:NoMeta: #MetaBlock :NoMeta:

For users, mods, admins: Importable #blocklist of #Meta domains: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12pZEz9zMuNyNeJ7y3iK5OIPqn1ALpbwn/view?usp=sharing

Sources:
1. https://gitea.whitespashe.uk/Whitespashe/MetaDomains/src/branch/main/
2. https://datakra.sh/assets/lizard.txt

For #Fediverse server admins: #iptables commands to block inbound (loads of Threads users) & outbound traffic (like data mining) from Meta's IP addresses: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1lipuAfIC9Q22VClDbTgI_7KZ_aajVZDm/view?usp=sharing

Sources:
1. https://ipinfo.io/AS32934
2. https://bgp.he.net/AS32934#_prefixes
3. https://burrow.rabbits-at.work/media/24c3c118bf8a0d683de9179738ca3453c14372ebc85911bd29a99937b85b5288.txt

#FediBlock #FediPact #FediAdmin #MastoAdmin

MetaDomains

The list of meta/Facebook domains

^{Git, but without all the Shit.}

Here's how to #FediBlock your entire server from threads.net (edit: as well as threads.instagram.com, a subdomain of Instagram) on #Mastodon 4.1.0 and above (I'm unsure about how to do this on other #Fediverse #servers, sorry:

FOR MODS AND ADMINS:

1. On Mastodon, go to Preferences > Moderation > Federation.
2. Click "Add new domain block".
3. Type "threads.net" (no quotes).
4. Set severity to "Suspend".
5. Click "Create block".

Here's how to #FediBlock threads.net on #Mastodon 4.1.0 and above (I'm unsure about how to do this on other #Fediverse #servers, sorry:

FOR USERS:

1. Create a txt document
2. Type "threads.net" (without quote marks)
3. Save as "blocked_domains.csv"
4. On Mastodon, go to Preferences > Import and Export > Import.
5. For input type select "Domain blocking list".
6. Upload blocked_domains.csv.
7. Click "Merge" so threads.net is added to your block list. Do NOT click "Overwrite"!
8. Click "Upload"!

I think I found the domain name of #Threads, #Meta's new #Fedi-enabled service, also codenamed #Project92, #P92, and #Barcelona.

URL: https://threads.net
IPv4: 157.240.22.63
IPv6: 2a03:2880:f231:c5:face:b00c:0:43fe (note "face:b00c")

Looking up threads.net returns #Instagram's logo, the title "Barcelona" and "this page isn't available" (probably because it's not open yet).

I'd recommend every #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin in the #FediPact to #FediBlock them before they go live on the #Fediverse!

Last Week in the Fediverse - ep 24

The main subject of the week is the conversation around Meta joining the #fediverse. To make sense of it all, I created a timeline of the major events, as well as sort out the different types of discourse people are having into different subjects.

In other news:
- over 15 threadiverse apps in development
- a research symposium on Mastodon
- fediverse magazine WeDistribute is back

@fediverse @fediversenews

Read it at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-the-fediverse-episode-24/

Last Week in the Fediverse – episode 24

An eventful week in the fediverse, filled with discourse and drama about Meta's new microblogging platform. A summary of events and a separation of the different topics that were talked about.

^{fediversereport.com}

Elon Space Karen has been dangerous for some time now but still we see people all over the #Twitter hanging from chandeliers and throwing feces.

#TwitterMigration #Mastodon #Fediverse

#Newstodon #FollowFriday #Fediverse

We are not a news organization but we promote good ones on Mastodon.

@msfreepress
@TexasObserver
@universalhub
@wausaupilot
@ProPublica
@coloradosun
@FAIR
@KyivIndependent

We appreciate them both because they are here, and because they exist.

Find more good news outlets in our #LocalJournalism Directory
https://www.mediaanddemocracyproject.org/journalism-directory

Local Journalism Directory | Media And Democracy

Investing a few dollars a week in local journalism can ultimately save you money while keeping you and your neighbors healthier and safer, because local journalism is invested in you.

