A lot of people have insisted #Meta isn't getting involved with the #Fediverse to embrace, extend and extinguish it...
... but even before fully implementing Fediverse interoperability in #Threads they're already talking openly about changing its protocols to add features like monetization. 🤔
Text in a screenshot reads as follows: McCue riffed on the idea that fediverse users could become creators where some of their content became available to subscribers only, similar to how Patreon works. For instance, fediverse advocate and co-editor of ActivityPub Evan Prodromou created a paid Mastodon account (@evanplus) that users could subscribe to for $5 per month to gain access. If he’s on board with paid content, surely others would follow. Cottle agreed that the model could work with the fediverse, too. He additionally suggested there are ways the fediverse could monetize beyond donations, which is what often powers various efforts today, like Mastodon. Cottle said someone might even make a fediverse experience that consumers would pay for, the way some fediverse client apps are paid today.
I'm unable to pull this up and boost here. Was able to get the whole stream on a Glitch-soc box np, and I can follow the curator here too, but I'm too tired to try testing on Hubzilla or Friendica at the moment; so I'll just post the link then, which may be of interest to some, ... Actually, I suspect, many.
We've had some discussions about this over in the Fediverse-City Matrix room, Where Ryan is also a participant. It's apropos of the recent onboarding with respect to Flipboard curators and also the nacent interoperability we're experiencing with Bluesky's ATP.
😂 That was odd! When I mentioned @darnell on my #WordPress blog, it pinged my #Flipboard account on my iPhone even though #ActivityPub is not yet activated (I received a push notification, which later revealed nothing 😆).
Explanation on how the Fediverse benefits Flipboard@mia also posted that creators on Flipboard can apply to have their accounts Federated.
If you’re interested in getting your Flipboard account federated, you can apply here. Please note: we are currently only federating creators and curators who have two or more active Magazines and no trust and safety issues. (Flipboard on Medium)
I already applied, although due to my Flipboard account’s small size, I doubt I will get selected—but the worst answer I will receive is “No.” (I am @darnell which is not Federated yet as of this post).
I already have numerous accounts in the Fediverse, & for those wondering why, the answer is simple: I like to curate! 😂 Here is a list of my accounts on the Fediverse thus far:
@darnell 🕺🏾 Darnell Clayton: personal blog sharing my name. I originally created it to distinguish myself from other Darnell Clayton’s (one was in the adult film industry who I did not want others to confuse as me). Powered by WordPress
@darnell 🐘 Darnell (One): Primary status update & Fediverse Firehose—everything connects here (powered by Mastodon)
@darnell 🦁 Darnell (M.O.E.): My Misskey instance where I discuss Movies, Opuses, & Entertainment.
@darnell 📸 Darnell (Out Of Office): My Pixelfed instance where I show pictures outside of work (usually while traveling). Manually porting pictures from Instagram.
@darnell 💻 Darnell (Seize The Day): Various thoughts about technology (internet, software, etcetera). Powered by WriteFreely via Write.as
@darnell 👨🏾💻 Darnell (TeleVerse): Poltical, cultural & sometimes technological rantings into the digital cloud. Powered by WordPress
@darnell 🌍 Darnell (Africa): My opines about what is happening on my favorite continent. Powered by WordPress
@darnell 🧵 Darnell (Threads): personal status update where I can connect with family, friends & frenemies addicted to Meta
@darnell 🧘🏾♂️ Darnell (Creative Outlet): My Creativity site where I feature inspirational art, quotes, spiritual wisdom, music & videos.
@darnell 🔞 Darnell (Hard News): Topics not suitable for work. Covering some of the more violent & horrors afflicting humanity that need to be discussed, but not around children. Powered by WriteFreely via Write.as
Back On Topic (Flipboard)
Last year, in December, I suggested Flipboard federate magazines (I do not think I was the only one suggesting this) & to my surprise, Flipboard began federating magazines in February this year.
I believe Flipboard will become the largest instance in the Fediverse due to ActivityPub being activated by default (Threads, by contrast, will turn off ActivityPub by default) & potentially become a central information hub that could rival Google News.
I currently use @mastofeed (by @Barredo) to connect my Flipboard account to Mastodon, but Flipboard’s RSS feed does not reveal my commentaries when sharing) which can be confusing.
If my Flipboard account has ActivityPub activated, I could repost my thoughts from Flipboard to the Fediverse with my opinions intact.
A bit on the #fediverse, and why independent websites the create content really should be participating on this social media platform. Warning - this will be a long post.
Our website, CoffeeGeek.com has enjoyed a lot of traffic growth over the past six months. That growth has come from
a large increase in our normal content production
making our website much more mobile friendly with a big redesign, launched in March
my participation in a very active way here in the fediverse.
The third one is no small deal either. I am a bit obsessed with metrics and such, and since we don’t really have much in the way of goog/meta trackers on CoffeeGeek, we put a few of our own metric-following bits and bobbles, and we get a noticeable visit count increase of real folks (not the infamous mastoddos everytime I post a url to our website), from fediverse-clicking people.
