New: Fediverse Report 109
This week, an essay about #Bluesky's proposal for setting user preferences on their accounts. This allows people to indicate how they want their data to be handled off-protocol. I wrote about how the #fediverse can improve on this, using its strengths of many different communities, each with its own culture and values.
Also:
- Next week is the digital conference @fediforum
- A research dataset to compare Threads and Mastodon users
Read at: fediversereport.com/fediverse-โฆ
Fediverse Report โ #109
An essay on user preferences, and how the fediverse's interconnected network of communities can play into that, as well as some other news.fediversereport.com
@Gargron yeah, but that does not cover everything. Especially such more interesting cases as the mastodon threads research dataset that was just released.
Regardless, the essay is about who sets the default values, and that this decision should be delegated to server admins, and not made by software platforms such as mastodon itself
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Right. That's kind of the point! The proto-fediverse was dominated by a VC-funded startup -- just like today's ATmosphere. And eight to ten years later the next-generaiton protocols (originally also developed by a corporation) got refined and adopted by a standards bodies -- just like will probably happen with AT Proto.
And presumably just as somebody from a Meta-funded non-profit has repeatedly shut down criticisms of Meta on the W3C ActivityPub mailing list, at some point somebody from a Bluesky-funded non-profit will try to shut down criticisms of Bluesky on whatever standards group is trying to take things forward.
There's a lot to critique with Bluesky but many of the critques apply to the ActivityPub fediverse as well.
#Info
Las redes que tejen la violencia en Chiapas, detalla el informe del Frayba.
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Las redes que tejen la violencia en Chiapas, detalla el informe del Frayba
Con datos cuantitativos el centro humanitario va tejiendo como desde periodos anteriores se ha ido entrelazando la violencia estructural con la criminal, en donde integrantes de grupos del crimen oโฆChiapasparalelo
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Civilization VII update 1.1.1 adds quick move, lots of UI improvements, a new start position and lots of fixes gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/civiโฆ
#CivilizationVII #Civilization #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Civilization VII update 1.1.1 adds quick move, lots of UI improvements, a new start position and lots of fixes
Firaxis Games are quickly cleaning up the messy release of Civilization VII, with more new additions now available in patch update 1.1.1.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Devs of Monster Crown: Sin Eater a 2D monster taming RPG want to 'take that concept to its absolute limits' gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/devsโฆ
#IndieGame #PCGaming #Gaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Devs of Monster Crown: Sin Eater a 2D monster taming RPG want to 'take that concept to its absolute limits'
Studio Aurum are developing a new 2D monster taming RPG with Monster Crown: Sin Eater, a standalone follow-up to their previous Monster Crown.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mudborne is a wonderfully chilled sim about catching and breeding frogs out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/mudbโฆ
#Mudborne #IndieGame #Linux #PCGaming
Mudborne is a wonderfully chilled sim about catching and breeding frogs out now
Mudborne from ellraiser / TNgineers is a wonderfully charming laid-back casual nature management sim about discovering & breeding frogs. Officially out now with Native Linux support and it's Steam Deck Verified.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/hp-aโฆ
#HP #SteamOS #Gaming #PCGaming
HP are interested in making a SteamOS handheld as the Windows experience sucks
If you look at nearly all reviews of handheld gaming PCs that run Windows, the major problem is Windows itself. So with Valve opening up the door to SteamOS Linux for more devices, it seems HP are interested in jumping in too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Not that I'm arguing against more choices, but isn't the Steam Deck already exactly that, while also being first-party?
Also HP is a bloatware company, not a gaming company. What is our level of trust in them to appease the gaming community's interests, or at least not be hostile toward them as consumers?
@ottercynical i get what you're saying, but you can apply that to literally anything
"why do x when y exists"
@ottercynical "Not that I'm arguing against more choices, but isn't the Steam Deck already exactly that, while also being first-party?"
Literally what you're saying, and now you're sending me a wall of text acting really silly about it
Not a fan of HP generally speaking, but more choices and more manufacturers adopting Linux is always good.
Also, nice to see people in the field acknowledge how terrible the Windows experience is on those devices !
