Lemmy.world upgraded to 0.19.3 - expect a large increase in reported monthly active users in communities counters, as votes now count as activity
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/12525192...
Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity (wedistribute.org)
Rethinking Moderation: A Call for Trust Level Systems in the Fediverse
The current state of moderation across various online communities, especially on platforms like Reddit, has been a topic of much debate and dissatisfaction. Users have voiced concerns over issues such as moderator rudeness, abuse, bias, and a failure to adhere to their own guidelines. Moreover, many communities suffer from a...
Fediverse Developer Network | Announcement: Online meeting on March 7, 2024, focused on FediTest (fedidevs.org)
Hey all - Johannes Ernst and I are going to get the Fedidevs meetups going again, starting next Thursday March 7....
Update on SJW upgrade to v19.3 (sh.itjust.works)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/15086952...
Interview About Building Trust & Safety in Decentralized Systems (wedistribute.org)
Just wanted to share this interview we just put out with Jaz Michael-King, the guy that founded IFTAS. They’re doing some really wild stuff trying to wrangle in harassment, spam, objectionable content, and CSAM, and are looking to provide tooling for the Fediverse, as well as trauma resources and training for moderators....
Modernized, streamlined, and fediverse-friendly: OpenSource.org is fully migrated and ready to connect! (opensource.org)
Is there a meta-community for discussing ways to grow & manage Lemmy communities (not instances)?
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/24989007...
About federation with Threads: how is it possible that lemmy.world is federated? (lemmy.world)
Hi everyone, I’m one of the administrators of the Lemmy feddit.it instance - my nick is @[email protected]...
The perfect Lemmy app?
I know there are a ton of iOS apps for Lemmy. But what are they missing? What experiences would you like? It could be quality of life or big and ambitious features Many of you often have really good ideas and feedback, I’m looking forward to responses.
It's possible to talk about The Bad Space without being racist or anti-trans – but it's not as easy as it sounds (privacy.thenexus.today)
There’s another wave of discourse about The Bad Space on the microblogging side of the fediverse, so here’s my article from a couple of months ago....
Last Week in Fediverse - ep 57 - The Fediverse Report (fediversereport.com)
Threativore: An anti-spam automoderator for Lemmy (github.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/15112791...
How Does BlueSky Work? (steveklabnik.com)
Interesting post about BlueSky’s underlying federated protocol (AT Protocol)
Pixelfed is introducing Curated Onboarding: A Personal Touch to Community Building (pixelfed.blog)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/7026921...
Attempting to parse Authenticated Transfer Protocol, or Atproto
As Bluesky begins to open up more and more, it’s felt more pertinent to try to wrap my head around it. To help in this, I decided to write out my rough understanding of it from its documentation, in the hopes that it may help others and myself with any corrections from misunderstandings....
Does email (SMTP/POP3) count as a member of the fediverse?
i think it might in theory
Mastodon [and the Fediverse generally] Has A Serious SPAM Problem | Brodie Robertson (www.youtube.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/9006187...
Blocking AI crawlers on the fediverse (fedia.io)
Given how Reddit now makes money by selling its data to AI companies, I was wondering how the situation is for the fediverse. Typically you can block AI crawlers using robot.txt (Verge reported about it recently: https://www.theverge.com/24067997/robots-txt-ai-text-file-web-crawlers-spiders). But this only works per...
Early Access Federation for Self-Hosters | Bluesky (docs.bsky.app)
cross-posted from: discuss.online/post/5484255...
Opportunity to educate potential users about the fediverse
With the advent of Reddit going public and selling user data an opportunity has arisen. I still consume Reddit from time to time and noticed in the threads about these things that a lot of displeased users were there. But when they ask what alternatives there are, lemmy is barely mentioned at all. So if you’re still on there,...
What are the proposal to make the ActivityPub protocol better? (kbin.social)
I'm a fan of the Fediverse, but what are the major issues we faced right now because of the limitations of the #ActivityPub protocol? Recently, decentralize social networks are at their peak, big players are trying to be part of it, and is constantly in the news....
A brief guide to finding interesting people on Mastodon.
mastodon.online/...
Cyberbullying Gone Global: Fediverse Spam and Operation Beleaguer (blog.fyralabs.com)
A really interesting look at the recent spam wave.
Steps towards a safer fediverse (privacy.thenexus.today)
The good news is that there are some straightforward opportunities for significant short-term safety improvements. If fediverse funders, developers, businesses, and “influencers” start prioritizing investing in safety, the fediverse can turn what’s currently a big weakness into a huge strategic advantage....