Bit of a long shot, but could my good mastodon follower folk give me some boosts?
I'm starting work on a documentary podcast series about the future of space; renewable/sustainable technologies, commercialism in the sector and the public's perception of it all.
I'm hoping to connect with people who know space to complement my client's contacts, so any signal boosting would be appreciated!
@drewtoynbee while you're at it, you might want to consider using #castopod the #activitypub enabled podcasting application so people on the #fediverse can follow you from right here, while still publishing to all the usual places but without being tied into a specific service.
I don't think people are realising the danger the Fediverse is in.
The only thing stopping corporations and VCs taking over this place is that the Fediverse is spread out on many different servers, which makes it very difficult to purchase.
If most of the Fediverse ends up on mastodon.social, which is now a strong possibility, there will be nothing to stop most of it being sold to Musk or Zuckerberg or whoever.
The bigger mastodon.social becomes, the more likely a buyout is to happen.
@feditips I don’t think this is a four alarm fire just yet and it may be that acting like it will cause people to abandon this part of the #Fediverse to avoid it. More concerning is the lack of response on Eugen’s side. Has there been any answer from him?
@feditips This is a very important thought: what if mastodon.social and the legal entity behind it become an ever-larger percentage of the #Fediverse? When do we need to say "stop"? And how do we say "stop"?
@feditips
So in migrating here I had understood that a German techie rote the software we use and made it free to use. The beauty was it wasn’t owned by anyone & couldn’t be bought.
It sounds more like he kept some strings attached to the software & basically got others to shell out for expenses like servers, admins, maintenance etc, so that it becomes valuable without him putting up $$. My bubble is burst! #fediverse
When something is lacking in Mastodon, people assume it is the Fediverse / ActivityPub that is lacking. That is like saying chicken is the worst food because you've tasted McDonald's chicken, when there #Jollibee's #ChickenJoy is tastier and juicier.
There are now even people who praise a non-fediverse network based on those false assumptions above. They have time to research a non-fediverse network, but doesn't have the time to do their due diligence about the Fediverse; all because they falsely assumed they've seen everything.
It's like moving to a new country, settling in a new home, exploring their new neighbourhood, and then assumed that village they're in is a representation of the entire country.
If we can make people see, and make people explore their own “city” and “country”, then maybe, just maybe, the distribution of people in the fediverse will start to balance between the different forks, projects, and instances. It won't happen overnight, but maybe we can plant the seeds.
That's not true. There are quite a few geographic #FediVerse sites for the U.K., ranging from Glasgow.Social through Mastodon.Scot to Toot.Wales. And those are the big ones. There are further smaller ones like Mastodon.London and Dorset.Social, and more that I won't name here because I know that they are one person hobby outfits and don't need the pressure.
Uns gibt es zwar schon seit über 40 Jahren, wir kämpfen weltweit gewaltfrei für den Schutz der Lebensgrundlagen, aber hier sind wir ganz neu. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch mit euch. #neuhier
I don’t fully agree with your prognosis, but the excessive hosting costs are undeniable and must be resolved sooner rather than later.
One thing about your post is unclear to me: Are you still hopeful about the future of #ActivityPub and the #fediverse at large?
Faster implementations like #Akkoma and #gotosocial are coming along. I’m especially excited about Kitsune by @0x0 because of its performance and ease of setup.
New to both Vivaldi and Mastodon (the fediverse??)
Was tired of all the noise on Twitter, dropped Facebook a few years ago, Discord is also really noisy. I love FOSS and Games... still on Windows but I'm thinking about playing with Linux again now that gaming has progressed so much.
Been a while since I sent a message out into the ether like this.
@sisuaika Welcome to both Vivaldi and the #Fediverse.
In #Mastodon, go to "Explore" and then #explore some topics you are interested in by searching hashtags. You can follow hashtags and this might be a quick way for you to find others with similar interests.
On the Fediverse front, I recommend following @feditips, @tips.vivaldi.net, as well as @Vivaldi, to get you started!
so (decentralized?) #bluesky rolled out an iOS app before they added a second server, right after #substack rolled out notes and media companies started talking about leaving Twitter. it exists to serve Twitter and is a delaying tactic against the #fediverse. same with #nostr.
what we're building here is a threat to all entrenched wealth and power. it will remove all unearned influence over our attention. it enables people power like the world has never seen before. they should be afraid.
All these talk about #BlueSky and complaints about #Mastodon this, #ActivityPub that, #Fediverse this, and #Decentralisation that, are mostly questionable(?) since many haven't seriously looked around the fediverse. It's like saying burgers are bad because you've tasted McDonald's yet there are better burgers from #Jollibee.
The problem stems from the fediverse ending up unofficially represented by a very limited-feature software and most are not willing to do their due diligence (one would think they'll check out the forks at least). Before championing about the new kid on the block, before claiming that the fediverse is this and that, look around first.