Nexus formally announce their open source cross-platform Nexus Mods App: Stardew Valley Preview gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/nexuโฆ
#Modding #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck #OpenSource
Nexus formally announce their open source cross-platform Nexus Mods App: Stardew Valley Preview
The new cross-platform and open source Nexus Mods App is coming along with their team now formally announcing the Stardew Valley Preview. With support for Linux / Steam Deck baked right in.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Dawnfolk is a must-play if you like chilled unique city-builders gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/dawnโฆ
Dawnfolk is a must-play if you like chilled unique city-builders
If you like your games that try to break the mold, you should definitely check out the recently released Dawnfolk from Darenn Keller.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Temtem: Swarm recently hit 100K sales and a big update is out now gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/temtโฆ
#TemtemSwarm #Temtem #SteamDeck #Gaming
Temtem: Swarm recently hit 100K sales and a big update is out now
Temtem: Swarm is another survivor-like bullet heaven, a spin-off from the monster catching Temtem from Crema / GGTech Studios and it appears to have sold quite well.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Action-shooter Painkiller is set to return in 'fall 2025' gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/actiโฆ
#Painkiller #FPS #PCGaming #Gaming
Action-shooter Painkiller is set to return in 'fall 2025'
Coming from Anshar Studios and 3D Realms, the classic FPS is back. Painkiller has been announced to release sometime in "fall 2025".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Starship Troopers: Extermination gets a Steam Deck upgrade gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/starโฆ
#StarshipTroopers #FPS #SteamDeck #SteamOS #Gaming #Linux
Starship Troopers: Extermination gets a Steam Deck upgrade
Starship Troopers: Extermination from Offworld just had another major upgrade released, and they're now improving the experience of playing it on Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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Michael has dropped a new video! Check it out here -> tuxdigital.com/videos/gnome-48โฆ ๐๐งโถ๏ธ
This one is about GNOME 48 is HERE with Performance Boosts, Battery Health Features & Digital Wellbeing!
#linux #opensource #tech
GNOME 48 is HERE with Performance Boosts, Battery Health Features & Digital Wellbeing! - Tunnell Vision - TuxDigital
GNOME 48 is here, bringing new features, performance improvements, and quality-of-life updates to the desktop. From notification stacking and digital wellbei...TuxDigital
A new @ThisWeekinLinux has dropped! (303) ๐๐งโถ๏ธ
thisweekinlinux.com/303
@MichaelTunnell talks about GNOME 48, GIMP 3.0, Kali Linux, New Pebble Watches, SteamOS Preview released & more Linux news on Your Source for #Linux GNews!
#podcasts #technews #opensource #tech
303: GNOME 48, GIMP 3.0, Kali Linux, New Pebble Watches, SteamOS Preview released & more Linux news - This Week in Linux - TuxDigital
This week in Linux, there is just so much to talk about that we couldn't fit it all in the show. It is just a stacked week. And we're going to be s...TuxDigital
A new @DestinationLinux has hit the road! (412) ๐๐งโถ๏ธ
destinationlinux.net/412
Check out #DestinationLinux 412: How Fake Cell Towers are Tracking You, Open Source Rayhunter Tracks Them
#linux #podcasts #opensource #tech
412: How Fake Cell Towers are Tracking You, Open Source Rayhunter Tracks Them - Destination Linux - TuxDigital
In this episode of Destination Linux, we explore the interplay of technology, community, and privacy. Hosts Ryan, Michael, and Jill share insights from the S...TuxDigital
Yertle The Turtle And Other Stories : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Dr. Seuss presents three modern fables in the rhyming favorite Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. The collection features tales about greed (โYertle the...Internet Archive
The lads makin' their way downtown
Male wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) displaying their breeding colours and fan tails to impress females
let's call the lifetime of this reference `'1`<br>
error: cannot yeet from within FnMut closure: variable was yote hereYeet in std::ops - Rust
Implement `FromResidual>` on your type to enable `do yeet expr` syntax in functions returning your type.doc.rust-lang.org
Stellaris 4.0 'Phoenix' game-changing update due May 5 with the BioGenesis Expansion gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/stelโฆ
#Stellaris #ParadoxInteractive #Gaming #PCGaming
Stellaris 4.0 'Phoenix' game-changing update due May 5 with the BioGenesis Expansion
Paradox have today launched the new Season 09 Expansion Pass, which initially launches with the Stargazer Species Portrait. There's stuff that's actually interesting to come though, but you have to wait until May 5th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Steam's City Builder & Colony Sims Fest is live now gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/steaโฆ
Steam's City Builder & Colony Sims Fest is live now
Another chance to grab some discounts! Valve have launched a festival for City Builder & Colony Sims to celebrate everything that might remotely resemble you building a community and keeping people alive.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Linux kernel 6.14 out late due to 'pure incompetence' - don't get too excited about Linux gaming boosts gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/linuโฆ
Linux kernel 6.14 out late due to 'pure incompetence' - don't get too excited about Linux gaming boosts
Linux kernel 6.14 has arrived today, and a day later than it was expected. As usual there's lots new from supported hardware to various improvements.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ยฟQuรฉ le ha ocurrido a internet, nuestro gran experimento?
