@newyorktimes's veteran tech reporter John Markoff interviewed some of #TeamFediverse including @Gargron, @reckless1280 and our CEO @mike for a feature on the rise of decentralized social media. “It goes back to the original principles where the internet started out as decentralized,” Eugen Rochko told Markoff. Here's the full story [may be paywalled].

We're so excited to develop these conversations further at SXSW this weekend — check out the itinerary and sign up to join us at #FediverseHouse at the second link.

https://flip.it/NcjhLL

https://lu.ma/xbve5fa0

I'm finally unveiling the #ActivityPub project that has been consuming my weekends: Encyclia, an #ORCID bridge that will make ORCID records followable and interactable on the fediverse. 🙂

It's early-stage and the ORCID following function is not publicly available yet. We're seeking community feedback on functionality and safety aspects. Read more at https://encyclia.pub or follow @encyclia for news!

As a part of this socially-asocial #Fediverse network I would like to talk to you on the other side of the ocean.

I rarely write posts in #English and I only have very few followers that are not #Czech or #Slovakian, so I'm not sure if this ever reaches my target audience of this post - the #USA citizens.

I am seriously concerned about what is happening lately with your country, who was supposed to be (or was acting like) a #democracy beacon. Yet, somehow you managed to reach the point, where #president, who most of you (!) elected is felon, who pardons criminals and does pretty rude political statements to country, who is losing lives of it's citizens only because they have chosen the path of being a #free nation.

As a person from central #EU I must admit this is seriously hard to watch as I expected your society to be #freedom and #liberty friendly and yet I see your president fueling #propaganda from #Russia and bullying president of #Ukraine.

I do not think this is a great way to #StopWar - this is a way to lose it. I'm hell-of-a-sure that befriending pretty much dictator of #Russia while his propagandists talks about nuking Washington is not a good idea, but somehow your president believes it is.

Please reconsider and act, this is not funny and people are dying. Your voices need to be heard or somehow you might find out you live in country you never imagined...

Holy shit, the Fediverse is really getting on my nerves again. IT'S SO FULL OF PANIC AND FUD, HOLY SHIT.

And sadly, I have many people in my Timeline again who are boosting all these panic posts... "xyz has enshittified, it's so horrible!! I don't care what xyz actually says, I just read what I want to read and hey it's sooo bad for the FOSS community, isn't it?".

It's so annoying... PLEASE read the blog post that @finn and I have written...

https://steffo.blog/outrage-warps-reality/

Regarding Firefox: Sure, the change is sus. But do we factually know more? No? Just guesses? THEN DON'T SPREAD IT LIKE WILDFIRE! :drgn_scream_angry:

I heard from multiple people that the change might just be because the American Law System sucks and that it is required. (Other browsers like ungoogled-chromium have the same issue too, apparently.) I mean, the use could also just mean "hey, now Firefox is legally allowed to give the data you input in Firefox to the websites". Do you know what Mozilla plans? If not, then don't spread guesses like they're facts. Thank you.

We at Vivaldi are the only browser company with a Mastodon server. We have chosen to support the Fediverse in every way we can. We will continue to do so as we need options away from Big Tech.

https://social.vivaldi.net/

#Vivaldi @Vivaldi

@Gargron we need to create a world where people thrive and live full lives at peace with each other and nature wherever they are. Its not utopic, its a necessity for our survival.

And the #fediverse you are helping in its baby steps is an integral part of that journey. You are already an inspiration for many.

@mkljczk@fediverse.pl You do realise that there are no algorithms here in the #Fediverse so "engagement bait" isn't a thing here?

Important edit:
Meanwhile, the admin responded and clarified the situation. It was a configuration mistake. #antifa was auto blocked because of spam (if I got this correctly?) and #NoAfD basically for the same reason. The latter, however, wasn't resolved that fast because it has never been reported. Which is believable because it's super German specific.
https://floss.social/@admin/114041817627451631

Original:
@admin I'm sorry, what?!

@OddDev Thanks for reporting; this has been fixed.

There is a small number of hashtags that trended early in the history of the "trending hashtags", and not since then, that had a misconfiguration applied to them some years ago.

Because Mastodon has still not improved the trending hashtags admin feature since then, there are no admin tools to manage hashtags that aren't trending, so the only way we can (quickly) resolve this scenario is once they are discovered and reported.

Update: they’ve reportedly reinstated the #antifa hashtag. As well as #noAFD, which was, apparently, also blocked.

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Hey FLOSS.social, do you understand that “antifa” stands for “anti fascist?” Do you know what folks who are anti-anti fascist are? That’s right, they’re fascists.

While you’re at it, you might also want to look up what the “F” and the “L” in your name stand for.

If they don’t fix this ASAP, I’d recommend a swift #fediblock by any instance that isn’t fascist.

Important edit:
Meanwhile, the admin responded and clarified the situation. It was a configuration mistake. #antifa was auto blocked because of spam (if I got this correctly?) and #NoAfD basically for the same reason. The latter, however, wasn't resolved that fast because it has never been reported. Which is believable because it's super German specific.
https://floss.social/@admin/114041817627451631

Original:
@admin I'm sorry, what?!