What you've known as the fediverse, so far, is only based on what happens to be the software with the least feature set. Mainline Mastodon will get better, but it is what it is currently, as far as comparison with similar fediverse projects.
No one is saying you are not allowed to complain, just look around first before you make claims about the fediverse.
Also, no one is saying #ATP shouldn't exist. By all means develop it! Innovation and improvements come from seeing ideas come to fruition instead of staying as theories. Having different branches of development is better than getting stuck in one particular way of doing things, or line of thinking. It's all good and I think anyone will agree it is much welcomed.
Here's a #challenge: Since you have time to research a non-fediverse network, why don't you explore what the fediverse really has to offer, with the same effort and enthusiasm? Mastodon is not the fediverse, so you can not judge the fediverse based on it. That's like saying China is Asia, and you judge Asians because of mainland China.
Take the challenge, then publish the results of your journey. Good evening, and Shalom!
Sigh. I have a feeling Mastodon is about to become exactly what every other social platform is. I've really enjoyed it, and I hope it doesn't, but it certainly seems like Eugen wants to sell the rights and such off, and is using mastodon.social as the way to do it. Obviously, the entire fediverse is not Mastodon, but it would be crippled if Eugen keeps on this path. He hasn't said a word about any of this either, just keeps ignoring it. @feditips makes a good point, and has a great thread about it. Not trying to be pessimistic, and in the end it is just a social platform, but I do hope that it can avoid this problem because I've gained a lot of knowledge and met some cool people in a way other social platforms haven't let me do before.
i forget who it was that said "a single timeline is unsustainable" (aaron parecki?) but i'm feeling more like the real cardinal sin is publishing to a single profile. i don't mind reading everything in a single view, although making lists certainly helps. it's the publishing that annoys me. i almost never want to send a post to all of my followers. and this goes doubly for replies. i often want to reply within a specific context and only optionally tell my followers about it.
Oh! Not Fedi, strictly speaking, but there is "Circles" - (circu.li). It's s matrix thing and I've been following progress, but lost enthusiasm when i brought up gplus (old hat here as well) and they said "recursive circles were to hard for them to implement".
Then, what's three point I thought. That's where the power of Circles really comes into play.
Did you see that IMDb thing that guys doing with his #Mitra fork yet? He's gonna keep it a softfork too.
Juli 2008: Identi.ca, powered by OStatus geht online. Die erste öffentlich eingeführte föderierte Softwareplattform.
Juli 2010: Friendica, powered by DFRN (Mistpark während der Entwicklung und Friendika zum Launch) wird veröffentlicht. Es bindet bereits verschiedene Netze des Fediverse ein, sowie kommerzielle Plattformen wie Facebook, Twitter & später Google-Plus.
November 2010: Diaspora Launch (powered by diaspora*).
Zwischen 2010 und 2012 wurde der Begriff #Fediverse erstmals geprägt, um die markenbasierte Terminologie identiverse (basierend auf identica) zu ersetzen.
Juni 2013: Pump.io wird als Protokoll gelauncht und in StatusNet als Kommunikationsprotokoll verwendet. Pump.io dient als Vorlage/Vorbild von ActivityPub das ab 2014 durch das W3C definiert wird.
2014: Das W3C gründet die ActivityPub-Protokollarbeitsgruppe.
Dezember 2015: Hubzilla, powered by ZOT wird gelauncht. Es handelt sich um eine Abspaltung von Friendica, mit dem Ziel weitere starke Datenschutzwerkzeuge zur Verfügung zu stellen, sowie eine hohe Ausfallsicherheit zu realisieren, in dem eine "Nomadische Identität" die Kopplung des Nutzerprofils an eine Instanz aufgelöst.
Oktober 2016: Mastodon, powered by OStatus wird auf Hacker News öffentlich bekannt gemacht.
2017: PeerTube, powered by ActivityPub und WebTorrent spezialisiert sich auf das Verteilen von Videodateien.
Juni 2017: Funkwhale, powered by ActivityPub fokussiert sich auf das Verteilen von Audiodateien.
Juli 2017: Hubzilla kündigt die Unterstützung des neuen ActivityPub-Protokoll Protokolls, neben ZOT an.
September 2017: Mastodon kündigt die Unterstützung des neuen ActivityPub-Protokoll an und ersetzt das bis dahin verwendete OStatus. Für eine Übergangszeit werden beide Protokolle bedient.
Januar 2018: ActivityPub hat offiziell die „W3C-Empfehlung“ erreicht (auch bekannt als gestarteter, stabiler, endgültiger, empfohlener Standard)
November 2018: Friendica unterstützt neben OStatus, diaspora*, Pump.io, DFRN, RSS, E-Mail zusätzlich ActivityPub.
Dezember 2018: Pixelfed, powered by ActivityPub spezialisiert sich auf das Teilen von Bildern.
Oktober 2022: Streams powered by Nomad wird ZOT mittelfristig in Hubzilla ersetzen und verbindet die nomatische Identität mit ActivityPub.