatpak #FOSS #GNOME #KDE #freedesktop #a11y
kentoseth, Just the thing I was looking for.
I am trying to create a Flatpak for Caster which can help people who can't use their keyboard/mouse due to disability issues.
https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pull/4883
I don't need money, I just need smart people to help me make this Flatpak a reality.
vincevlo, @sonny Dunno how, but I wish every electron app (VSCode, Slack, etc) was packaged on Flathub with the right options so that fractional scaling works on Wayland. I had to disable fractional scaling because of that, I don't want to hack every app launch options.
feditips, PeerTube, the Fediverse's alternative to YouTube, is normally associated with video. However, you can also upload audio files directly to PeerTube. It will accept lots of audio formats including .mp3, .ogg, .aac, .flac, .wma etc.
You can optionally upload an image file as a thumbnail. If not, audio files will show a black screen by default.
You can find out more about PeerTube at https://fedi.tips/peertube-video-hosting-on-the-fediverse/
LumenDatabase, @feditips
understood - we just thought you might have discussed it with them
abcxyz, @feditips @Framasoft yeah so you are saying like each instance will be its own topic, own rules and all. But for consumers, it will be one single service. That's pretty neat. I hope Peertube actually gets some good and diverse content to watch...
uniinnsbruck, German Expansion of activities in the Fediverse:
We are opening the university's own Mastodon instance social.uibk.ac.at to all 5,000+ employees today: https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/newsroom/2024/mastodon-for-all-university-employees/
This step is based on the communication team's fundamental commitment to non-profit, data protection-friendly and open-source media - set out in the position paper "Open Science Communication": https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/public-relations/kommunikation/open-science-communication/
evan, German @uniinnsbruck fantastic! Great to hear.
zleap, Great news, may want to get added to the list at
alisynthesis, I'm sure this has been said before, but why aren't servers in the #Fediverse simply called "communities?"
"Join a community" or "start a community" feels both accurate and clear, not to mention welcoming. People who want to understand the infrastructure would have no trouble finding the information.
alisynthesis, @wjmaggos oooh, portal, I haven't heard that one yet. I like that description.
luka, @yuki2501 @alisynthesis neighborhood is nice.
stefano, 15 million users in the Fediverse, now.
No ad-blocker needed.
Zero ads.
My data stays on my server.
Interactions are genuine, driven by people's desire, not an algorithm pushing for conflict to boost engagement (and ad sales).
Nobody's here just because it's trendy. If you're here, you want to be here.
The best social media experience I've had in years.Thank you to all of you, among these 15 million accounts, who have helped make this a wonderful place to be.
#Fediverse #Privacy #NoAds #GenuineInteractions #Decentralized #ThankYou #Mastodon
kyonshi, @stefano eh, 15 million user accounts, yes, but I have by last count at least 8 of them. (I actively use 3).
I think the MAU statistic is much more interesting, and unfortunately that one hovers around 1 million for a while now.I do think this social media experience is quite nice here, but a lot of people have tried it and given up on it.
Lizette603_23, @stefano I only ever get the newest hooker/sex worker? who signs on and sends me lurid invites.
liaizon, (edited ) An important distinction is slowly being uncovered about the definition of the term "fediverse." Who is it that gets to decide what this place is? How are we being represented? These are not easy questions to answer and if we don't do a better job describing ourselves, then the job will get done for us by people who don't understand the underlying values we hold. #fediverse #meta #threads
ophiocephalic, @liaizon
Why not let Meta redesign the Mastodon logo too?
liaizon, German Eine wichtige Unterscheidung über die Definition des Begriffs "Fediversum" wird langsam deutlich. Wer entscheidet, was dieser Ort ist? Wie werden wir repräsentiert? Diese Fragen sind nicht leicht zu beantworten, und wenn wir es nicht schaffen, uns selbst besser zu beschreiben, dann wird diese Aufgabe von Leuten übernommen, die unsere grundlegenden Werte nicht verstehen. #fediversum #meta #threads
mike, The network effect for #ActivityPub is gaining some serious momentum right now. As more services adopt the protocol, more people, more communities and more content are added to the network making it increasingly more valuable for everyone. This will only accelerate in the coming months as Threads, Wordpress, Tumblr, Flipboard and others federate.
