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Flipboard Brings Local News to the Fediverse
about.flipboard.com Flipboard Brings Local News to the Fediverse - FlipboardAs part of our commitment to local news, Flipboard is bringing 63 regional and community titles to the fediverse.
Next step would be realtime updates from journalists on breaking news.
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Lots of dead Lemmy/Kbin domains have CNAME records pointing to the same domain parking company
publication croisée depuis : https://lemmy.pierre-couy.fr/post/584644
> While monitoring my Pi-Hole logs today, I noticed a bunch of queries for
XXXXXX.bodis.com
, where XXXXXX are numbers. I saw a few variations for the numbers, each one being queried several times. > > Digging further, I found out these queries were caused by CNAME records on domains that look like they used to point to Lemmy/Kbin instances. > > From what I understand, domain owners can register a CNAME record toXXXXXX.bodis.com
and earn some money from the traffic it receives. I guess that each number variation is a domain owner ID in Bodis' database. I saw between 5 to 10 different number variations, each one being pointed to by a bunch of old Lemmy domains. > > This probably means that among actors who snatch expired domains, several of them have taken a specific interest with expired domains of old Lemmy instances. Another hypothesis is that there were a lot of domains registered for hosting Lemmy during the Reddit API debacle (about 1 year ago), which started expiring recently. > > Are there any other instance admins who noticed the same thing ? Is any of my two hypothesis more plausible than the other ? Should we worry about this trend ? > > Anyway, I hope this at least serves as a reminder to not let our domains expire ;) - wedistribute.org NeoDB is a Review System for Culture
NeoDB is a review system with some remarkable tricks up its sleeve, and may provide a way forward for decentralized content discovery.
Today, we sat down and reviewed NeoDB, a Fediverse review system that lets you track books, movies, music, tv shows, games, podcasts, and more. There's some really incredible ideas beneath the surface.
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Who can follow who in the Fediverse
I tried to make a simple list indicating which kind of profile is followable from each other type of fedi social network.
As it isn't complete you can give suggestion, thank you!!
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I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
A large percentage of threads I've created or participated in have been deleted. Worse is that when visiting the URL everything is completely gone.
This is much more drastic when compared with Reddit thread deletions, where the thread is there and so is the discussion. And the creator of the thread has access to their content.
The Lemmy method discourages people from participating in threads and creating high-quality content, much more so than the Reddit method.
A bunch of lively and useful discussions on Lemmy have completely disappeared. And it makes it seem like a waste of time to even contribute content here.
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EDIT: I see that the "fediverse" link for posts has been removed. I posted this to lemmy.ml from a lemmy.world account and there's no way for me to get the lemmy.ml link now. And when I crosspost it it shows a lemmy.world link instead of the lemmy.ml one. I think this should be changed [back].
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PeerTube 6.2 is out!
joinpeertube.org PeerTube news | JoinPeerTubeDiscover the latest PeerTube news, the YouTube decentralized alternative developed by Framasoft.
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Does feddit.de work?
Does feddit.de work? ==========
Good morning everyone, we noticed that feddit.de has been unreachable since last night (server error). But how come I from Mastodon or Lemmy.ml can find some messages published this morning? Maybe the problem is only with the web server? While can you still connect via the app? Can anyone give me an explanation?
- wedistribute.org Privacy and Consent for Fediverse Developers: A Guide
Some people think that privacy, openness, and user consent are all at odds with one another. Here's a guide on how to navigate all three as a developer.
Sometimes, developing a new app, platform, or concept for the #Fediverse can seem like a minefield. Here's some rules of thumb on how to maintain goodwill with the community, and ideas of how to do it.
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new sharkey instance now open: cyberpunk.gay
cyberpunk.gay is now open for registrations!!!
