"Als ich in den 80ern sagte »Ihr werdet alle mit Computern arbeiten.« wurde ich für verrückt erklärt.
Als ich sagte »Die Computer werden vernetzt sein.« wurde ich für verrückt erklärt.
Heute werde ich für verrückt erklärt, weil ich sage, dass das #Fediverse die Zukunft von Social Media ist. Aber das ist ok."
@padeluun erklärt, weshalb er so vollmundig behauptet, dass sich das Fediverse durchsetzen wird.
"Wir müssen weg von Plattformen von Milliardären und brauchen Social Media in Nutzerhand."
sagt @padeluun auf der #rp24
Das #Fediverse basiert (wie E-Mail) auf offenen Schnittstellen und ist deshalb nachhaltiger und wird bleiben.
"Die Regeln des Fediverse müssen wir ausdiskutieren. Wie in einer Demokratie. Genau so schlecht aber eben auch genau so gut." sagt @padeluun.
Wenn ihr mehr über das #Fediverse erfahren wollt, oder über unsere Arbeit trefft ihr uns auf der #rp24 an unserem Stand bei K5. Oder online unter https://digitalcourage.de
Wir freuen uns auf euch :)
https://HoneyTreeTech.com team has released a Bash script to automate the installation and hardening of LibreTime, the open-source radio automation suite. 🚀
It simplifies the setup and security hardening
You can check it along with the other installer/hardener scripts we've created for #Mastodon#PixelFed#Ghost#Bluesky and other popular #fediverse apps at the following URL
THREAD: I made a series of images for an Instagram post I made about migrating to the fediverse. I figured I'd share with anyone else who wants to use, so I included some blank template versions too. DM if you'd like the Adobe Illustrator file so you can make your own edits. And please,comment if I got anything wrong so I can correct it.
Database update have been implemented to improve performance. Soon we will need to perform some database maintenance to further improve performance. Thank you for supporting us and staying here.
Also grateful for projects like #Ivory ( @ivory) that are smoothing the transition from Twitter/X for folks that are amenable but want a familiar experience.
I have no doubt we owe a lot of users on #Mastodon and the #fediverse more generally to projects that set out, and succeeded, in paving the road ahead of the crowds to make the day-to-day as seamless as possible. https://esq.social/@andrew/112515516679521573
An interesting news week, that fits Newsmast’s description of the fediverse as a hub for the social web: the trend for the fediverse is clearly in the direction of how other products and platforms can be connected together in order to form a larger network.
The News
Digiday writes “why publishers are preparing to federate their sites“, and in the article they break the news that both The Verge and 404 Media “are building out new functions that would allow them to distribute posts on their sites and on federated platforms – like Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky – at the same time. Replies to those posts on those platforms become comments on their sites.” The Verge has been interested in the fediverse for a while now, and 404 Media are also active users. Both sites are very aware of the risks that come from depending on Big Tech platforms for reaching their audience, and are looking to secure that connection without an intermediary. The Verge has been working on switching to using WordPress, but it is not clear if they will be using the current ActivityPub plugin or are developing their own solution. The Verge’s editor-in-chief Nilay Patel said in response to Ghost’s announcement earlier this month that The Verge is also interested in having paid newsletters that connect to the fediverse. The interest of 404 Media to connect to the fediverse is directly linked to Ghost as well, as their site runs on Ghost.
Newsmast has posted an update on how the fediverse can be “a hub for the social web”, and how Newsmast can play a role in that. Newsmast is focused on bridging, and how connections between differnet platforms, products and protocols can all be connected to form a larger social web, in which the fediverse can function as a central hub. As a first step, the communities on Newsmast now start featuring posts by people on Bluesky and Threads as well.
Openvibe is a social media client that supports both Nostr and Mastodon. The client was originally for Nostr, but now fully supports Mastodon, and is working on adding support for Bluesky next. What stands out about the way Openvibe supports multiple networks is that Openvibe tries to integrate multiple platforms into a single experience. This means that you can have a single timeline on your homescreen that combines both posts from Nostr and Mastodon. Posting also allows you to easily post to both networks at the same time. There have been clients that allow you to connect multiple accounts before, but Openvibe’s vision of integrating different networks into a single feed represents a new steps towards how the different decentralised social networks relate to each other.
Another update by Bridgy Fed on improvements towards the bridge between the fediverse and Bluesky. Last week the news got picked up that the bridge was used to spam Bluesky with pro-Trump messages that originated from Nostr, and Bridgy Fed is now working on implementing spam filters.
Bart Decrem, co-founder of Mastodon app Mammoth, offers a 10k USD seed funding for anyone to build a DeviantArt alternative on top of ActivityPub. This comes after a recent article by Slate about “The Tragic Downfall of the Internet’s Art Gallery”, explaining how bots with AI generated content have overrun the revenue-sharing programs of the platform. Decrem focuses on the community aspect of DeviantArt, saying that “the critical thing here is to truly understand what DA is/was all about, what this community needs”.
The Links
FediVision 2024 is live, with musicians all over the fediverse sending in over 70 tracks in a song contest.
Owncast creator Gabe Kangas wrote a blog post marking four years of fediverse streaming platform Owncast.
Vivaldi hosted a community talk “Why does being on the Fediverse matter to us?”. Notably they used fediverse audio platform Audon.space for the talk, which integrates with ActivityPub.