Scientists are pulling back from Twitter and looking for alternatives (www.engadget.com)
The brain drain comes as X has made it increasingly difficult for researchers to use its platform....
Will Lemmy ever add federated delete like mastodon
I understand in any Foss project federated delete can be turned off by forking the project and removing it but I feel like for the vast majority of instances they won’t do that. I noticed Lemmy does not support federated delete leaving me unable to delete post from other instances. Is this planned?
Meet NLnet, the foundation supporting many fediverse projects (fediversereport.com)
The NLnet foundation has played a significant role in the fediverse, with their financial support for most major projects. In this piece I meet some of the people behind NLnet, and get to know the foundation.
StreetPass is a browser extension that helps you find your people on Mastodon (streetpass.social)
FediDB is a tool to track the size and growth of Fediverse platforms and instances (fedidb.org)
Unsure if this fits here, but the tool's been quite fun to look through. It lets you look at specific Fediverse software and instances, see graphs for their growth. And there's even a whole section for the Threadiverse (Lemmy & Kbin)
OC Independent Federated Trust and Safety: Who, What, and How? (wedistribute.org)
As the Fediverse continues to grow, new challenges arise in community management and user safety. A new organization seeks to make it easier.
Running a Social Platform as Someone Who Dislikes Them - Kev Quirk (kevquirk.com)
As co-admin of one of the largest tech instances on the Fediverse, it's ironic that I struggle with social platforms so much.
How do I see what instances kbin.social is federated with?
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When you block a user on kbin and they're so butthurt, they ban you from their "magazines."
How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move (www.wired.com)
The decentralized Instagram alternative is a great option if you want to back up your feed, focus on photo-sharing, or cut loose from Meta's empire entirely. And making the leap is surprisingly easy.
How do I see what instances kbin.social is federated with?
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Japan Earthquake Alert App Says Sayonara to X (unseen-japan.com)
Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they'll no longer be able to receive them on X....
Lemmy.world is down again
honk 1.0 (flak.tedunangst.com)
OC Webmesh: An Attempt at distributed, zero-trust Federated Networks (github.com)
Hey there!...
Fool Me Twice We Don’t Get Fooled Again (doctorow.medium.com)
There’s a crucial difference between federatable and federated.
OC The enshittification of “enshittification” (blog.bloonface.com)
Pixelfed cross-posting in Micro.blog - Maton Reece (www.manton.org)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/3509989...
AMA with Lemmy creators is live (lemmy.ml)
over at lemmy.ml/post/2920188
Why is lemmy.world down?
Is lemmy.world down? When I tried to open it, the websites says "...
Lemmy and Kbin: The Best Reddit Alternatives? (www.pcmag.com)
Love Reddit but tired of what's happening to it? We check out Lemmy and Kbin, two open-source fediverse alternatives that are growing fast.
Mastodon's Mastodon'ts (www.jwz.org)
There are a few fundamentally broken things about how Mastodon posts work that are terrible vectors for abuse, as well as being bad for basic usability. Maybe they are fixable, I don't know. To be clear: I am a fan of Mastodon. I have been enjoying my time there much more than I ever enjoyed Twitter or Facebook or Instagram. And...
OC Digesting the "Child Safety on Federated Social Media" Report (wedistribute.org)
An in-depth report reveals an ugly truth about isolated, unmoderated parts of the Fediverse. It's a solvable problem, with challenges.
Akkoma stable 2023.08 - Secure ARMs are bookworms (meta.akkoma.dev)
Akkoma is an active fork of Pleroma, which implements ActivityPub protocol underneath and serves an interface similar to microblogging platforms such as Twitter or Tumblr. It implements a complete Mastodon client API, so all Mastodon clients work with it without trouble, even the Mastodon web UI can be installed and used with...
Trying to build critical mass for small communities
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/2693464...