tchambers

@tchambers@indieweb.social

Technologist, writer, admin of indieweb.social. Fascinated by how new politics impacts technology and vice versa. #fedi22 #indieweb #fediverse

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tchambers, to random

Agreed:

"Lemmy and Kbin also represent a different way of interacting with the fediverse. Microblogging on Mastodon, photo sharing on Pixelfed and tracking books on Bookwyrm are all centred around people. You follow individuals you find interesting, and read the content they share. The threadiverse instead is framed around topics and communities...Overall, the sudden and rapid rise of Lemmy and Kbin is changing the structure and culture of the fediverse."

https://fediversereport.com/lemmy-and-kbin/

tchambers,

@CynAq I took at as: forums have been around for a while on the Fedi but in a far, far lower key. After the 2.7 million active users of these now exist. And it is a somewhat new "culture" and structure of users on the Fedi than the past predominant ones who focuesd around text, photo and video microblogging.

tchambers,

@DoctorSynth you might also look at http//www.spreadmastodon.org under “Enhance”….

ontheweb, to random

@tchambers are you running by @rolle

tchambers,

@ontheweb @rolle We are. Still on an extended trail and seeing what our users think after getting used to it.

tchambers, to kbin

A great resource for finding those SubReddits now migrated over to the Threadiverse... ( and )....

https://www.quippd.com/writing/2023/06/15/unofficial-subreddit-migration-list-lemmy-kbin-etc.html

tchambers, (edited ) to activitypubtestsuite

FYI, @activitypubtestsuite - while we work to bring ActivityPubTest Suite 1.0 back to life - as a stop-gap measure- it looks like @dansup is working on this which feels very promising for a new tool…or tools. https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/p/561391/Really-excited-for-the-activityPub-developer-tools-I-ve-been-working

laurenshof, to random

I just clicked on a lemmy link (accessed via 3rd party client) to a pixelfed video which was a reupload of a tiktok which was a screenclip of a video podcast

tchambers,

@laurenshof "The Future that Fedi Citizens Want."

dangillmor, to random
@dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar

This is important reading. What Google did to the open XMPP messaging protocol -- adopting and then poisoning it -- is an object lesson as the fediverse ponders Facebook/Meta entry.

I'm still leery of pre-emptively blocking Meta here, but we need to be absolutely clear on what's at risk -- and ready to instantly respond if they try to take over.

https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

tchambers,

@dangillmor Hi Dan: see what I think is a strategy that can hold and work, and isn't about pre-emptive blocking.

https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/23/project-and-the.html

stux, to random
@stux@mstdn.social avatar

Oh just notice mstdn.social is now home to 199,991 awesome lovely people :blobcathearts:
https://fedidb.org/network/instance/mstdn.social

tchambers,

@stux Congrats on building that community out well and being a good and safe place for their social home.

Green_Footballs, to random
@Green_Footballs@mastodon.social avatar

southern california baby

tchambers, (edited )

@Green_Footballs I do miss it.

J12t, to Futurology
@J12t@social.coop avatar

Why would Meta implement ActivityPub? 1½ reasons are compelling, another is not. Those reasons have consequences.

Blogged. Would love your thoughts.

https://reb00ted.org/tech/20230625-meta-why-activitypub/

tchambers,

@J12t Well put:

"“Meta is hoping for at least tens of millions of users within the first few months of availability”. The Fediverse currently has between 1 and 2 million active monthly users. So Meta is expecting at least 10x of those numbers by the end of the year.

(If you think of it, of course they want those kinds of numbers. Both Facebook and Instagram have far more than a billion users each."

I'd offer a fourth possible reason: To kill Twitter.

tchambers,

@J12t And DSA compliance does make sense. I'd forgotten about that:

"The European Union is coming down hard on Meta, demanding all sorts of interoperability as part of its Digital Services Act. By implementing a bona-fide W3C interoperability standard as part of a new app, Meta can signal both cooperation with the EU authorities, while delaying opening its core business as long as possible."

tchambers,

@shoq @J12t

I only know what we read in the papers. Sounds like a P92 service, using ActivtyPub likely at threads.com launching mid-July. Federation starting 3 months later.

tchambers,

@J12t One factor I think applies to Twitter -- I think it is a fight for top influencers, and every post they do on "Threads" is one less Tweet, and the top 10 percent of Twiter users produce 50 percent of Elon's revenue. As top accounts shift from Twitter to Threads, it sucks a disproportionate level of revuen away from Twitter.

atomicpoet, (edited ) to Futurology

I piss off people who pander to and believe every server on the Fediverse should federate with (a.k.a., ) since, you know, notmeta.social won’t be doing that.