WHO ARE WE? we’re a scrappy little fresh-faced underdog instance of sharkey (a misskey fork). we have but one humbly stated mission: to put the PUNK back into cyberpunk on the fediverse
WHO AM I? i’m vanta. trans enby girl polyam lesbian gender terrorist, the fediverse’s favorite pirate radio DJ, DIY clothing auteur, and rogue wordsmith extraordinaire. i’ve been posting on fedi heavily since 2017
THREADS? not only is this instance a fedipact instance that has threads.net blocked, but… i’m the one who made the whole pact to begin with lmao
- wedistribute.org ActivityPods Releases Example App to Help Developers
The ActivityPods team released a new example app that's easy to get up and running, to help developers hit the ground running.
In an effort to better help prospective Fediverse developers understand Solid, the ActivityPods team has released an example app as a reference point for understanding how everything works under the hood.
- wedistribute.org Canvas 2024 is Live!
A beloved Lemmy event returns this year, and it's already off to a strong start! There's still plenty of time to participate, here's how.
And now, for some lighthearted fun: Canvas, the r/Place alternative for Lemmy, is back for its 72-hour collaborative art event, and this time, the whole Fediverse is invited!
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Is there any real or serious conversation or work around the idea of a feature-full social media browser?
Is there any real or serious conversation or work around the idea of a feature-full social media browser?
Basically something like a web browser but for “all the social media” along with useful organisation features too.
For locked down big social APIs, this makes less sense nowadays, but for open alt-social systems, \it is likely the most valuable promise of such systems\ that they can become like the web, reachable through an awesome all-in-one app.
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Ghost has open sourced their ActivityPub implementation
github.com GitHub - TryGhost/ActivityPub: A full-featured ActivityPub server for networked publishing with GhostA full-featured ActivityPub server for networked publishing with Ghost - TryGhost/ActivityPub
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A thought on "moderation bubbles"
A thought on "moderation bubbles"
A plurality of contentiously incompatible but independent moderation "spaces" ... is the only way in which the internet is good at digesting substantial and contentious topics.
\* conversations on the internet generally suck. \* On any contentious front, strong moderation can run the risk of "echo chambers". \* For those willing to survey multiple "bubbles", an interconnected plurality provides a de facto dialectics.
Thus federation for the win!
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- www.theverge.com Mastodon rolls out built-in bylines for journalists in the fediverse
That includes The Verge.
I think this is a good incentive for Journalists to be more active on the fediverse.
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Following #lemmy communities from #mastodon has gotten much better
Following #lemmy communities from #mastodon has gotten much better
Version 19.4 introduced automatic hashtag-ing (see https://lemmy.ml/post/16585416)
Posts get federated with a hashtag matching the community name.
The important bit is that comments to posts \don't\ get the tags.
Which means you can follow the corresponding tag on mastodon and get a feed only of posts.
EG: #asklemmy
If you're starting a community, giving it a unique enough name could help prevent overlap too.
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New Feature to Highlight journalism on Mastodon
blog.joinmastodon.org Highlighting journalism on MastodonToday we're launching a new feature that will highlight writers and journalists that are active on the fediverse when their their articles are being shared.
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Reddit just isn't how it used to be.
I left reddit on june 12th last year in protest of spez's decision to change the reddit api from being free as in free beer to an unbelievably expensive cost. That same day, I joined lemmy on a now abandoned account.
At first, I had a hard time adapting to lemmy's significantly smaller community, but I got used to it and learned to embrace it. However, recently I started missing reddit a lot more, and after some consideration, made an account on the (demonic) website.
But I don't think it felt the same way as before, sure, there was more posts, but they lacked a heart and soul, they were all so generic, as if it lost it's spark.
Has anyone else that's been on there noticed anything similar??
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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/13769067
> I posted a few months ago asking if there would be any desire for such a social platform, on which I had a lot of wonderful feedback from you guys. So I thought I'd write this post to let anyone that's interested know that it is being built, and you're welcome to lend a hand!
As this is a cross post, I should also point out that I got some great feedback from this community too!
