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PSA: you can't delete photos uploaded to #lemmy. So don't (accidentally) upload a nude to lemmy. That would be bad 😱 (tech.michaelaltfield.net)

This article will describe how lemmy instance admins can purge images from pict-rs....

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 58 (fediversereport.com)

Announcement of an Open Science Network. NodeBB joins the fediverse.

Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity (wedistribute.org)

The path to Funkwhale 2.0: more federation! (blog.funkwhale.audio)

Open source meets open science - announcing the Open Science Network initiative (bonfirenetworks.org)

Interview About Building Trust & Safety in Decentralized Systems (wedistribute.org)

Just wanted to share this interview we just put out with Jaz Michael-King, the guy that founded IFTAS. They’re doing some really wild stuff trying to wrangle in harassment, spam, objectionable content, and CSAM, and are looking to provide tooling for the Fediverse, as well as trauma resources and training for moderators....

Mediated networks and power dynamics in ATproto (merveilles.town)

Interesting thread that summarizes it well.

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 57 (fediversereport.com)

Pixelfed is introducing Curated Onboarding: A Personal Touch to Community Building (pixelfed.blog)

This sounds like something Lemmy would also really benefit from.

You Can Now Self Host A Bluesky Instance (techcrunch.com)

Negative experiences like this kneecap people migrating to Lemmy. (www.reddit.com)

Meta tests cross-posting from Facebook to its Twitter/X competitor, Threads (techcrunch.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/10361406

Cyberbullying Gone Global: Fediverse Spam and Operation Beleaguer (blog.fyralabs.com)

Thorough report about the recent Fediverse spam....

Get Your Own Fediverse Trading Cards! (wedistribute.org)

An awesome new app just got released for free on itch.io, that lets Fedizens create their own MTG-style playing cards.

Solutions and origins of the spam wave currently hitting the Fediverse (mastodon.de)

It’s mostly about mastodon, but spammers also have hit Lemmy communities. This mastodon post contains solutions to mitigate the wave for admins, and also link to the origin of the thread. Turns out they’re japanese kids from discord.

Can FedCM improve the user experience of decentralized ecosystem ? (www.liquid.surf)

Oliphant: Curated Blocklists for Admins (interview) (wedistribute.org)

We sat down and chatted with Shawn Grigson from Oliphant, who gave us a fascinating and detailed view of what crowdsourced community moderation looks like....

TechCrunch - Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media (techcrunch.com)

As decentralized social networks become more popular, the way different protocols interact could set the stage for the future of the web.

Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges (wedistribute.org)

Bridgy Fed made a splash earlier this week by announcing its latest progress in connecting the Fediverse to Bluesky and Nostr. Sadly, not everyone was welcoming.

Bonfire Offers Framework for Next-Gen Fediverse Platforms (wedistribute.org)

We recently chatted with two of the devs involved with Bonfire. Honestly, they have some really amazing ideas about building a modular Fediverse platform that developers can build on for their own apps.

An Introduction to Conversation Containers (fediversity.site)

A conversation is a collection of messages with a common context. The ActivityStreams specifications define both collections and contexts, but very little guidance is provided on how to use them effectively. This document specifies an Acti

FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol (socialhub.activitypub.rocks)

This is the proposed FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol. OpenWebAuth is the “single sign-on” mechanism used by Hubzilla, (streams) and other related projects. It allows a browser-based user to log in to services across the Fediverse using a single identity. Once logged in, they can be recognised by other...

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