The #Mastodon server and #Matrix homeserver don't have to be colocated. E.g. you could be on mymastodon.example.com and hook it up to your matrix a/c on matrix.org. The larger #ActivityPub instances could use a small Matrix homeserver for it users without a declared matrix address, and automatically create a matrix a/c for them for the sole purpose of DMing.

The architectural possibilities are quite wide, I suspect.

Good to see all the #Flickr photos up for #FOSDEM flickr.com/search/?text=%23fos…

Would love to see Flickr integrate with #ActivityPub

Flickr Search — “#fosdem”

^Flickr

OK, well this is getting far more interesting for me! 😎
Given the open nature of the #ActivityPub protocol, it is possible to pull in the Instagram alternative, Pixelfed, into your Mastodon Home Timeline.
This is great for those looking for an alternative to Instagram, but not wanting to use yet another app.

Here is another short video on how this works and how you can use it yourself!
#twittermigration #twitterexodus #Instagram #Pixelfed #feditips

youtu.be/iPq-NqtTEqU

How To Add Pixelfed Feeds to your Mastodon Timeline - Instagram Replacement

Most of us think of a Twitter replacement when we think of Mastodon, but it is capable of being far more than that courtesy of the federated nature of Mastod...

^YouTube

XMPP End of the Year Talk 2022!

Let's have a good time with the #XMPP Community folks!

Short talks:
- On #ActivityPub, #Movim, #Prosody development, XMPP + #QUIC

When: 6th Dec 2022, 19:00 CET (tomorrow!)
Join via this instance: bbb.sfconservancy.org/b/ste-fd…

(technical issues as always)

#jabber #standards

4 years using and championing the #fediverse full time and I've never written a #introductions toot. Well, or I have and can't find it.

I'm a #blind guy from 🇬🇧 with a passion for #technology and #programming, particularly #lowLevel #systemsProgramming in #C, #C++, #Rust, etc.

I've been a huge #freeSoftware / #openSource advocate for the majority of my life. I run #Linux and I love open, #decentralised technologies like #ActivityPub, #Matrix, #bitTorrent etc.

In my view, technology is built to make our lives easier, and in many ways, it isn't these days. It is truly my opinion that the only way #tech can be sustainable is if it's built using #FOSS, and does not give ultimate control to any 1 entity, individual or corporate. If technology is to help the people, it must be built *for* the people.

Currently working on odilia.app, various projects with the rest of the Lower Elements gang at lowerelements.club, and a Computing Science BSC at the #University of #stirling

CoSchedule is a great tool for small teams. Unfortunately it doesn't support #Mastodon #ActivityPub. Go vote for this feature to be added, please.
cosintegrations.ideas.aha.io/i…

And if you know of any proper #OpenSource tool that does what CoSchedule does, please let me know 😀

Today I discovered another “single process baked by SQLite” implementation of ActivityPub: github.com/toddsundsted/ktiste…

I really like that open protocols enable experimentation on the server side as well as on the client side

#ActivityPub #ktistec

GitHub - toddsundsted/ktistec: Single user ActivityPub (www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) server.

Single user ActivityPub (https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) server. - GitHub - toddsundsted/ktistec: Single user ActivityPub (https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/) server.

^GitHub

this has to be one of the most under-stated introductions I have seen here!

So let me offer a better one: Evan is one of the reasons we are all here. He is credited as one of the creators of the #ActivityPub protocol:
w3.org/TR/activitypub/

Back in the day (a decade ago), he also used to run the biggest instance of #StatusNet, identi.ca. My old account is still there, even though I have lost access to it:
identi.ca/rysiek

StatusNet was the precursor of fedi.

Welcome, Evan!

Matt Mullenweg (founder of Wordpress and current owner of Tumblr) wants to know how you want Tumblr integrated into the #fediverse (or #bluesky). Those of you who have Twitter accounts should go voice your ideas directly cause this will probably happen in the not so distant future (they already had a job posting listed last year where they were looking for #ActivityPub people)

twitter.com/photomatt/status/1…

Me, keeping an eye on my task queue as a conversation starts on my latest post 👀

#sidekiq #mastodon #scale #activityPub

@ericbuijs We have to be very careful about setting privacy expectations: there is no #privacy in the #ActivityPub protocol/#mastodon/the #fediverse.

mastodon.ar.al/web/@aral/10925…

ar.al🌻 (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)

Dear #TwitterMigration folks, an important tip on #privacy on the fediverse: There is none. This is a public medium; please treat it as such.

^{Aral’s Mastodon}

And here we have someone calling for kids to give up (the sense of) #privacy for global age verification... Look, kids are curious and need social status, hence they will get on #socialmedia sooner or later, so will age requirements make them understand what they're getting into? But I do agree on building a platform better suited for kids... Maybe have supervised clubs at schools running #ActivityPub instances in closed federations (connecting nearby schools)?

nytimes.com/2022/08/05/opinion…

Opinion | It Was a Mistake to Let Kids Onto Social Media Sites. Here’s What to Do Now.

