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This IEEE piece on the rise of #Mastodon & expanding #Fediverse with thoughtful observations from @tchambers is worth a read.

Decentralized Social Media Rises as #Twitter Melts Down: https://spectrum.ieee.org/mastodon-social-media

I’m delighted to see the Rachel Carson post included & I hope it inspires more folks to learn about her legacy.
(h/t @paulvg)


Hello #fediverse

Let's make this first toot count...

Check out our revamped documentation 😎 : https://docs.easybuild.io

8th EasyBuild User Meeting 🥰 , 24-26 April 2023: https://easybuild.io/eum23 - register if you plan to attend (physically or virtually).

6th EasyBuild User Survey 🧐, open until 31 March 2023: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/6th_easybuild_user_survey - let your voice as an EasyBuild user/contributor be heard!

#HPC #community


magic, would be good to have a more human-readable address, could this be done on #Fediverse codebases if so can ask here https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/


How should we organize https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/poll-socialhub-scope-and-purpose/2843/25?u=hamishcampbell in #mastodon, the #Fediverse and the #openweb in general?


#Help wanted: Could you please fill in and circulate (#retoot #reblog ) the following survey on #Mastodon and #fediverse ?

https://warwick.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9RnoyxctZUsWhWS?Source=Mastodon

This survey is part of a #research project led by @__nate__ and me and it is aimed at understanding the reasons that motivated people to using Mastodon, their expectations in doing so and their current experience using it.


The developer of #owncast (@gabek) is starting a project to document how all software in the #fediverse actually federates with each other. Check it out at https://fedidocs.org/about/

This should make it easier to understand how every software project actually interoperates!

@fediversenews

https://social.gabekangas.com/notice/ATWTqMHBpRQm8yF1e4


There's a tiny, but very significant change to the ActivityPub plugin for WordPress. Exciting times for blogging. 😀

https://wordpress.org/plugins/activitypub/

#WordPress #Fediverse


Watching @tchambers (and team) doing some super interesting and informative work on the growth of the #Fediverse and #Mastodon - this looks extremely interesting, and looks to become a quarterly update 👀 (also, if you're interested in this space, follow him!) https://indieweb.social/@tchambers/109993434359560479


New research from my team on the #TwitterMigration:

This is our first quarterly update analyzing which platforms are growing - esp #mastodon & #postnews. Includes new data on users posting, app downloads & more.

Get it here: ▶️ https://is.gd/EI1lOl

Any help boosting and sharing out this new work is very appreciated!



Working on a draft #4opens review of the proposed video conf app, it's not "native". Of course not policing what people use rather outlining good/traditional practice https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/4opens/issues/13 My thinking you would be better off using #BBB as this is a gold #4opens app and a good tradition of organizing events for the #Fediverse using this tools so win/win 😀


Content warning: Long thread/3


The #OGB project, stands for Open Governance Body. It is an initiative to create a governance body for the #fediverse, a network of decentralized social platforms that use the ActivityPub protocol.

https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody

Explains the motivation, vision and goals of the #OGB, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities it faces. Please feedback.


With the #mainstreaming influx, the is increasing #openweb events run on #dotcons platforms, for example https://qiqochat.com/about

In the #Fediverse we have a good history of using #BBB https://bigbluebutton.org/ as it is native, not alien to WHY and HOW we do things. Can understand coming in from the #fahernista and #NGO agenda is a learning curve, good to try to be native to the space you would like to be a part of. Welcome.


This #openweb event is being run on a #dotcons platform https://qiqochat.com/about

In the #Fediverse we have a good history of using #BBB https://bigbluebutton.org/ as is native, not alien to WHY and HOW we do things. Can understand coming in from the #fahernista and #NGO agenda is a learning curve, good to try to be native to the space you would like to be a part of. Welcome.


