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The excellent @dansup (creator of @pixelfed) also maintains two very useful Fediverse tools:

➡️ https://fedidb.org - A dashboard for the Fediverse, with details of how server types and specific servers are growing.

➡️ https://fediverse.info/explore/people - An opt-in directory of people on the Fediverse sorted by keyword. You can add yourself to the directory by including special hashtags in your profile.

If you've used them before, take another look as they've both just been revamped.

#Fediverse


it's not, but people keep pushing it in... #diaspora is from the #encryptionists agenda where the #Fediverse is #4opens

Mess and composting comes to mind.


#fediverse alive servers stats

servers: 21,593 (+19, max: 21,646)
users: 9,056,397 (-75,733, max: 9,151,340)
MAU: 1,474,663 (-2,634, max: 2,444,236

top five projects (users / MAU / servers):

<img class=" title=":mastodon:"/> 7,498,366 / 1,375,084 / 12,384
😛eertube: 297,236 / 24,773 / 1,251
<img class=" title=":pleroma:"/> 142,473 / 16,662 / 1,354
<img class=" title=":pixelfeed:"/> 170,269 / 14,796 / 442
:fedibird: 29,873 / 11,291 / 3


@fediverse @fediversenews Let's Get OPB on the Fediverse!

Oregon Public Broadcasting is no longer active on Twitter as of April 13, 2023.

https://www.opb.org/pressroom/opb-statement-our-activity-on-twitter/

Let's get them on the fediverse! Use this form to tell them why they should take part in a social media space which is freedom-respecting and federated. You should especially contact them if you're in #Portland , #Eugene , or anywhere else in #Oregon

#fediverse #journalism #news


There's a lot of great explanation sites about the fediverse and its various communities, and I wanted to take a stab at this myself.

https://jointhefediverse.net

The site (very much work in progress) is aimed at a more casual audience. Let me know what you think!

#fediverse #SocialMedia #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #JoinTheFediverse


The is a #fediverse mess that needs some composting https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/a-place-to-talk-about-spreadmastodon-org-and-wider-issues-that-this-brings-up/3130 #FOSS #feudalism and petition the king though his favourites on github.


A nice post from our apologizing #fashernistas on the mess we need to compost in the #Fediverse and wider #openweb reboot https://penworks.net/blog/billionaire-platform-society-and-you


(new blogpost) A time will shortly be upon us when we must decide, make a choice about how we might want our interweb to look and be in the near future and beyond. I think it boils down to a single catch-all choice: who owns the content and interactions of the Internet. ...

#fediverse #platformsociety #datasociety #socialmedia

https://penworks.net/blog/billionaire-platform-society-and-you


Spammers being spammers, they're currently creating the same accounts over multiple instances and mass follow people. A github issue has been opened to find a way to block such accounts.

#fediblock #fediverse

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/24647


While I'm not inherently against competing protocols, it's really hard to see BlueSky as anything other than an attempt to (a) keep the fediverse from succeeding, and (b) taking over a "growing market".

https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/110254051709008742

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/110254350154118534

#BlueSky #fediverse #OpenWeb


@feb Concerns raised about the http://SpreadMastodon.org project are that it may promote insincere or ineffective activism, promote the agenda of NGOs over the needs of communities, and potentially lead to the co-optation or watering down of the values and principles of the #openweb culture. It is important for the project to balance the potential damage with the good it can do through its outreach efforts, and for the wider #Fediverse to avoid relying too heavily on a single platform or instance.


Projects are all based on ideology- #BlueSkySocial is capitalism, monetization is a core priority, just like twitter they are leaving it out at the start as the usual #dotcons bait and switch.

The tech might be different, but the world view is #nothingnew in a bad way.

The #Fediverse is built on a different world-view which is why it is important, the tech in both cases is secondary.

"All code is ideology solidified into action – most contemporary code is capitalism"


The new #spreadmastodon project needs to balance the damage with the good it does with its outreach project.

