The Small Technology Foundation researches and promotes online services designed for human beings rather than corporate profits.

You can follow their live streaming account at:

➡️ @fedi

and to see more general posts on related topics follow their co-founder Aral Balkan at:

➡️ @aral

The Small Technology Foundation's website is at:

small-tech.org

#SmallTechnologyFoundation #Technology #Fediverse #FOSS #Online #Computing #Web0 #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Privacy #Activism #NGOs

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Hello! We’re a tiny and independent two-person not-for-profit based in Ireland. We are building the Small Web. No, it’s not web3, it’s web0.

^{Small Technology Foundation}

Anyone know how long it takes for Mastodon instances to update their profile pic caches for followed accounts?

I’m still seeing the initial one for our Owncast account. No idea how to manually force a refresh either.

CC @Gargron

#mastodon #fediverse #help

The free open source livestreaming platform OwnCast has set up a demo server at:

watch.owncast.online

It currently runs a loop of videos by people who self-host their livestreams using OwnCast, along with short videos promoting other libre projects.

If you run a free open project and have a short video (under 1 minute), you can have it added to this loop by contacting @owncast.

OwnCast servers include Fediverse compatibility, so you can follow them from Mastodon etc. When a stream you follow goes live, you'll see a message telling you about it in your timeline.

#FediTips #Fediverse #OwnCast #FOSS #Libre #LiveStreaming #Twitch #Alternatives

Hello !Friendica Support why is this post "unlisted" on #Friendica, but "visible to everyone" on #Pixelfed, where I composed it from?

Link on Pixelfed:
pixel.tchncs.de/p/utzer/440241…

Link on Friendica:
social.yl.ms/display/8df4b0e8-…

utzer shared a post

Three random pics of my #cat, not #caturday, probably a repost too, but what is there better to test post as photos of #cats, there is not enough #catcontent in the #Fediverse yet!

^Pixelfed

OwnCast is a sort of Fediverse alternative to Twitch. It lets people host their own video livestream with a chat window at the side, and OwnCast accounts can be followed from Mastodon etc.

You can find out more about @owncast at owncast.online, and they have a directory of streamers at directory.owncast.online

If you follow an OwnCast account from Mastodon, you will see a post from them in your timeline telling you when the account has gone live.

Also, if you follow an OwnCast account or boost its posts, this will appear in the livestream's chat window (see the attached picture).

Some OwnCast accounts you can try following right now include:

@live (soulful house music shows)

@hatnix (Linux gaming streams)

@Hamish - (retro gaming streams)

(Note that some OwnCast accounts do not have Fediverse switched on yet, so they won't be visible on Mastodon etc)

#OwnCast #OwnTips #FediTips #Fediverse #Twitch #Alternatives

I really like the ideals of #Calmtech and wonder what elements of this might be applicable to future #Fediverse apps...

calmtech.com/

You can create your own Mastodon server even without technical knowledge 🐘

There are companies that provide Managed Hosting, where you pay a monthly fee and they do all the technical stuff including hosting, installation and updates.

You own and run the server, they do the tech stuff behind the scenes.

The best managed hosting companies for Mastodon are probably masto.host and federation.spacebear.ee

It's not just Mastodon either, there are lots of Fediverse platforms and other online services available through managed hosting. Try visiting growyourown.services for more options (or follow them at @homegrown).

#MastoTips #FediTips #Mastodon #Fediverse #ManagedHosting

Masto.host - Fully Managed Mastodon Hosting

Masto.host was built from the ground up to make running a Mastodon instance easy.

^Masto.host

If you're currently on a massive server like mastodon.social, you might want to consider moving your account to a smaller server.

You can keep your followers when you change servers, here's how to do it: mstdn.social/@feditips/1079394…

You can find reliable servers at joinmastodon.org/communities (all the servers listed there agree to the covenant at joinmastodon.org/covenant). Try to pick one with fewer people.

There are lots of good things about smaller servers:

-Better moderation, because there are more staff per member.

-Smaller servers tend to have more personality, with a village feel.

-The local timeline on smaller servers is much more readable.

-Smaller servers protect the Fediverse as a whole from being taken over, because lots of smaller servers are harder to buy than a few big servers.

-It's easier to make a difference on smaller servers. It's easier to discuss things with the admin and other members.

#FediTips #MastoTips #Fediverse #Mastodon

FediTips (@feditips@mstdn.social)

If you want, you can move your Mastodon account from one instance (server) to another. Moving lets you take your followers, follows and some settings with you. 1.

^{Mastodon 🐘}

Somebody reported me to myself, y’all. How’s your day going? :)

Hint: if you don’t like my comparing Israel to Russia, go tell Israel to stop acting like Russia.

(And find out how the fediverse works before you go making an arse of yourself trying to censor me on my own personal instance.)