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shields.io badge for Mbin (and maybe kbin)
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/13760290
> You can now create shields.io subscriber badges for Mbin! > > Example: > !Mbin > > You've been able to do this on Lemmy for ages. It should also work on kbin as long as it has been updated enough to include the API. >
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Hollo: Federated single-user microblogging software
github.com GitHub - dahlia/hollo: Federated single-user microblogging softwareFederated single-user microblogging software. Contribute to dahlia/hollo development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Hatsu v0.2: Improved RSS compatibility, receive likes & reposts, new comment component
github.com Release v0.2.1 · importantimport/hatsuWhat's Changed refactor(tracing)!: rename HATSU_LOG_LEVEL to HATSU_LOG by @kwaa in #42 feat: new generate_204 api by @kwaa in #44 refactor: use flake instead of devbox by @kwaa in #45 refactor(fla...
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/21064022
> Hello, Hatsu is a self-hosted Fediverse bridge for static websites. > > I recently released version 0.2 with the following features: > > Improved RSS compatibility > > RSS compatibility was terrible at 0.1.x due to some bugs - should now work with most valid Atom / RSS feeds. > > Receive likes & reposts > > Hatsu now receives likes and retweets for local posts and outputs them via a mastodon-compatible API. > > New comment component > > KKna is a new comment component (also written by me) that has Hatsu preset that automatically infer URL. > > You can check the integration instructions in the documentation: > > https://hatsu.cli.rs/users/backfeed-based-on-kkna.html > > (It's still unstable) > > Nix Package > > Are you using NixOS / Nix? I am, so I packaged it into NUR and Nixpkgs. > > There is no documentation on this at the moment, I will update it later.
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Lemmy and my Switch to PieFed
TLDR: The main reason was Lemmy hogging server resources.
Last year, during the Reddit 2023 API controversy I finally deleted my account and moved on to Lemmy. Here’s a look at my experiences and why I eventually decided to switch to PieFed.
- wedistribute.org Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts
A social network founded by a former OpenAI employee was caught importing public posts from Mastodon...and ran AI analysis to add tags to them.
Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.
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fediverse platform for a schools community network
I am looking to host a fediverse platform for a community of non-tech people. These people use mostly ig and some still fb. These people are from a network of schools which are ideologically aligned with libre software and decentralisation. It will include adults and also teenagers, who mostly use IG. This is part of a plan of a massive migration to ethical platforms. I am trying to choose the fittest fediverse solution to these, also considering that I am not sure how much my home server will be capable of sustaining, so the platform should ideally be as lightweight as possible. I am considering mastodon, pixelfed, misskey and sharkey, and some people have suggested akkoma.
What would you recommend? Thanks!!
- wedistribute.org IFTAS Launches Moderator Resource Portal
The dedicated Trust and Safety organization launched their community platform for moderation support last week. Here's what it does.
IFTAS, the Trust and Safety organization for the #Fediverse, launched a new community portal full of guides, resources, discussion groups, and tools for community moderators and instance admins. We take a look at what it does.
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dansup: "An open source/self hosted and federated Tik-Tok …" - Mastodon
mastodon.social dansup (@[email protected])An open source/self hosted and federated Tik-Tok alternative, made by @pixelfed has just successfully tested federation! https://loops.video If you applied to join, expect an invite within the next week! ✨ (We will be open sourcing the mobile app and backend later this summer) #loops #pixelfed #...
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Reminiscing about the "Reddit migration"
Seeing more "cake days" pop up lately, it seems we're approaching (or in) the 1 yr anniversary of the Reddit migration.
It's kinda sweet actually that we all get this reminder of it with the pickup in "cakedays".
It reminds of my seeing the wave happen. I was on lemmy before the migration (not a flex, I joined mastodon in the twitter migration and explored the other fediverse platforms around looking for a reddit/forum alternative) ... and followed a bunch of communities over on my mastodon account. Early last year many of these communities were fairly quiet (or at least quieter than now) and so I didn't really see any of them in my mastodon feed. I'd actually forgotten that I'd followed them. I'd heard word about the API stuff over on Reddit, but I knew something was happening when I started seeing more and more posts in my masto feed that confused me ... it wasn't clear where they were coming from. Double checking I'd see that they came from lemmy communities I'd forgotten about ... and I realised I was seeing lemmy literally come alive!
