New piefed feature , anyone can subscribe to any post or comment (piefed is a reddit and lemmy alternative) (codeberg.org)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/15109471...
How to Stream to PeerTube or Owncast with OBS Studio (wedistribute.org)
The Fediverse has, not one, but two different streaming platforms readily available to people. They both work a bit differently…but, both of them work great with OBS Studio. We dive in to how to set each up.
Is anyone using PixelFed? How is your experience so far?
Seeking a Fediverse Platform with Customizable Content Filtering
Hey fellow Fediverse users,...
An update regarding the future of m/AskKbin (where we are headed towards) - AskKbin - kbin.social (kbin.social)
Hello everyone, check out my announcement post linked above and if you don’t know who I am, check out my past post to learn more about me and It would mean a lot of you show your support for my future iniatives inside the fediverse!...
@pixelfed: Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated Using #ActivityPub (mastodon.social)
Mastodon Incorporates as a Non-Profit in the US (wedistribute.org)
As a project, Mastodon has operated under the umbrella of Mastodon GmbH, a German company that benefited from non-profit status with the German government. Despite all indications that they were doing everything right, Mastodon GmbH recently had its non-profit status revoked, resulting in the team to seek an alternative....
GoToSocial is a new ActivityPub social network server for the Fediverse (github.com)
cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/13437780...
What existing platforms do you wish were federated?
Free Fediverse (freefediverse.org)
Free Fediverse is a resource for those working to save the fediverse network of online communities from absorption into surveillance capitalism.
It's time for a hard fork of Mastodon (DRAFT, REVISION IN PROGRESS) (privacy.thenexus.today)
Lemmy instances die twice
“They say you die twice. One time when you stop breathing and a second time, a bit later on, when somebody says your name for the last time.”...
Mastodon forms new U.S. non-profit (blog.joinmastodon.org)
Are there any innovative platforms in the Fediverse?
I’ve explored a few platforms within the Fediverse, but most of them seem to be inspired by and mimic existing mainstream social media platforms like Twitter, Reddit, and Facebook. While this familiarity can be comforting, I can’t help but wonder if there are any truly innovative and original platforms out there that offer a...
The Slow Fedi Movement: Toward a Green, Independent, and Equitable Fediverse (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
The Fediverse - especially the microblogging side of it - has deep issues when it comes to environmental sustainability....
Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network (techcrunch.com)
Interview with Matthias Pfefferle, Author of the WordPress-ActivityPub plugin (wedistribute.org)
We sat down with Matthias Pfefferle to talk about his journey in developing an ActivityPub integration for WordPress, along with the challenges of implementing a protocol for a platform that everybody customizes in a wide variety of ways....
Are there ActivityPub servers that can see others without necessarily connecting to them to better enable connections?
By this I sort of mean like, in the case of Lemmy for example, something like a built-in Lemmyverse of sorts....
Fedify: ActivityPub server framework (fedify.dev)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/14845042...
I think we should slightly rethink how login works on most Fediverse apps (Mastodon, Lemmy, but not only)
A while ago I posted a thread back on the...
One Login: Towards a Single Fediverse Identity on ActivityPub (thenewstack.io)
In response to Bray’s toot, Evan Prodromou — one of the creators of ActivityPub, who is currently writing an O’Reilly book about the protocol — noted that this “is also the argument for using the ActivityPub API.” He described the API as “an open, extensible API that can handle any kind of activity type — not...
As TikTok ban threatens stability in social media ecosystem, some brands settle into the fediverse (digiday.com)
The possibility of a TikTok ban is inching closer to becoming a reality at this point. On Tuesday, the Senate passed the bill that would bar the social media platform from operating in the U.S. unless ByteDance, its Chinese parent company, sells its stake....
Lemmy maintainer works on Lemmy while at prom (lemmy.ca)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/19765150...
What to do about abusive mods?
I keep getting banned without reason
ActivityPods: Federated Solid Pods (wedistribute.org)
ActivityPods is a wild project that’s bringing the architecture and data capabilities of Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid Protocol to the Fediverse. We dig in to what it is, how it works, and what’s currently possible with the framework.