El inicio del modelo de โservicio gratuitoโ de internet augurรณ una larga y lenta pendiente descendiente en lo tocante a la privacidad personal, una suerte de pacto faustiano que implicaba ceder control y autonomรญa personal a las grandes corporaciones tecnolรณgicas a cambio de estos servicios.
un texto de Tom Valovic
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ยฟQuรฉ le ha ocurrido a internet, nuestro gran experimento?
El inicio del modelo de โservicio gratuitoโ de internet augurรณ una larga y lenta pendiente descendiente en lo tocante a la privacidad personal, una suerte de pacto faustiano que implicaba ceder control y autonomรญa personal a las grandes corporacionesโฆwww.elsaltodiario.com
@Gargron please add mastoturk to the list of Servers on joinmastodon.org/servers
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all social media is blocked in Turkey, and we got attacked too!
@helpers Hello, I'm new to fediverse hosting. Recently started a small Friendica instance for me and my friends.
System: YunoHost 12.0.12 on VPS bought online
App: Friendica 2024.12-1~ynh1
URL: kedralife.cz
I have huge problems with the worker queue, it periodically gets stuck for a very long time, processing nothing for hours or (more often) days (so far the maximum was 11 days) when it just grows a processes nothing. This means that my friends can't send each other private messages, public posts don't federate and any sort of permission-restricted posts get stuck on "pending" for days.
I tried running the worker.php with crontab very 5 minutes in addition to the friendica deamon, but it does not seem to help.
Friendica-deamon log:
paste.yunohost.org/ixukovuzuz
mysql log:
paste.yunohost.org/ezezaqebeg
Worker settings and worker queue:
I was just so excited about this new crop of Pebbles I had to blog about it.
My mom was right. Everything that goes out of fashion comes back in eventually. I think she was talking about bellbottoms but it works for smartwatches too.
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Who's Watching Your Watch?
Whence the Smart Watch? In 2012 the Pebble smartwatch hit Kickstarter, and the funding site exploded. While there had beenโฆJanet Vertesi
Yay thank you for sharing this! Do you think it would work as a privacy friendly kid watch? I guess basic needs:
- calling
- texting
- location monitoring only to parents
Fast Food Packaging? I liked this video comparison of "biodegradable" cardboard cartons vs just washing a plate
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"The tactics have unnerved foreign tourists and sent a chill through immigrant communities in the United States, who say they are being targeted for speech โ not for breaking any laws."
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Emulation manager EmuDeck 2.4 brings Steam library integration changes, improved BIOS checker gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/emulโฆ
#EmuDeck #Emulation #Linux #SteamDeck #SteamOS #OpenSource
Emulation manager EmuDeck 2.4 brings Steam library integration changes, improved BIOS checker
EmuDeck is an all-in-one solution for managing emulation on Linux, SteamOS, Steam Deck and other handhelds and the 2.4 release brings some nice additions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The board game Frosthaven is getting a video game with the designer of X-COM gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/the-โฆ
The board game Frosthaven is getting a video game with the designer of X-COM
The popular board game Frosthaven is getting adapted into a video game, with Snapshot Games at the helm led by CEO Julian Gollop, known for designing X-COM.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
But we talk about #Frosthaven . Let's see what will set it apart from gloomhaven. We played the complete campaign of gloomhaven with 4 players online, which was a pretty good experience.
Thief-like free and open source game The Dark Mod 2.13 brings better AI vision and new graphical goodies gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/thieโฆ
#TheDarkMod #Thief #FreeGame #OpenSource
Thief-like free and open source game The Dark Mod 2.13 brings better AI vision and new graphical goodies
The Dark Mod is a seriously impressive project giving us a completely free and open source standalone Thief-like stealth game, and The Dark Mod 2.13 release is another great one.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Matthias
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Anomaly
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Matthias
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •It would be good if you could publish the addon at git.friendi.ca/friendica/frienโฆ so that it is published for all Friendica nodes. Are you planning to do that?
Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Matthias • • •Well I hadn't been planning on it, but maybe?
I set up over at GitLab because I already have a work-related GitHub account and wanted to separate my personal projects and trying to manage two GitHub accounts on one computer is messy, but I also wanted to get away from Microsoft and their AI nonsense and try out GitLab as a GitHub alternative, as it seems popular with some big open-source projects. Unfortunately Friendica's repos aren't there. Which I didn't think would be an issue because I didn't originally intend to submit any of my mods to the core project.
