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karienbez, 27 days ago to random

I joined the Mastodon board https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/ to support the fediverse and the people helping to build it. Looking forward to working with the team and fellow board members to embed and evolve how we work.

dynamic, 27 days ago to accessibility

#Social.coop has been discussing whether to disable images on May 16 and October 10 for #WorldSightDay, as suggested here https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112275637561897034.

One concern raised about this proposal is that it is symbolic and might not do anything to improve the lives of people with visual impairments.

I would like to hear perspectives from people with visual impairments on whether this kind of action is helpful.

(boosts welcome; please only reply if you rely on alt text)

#accessibility
#a11y
#AltText

Mastodon, 28 days ago to mastodon

#Mastodon forms new 501(c)(3) non-profit entity with new board of directors in the United States to facilitate tax-deductible donations and in-kind support:

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/04/mastodon-forms-new-u.s.-non-profit/

pixelfed, 28 days ago to fediverse

Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated using #ActivityPub

We're really excited to share this sneak peek that showcases the new onboarding flow and discovery features (Connect Mastodon) and look forward to the upcoming beta release!

Are you ready for #Loops ?

Loops app demo

gabek, 28 days ago to fediverse

Super excited that with a handful of minor maintenance releases behind us, #owncast can start looking towards big features again. Lots of preparation work is going on now for all of that. Check out the roadmap, and say hi if you'd like to be involved! https://owncast.online/roadmap/

julian, 28 days ago to random

There have been some scattered discussions I've seen over the past year that mention that @pfefferle's WordPress ActivityPub plugin federates their blog posts out as an as:Note, and that the only reason this is done is because Mastodon only treats as:Note (and as:Question) as a first-class object and relegates anything else to a fallback handler that takes a short snippet of the content, and shows a link back to the original source, thus losing any in-app benefits (boosts, replies, etc.)

Whether this is actually true or not, I do not know. So that's why I'd like to ask Mattias — or anybody else with some context — here.

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For reference:

• as:Article: Represents any kind of multi-paragraph written work.
• as:Note: Represents a short written work typically less than a single paragraph in length.
• as:Page: Represents a Web Page.

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I have also noticed that Lemmy, perhaps out of principle, sends out an as:Page for new generated content, and only the replies federate out as as:Note. It has unfortunately led to some assertions that Lemmy's federation is "broken", even though it is arguably not the case.

@nutomic, care to weigh in?

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I don't even blame Mattias for opting to send everything out as as:Note.

End of the day right now it doesn't matter how Mattias or Nutomic represent their higher-level collection of data, because Mastodon is the largest implementor and neither they — nor anyone else I know of, for that matter — treat anything that's not as:Note or as:Question specially.

But that ought to change. The question is how, but this WG is not at the point where we start throwing around decrees and making up standards.

What's important to me right now is what the landscape looks like right now, and why that is the case.

N.B. The discussion here will eventually make its way to online real-time discussion at one of the future WG meetings.

dave, 28 days ago to fediverse

#activitypub It seems like we will need to define a Podcast ActivityStreams object type. I’ve been trying to see if we can just transmute a podcast into an Audio or Video object type. But the loss of fidelity is so high. I think a dedicated object type is going to be pretty necessary.

rizzi, 28 days ago to random

Progress on the new app has been a bit slower than I hoped over the last couple of weeks. It’s not quite beta yet as some parts are still missing or work in progress. However, I’m starting to open up access to the TestFlight builds anyway (limited number of slots, more in the coming weeks). Just don’t expect too much yet.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/x4Tc0SfB

akkoma, 28 days ago to random

attention duelists

akkoma 2024.04 stable has been released

not halfway as urgent as last time but still features a bunch of fixes for random stuff hoo ray

https://meta.akkoma.dev/t/akkoma-stable-2024-04-straight-up-fixing-it-in-the-git-and-by-it-haha-well-i-mean-our-bhackend/715

hongminhee, 28 days ago to fediverse

I'm working on adding a CLI toolchain to #Fedify to help with debugging. The first feature I implemented is the ActivityPub object lookup.

Here's a demo.

#fedidev #ActivityPub

The demo video on my terminal

me, 28 days ago to programming

For my upcoming app,
I have implemented a SwiftUI login view with an animated mascot.

👀 When entering a password,
The mascot is designed to cover his eyes with hands.