Changing a law to raise the age requirement for social media use could empower parents.

^{Yuval Levin (The New York Times)}

Microblog.pub is a lightweight self-hosted single user Fediverse server which can be followed from Mastodon etc.

You can find out more info at:

docs.microblog.pub

The official account disappeared for a while but it's now back at:

@dev

As the account notes, it's just been rewritten with version 2.0 of the software, so you may need to unfollow and then refollow.

(Having said that, I haven't been able to actually follow the account, it seems to work at first but then gives a "follow request" message? Have you managed to get this to work?)

#MicroBlog #MicroBlogPub #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Fedizens,

#ForgeFederation has a prominent place in the #delightful club.. 🎉

To #Fediverse Apps these were added:

- #ForgeFlux
- #Gitea
- #Vervis

delightful.club/delightful-fed…

🚀 And on #ActivityPub Development there is an entire top-level section dedicated to this important fedi direction:

Forge libraries:

- #gofff
- #pyfff

Forge tools:

- #Starchart
- #giteacat

Forge plugins:

- #PagureForgeFed

Forge federation protocols:

- #ForgeFed
- #FriendlyForgeFormat (#F3)

delightful.club/delightful-act…

delightful activitypub development

Delightful curated lists of free software, open science and information sources.

^{delightful.club}

For all the new fedizens and all those of us that want fedi to be stronger in the face of the #BigTech onslaught I recommend (re)watching @darius talk at the #ActivityPub Conference in 2020.

conf.tube/w/oPQjje8j6qBFj7NSQ9…

"Let's play and win our own game!"

And it has broader applicability. I responded to @csddumi on the idea to "Unionize Free Software" where these strategies can be very well applied to #FOSS movement as a whole.

discuss.coding.social/t/unioni…

Let's Play and Win Our Own Game

As creators of federated social software, we have a choice: we can compete with social media giants on their own terms, or we can play our own game, one that's impossible for the giants to play in the first place.

^ConfTube

This is why you should instead host #Gitea, and they're even getting #ActivityPub support, so it can be federated! (Pull requests work between instances.)
One good instance is #codeberg @codeberg.

cc @ta180m

And of course I have to learn of #ForgeFed @forgefed today. 😅 An extension to #ActivityPub. Capturing the collaborative nature of source forges.

The reason #github has kept its mountain 🗻 market share is its social network. The only true way to fight centralization is by joining our abilities as a collective. Through choice and breadth of interconnected forges we hold strength. An actual #DVCS.

forgefed.org/

reminder et al.

#ActivityPub (already ActivityStreams core) has support for **multiple** languages:
w3.org/TR/activitystreams-core…
#i18n #languages

📺️ The video from my talk about #ActivityPub at the “Building a European Cultural Backbone” 🇪🇺 convention is now available online!

Thank you Franz Heinzmann, Ingo Leindecker, Cultural Broadcasting Archive, Radio FRO & arso for trusting us. 🙏
Thank you @andi @CCC for taking care of the streaming. 🙏
Thank you @NGIZero for supporting us. 🙏
Thank you “Podcasting 2.0” @adam @dave for spreading the cross-platform word. 🙏

👉️ blog.castopod.org/building-a-e…

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}

✨ HELLO FEDIVERSE ✨

I'm working on an introductory #book about #decentralisation protocols. 🦄

It serves as a taster for different technologies, and provides you with a path forward to deepen your studies if you're so inclined.

I'll cover #ActivityPub, #Hyper, #IPFS, and #SSB. Each chapter is a brief intro and a hands-on project using #JavaScript.

The book will be CC licensed. If that sounded interesting, add yourself to the interested readers list at:

leanpub.com/four-decentralisat…

"#Epicyon is an AGPL licensed #ActivityPub protocol compliant federated social network server suitable for hosting a small number of accounts on low power systems requiring minimal maintenance, such as single board computers. It's the ActivityPub equivalent of an email server, storing posts as human readable JSON on file, rather than in a database. It also uses only a small amount of RAM. "

Headed by @bob who I recommend stalki^W^Wfollowing

though I'm highly critical of much of the Web3 space it is undeniable that there's a lot of innovative ideas circling round. And projects more often do 'productization' better (if only to package a scam).

Buzzword-o-meter on Perspect3vism site is way up the scale but ideas are interesting.

I'd like to see stuff like fluxsocial.io/ but for #Fediverse #ActivityPub. Especially visions going 'beyond apps' to composable personal experiences have appeal. Dunno if we ever get there.

We redesigned our Discover feature because discovery is more than just a list of popular posts or hashtags.

We added several new ways to explore content and creators, the screenshot only shows a third of them.

Shipping Soon! #pixelfed #discover #activityPub

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