^{Media And Democracy}

We, the moderation and administration of tech.lgbt, are signing the Anti-Meta Fedi Pact in fellowship with our peer communities. (https://vantaa.black/pact)

There is over a decade of precedent that Facebook will not have users' best interests as their guiding principle but rather profit margins, if it joins the Fediverse.

We at tech.lgbt have long held the belief that corporation owned instances are a threat to the core of the Fediverse: freedom for users to be themselves and to be a part of their communities. The 2010s saw the loss of online freedom when the majority of the Web was consolidated into a few destinations, and Facebook entering here could lead us back to centralization. Furthermore, NDAs for server admins will constrain our sovereignty online by binding us legally from disrupting their business.

We are not products. We are people, and we do not welcome Facebook in this space.

#meta #FediPact #facebook #project92 #mastodon #fediverse #FediBlockMeta #FediAdmin #p92 #MastoAdmin

#NewMusic #OutNow!

If you enjoyed my bubbly house track "Fediverse" about this very decentralised network that I submitted to #Fedivision2023, I'm excited to share that it's out now on #Bandcamp!!

- https://moule.bandcamp.com/track/fediverse

Also on #Spotify:

- https://open.spotify.com/track/0lcthJJao3RqxTsJpHsCUL

...& more platforms listed here!

🎶 - https://hyperfollow.com/moule/fediverse

#Fediverse #Fedivision #MOUL #MOULE #Music #EDM #ElectronicMusic #House #Artist #Artists #Art #Musodon #Music

Not ready and now another vector for queerphobic trolls to be able to spew their vile across other parts of the #fediverse

@fediversenews@venera.social

Holy shit. It's not just that the #Lemmy dev is a tankie, he's a LaRouche conspiracy-brain NazBol. Okay #fediverse tell me how this isn't as bad as Gleason's Soapbox and how you are separating art & artist because making them a Eugen-level BDFL just has to happen because of the #Reddit exodus.

https://raddle.me/f/lobby/155371/warning-lemmy-doesn-t-care-about-your-privacy-everything-is

Also, if you're looking for a queer-centered general use #lemmy server, maybe check out The Honey Hive?

https://honeyhive.social/

#reddit #lemmy #kbin #fediverse

People of the #fediverse, especially those creating various services, there are alternatives to HCAPTCHA when you ask people to create accounts or login. Despite HCAPTCHA's propaganda, HCAPTCHA is not truly accessible to #blind people. It requires us to give up our privacy if we choose the cookie option. The text alternative doesn't work most times. I just tried to sign up for a /kbin server at https://redit.buzz and wasted 30 mins on HCAPTCHA.

Please be #inclusive!

#accessibility

really enjoying the fact that #lemmy has listed an islamaphobic/queerphobic/xenophobic/ethnonationalist instance on their join-lemmy.org site (/s)

#MastIndia #Fediverse #islamaphobia #hindutva

Post keynote, I can report that I got multiple interesting questions about #Mastodon after my talk.

It’s great to watch the #fediverse grow & change & I hope we can keep welcoming new communities here. /2

For those that might be new to the #Fediverse and to #Mastodon in general, I've written a few tips and tricks to help you get started.

https://blog.allthingstech.social/tips-and-tricks-for-new-mastodon-users/

While this isn't a complete list, I feel it's a great place to get started and what can help you find good content and to help others find you and what you are interested in.

#MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #TipsAndTricks #NewUsers #FediTips #AllThingsTech #Blog

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This is an excellent report by @legoktm on @wikipedia ’s experience on the Fediverse.

Experiences and goals will vary for each organization of course, but there are a lot of interesting things in there that could be helpful to you too!✨

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/@Wikipedia/May_2023

#Wikipedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

@freakazoid @moparisthebest @msavoritias

something you are not addressing, why do we need encryption at all in the #Fediverse it's all currently #4opens and is very successful because of this - why do we need encrypted DM's that a current chat app cannot do?

Graze for Mastodon 1.4 is live!