When I left the Tweeter platform last fall, a lot of thought went into where we would take our social media attention. We really looked at vastly increasing our Instagram use. At one point, I was ready to assign two of our blog contributors (who were gung ho for it) to take over the CoffeeGeek account there and post clickbaity type “you gotta see this” content, changing completely how I used to (and now continue to) post there.
But I didn’t want to be a slave to the algorithm. Plus there’s no sum gain for a creative content website like ours from Instagram, because we cannot post url links there easily.
I really like the core mission and ideals behind Mastodon and the fediverse, so I made the decision that a) all my attention would be on that platform (as far as social media involvement is concerned), b) I would post daily, and c) I would be very personal and hands on. No third party. Answer questions. Have polls, Interact. Do my best to be a good, active participant in the fediverse.
That’s what I’ve been doing for the last six months now. This account went from 300 followers when I started in earnest in October, to 3.6K followers, all organic. Way more important than follower count is the interaction. I love and thrive on it, and all of you with almost no exceptions have been super welcoming and inviting. Even when I post the occasional rant.
Behind the scenes, I’m doing my darndest to get other independent content creators in the specialty coffee sphere to come onto this platform. So far, they have not, because most of them still rely on third party “social media ‘experts’” to manage and chart their social media involvement. Tweeter / IG / FB / Tiktok is where they’re being told they should be (no so much Tweeter any longer), but if CoffeeGeek is any kind of set example, and the dividends we’ve enjoyed are a metric, they are getting very bad advice from those experts.
Our site traffic doesn’t lie. Fediverse traffic is in the healthy single digits for our website, and it is higher than our numbers from Youtube, Facebook, or Instagram. In fact, it is coming close to being higher than those three combined.
If I was a shrewd businessperson (I am not), maybe I shouldn’t even post this. If I were 1000% cut throat capitalist, maybe I don’t even want other specialty coffee content producers to enjoy this kind of organic success. But I guess I’m not. Because what’s more important to me is sharing the passion and cultural richness of the world’s most complex food item, getting more and more people to know it, enjoy it, discuss it, and debate it. All this participation has the benefit of making specialty coffee better.
That was the mission statement I had when I launched CoffeeGeek.com back in 2001. It remains today.
I hope more and more independent content creators make the jump to this social media sphere. Both in specialty coffee, and in other areas of interest. Maybe they’ll somehow find this long post, and it will inspire them to do so.
#Fediverse growing pains: The smallish #PeerTube and #Funkwhale instances I use have gotten big enough that handling all of the data is starting to cause issues, slowdowns and whatnot. The reality of distributed/federated computing coming home to roost?
🥥 Well, Eye've been on this Mastodon part of the Fediverse for about a year and a week now and it's spoiled me.
Eye can't rustle up an once of interest in any other social medium.
Eye AM still looking to find anti-social media, though. 🥥 #Fediverse, #Fediversary, #Mastodon, #SocialMedia, #TuckersBalls
Here's an idea I've been sitting on for a while, in case someone wants to steal it. I have far too many side projects already.
Basically, at least on Mastodon, you can create a post that's visible to "mentioned people only", tag it with a "MutualsOnly" hashtag, and not mention anyone, and only you would see it.
I had a few ideas on how an app you'd log into would show you these posts, but they all have different drawbacks, and it might just not be worth my time. Maybe we'll get mutuals-only posts soon!
If not, feel free to run with this, see if you can make something.
We're excited to share that the Flipboard community team is kicking off this new account to celebrate and amplify Magazines curated by passionate enthusiasts and experts, publishers, and organizations on Flipboard.
Follow along to get recommendations for Magazines to follow in news, tech, science, history, culture, travel and more. A Magazine is a curated feed of posts about a specific topic or interest that is followable, just like a profile.
To get this party started, here are 10 Magazines to follow in tech from trending news to AI and EVs:
We ran a webinar on April 18 for creators and curators who are curious about the fediverse, have a federated Flipboard account, and don't know what to do next. Here's a link to the recording, plus the TL;DR bullet points if you don't have time to watch it.
There are 14 people on the W3C's Social Web Incubator Community Group today. The group is finalizing new documents that describe how to use WebFinger and HTTP Signatures in the #Fediverse, and a bunch of other work going on as well.
So glad to see what there is ongoing work making the technical plumbing that makes the Fediverse work even better!
@kimvsparrentak Je treft het dat het vandaag #followfriday is :blobgrin: Hieronder komt een draadje met volg tips.🧵
Paar algemene tips:
1️⃣ Volg eerst @FediTips voor nog veel meer tips. :blobfingerguns:
2️⃣ Vergeet de #Alttext niet om toegankelijk te zijn voor #slechtzienden. Volg @alt_text voor automagische reminders. de #fediverse is inclusief, willen we graag zo houden.
3️⃣ Vind je iemand@super_interessante_specifieke_server? check dan super_interessante_specifieke_server/directory bijv https://eupolicy.social/directory
4️⃣ gebruik #tags , dan kunnen mensen je toots over dit onderwerp ook vinden.