But I found a bug in the Frio theme last night and reluctantly did set up a second GitHub account to submit my fix and a PR over there. I don't really want to move my repos to GitHub and I'd need to look into what's involved with mirroring the GitLab repos, because I definitely don't want to be trying to maintain it in two places.
@Hypolite Petovan and I have already talked about Bookface being pulled from GitLab to GitHub, so that's also possibility I guess for including the add-ons if he wants.
Matthias
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •@Pygoscelis Papua
Many thanks for that.
@Hypolite Petovan
Hypolite Petovan
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Hypolite Petovan • • •<span>transfers but theclass="postbox-..."gets stripped out. And even if the classname wasn't stripped Mastodon (or any other platform) would not have the stylesheet to show them as postboxes anyway. Much like the Facebook version that inspired them, they only work within this platform. People can always do what people do with the Facebook ones though, screencap them and share the images on other platforms. ๐Hypolite Petovan
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Hypolite Petovan • • •Hypolite Petovan
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Hypolite Petovan • • •[class]...[/class]BBcode or someone would've noticed a parsing error like that. Which looks like Friendica is sending it already converted to<span>but is it sending as HTML or is it sending it as<span>or<span=because I would assume Diaspora knows how to handle actual tags? But the Postboxes are coming though to Mastodon as actual<span>...</span>tags. ๐คทโโ๏ธPygoscelis Papua
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Matthias
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •@Pygoscelis Papua
Post to Bluesky
Post to tumblr
Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Matthias • • •Thank you @Matthias !
Now I guess the question for the ones that are messed up is whether the problem is in how Friendica sends the post data or if it's how the platform that receives it is parsing it?
I tried looking through the Friendica code myself trying to find where post data gets processed to send to each other platform and I can't make head nor tail of it. Though I did run across a comment that
[class]was "deprecated since 2021.12, left for backward-compatibility reasons" but doesn't way why it was deprecated. I hope it doesn't get removed because it's also how I'm making the "Cover Photos" work in Bookface.Hypolite Petovan
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Hypolite Petovan • • •Since the BBcode is replaced with
<span>...</span>shouldn't it be trivial to simply send the wrapped content without the wrapper to other platforms?Like the difference between:
$text = preg_replace("(\[class=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/class\])ism", '<span class="$1">$2</span>', $text);and$text = preg_replace("(\[class=(.*?)\](.*?)\[\/class\])ism", '$2', $text);Hypolite Petovan
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Hypolite Petovan • • •[class]wrapper since other platforms can't use it anyway. There isn't anything similar in Markdown so far as I know, which might be why the raw BBcode is getting through to Disapora? I'm guessing it's missing the conversion from BBcode[class]to Markdown syntax. Which should be conversion to nothing. I'd check for it myself but I have no clue where the processing for other platforms even is in the Friendica code.Pygoscelis Papua
in reply to Pygoscelis Papua • • •Ok, I’ve been trying to follow the Friendica code and I may be reading it wrongly, but it looks to me like the BBcode gets converted to HTML for most platforms, but then that HTML gets converted to Markdown for Diaspora (and I think Hubzilla?). But if that’s the case I don’t understand how the BBcode is getting all the way through to those other platforms as shown in the screenshots @Matthias posted?
It looks to me like it should be sending the
<span>to them as well not the raw BBcode, because it seems the HTML to Markdown converter by default "preserves HTML tags without Markdown equivalents like<span>and<div>." At least according to the README in /friendica/vendor/league/html-to-markdown/ - which also says [i]“To strip HTML tags that don’t have a Markdown equivalent while preserving the content inside them, set strip_tags…"So in:
/friendica
... show moreOk, Iโve been trying to follow the Friendica code and I may be reading it wrongly, but it looks to me like the BBcode gets converted to HTML for most platforms, but then that HTML gets converted to Markdown for Diaspora (and I think Hubzilla?). But if thatโs the case I donโt understand how the BBcode is getting all the way through to those other platforms as shown in the screenshots @Matthias posted?
It looks to me like it should be sending the
<span>to them as well not the raw BBcode, because it seems the HTML to Markdown converter by default "preserves HTML tags without Markdown equivalents like<span>and<div>." At least according to the README in /friendica/vendor/league/html-to-markdown/ - which also says [i]โTo strip HTML tags that donโt have a Markdown equivalent while preserving the content inside them, set strip_tagsโฆ"So in:
/friendica/src/Content/Text/HTML.php
If I change line 684 from :
to
The Postbox
<span>is removed but whateverโs inside it is not. Is there any particular reason to preserve HTML that has no Markdown equivalents for platforms that want Markdown format?Or am I completely barking up the wrong tree here?
@Hypolite Petovan