So, given WP is willing to sell all its users down the river for some quick "AI" buzz, what fedi-enabled alternatives exist for human-centric websites? therepository.email/wordpress-…

I know of write.as, plume. They're to ascetic to match the brief. ClassicPress could be an option, provided the WP-ActivityPub add-on works with that.

#wordpress #ActivityPub #CMS #noAI #fediverse
cc @davidgerard

WordPress AI Team Outlines Vision for AI as a “Fundamental” Part of WordPress

The AI Team has published a series of posts laying out a vision to make AI as fundamental to WordPress as the database, calling on developers and hosts to adopt…

^{Rae Morey (The Repository)}

🎬 PeerTube 8 je venku a přináší novou fičuru — kolaboraci na kanálech!
Domluvte se s přáteli a tvořte obsah společně. 🎉

Co je nového:

Majitel kanálu může pozvat další uživatele instance jako editory

Editoři mohou pozvání přijmout nebo odmítnout

Mohou spravovat videa, playlisty i komentáře

Nová stránka Aktivity ukazuje, co se v kanálu děje

A k tomu @schmaker
vhsky.cz/w/p5LQzSrn1DDZbY8aERv…

připravil video, kde celou novinku ukazuje v praxi. 🎥

#vhsky #peertube #fediverse #oscloud

Out of the following operating systems, which one do you use the most, not at work, but in your free personal time?

Please consider boosting for a larger sample size. Thank you.

#poll #os #computing #fediverse

• GNU Linux or UNIX (62%, 4234 votes)
• MacOS (22%, 1509 votes)
• Microsoft Windows (13%, 901 votes)
• Other, please comment. (1%, 114 votes)

If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.

Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: commission.europa.eu/about/con…
#USA: usa.gov/elected-officials

Representations in Member States | European Commission

Commission representations perform various functions such as liaising with local authorities and media, organising official visits, and providing political information and analysis.

^{European Commission}

Thought: if #open, #federated, and #distributed solutions were the most #accessible solutions, people with disabilities would be some of the biggest allies in pushing adoption. I already constantly have to get my friends, co-workers, etc, to switch tools for me. If we're working or playing together, the tool needs to be accessible if I'm involved. But unfortunately, that's almost never the case, and I find myself having to force my friends to switch away from open tools and into closed ones:
* Jitsi meet doesn't offer captions or transcripts, and still had an unlabeled button or two last I checked. So I usually have to force people working with me to switch to Zoom.
* github is still more accessible than Forgejo and codeberg, even with the recent regressions. So I won't contribute to projects that aren't on github.
* None of the existing Matrix clients offer good accessibility; they either lag, have unlabeled controls, the message list won't scroll, messages won't read as they come in, etc. So I have to force people onto Slack or Discord.
* Neither Only Office or Next Cloud offer a web interface that works for collaboration with screen readers, so I have to force people to use Google Docs.
* Linux accessibility remains a joke compared to Windows or mac.

And on and on it goes. #opensource#fediverse#federation

After reading about a major #Funkwhale instance shutting down, I'm wondering whether I should keep my podcast on open.audio.

blog.liberta.vip/libertadmin/i…

However, the idea of an audio app that uses #ActivityPub to be part of the #Fediverse is excellent.

Any suggestions on where to host a #podcast?

P. S. I just discovered @Castopod , an alternative to @funkwhale

I want to inspect which one is more stable, and if there are good servers as well. Feedback welcome!

Huh. Just chatted in person with someone who's been on #mastodon for a while, now, who honestly thought that all the Mastodon domains were run by Mastodon. And having a different domain was, like, just a vanity thing to look cool. It only came up because they were complaining about an issue they were having, and they were on a smaller server (not naming it for anonymity), so I suggested contacting their server admin about the problem. I was surprised when they answered "Dude nobody at big companies reads those reports. It just all goes to AI or whatever." It took some actual convincing to get them to believe that the server they're on does, in fact, have a living breathing human admin who can be talked to.

Anyway, folks, support your #fediverse server admins and moderators. With money, where you can. They're almost certainly getting messages from users who think that reporting things to an admin here is exactly like reporting stuff to Facebook or Google. IE: screaming at a giant faceless entity who's never going to care or do anything about whatever your problem is.

Is it me, or is the new #Mastodon #quote feature the MOST USELESS tool ever to be designed? It overloads a button, making you take an extra tap to boost, not to mention having to read and target a new menu with a finger or a mouse? In case you didn't know, it is hidden under the boost button in the Web UI. It allows you to quote a whole toot, annotate the quote, and ask, if necessary, if the poster will allow you to do so. The poster can revoke permission.