The wider #Fediverse relying heavily on a single platform, mastodon or instance https://mastodon.social, can have negative consequences. Leading to a concentration of power and influence in the hands of a few individuals and entities. This can result in issues such as censorship, lack of innovation, and a loss of privacy for users.


Critical government communications can’t depend on walled gardens.

National Weather Service needs to join the #fediverse.

(Edit: Tell them at nws.social.media@noaa.gov. Thanks @alex for the tip!)

https://mashable.com/article/twitter-exemptions-nws-public-service-safety-weather-accounts


From esteemed writer Nadia Asparouhova on #substack #notes

> Alternatives that my peer circles are using:
>
> Mastodon = I saw someone describe this as “the types of people in the US who always threaten to move to Canada” and I’m not sure I could describe it more perfectly
> Farcaster = crypto
> Bluesky = postrats
> Notes = writers (?)

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In actuality the #fediverse folk stayed true to their word and are now happily residing in the digital equivalent of Canada!


The #fediverse is the home of modern internet counterculture. It's where people come to talk about the great entanglement of hypercapitalism, surveillance states, monopolization, unionization, mutualism and #opensource .

It's where we go to talk about how to get ourselves out of this monumental mess we're in; no shortcuts or temporary workarounds allowed this time.

https://blog.erlend.sh/people-on-the-fediverse


This was nearly 6 years ago, the #fediverse has come a long way. We have reached a mess stage, a good problem to have to fix 😀


How grassroots alts are ripped apart and die https://sheffield.indymedia.org.uk/2011/05/478827.html the is a long history to this problem we are seeing now with the #activertypub movement that built the #Fediverse good not to be blind to this mess making

#indymediaback #IMC #geekproblem #fahernistas


I posted about #CoSocialCaTechOps exploring using Fastly as a CDN to the new #Fediverse category of their developer community site https://community.fastly.com/t/cosocial-using-fastly-cdn-for-mastodon/96

Anyone else have good guides on CDN + Mastodon combos? I’m guessing tootctl media pruning features heavily.

Looking forward to discussions with the team! @jenn @haubles @simonwistow @anildash


Paktodon.asia is a server for the Global South, let's welcome them to the Fediverse!

:Fediverse: https://paktodon.asia

Official description: "Paktodon.Asia is the online public square for the Global South - a safe 'azad' mastodon server for ordinary citizens, students, and activists, to share, learn, grow, and collaborate in. Though we are all pakistani, Paktodon.Asia is open to friends from across the world!"

#FeaturedServer #Asia #GlobalSouth #Pakistan #Pakistani #Mastodon #Fediverse


Let 1000 funding models bloom the the Fediverse. Here is one, via @timbray:

"CoSocial is yet another #fediverse outpost...What’s different is that it’s Canadian, and a member-owned co-operative. Both of those matter to me, but the co-op part is the real story.

... $50/year and you’re a member/owner, with an account at cosocial.ca. There’ll never be ads. Nobody will ever get rich. A few people might make a living, down the road. You will never be the product."

https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2023/04/06/CoSocial


@Gargron
Eugen, please stop #hellthreading yourself, please?!

It's a total pain trying to hunt down your #serialized publishings all over the place in chronological order and in #context when you do that.

Just put your thought into #one_single_post like everyone else or wait until you're sure you've finished what you have to say before clicking on the #publish button, okay? Pretty please?

#tallship #Fediverse #ActivityPub #comprehension #netiquette



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@peepstein
Really Eugen?

Your interview with Time Magazine notwithstanding?

That was IMO, a grave error on your part - conflating mastodon with #Fediverse and without one single utterance of the word "Fediverse" throughout.

It served to cause much of this confusion on the part of n00bs and as a result, now jeopardizes your trademark.

Fact: There's no such thing as a mastodon network. Only the #ActivityPub powered Fediverse



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The #OGB shaping of the "body" comes from a long history/experience of horizontal activism, where "those who do the work have more say." https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Do-ocracy

The #OGB pushes that the bulk of the voice comes from those who run the #Fediverse, the people who run/support the instances. The people who build the tools also get a say, as do support orgs and events, and the users who will be spread widely get a say, but their power is diluted by the much larger numbers involved.