The Netherlands is doing a pilot program to supply #fediverse accounts for all Dutch university students! :fediverse:
https://www.surf.nl/en/about-the-mastodon-pilot
via @n1ckfg


"The Fediverse is Already Dead": Thoughts on the present and future of Mastodon, ActivityPub, and federated social media in general.

https://nora.codes/post/the-fediverse-is-already-dead/

[ #meta #fedimeta #fediverse #socialarchipelago ]


There are three kinds of timelines on here:

Home - Main timeline, shows all posts by accounts you follow, plus posts which include hashtags you follow

Local - Shows all public posts by all accounts on your server

Federated - Shows all public posts by all accounts that your server has noticed

On the official Mastodon app, Local is called "Community", click the magnifying glass 🔍 to see it.

Click here for practical tips on using timelines:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/what-are-the-local-federated-home-timelines-how-do-i-stop-them-scrolling-too-quickly

#Fediverse #Mastodon


I’m lucky in my work to see firsthand the impact of what we do on systems and the people that run them.

We’re supporting @Mastodon through #FastForward because @Gargron, @renchap, and the entire #Mastodon team are doing important work and we want to help them scale it with integrity.

Well and it’s pretty neat to have a front-row seat (walk-on part?) to the revolution 😎 #TheFutureIsFederated

https://dev.to/fastly/welcome-mastodon-to-fast-forward-11g4 #ActivityPub #fediverse #OpenSource


Nature has just put out correspondence that calls for scholarly institutes to join the #fediverse, and start their own #mastodon instances.

Together with that, the writers put out a longer article, 'Mastodon over Mammon', that explains the argument in greater detail, and is worth reading.

Great work by @brembs et al, which points to the core issue: the private ownership of public commons.

Full version:
https://zenodo.org/record/7652771
Nature Correspondence:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00486-3


This type of #Fediverse user-experience (#UX) problem could be solved in different ways.

https://fosstodon.org/@nilesh/109851175275358099


#DecentSocial my prospective. https://decentsocial.net/ this #openweb event, the feeling that 90% of the talking was about things that had been talked about way too much before and obviously did not matter for what needs to be #fediverse focus/done now. So strong noise to signal at this event.

This is kinda normal, obviously need good faith to mediate.

#academics #fahernistas #NGO #geekproblem need balance.

Who is up for helping bridge building in the next session in an hour or so 😀


#OMN Talking about practical working grassroots "governance"

#DecentSocial we would like to be part of the crew running a session on https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody

Outlining this #openweb #fediverse native #OGB project people have been working on for the last few years.

It's reached programming stage, we have one dev and two experienced mentors, looking for a few committed #openweb coders of any skill level to build this not for profit project.


#DecentSocial happy to run a session about this project https://visionon.tv/w/jqTdss1qrdk4yEZiQsnMU3 The is a lot of renewed interest recently after the aborted tech dev and rollout due to covid last year. This is a historically working grassroots "news" project that is native to the #fediverse and #openweb


Nice to see replies, we really need to celebrate that a group of grassroots #4opens activist got the #EU to use #fediverse #openweb apps. This shows where the value comes from, good to link to this thanks

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/search?expanded=true&q=EU+workshop


Let's talk about engagement on the #fediverse:

The @EU_Commission
has 71k followers on #mastodon. They have 1.7 million followers on Twitter.

The same post got:
363 boosts on Mastodon
110 retweets on Twitter

So the same message got 3 times as many engagements on the #openweb

We really need to celebrate that a group of grassroots #4opens activists got the #EU to use #fediverse #openweb apps. This shows where the value comes from, good to link to this thanks

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/search?expanded=true&q=EU+workshop


Let's talk about engagement on the #fediverse:

The @EU_Commission has 71k followers on #mastodon. They have 1.7 million followers on Twitter.

This same post got:
363 boosts on Mastodon
110 retweets on Twitter

So the exact same message got 3 times as many engagement on mastodon, in absolute numbers. And that happened with only 4% of the follower count on Twitter!

Ya'll reaaaally love trains over here 🚆

Thanks for being here EC, and please give us more trains!


