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

#introduction #reintroduction

Hi all, Roel he/him.

An artist and designer with an interest in computer networks, materiality of the internet, digital community infrastructure, DIY/DIWO approaches, FOSS culture.

You might know my work from the LowTech Mag's solar powered server project solar.lowtechmagazine.com

Currently pursuing a #PhD in Interaction and Participatory #Design at Malmö University. As part of that research I work together with actors in the cultural sector to co-design alternative social media infrastructures with/for them. These are mostly based on fediverse applications, so I am also interested in aspects of #federation #governance #contentmoderation and more generally how to transition to and improve alternatives together etc. This space is far from perfect and in some cases insufficient but we need to start somewhere??

I'm a founding member of varia.zone, and also part of lurk.org. With LURK we've been running a fediverse instance called post.lurk.org since 2018, for which I am happy to be one of the co-admins! As part of that I boost #introductions, calls and questions..

This is introduction is really long because post.lurk.org has a character limit of 1337

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Low-tech Magazine refuses to assume that every problem has a high-tech solution. A simple, sensible, but nevertheless controversial message; high-tech has become the idol of our society.

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RT @doctorow@twitter.com

At #disruptedtimes22, Jon Crowcroft praises #federation and talks about @matrixdotorg@twitter.com - where you can run your own services or choose whom you trust.

🐦🔗: twitter.com/doctorow/status/15…

The #FSFE opens its own #Matrix server! Supporters and registered volunteers can get their :fsfe.org account, and everyone can join our community chatrooms 🚀

A must-have to attend #FOSDEM this weekend!

➡️ fsfe.org/news/2022/news-202202…

@matrix @fosdem #freesoftware #softwarefreedom #opensource #synapse #element #federation

RT @Sami_Lehtinen@twitter.com

A new open #Matrix #server for all #Finnish users. Instant #messenger with global open #federation. pikaviestin.fi @matrixdotorg@twitter.com @pikaviestin@twitter.com

🐦🔗: twitter.com/Sami_Lehtinen/stat…

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Suomalaisille käyttäjille suunnattu avoimeen Matrix-viestiverkkoon perustuva viestipalvelu, jonka avulla voit yhdistää ja käyttää myös lukuisia muita pikaviestimiä

^{Pikaviestin.fi ylläpitäjät}