ActivityPub, the protocol that powers the fediverse (including Mastodon – same caveats as the first two times, will be used interchangeably, deal with it) is not private. It is not even semi-private. It is a completely public medium and absolutely nothing posted on it, including direct messages, can be seen as even remotely...
Everyone seems to be pointing to the Microsoft EEE model without explaining how it has changed since the 90s. Here's what it will look like in today's tech climate. (I forgot to mention in this wall of text that there will probably be a name change or two. Especially if there's a major controversy.)...
The first few times I saw "+18", I didn't even know what it meant because it was backwards and the threads weren't particularly NSFW.
A slew of bad internet bills are being pushed through the US Legislature. Can we look to the Fediverse to carry activist causes?
As co-admin of one of the largest tech instances on the Fediverse, it's ironic that I struggle with social platforms so much.
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Love Reddit but tired of what's happening to it? We check out Lemmy and Kbin, two open-source fediverse alternatives that are growing fast.
Many people in Japan depend on the NERV service for earthquake alerts. Unfortunately, they'll no longer be able to receive them on X....
There’s a crucial difference between federatable and federated.
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There are a few fundamentally broken things about how Mastodon posts work that are terrible vectors for abuse, as well as being bad for basic usability. Maybe they are fixable, I don't know. To be clear: I am a fan of Mastodon. I have been enjoying my time there much more than I ever enjoyed Twitter or Facebook or Instagram. And...
An in-depth report reveals an ugly truth about isolated, unmoderated parts of the Fediverse. It's a solvable problem, with challenges.
We Distribute is bringing in a new feature - The Mixtape! We create playlists of songs that broadcast through Radio Free Fedi, and share it with the wider fediverse. It’s an opportunity for people to discover music by Fedizens, and help support artists on the network....
Akkoma is an active fork of Pleroma, which implements ActivityPub protocol underneath and serves an interface similar to microblogging platforms such as Twitter or Tumblr. It implements a complete Mastodon client API, so all Mastodon clients work with it without trouble, even the Mastodon web UI can be installed and used with...
Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.
Meta’s adoption of ActivityPub could expose a lot more people to the power, and perils, of decentralized social networks..
Twitter isn’t the only social network around — here are some others.
As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, the team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the distributed collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social media applications...
The BBC has launched its own “experimental” Mastodon server, marking one of the first major news outlets to establish an instance on the Twitter alternative. You can access the server at social.bbc, which encompasses posts from a handful of BBC accounts, including BBC Radio 4, BBC Taster, BBC Research & Development, and a...
Extinction looms for FTAV’s Mastodon presence
#не_взлетит #Rddit-alternative #kbin.social #Threadiverse https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/wiki/Admin-Bare-Metal-Guide https://www.symfonystation.com/kbin - зобанели Россиюшку == пидарасы https://kbin.pub/en https://kbin.social/all https://fedia.io/microblog https://i.imgur.com/t3hUaQ3.png...