#DecentSocialTopics second session about this project https://visionon.tv/w/jqTdss1qrdk4yEZiQsnMU3 The is a lot of renewed interest recently after the aborted tech dev and rollout due to covid last year. This is a historically working grassroots "news" project that is native to the #fediverse and #openweb


#DecentSocialTopics If you are not focusing on worked though projects, then happy to talk about #openweb governance, media, news, archiving, EU outreach and #4opens approaches to the #fediverse and wider #openweb world.


#OMN Talking about practical working grassroots "governance"

#DecentSocialTopics we would like to run a session on https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody

Outlining this #openweb #fediverse native #OGB project people have been working on for the last few years.

It's reached programming stage, we have one dev and two experienced mentors, looking for a few committed #openweb coders of any skill level to build this not for profit project.


A post of the working of the #indymediaback "news" part of the #Fediverse project http://hamishcampbell.com/2023/02/06/talking-about-the-indymediaback-project/ you need to click past the non-working SSL error to read the post.


The link posted contains "&utm_medium=Twitter" which is obviously false here. I hope you don't use these metrics for anything, cause you might get the wrong impression that the #birdsite is still popular and nobody ever clicks your links from the #fediverse.
#BirdsiteMigration


Every time I talk about @Mastodon in one of my videos, I get comments telling me they couldn't figure out how to ue it, or that it's too complicated.

So, I mae a complete guide to #Mastodon: how to create an account, how to find people to follow, how to use it, and the general etiquette here!

(Of course, you all already know all of that, but now you have a reference guide you can share with people who struggle to join us here!)

#opensource #Linux #fediverse

https://youtu.be/1ypCRB_3Q_k


This is a great essay (and tool). I wanted to highlight one passage:

"All that's really necessary [to make an opt-in search index] is to create an ActivityPub instance and have users follow a specific account in order to opt-in. It even simplifies the system's architecture, because indexable content will get sent straight to the index instance, with no spiders required."

While you say this has been talked about before, *I* hadn't seen it so clearly expressed, so thanks!
#Fediverse #search


“The #fediverse is like #email.”

Yes.

Now read this and understand it:

“I have been self-hosting my email since I got my first broadband connection at home in 1999 … But my emails are just not delivered anymore. I might as well not have an email server.

Email is now an oligopoly, a service gatekept by a few big companies which does not follow the principles of net neutrality … I lost. We lost. One cannot reliably deploy independent email servers.“

https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly-has-won.html

Via @cancel


I got tired of forgetting where the #RSS / #Atom #feeds are on various #Fediverse platforms and having to track them down, so I started a list.

https://hyperborea.org/tech-tips/fediverse-feeds/

Currently covers *deep breath* #Mastodon, #Bookwyrm, #Funkwhale, #GoToSocial, #Lemmy, #Misskey & forks, #Pleroma & forks #PeerTube, #Pixelfed, #Plume, #Snac2, #Takahe, and #WriteFreely

*whew*

Feel free to let me know what I should add to the list (or any corrections I need to make) in a reply to this post!


Here’s @coachtony sharing more about what we’re up to with me.dm, why we’re excited about #Mastodon and the #fediverse, and what it will mean for #Medium writers and members.

https://blog.medium.com/medium-embraces-mastodon-19dcb873eb11

As @coachtony writes:

”Today, Medium is launching a Mastodon instance at me.dm to help our authors, publications and readers find a home in the fediverse. Mastodon is an emerging force for good in social media and we are excited to join this community."


They're also here on the #fediverse by the way @veloren although I'm still slightly cross at them for not announcing the release party more than 24 hours beforehand. I learned about it 4 hours after it happened. 😥


Attention fedizens, it has come to our attention that more trolls are causing a ruckus on the #fediverse. Beware of users who use acronyms like lgbtq/lgbtqia in posts or on their profiles.

LGBTQ/LGBTQIA stands for Let's Get Banned Today Quickly (by) Instance Admins, is used to refer to a group of trolls who like to block evade or "speedrun" getting defederated.

They will make inflammatory posts such as the one below to see how quickly they can get on #fediblock.

If you see any #lgbtqia individuals please block and federate safely.

#FediTips#MastoTips#Speedrun#Mastodon

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