#xcode #programming #ios #iosdev

video/mp4

darnell, 28 days ago to fediverse

I am half way through watching the interview of @pfefferle by @deadsuperhero & it is really good!

📹 S1 Episode 8: WordPress-ActivityPub with Matthias Pfefferle https://spectra.video/w/nVQAzfWyC64DUfqGQcnCfp

I thought it was interesting that when @photomatt was focued on bringing #ActivityPub to #Tumblr, Pfefferle advocated introducing #WordPress to the #Fediverse en mass.

rodentapp, 28 days ago to AdobePhotoshop

New app update: a few fixes and small improvements plus, finally, image descriptions, including text recognition!
I'll add automatic AI image captioning if this post gets enough traction.
(I'll probably add it anyways so don't feel obligated to boost 😆).
#app #mastodonapp

alexandra, 29 days ago to random

I’m inconsolable at the moment, as it seems most of the third party apps on my iPhone 4 have stopped working or, at least, they’re not opening and I don’t know why. I mean come on …

I’m especially bummed because I can’t access my faithful app, Pocket Money, which I use to keep track of day to day expenditure. It’s so frustrating. It worked perfectly last weekend and now?

Any suggestions anyone?

ben, 28 days ago to random

I wrote about the life experiences (mine and my family's) that led to my worldview, why I believe in an open, progressive world, and why I'm motivated to build an open social web. https://werd.io/2024/where-im-coming-from

loops, 29 days ago to random

Happy Friday!

We added Push Notifications to our app, we're hoping to onboard a few of you this weekend! 🥳

#Loops #LoopsBeta #PushNotifications

You have a new follower!

o_simardcasanova, 1 month ago to fediverse

The #Fediverse Report by @laurenshof is a great resource to keep up with how social media is changing.

What I especially like compared to more mainstream coverage is how Laurens keeps track of less "shiny" projects. Those are a fertile ground for new innovations.

https://fediversereport.com/

ryanschultz, 1 month ago to random

MASTODON TIP OF THE DAY: This seems to be as good a time as any to remind you that you can use "in:library" with search terms in your Mastodon search (at least, with the advanced web interface), to search for text in the Mastodon posts you have made in the past. Please see the attached image for an example:

pixelfed, 1 month ago to random

✨ Loops by Pixelfed Beta Signup

Use the form to reserve your Loops username and provide your email so we can notify you when it's your turn to join!

https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/amvDNrvHlbwrIXPvhik5mNg4udpzJc3NGxZIOtURgb4/

Follow @loops for updates!

#loops

dansup, 1 month ago to random

The core parts of #Loops are ready, this includes:

• Camera
• Chronological feed
• Profiles
• Following/Followers
• Likes
• Comments
• Settings
• Update bio, name, avatar

I need to finish the Report feature and some basic onboarding to comply with app store rules, then we can launch the beta!!

The Android APK could be ready later tonight 🫣

ChaosKitsune, 1 month ago to random

If anyone has any more useful key plugin ideas I'm listening.

consumablejoy, 1 month ago to knitting

I use the @MonaApp the most and I decided today to redo my tabs customizations. Now the things care about most are right there, and I get a little notif symbol when new content is present. I have lists of old peeps from the bird site and Fiber Faves. I follow hashtags like #knitting and #FilmTournament. If you like customization, check out Mona. #Mastodon #MastodonApps

shollyethan, 1 month ago to selfhosted

Excited to launch a new project today that I'm calling selfh.st/companions, a curated list of companion applications for self-hosted software:

https://selfh.st/blog/introducing-selfhst-companions/

The linked post explains the rationale for adding apps to this list, which is a bit smaller than selfh.st/apps.

As usual, feel free to send me a DM or reach out via the site's contact address if you'd like to discuss the project or any of the software listed.

#selfhost #selfhosted #selfhosting #opensource #homelab #software

carnage4life, 1 month ago to random

Holy 💩

I can’t believe this is happening so fast. If Biden signs, this will make young voters go nuts.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/23/24137638/senate-passes-tiktok-ban-bill-divest-bytedance-foreign-aid

prami, 1 month ago to random

WeblogPoMo is just about a week away! Are you going to participate? (You should!)

This is the wonderful brainchild of @anniegreens, and I’m so excited about it! :prami_happy:

https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/weblog-posting-month-2024

#WeblogPoMo2024