All these cakedays are kinda the same thing ... a sort of internet equivalent of a weather event or season.
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Federated Blogging Platforms
Just trying to check and make sure I never missed any. Is it just writefreely and plume right now?
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By sunsetting Section 230, Congress could be about to break the internet as we know it
fortune.com By sunsetting Section 230, Congress could be about to break the internet as we know it'The 26 words that created the internet' as we know it could soon be erased, warns the Consumer Technology Association.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/17713203
> “Backed by two powerful house leaders, the proposed “Legislative Proposal to Sunset Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act” would eliminate the protections granted to internet platform providers under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. “
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dansup: "Pixelfed Discovery is about to get supercharged! …" - Mastodon
mastodon.social dansup (@[email protected])Pixelfed Discovery is about to get supercharged! Install a new server, and it will fetch trending posts and accounts, populate hashtags and synchronize followers/following lists and counts using our new service! Already have a server? Opt-in to many discovery feeds, profile and hashtag suggestions...
> Pixelfed Discovery is about to get supercharged! > > Install a new server, and it will fetch trending posts and accounts, populate hashtags and synchronize followers/following lists and counts using our new service! > > Already have a server? Opt-in to many discovery feeds, profile and hashtag suggestions and comment/avatar backfilling with fine grained config settings. > > We’re also improving hashtag federation and public/guest access, enabling non-users to browse trending posts and hashtags! > > 🧭 🚀 ✨
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dansup: "Still working hard to ship Groups this weekend! …" - Mastodon
mastodon.social dansup (@[email protected])Attached: 1 image Still working hard to ship Groups this weekend! Can't wait 😎 #pixelfed #groups #activityPub #fediverse #lemmy
Looks like PixelFed Groups are coming along nicely.
- fediversereport.com What is Farcaster, and why did it raise 150M USD?
Farcaster, a crypto-based decentralised social networking protocol hit the news this week, by raising an eye watering 150 million USD, with a valuation of 1 billion USD, all the while sporting around 80K daily active users. For context, Bluesky has around 300k daily active users. The news raises a f...
I take a deep dive into crypto-based social network Farcaster, aka Torment-Nexus-on-the-blockchain.
I think that crypto/web3 is mostly really dumb and bad, but I also do think that what happens on other decentralised social networks is relevant to understand the fediverse. The different protocols influence each other and I dont think they should be understood in isolation. That is why I wanted to have a better understanding of what Farcaster is, and why a16z wanted to spend so much money on it.
- mull.net Single-user Mastodon Instance is a Bad Idea
If you're thinking about setting up your own single-user Mastodon instance, I urge you not to do it. The user experience is so broken that it's baffling that anyone would find it acceptable.
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Iceshrimp: A #csharp fediverse platform
Iceshrimp: A #csharp fediverse platform
Was just told (by @Subversivo ) about this: https://iceshrimp.dev/iceshrimp/iceshrimp.net
\#Iceshrimp are rewriting the whole thing (a JS/Node #misskey / #firefish fork) in C# with Blazor for the frontend.
Cool to see. Should handle the performance issues that have plagued the \*key forks and maybe provide a new general branch of fediverse platform.
What lang/stack isn't represented on the fediverse now? C++, Kotlin?
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Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?
Time for an ICQ for the Fediverse?
Looks like ICQ is finally shutting down, just as interest in retro internet tools is growing.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/25/24164579/icq-shut-down-june
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Just 2 more tables, come on. | ghost
> https://social.coop/@shauna/112503558995533544 > If you want to follow along with Ghost's attempts to implement ActivityPub they are surprisingly hilarious