#Fediverse #Mastodon #FLOSS #antifascism

I’m curious. This place has a very vocal anti-capitalist community, anytime moneys come up people shout about donations. When it comes to consent and Trust & Safety I’ve seen many people attack devs. Yet, when #Mastodon was asking for donations to fund a position it was largely crickets. #IFTAS has done great work and set out to be a great benefit to the #fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb yet they’re struggling to keep the lights on. How can that be? So many of you are always talking about donations so why are projects underfunded and servers shutting down due to lack of funding? Where are you passionate and vocal lot? https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/iftas-funding-crisis/

When I come across a long post in my feed, after a certain number of words it's cut off and, if I want to see the rest, I have to click Read More. Is this not the case for everybody?

I just saw someone complaining about the length of someone else's post and it got me wondering.

does a preview object have to have it's own unique ID: https://www.w3.org/TR/activitystreams-vocabulary/#dfn-preview ???

/cc @evan @trwnh @johnonolan

We're not only building Pixelfed, but also Loops, a TikTok alternative!

We need your support now more than ever, please spread the word about our Kickstarter!

The future is federated, and belongs to the people.

Boost if you agree ✨

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks?ref=1hx75e

Yesterday’s painting~ 💜🩵

Gouache and coloured pencil in my wonderful custom sketchbook by @syystuuli

My patrons already have access to the process pictures (all paid tiers), and next week Apprentices and above will get the full process video with commentary! ✨

You can sign up right here: http://patreon.com/lindenshieldarts

@DeGroene @BjornW
Over een poosje wordt Bluesky opgekocht door ElonM en opgetuigd met zijn algoritmes.
Misschien is het beter om op een gedecentraliseerd social medium over te stappen, iets binnen de #Fediverse wereld?

After a long silence, Tumblr confirms it is still planning to join the fediverse.

> The migration is still a work in progress, as we’ve previously detailed here, but we can say for sure that it will include support for WordPress’s existing ActivityPub plugins. We hope this comes as good news.

As someone who is totally blind, the Fediverse is the only place where I have ever been able to follow people such as photographers, artists, or even those who post pictures of their cats or the food they ate. The reason is that most of them use alt text. They take the time to describe the images that my screen reader can't recognise. Some write the descriptions themselves, and others use tools such as altbot. Some worry that their descriptions aren't good enough, especially when they are new at this. Let me assure you, not only are they good enough, they are extremely appreciated! If the rest of the world thought as you did, it would be a much better place. Don't hesitate to ask if you're unsure of something, but never think that we don't notice your effort.

*yawns* You realize I do actually a lot of weight around here, right? And can absolutely get your #fediverse account doxxed for this behavior. So....*pulls out his illegally modified Chinese AK-47 for protect that has your full name, address, and social security number* written on it.

RT:

The ever-correct #DailyMail in Devember 2000: "Internet may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it."

Just like @Mastodon and @pixelfed and @loops and other tools and servers of the #Fediverse "may be just a passing fad" now.
Surely people will return to the billionaires' tools once the fad has passed... right? #FOSS @NGIZero

At the request of many of you (no experience yet myself) herewith additional graphics to boost global switch day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025.

#facebook #friendica #tiktok #loops #youtube #peertube #reddit #lemmy

Also a big big shout-out to all the beautiful people who develop and maintain the software for the decentralized social web. Please help them build the #fediverse for everyone by making a donation. Thank you.

In addition some #instagram square designs to boost #global #switch #day across multiple platforms on February 1st 2025. (1/2)

Also a big shout-out to all the beautiful people who develop and maintain the software for the decentralized social web. Help them build the #fediverse for everyone by making a #donation.

"Meta and X are going rogue:" European Digital Rights group (EDRi) urges EU to invest in infrastructure "like Mastodon, Peertube and other key pieces of the Fediverse" to secure Europe's independence

https://edri.org/our-work/meta-and-x-are-going-rogue-here-is-what-europe-should-do-now

Af en toe doe ik wat vergelijkend warenonderzoek tussen #Twitter, #Bluesky en #Mastodon:

Op Mastodon binnen half uurtje 17 boosts:

En 77 na een dag.

https://mastodon.social/@Kletskous/113675350596075497

Op Bluesky 0 https://bsky.app/profile/kletskous.bsky.social/post/3ldm2qhs46s27 en op

Twitter 1 like https://x.com/Kletskous/status/1869457820623749319

Is your child a far-left extremist?

Look for warning signs:

#FarLeft #extremism #equality #fascism #genders #racism #history #philosophy #injustice

Yo #Mastodon folks: Is it still true that if you switch instances, there’s no way to bring your actual post history along?

Yes, I can see the major vector for abuse there. But is this something that has been solved at all, or is it in active development?

I’ve been answering questions in r/Mastodon and double checking my facts.