I am able to like posts about and follow Owncast streams (Twitch for fediverse). And it shows up in the stream chat! This is the coolest thing! ty @gttradio #owncast #fediverse


Interesting revelation from #gargron in recent interview on server choices for newcomers (https://www.theverge.com/23658648/mastodon-ceo-twitter-interview-elon-musk-twitter)

“However, I think that possibly going forward, we might rework the onboarding user experience into **presenting a default option as well as an advanced option, where all that stuff with choosing a server would basically be hidden away from the people who get intimidated by choice**.”

@fediversenews @hosting #fediverse


A win for Mastodon and journalism: The successful campaign to stave off closure of the @TexasObserver got a boost from the magazine’s fan base in the #fediverse. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/29/texas-observer-closing-gofundme?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other


“Among the unexpected sources of support for the magazine was the #fediverse—the collection of decentralized Mastodon servers that soared in popularity following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter. Many comments on the GoFundMe page mention that the donors learned about the Observer through #Mastodon—where the Texas Observer was one of the first journalistic outlets to set up its own server, @jamescanup said.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/29/texas-observer-closing-gofundme via Guardian

#TexasNeedsAnObserver #mastodon #journalism


The HUGE influx of #mainstreaming people are going to be bringing a lot of what for us #openweb natives is easy to see as prat'ish behaver to the #Fediverse. Let's keep this polite and try hand holding before biting 😀


If you want people's advice about any topic, type your question and tag it with #AskFedi, which is kind of like a bat signal for advice on the Fediverse 🦇

If you want a post to be shared, try adding "Boosts appreciated!". Some servers may even have an emoji for this such as :boost_ok:

By the way, remember that if you want your post shared publicly you have to give it a Public or Unlisted visibility setting. (More info about post visibility settings here: https://fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts-in-mastodon-how-do-i-send-dms-in-mastodon/)

#Fediverse


#fediforum We need to think about damage and good netiquette, all #Fediverse codebases are open-source.

People using and bring in codebases that are #closedsource are not "native" to the #fedivers. There will be STRONG social backlash about people who bring in closed source into the #openweb path.

NOTE am not pushing this problem, It's what is here in the space, have a blog on this subject http://hamishcampbell.com


Would you like to see support for a specific library, developer tool or any other critical open source component?

Yep.
The thing you announced this through: #ActivityPub and the #Fediverse 😀

The Fediverse is probably the most critical infrastructure to save democracy.
ActivityPub is the world’s leading federated social web standard.
A large community had given their last shirts to make it happen. It feels like a locomotive which is pulled by sewing thread.
Co-organised some Confs
https://redaktor.me/#home
The next Community meeting is Mar 29 virtually.

PS: Please all, see also https://www.publicmediaalliance.org/public-broadcasters-create-public-spaces-incubator/


#SocialHub is a community-driven space that seeks to promote #activertypub, working with new models of governance and organization that empower communities. It is part of the larger #fediverse, which is a network of decentralized social media platforms that do not conform to traditional hierarchies and power structures.

http://hamishcampbell.com/2023/03/23/ogb-is-a-projects-that-grew-from-socialhub/


My presentation "Introduction to the Fediverse" is live on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-070DsToLTo

(updated link)

(and yes, we're looking into Peertube in the future. Just not right now.)

#fediverse #presentation #mugorg


that's true, mastodon is feudalism and has its own robes and crown. The #Fediverse needs to pull it into the more democratic fold, this is done by doing better on our part, the king of mastodon is very unlike to move without a bit of carrot and stick on the rest of the codebase. This is exactly the problem we are solving with #OMN projects, have been dealing with this mess for a long time 😀

#nothingnew


Well I would say we need a unified communication network base on #4opens, and surprisingly we already have this, the #fediverse so #nothingnew comes to mind agen, I only half joke.

Yes, the #dotcons mad a mess over the last 20 years, and nobody who was in their right minds would not push the word together and add the hash ;)

Its basic.

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