We're still in early innings but there's no way to put this genie back in the bottle. The open social Web / the #Fediverse is going to be huge.
mike, @kajkandler This is a really good question because ActivityPub is similar to RSS with two really important differences. 1) ActivityPub is two way. While RSS broadcasts content it does not have a way to know if someone liked, boosted or commented on that content. 2) RSS forms a connection between a blog and an RSS app. ActivityPub forms a follow connection between an account and another account. This means if you move from one reader app to another the connection is maintained.
mike, @nunesdennis @evan Our plan is to fully federate in the coming months so that anyone in the Fediverse can follow and engage with anyone curating on Flipboard and anyone on Flipboard can follow and engage with any public account in the Fediverse.
Stay tuned for more details soon.
elk, Welcome to the 100k+ new folks joining @Mastodon in the past 24hs! 👋
There are many third-party apps here to tailor your experience of the #Fediverse. Explore to find a client that fits you! Log into https://elk.zone to experience our own minimalistic take 🧡
JohannessNilsson,
pieceofthepie, @JohannessNilsson @elk @Mastodon Elk is a fantastic example of what a proper PWA can be. Just click to install it from your mobile browser menu.
It's my daily driver and you genuinely wouldnt know it's not an "app"
mike, 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.
cubicgarden, 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
miaq, @cubicgarden @molly0xfff @mike @Flipboard Thank you for listening! This was definitely one of my favorite episodes. Molly is a visionary.
fresseng, French So now that I have X-ited Twitter for good and settled in the #Fediverse, it is time to renew my #introduction, or rather my #introduction thread.
I am a physics scholar, vice president of Université de Lorraine, in charge of the digital, data and #OpenScience policies. I also work for the French Ministry of Higher Education and Research, in charge of the international side of #OpenScience.
fresseng, French I am thus tooting about #OpenScience, Data Management and Free Software, tooting only on my behalf.
My toots are either in French or English though I always have a hard time deciding which language to use.
The #Fediverse also allows me to be found on @pixelfed for more personal stuff, in French and in pictures : @fresseng.
j_g_fitzgerald, @fresseng Bienvenue. Welcome.
Natasha_Jay, Feels like a good week to tell every non-binary person in the #Fediverse how amazing you are, and remind everyone here that non-binary identities are stunning, beautiful, individual, deep and go so far beyond the 'enby' or 'NB' stereotypes you may not believe unless you're talking with them to understand ... :heart_nb:
Well you're adored, amazing, you've taught me over the years and are still teaching me new things about gender ... including off-grid outside the binary. Plus you take personal authenticity to the very very max. Do I sound a fan? Well yes, cannot deny how much I think you all rock ... :flag_nonbinary: :butterfly_nonbinary:
#Nonbinary #Enby #NonbinaryAwarenessWeek #Gender #GenderIdentity #GenderQueer
Kaiyalai, @Natasha_Jay well thank you! I dunno about all that though, I’m just here, existing (and probably not doing a very good job of it, but still)
sticksthefox, @Natasha_Jay thank you, I legit needed to hear that. Hope you have a lovely day
csullivan, For over a decade, @Flipboard's in-house editorial team has been curating the world’s best journalism around the clock. But to access this curation, you had to use the Flipboard app or visit flipboard.com.
Now we’ve decided to federate our Flipboard editorial profiles and their related Magazines in order to make our collections available to everyone on Mastodon and other Fediverse networks.
Here's what we're up to. Would love your feedback!
https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/how-flipboard-is-using-our-new-federated-magazines/
#Fediverse #Mastodon #Flipboard #SocialMedia #Media #Journalism #Curation
SmartmanApps, @Flipboard @csullivan
Yeah thanks - I knew something went wrong somewhere, but wasn't sure if it was an automation bug or a human bug 🙂
Flipboard, @SmartmanApps @csullivan Well, we wouldn't call him a bug! 😜