#censorship #moderation #fediverse #embarrassing #israel #palestine #russia

What is an ethical internet? What brings people to explore them?

Listen to @liaizon tackle common questions, concepts, and misconceptions about the #fediverse on @thefinalstrawradio

Did you know the fediverse is like 13 years old?! Yet it's come so far since.

thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org…

If you're #newHere or #neuHier you might like this a lot too!

One week ago I launched fediverse.info

Since then, 515 people registered and have been added to 1800+ topics!

Discovery is important, and while we strive to fill this void, our ultimate goal is to help standardize discovery across the fediverse.

Every #fedi project should have this directory! #activitypub #fediverse #fediverseInfo

fediverse.info

The bespoke fediverse guide

^{fediverse.info}

😳
erm, I thought I'd make a thing.

It's a very basic #webRing for #amateurRadio people on the #fediverse 's personal sites.

It only has itself and my site so far.

ring.fediverse.radio

I thought it would be a cool idea to create a #lemmy #community for #fediverse/ #federation #introductions!

Problem with introduction posts is they tend to get buried after a short while and depending on how many other instances yours may know about others someone's intro may not federate that well (or fast) with the rest of the network.

Plus, some instances like #mastodon only allow 500 characters in a post. Not a lot of room to write an introduction. 🙂

This was one of the use cases and goals I had for creating federated.community to kind of provide an alternative.

Anyway, to kick things off I've posted my own introduction and you're more than welcome to post one as well.

I also thought it would be cool to allow instance admins to post an "introduction" about their Instances too, so new users to the fediverse could find a little more information out about people's instances too.

Thoughts? Is this a good idea? What do you think?

federated.community/c/introductions

#XMPP Community

Recently a new community project started:

#Lemmy community space: community.xmpp.net/

Chat about all XMPP things in the #Fediverse!

Redo of post (now complete):

More and more #ClimateJustice groups and activists are joining the #Fediverse and they have more instances available than ever before:

forfuture.social
climatejustice.global
funk.climatejustice.global
climatejustice.rocks
climatejustice.social
climatejustice.video/
social.rebellion.global
tube.rebellion.global
mobilizon.rebellion.global

Here is a long list of accounts:

joinfediverse.wiki/The_Climate…

Currently we're trying to get Greta Thunberg here as well. #JoinTheFediverseGreta.

Climate Justice Global

This is an official mastodon instance for activist groups of the global climate justice movement. If you're an individual please sign-up at climatejustice.rocks instead.

^{Mastodon hosted on climatejustice.global}

Open source in action and a step closer to EU's #digital sovereignty👉we joined forces w/ @EU_EDPS@twitter.com to enable technically the #FEDIVERSE pilot.

It shows how #opensource contributes to strategic areas such as data privacy and protection.

Find us on EU_Voice & EU_Video
#ThinkOpen

I just played a bit with

#mastodonpy 👍

to analyze a thread that I started yesterday and which developed slightly above average reply-dynamics. – at least for my standards.🙂

I plan to improve the visualization and then publish the #jupyternotebook and the interactive SVG-File with links to each toot.

Give this toot a fav if you want to get informed. (I can process that via the API 🤓)

#python #opendata #fediverse #visualization

My top 🪐 #Fediverse App picks:

1. 🐘 #Mastodon
✍️ Microblogs
joinmastodon.org/
Many specific ones to choose from.

2. 🐼 #Pixelfed
📸 Images
pixelfed.org/

Main: pixelfed.social/

3. 🐙 #PeerTube
🎥 Videos
joinpeertube.org/

Main: tilvids.com/videos/overview

4. 🐉 #BookWrym
📚 Books
joinbookwyrm.com/

Main: bookwyrm.social/

5. 🐳#Funkwhale
🎵 Music
funkwhale.audio/#get-started

Instance List:
network.funkwhale.audio/dashbo…

Good one: audio.gafamfree.party/library/…

QLF for Music Lovers

With love, for lovers

^{QLF for Music Lovers - Funkwhale}

We are on #Mastodon!

You can now read and engage with news and information about 🇪🇺 EU policies in a privacy-focused environment.

Follow us 🔗social.network.europa.eu/@EU_C…

#Fediverse @joinmastodon@twitter.com

European Commission (@EU_Commission@social.network.europa.eu)

67 Posts, 1 Following, 4.67K Followers · News and information from the European Commission 🇪🇺 Disclaimer: The content on this channel is currently cross-posted from the EU Commission Twitter account.

^{EU Voice}

This is next leap forward for #Fediverse: #EU / #EuropeanCommission launched own #Mastodon and #Peertube servers.

You can follow several accounts like
@EU_Commission

🇪🇺♥️

Oh look, another software anarchist, how original.

