Oliphant: Curated Blocklists for Admins (interview) (wedistribute.org)
We sat down and chatted with Shawn Grigson from Oliphant, who gave us a fascinating and detailed view of what crowdsourced community moderation looks like....
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TechCrunch - Bluesky and Mastodon users are having a fight that could shape the next generation of social media (techcrunch.com)
As decentralized social networks become more popular, the way different protocols interact could set the stage for the future of the web.
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“made some more tongue-in-cheek ha-ha no-seriously images to help you manage replies in lieu of affordances to help you manage replies” (lemmy.ml)
dan.mastohon.com/...
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📣 This is a callout proposing a working group to improve Article interop in Mastodon, and across fediverse servers & apps (lemmy.ml)
I posted a callout earlier this week, and originally planned to use Guppe Groups....
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Tear Down Walls, and Build Bridges (wedistribute.org)
Bridgy Fed made a splash earlier this week by announcing its latest progress in connecting the Fediverse to Bluesky and Nostr. Sadly, not everyone was welcoming.
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Bonfire Offers Framework for Next-Gen Fediverse Platforms (wedistribute.org)
We recently chatted with two of the devs involved with Bonfire. Honestly, they have some really amazing ideas about building a modular Fediverse platform that developers can build on for their own apps.
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An Introduction to Conversation Containers (fediversity.site)
A conversation is a collection of messages with a common context. The ActivityStreams specifications define both collections and contexts, but very little guidance is provided on how to use them effectively. This document specifies an Acti
results are now live - 2023 Instance Census for lemmy.ca
At the end of 2023, we ran a census on lemmy.ca. Analyzing the data took a little longer than I thought it would, but the results are now available!...
Are there any localized Fediverse Apps?
In Germany there’s an app called “Jodel”, which is essentially like a localized reddit/lemmy. That means, you only see posts from people near you (the default is something like 10km, I think)....
FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol (socialhub.activitypub.rocks)
This is the proposed FEP-61cf: The OpenWebAuth Protocol. OpenWebAuth is the “single sign-on” mechanism used by Hubzilla, (streams) and other related projects. It allows a browser-based user to log in to services across the Fediverse using a single identity. Once logged in, they can be recognised by other...
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Takahē 0.11 released (docs.jointakahe.org)
The Fediverse, explained - The Verge (www.theverge.com)
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Bluesky opens to public registration (bsky.social)
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Last Week in Fediverse – ep 54 (fediversereport.com)
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NodeBB Update on Activitypub Development (community.nodebb.org)
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Prismic: A federated social VR sandbox using ActivityPub. (codeberg.org)
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Seppo: Personal Social Web (seppo.social)
#Seppo empowers you to publish short texts (and images yet to come) and to network in the Social Web. By renting commodity web space and dropping a single file. Without being subject to terms and conditions. Without having to fret about small print or tech lore. And without the need for an IT-consultant. But rather having a...
Introducing Incremental Social, a community for both players and developers of incremental games! (incremental.social)
Howdy! I'm thepaperpilot, and for the past few months I've been working on something I think the internet doesn’t have enough of right now—a comfy, human-first social media space without ads or corporate interference....
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MetaFilter was/is a pioneer in noncorporate social media. Lessons might be taken from them, especially w/r/t moderation (faq.metafilter.com)
MetaFilter is a 21 year old noncorporate social media community that has taken its culture and moderation very seriously. Scanning the questions of their FAQ is probably the quickest way to look for anything that might be worth consideration....
A new internet is forming (& Meta wants to control it) (yewtu.be)
A federated internet is forming. It’s built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.
Mastodon security update: every version prior to today's is vulnerable to remote user impersonation and takeover (github.com)
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Decentered S1E3: Ryan Barrett Has a Bridge to Sell Us (wedistribute.org)
For our third episode of Decentered, we talked to Ryan Barrett, the creator of Bridgy Fed! Ryan has a lot of experience in working with a variety of decentralized social web protocols, including IndieWeb, ActivityPub, AT Protocol, and Nostr, and has a lot of interesting thoughts on making them talk to each other.
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Proposal for GitLab to support ActivityPub (docs.gitlab.com)
cross-posted from: dormi.zone/post/1250988...
The a.gup.pe Mastodon groups now federate into Lemmy
I’m happy to announce that the a.gup.pe Mastodon groups now federate into Lemmy. Previously they were just empty communities, but now they’re being filled with content. Fantastic news....