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RFC 9518: Centralization, Decentralization, and Internet Standards (www.rfc-editor.org)

The State of Events... as we wind down 2023 (neenster.org)

Recent progress in the world of event management systems and interoperation between the vast expanse of instances and platforms in the Fediverse looks really promising in the coming new year - so much has been accomplished!

Friendica (open source facebook alternative) releases version 2023.12 with the ability to curate feeds and more (github.com)

Embrace, Extend, Enforce (ƎƎƎ): A practical Strategy against potentially abusive Instances like Meta’s Threads (fungiverse.wordpress.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/12225991...

Could we use this sorting algorithm on Lemmy? (linklonk.com)

I found this link aggregator that someone made for a personal project and they had an exciting idea for a sorting algorithm whose basic principle is the following:...

The (annotated) case for a "big fedi" (privacy.thenexus.today)

A response to Evan Prodromou’s “Big Fedi, Small Fedi”

Authorized Fetch Circumvented by Alt-Right Developers (wedistribute.org)

Authorized Fetch (also referred to as Secure Mode in Mastodon) was recently circumvented by a stupidly easy solution: just sign your fetch requests with some other domain name.

Lemmy MAUs climbing back up! You love to see it. (lemmy.zip)

PSA: the federation problem is still present in Lemmy 0.19.1, the GitHub issue has been reopened (github.com)

Untangling Threads | Erin Kissane (erinkissane.com)

This is by far the most comprehensive analysis of the Threads situation that I have seen. I recommend giving it a read.

Meta’s Broken Promises - Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org)

Getting Tangled Up in Threads (wedistribute.org)

The Fediverse is currently divided over whether or not to block Threads. Here are some of the things people are worried about, some opportunities that might come from it, and what we need to do to prepare.

Embrace, Extend, and Exploit: Meta's plan for ActivityPub, Mastodon and the fediverse (privacy.thenexus.today)

What’s Meta up to?...

2023 in social media: the case for the fediverse (www.theverge.com)

Flipboard Starts a PeerTube Instance (slrpnk.net)

Links:...

A take on an "ideal" fediverse (kbin.social)

For-profit tech companies like #Threads and #Flipboard are beginning to implement #ActivityPub, and that's been causing a lot of chaos lately. Thus, I've found it helpful to take a step back, consider what it is about the fediverse that I value, and think about whether federation with these large platforms will bring us closer...

Has anyone looked at codifying community control of communities before? (communityrule.info)

Hello all, I am just curious if anyone has taken a tool like community rule to define how their instance or community control is handled? Even more so if there has been any effort to make the actual decision-making actionable by the system.

Flipboard becomes a federated app with support for ActivityPub | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)

Puffco peak pro (angies.boutique)

Puffco Peak Pro Chamber, an essential accessory designed for reliable and controlled concentrate usage. This chamber boasts a ceramic bowl equipped with an intuitive temperature sensor, ensuring consistency in every session....

A new Type of Mastodon Signup that gives people a sense of Agency (fungiverse.wordpress.com)

TL;DR: The current Mastodon-signup is only removing the confusion of users on first glance, because it either hides the server-choice altogether, or leaves them with a choice that is impossible to make at this point of their Mastodon-journey. Instead, it should introduce them to decentrality on a lower scale, with a handful of...

Discourse can now integrate with the Fediverse through ActivityPub Plugin (meta.discourse.org)

Dear server admins, please defederate threads.net. Dear users, ask your server admin to defederate threads.net. (mstdn.social)

Meta just announced that they are trying to integrate Threads with ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, etc.). We need to defederate them if we want to avoid them pushing their crap into fediverse....