#GrazeForMastodon

✨ Updated visual design and theme selection

🏞️ Expanded link previews

👓 Display image caption (alt text) below images

📂 Rearrange accounts order

🔔 Direct access and separated notifications and messages

🏠 Toolbar updates to show home and incompatible instance(s)

👋 “Follows You” indicator on remote profiles

🧠 Fixed logic for incorrect redirects (Calckey, TikTok, etc)

🏠 Mastodon logo on all instances points to active account home

⚙️ Configurable options and settings

Download at https://graze.jaredzimmerman.com

#feditips #mastodon #mastotips #fediverse #reboost #retoot #opengraph #a11y #themes #customization #calckey

HPC.social is a server for the High Performance Computing community and those in related fields:

https://mast.hpc.social

For more info see their About page at https://mast.hpc.social/about or contact their admin @admin

#FeaturedServer #HPC #HighPerformanceComputing #Supercomputing #Supercomputers #Computing #Computers #Research #Data #Science #ComputerScience #CompSci #Fediverse

HPC.social Mastodon

A Mastodon instance to support and encourage communication among the High Performance Computing community and those in related fields. Personal usage permitted. More community features at hpc.social

^{Mastodon hosted on mast.hpc.social}

My data visualization project that lets you explore your connections across the fediverse now supports:

- Mastodon
- Friendica
- Pleroma/Akkoma 🆕
- Misskey/Calckey 🆕

Try it here: https://data.stefanbohacek.dev/projects/fediverse

#dataviz #fediverse #mastodon #friendica #misskey #calckey #explore #data

#Instagram is now allowing people to comment with GIFs.

The Verge doesn't like this and bemoans the death of thoughtful analysis. I'm sorry... what?

When did Instagram ever have thoughtful analysis in the comment section? Most of the comments I ever got on Instagram were 🔥emoji, and "Looking good!"

Meanwhile, here on the #Fediverse, we've had GIF comments for ages, and the reputation we have is that we're all overly-serious folks!

Hey, #Calckey even allows you to make MFM animations!

I don't think GIFs have anything to do with how "thoughtful" and "analytical' a social media comment might be.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/17/23726812/instagram-gif-comments-reactions-reels
@socialmedianews@venera.social

Content warning: fedi meta Click to open/close

Well well well if it isn't cryptocurrency spam coming from the biggest, open instance on the #Fediverse. 👀

I wonder if this is at all related to challenges with moderating an instance of *checks notes* 200k active accounts? Or with moderating new accounts on the only instance actively promoted in the official apps?

Thankfully we can always defederate! What's that? It's the biggest instance so there are real concerns about a lot of people losing connections? Whodda thunk it!

This show has been blessed with some WONDERFUL guests over the years. Here's a complete list: https://www.linux4everyone.com/guests

But who do you want to hear from next? (If they're on the #Fediverse, tag them for me).

#Podcast #Linux #OpenSource

@Igor Warneck @👤 𝟳𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 ✅🖖🇨🇮🔒 Genau weil mastodon so murksig ist, verwenden wir es nicht.

Dieses #fediverse wird sich nicht an dich anpassen ... das musst du schon auch selbst gebacken kriegen. ;)

#fediverse we are going to have waves of #mainstreaming people coming into "our" #openweb counter currents, bringing a lot of non-native, unthinking blinded mess with them, they will push this mess over us as common sense then they will retreat back to #mainstreming and point at us covered in mess... "look these guys are covered in mess we can't work with them...

Yes this is bad behaver, ideas please?

@tchambers

I understand preventing harassment and dealing with content that's illegal, but the #fediverse is part of the #openweb. should we also be policing the truth of what people put up on their own websites? Instances must have their own standards but a social web where it's hard to post unpopular perspectives and have the potential to reach a wide audience (via strict content policing and fediblocks) will be very bad for democracy.

The only two design choices available aren’t “funnel everyone to mastodon.social” or “present a list of thousands of servers.” The default button could automatically round-robin a large list of servers that are known to be run by good actors. This is a solved problem. The solution is not being used, in this case, because, clearly, mastodon.social does want to grow.

#design #decentralisation #mastodon #fediverse #falseDichotomy

We need responsible people to STOP pushing only #Mastodon as this is not helping, just look at the SPAM currently spewing from this process. With this mess we are building a codebase and an instance that are "too big to fail" this is absurdly stupid and not needed.

Please link and talk about the #openweb or the #fediverse to start to compost the mess you are making, thanks.