I'm part of a small software consultancy co-op based in Copenhagen. I wish I didn't have to toil under capitalism, but here we are.

I'm trying out the #fediverse experience to see if I can find more of a sense of community than the very Personal Brand focused Dunking of Twitter.

So far, it's felt pretty welcoming on here: lots of people, lots of tips on how to get started. But I have yet to find My People on here. #introduction #introductions

Friends of the #fediverse. Lots of changes coming to the #Thunderbird #email client in the next three months. Would love if you could all grab the Daily or Beta release and let me know thoughts and concerns as you watch the changes roll in.

Go to the bottom of site to choose version:

thunderbird.net

Feel free to ping me with your experience!

Thunderbird — Make Email Easier.

Thunderbird is a free email application that’s easy to set up and customize - and it’s loaded with great features!

^Thunderbird

As an alternative to FediTips, you might want to also check out @noelle's "Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon":

github.com/joyeusenoelle/Guide…

It's got slightly different takes on many issues, but hopefully seeing a different perspective will give you a fuller understanding of how Mastodon works.

#MastoTips #Mastodon #FediTips #Fediverse

GitHub - joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon: An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon

An increasingly less-brief guide to Mastodon. Contribute to joyeusenoelle/GuideToMastodon development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

As a general rule of thumb, I won't follow anyone who:

• Hasn't posted anything yet.

• Doesn't have a bio

It's not that I don't like or don't trust you if you're one of those people, but because ActivityPub has no big scarey algorithm backing it, you must put actual effort into curating your feed. I imagine this is true for quite a few others on the #fediverse.

Hey Jews of the Fediverse, I'm working on a new instance for Jews called Babka Social and I'd love your help in making it great!

Please help me by filling out this form and boosting it so I can make it awesome!

t.co/4Zoxk0OxmN

#jew #jewish #fediverse

The excellent Wikimedia Commons has lots of Fediverse-related artwork under libre licences, so you can use them on your own site and projects.

For example:

Fediverse logo
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

Friendica logo
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

FunkWhale logo
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

Mastodon logo
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

Mobilizon logo
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

PeerTube logo with text
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

PeerTube logo without text
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

PixelFed logo
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fil…

Also, the official Mastodon site has a press kit full of artwork downloadable at joinmastodon.org/press-kit.zip

#FediTips #Fediverse

File:Fediverse logo proposal.svg - Wikimedia Commons

^{commons.wikimedia.org}

The Fediverse has a podcasting platform called @Castopod which has accounts that can be followed from Mastodon etc. People can also comment, like or share individual episodes. More info at:

castopod.org

It has just moved out of alpha testing into beta testing, with a new interface and lots of new features.

Podcasts can also (of course!) be followed through RSS instead, if you prefer.

#CastoPod #Podcasting #Podcasts #Podcast #Fediverse #FediTips #ActivityPub #FOSS #FLOSS #Libre #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #RSS

Castopod | Your Free & Open-source Podcast Host

Castopod is a free and open-source hosting platform made for podcasters. Engage and interact with your audience whilst keeping control over your content.

^castopod.org

Sorry @matrix, normally you're number one, but this time the page gives me excitement with another keyword. 😬

So glad people start to realise you can build viable solutions on #Matrix or the #Fediverse instead of turning everything into a #blockchain microtransaction.

#fediverse alive servers stats

alive servers: 6,255 (-24)
max: 6,367
total users: 3,831,690 (+19,366)
max: 3,835,395

top ten (soft users servers):

2,970,607 3,154
352,839 20
245,927 1,030
79,045 1,018
63,031 197
43,113 377
23,762 35
18,206 49
13,051 96
9,653 19

There have been many reports lately that Facebook is blocking links to joinmastodon.org

If you are still on Facebook, please keep spreading the word about Mastodon and the Fediverse.

If joinmastodon.org doesn't work, try posting a link to a reliable instance people can join. There are so many instances, Facebook cannot block all of them from being mentioned.

That Facebook are even doing this implies the Fediverse is on their radar, which is quite an achievement in itself!

#FediTips #Fediverse #MastoTips #Mastodon #Facebook #DeleteFacebook #Alternatives

Mastodon

Mastodon is an open source decentralized social network - by the people for the people. Join the federation and take back control of your social media!

^{joinmastodon.org}

OwnCast is a free open source self-hostable streaming platform, basically a libre alternative to Twitch, and also currently testing Fediverse support too!

There's more info about it on its website at owncast.online

The project is looking for help running an OwnCast dedicated Fediverse account. (There is currently a bot at @owncast but this just provides automated posts about streamers.)

If you think you can help with this, or want to be involved with the project in any other way, get in touch with OwnCast here:

owncast.online/help/

The project lead is on the Fediverse at @gabek

#OwnCast #Fediverse #Twitch #Alternatives #ActivityPub