And I piss off the HOA of the Fediverse by suggesting we should have lobby servers that help Meta users migrate off of Meta.

But it’s fine if some people get upset. Not everyone will be happy in this situation.

tchambers,

@atomicpoet FYI, Notmeta.social got a shout out here:

https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/25/project-the-fediverse.html

tchambers,

@atomicpoet if you want I can make that clearer in the article…

tchambers, to fediverse

@activitypubblueskybridge - as we look to rebuild the old test suite, and the compatibility report, look at the old one cached here in the WaybackMachine: https://web.archive.org/web/20221031085815/https://test.activitypub.dev/

tchambers,

@rmdes @activitypubblueskybridge

Adding that to the google doc…

tchambers,

@rmdes @activitypubblueskybridge

Here is an older account of his on the fedi: https://mastodon.mills.io/@prologic

@prologic

And @prologic

https://micro.blog/prologic

shoq, to random
@shoq@mastodon.social avatar

Of all the criticisms out there about Mastodon, some deserved, some not, the most valid of them is the lack of search. It’s such a crappy decision and worse experience, with daily impact, I sometimes feel foolish defending the entire platform. That I have to still search the hellsite for news, after nearly a year here is inexcusable. And please don’t waste my time telling me about . I’m aware. They were designed to be used within searches, not replace them.

tchambers,

@tokyo_0 @jotokla @hughster @shoq

If it’s search only used public posts, then I see nothing worth blocking over, especially as many other Fediverse solutions will be offering full text search also. Not sure why any full text search maybe with an opt out per user account isn’t a net positive.

tchambers,

@hughster @jotokla @shoq

There used to be webtools for checking federation, peering, etc for any Fediverse server. Need to see if any still live.

tchambers, (edited ) to random

Rather than making another 10-post-long thread 🧵 on the latest things , I had mercy on everyone & just wrote 1 blog post…

(TLdr: the sky isn't falling, we have always been a diverse set of cultures and moderation standards, we will work it out on both fronts, but a lot is changing on all fronts & more will. And through it all we have all we need to protect our people.) Open to any thoughts, pushback, etc….

https://www.timothychambers.net/2023/06/25/project-the-fediverse.html

@spreadmastodon @fediverseobserver @fediversenews

tchambers,

@phillycodehound Thank you!

tchambers, to activitypubtestsuite

@activitypubtestsuite - question for the group: even if we were not to use it’s codebase, is there value in getting the old ActivityPub.rocks test suite live again? Just to see the old test in action?

tchambers,

@steve @rmdes @activitypubtestsuite

Yeah any choice we make on test suite version 2.0 should consider using languages and tech easy to maintain and with a wide developer base….

tchambers, (edited )

@rmdes @steve @activitypubtestsuite

Seems like the answer is “some things in the work in a couple places…”

Also do set up your account here - and I’m sure folks will support this work along with me: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/faq

mariusor, to fediverse
@mariusor@metalhead.club avatar

Oh man, I forgot the rush of endorphins that comes from fixing a really longstanding bug.

, the generic service, had a heisenbug for about 6 months where integration tests for federated dispatch would randomly (and rarely when debugging) failed. I tried a couple of times to reproduce it, but it wasn't that big of a deal and it mostly went fine, so I didn't want to dedicate too much time to it.
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tchambers,

@mariusor Marius: wanted to put this into your field of view…a number of us working on an ActivityPub test suite… would love your perspective on what would be useful there. The Frendica group can be followed here @activitypubtestsuite

tchambers,

@mariusor @activitypubtestsuite

Right now, early days, it is through that mastodon-compatible group above. 👆 …. Follow it and any messages mentioning it reflect to you and over 110 developers on it.

First goal: resuscitation of OLD test.ActivityPub.rocks suite… second goal, rebuild one in sustainable code, up to date to latest needs….

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