...to quote something, copy and paste only the content you need. Be sure to include the user's handle if you want to attribute the quote.

Nobody that would abuse quoting, that is would misappropriate or twist a toot's meaning, would use the feature. They will copy and paste. This leaves the remainder of the community doing an extra tap, with the extra dexterity required for potentially challenged users, while trying to figure out why they would use the feature in the first place.

Boost for Sample Size when you vote, please!

#BoostingIsSharing #poll

#fediverse #write #author #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #writingCommunity

• I've used the quote feature and like it. (33%, 20 votes)
• I've used the quote feature and don't like it. (6%, 4 votes)
• I've not used the quote feature. (35%, 21 votes)
• What quote feature? (16%, 10 votes)
• I left a comment. (6%, 4 votes)

Hi #fediverse. We need to talk about something.

While talking to a colleague it came up that they have never sat on a cow. Like, not even once in their childhood.

Another colleague listening in admitted they also have never sat on a cow.

My hypothesis is that most people have at one point in their life sat on a cow.

🐃 🐄 🐮

Have you sat on a cow?

Please boost for scientific accuracy.

• Yes (8%, 170 votes)
• No (91%, 1761 votes)

Dass man bei #Sharkey (Misskey) nur 10 #Listen einrichten kann, finde ich ja ein wenig schade...

#FediVerse #OpenSource #AcitivityPub

Hey, all. One thing that’s different this year about the Social Web Devroom at FOSDEM 2026 is that we’re going to include talks about the organizational and social aspects of rolling out Open Source Fediverse software for individuals and communities. Last year, we focused pretty heavily on technical talks from the principle developers of FLOSS packages. This year, we want to make sure the other aspects of Fediverse growth and improvement are covered, too.

Consequently, the guidance for last year’s event, which was focused on how to make a great technical presentation, might seem a little outdated. But on reviewing it, I’ve found that it still has good advice for social and organizational talks. Just like software developers, community builders see problems and construct solutions for them. The solutions aren’t just about writing code, though; more often they involve bringing people together, assembling off-the-shelf tools, and making processes and rules for interaction.

Talks about Open Source software to implement ActivityPub and build the social web are still welcome, of course. We’re just expanding a bit to cover the human aspects of the Fediverse as well.

I’m looking forward to having the interesting discussions about bringing people together to make the Social Web. If you haven’t already, please consider submitting a talk to pretalx.fosdem.org/fosdem-2026…. Select “Social Web” from the “Track” dropdown, and include the length of your talk (8/25/50) in the submission notes. The deadline is December 1, 2025, so get them in as soon as possible!

🎉 IT'S FINALLY HERE!

Altbot now has a public API!

Everyone kept asking, So i finally made it. Generate alt-text for your images programmatically, perfect for photographers, bloggers, and developers who upload lots of images.

Pay what you can ($5 minimum)

What you get: Unlimited API access for a month (up to 5,000 images)

API key sent to your email automatically within minutes!

You can get a Subscription, set it and forget it, which auto-renews monthly.
Or do a One-time purchase, no commitment, buy when you need it.

(You can check your remaining time via the API if you go the one-time route!)

Get access:
🔄 Subscription: ko-fi.com/micr0byte/tiers
🎟️ One-time: ko-fi.com/s/a2d4aabd54

Docs: github.com/micr0-dev/Altbot/bl…

All processing happens locally & privately, no images are stored. Same privacy-first approach as always. And you help support the Altbot project :)

Questions? Reply here or check the docs!

#accessibility #a11y #fediverse #api #alttext #altbot

Altbot/API.md at main · micr0-dev/Altbot

Accessibility bot designed to enhance the Fediverse by generating alt-text descriptions for images, video, and audio. - micr0-dev/Altbot

^GitHub

MAGA BASED IN RUSSIA!

MANY, MANY MAGA X Accounts Supporting Trump Based In Eastern EUROPE!

A new update to X that shows the country or region where a user is based has revealed some popular accounts—many of which post wildly partisan support Trump—aren’t even United States-based, though they claim to be American!
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Breaking #BreakingNews #Trump #socialmedia #Fediverse #trending #Trump

forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2…

Kann denn jemand hier im #FediVerse über #Erfahrungen mit einem aktuellen #Elektro #Kleinwagen berichten?
Auch bezüglich #digitalePrivatsphäre

#EAuto #Auto #FollowerPower

Developers, researchers, protocol nerds: the Decentralized Communication devroom at FOSDEM wants YOU!

Got something to share about federated systems, peer-to-peer protocols, self-sovereign tech, or resilient comms?

Submit your proposal now, our CfP ends on Sunday!

#FOSDEM #Decentralized #Fediverse

Mastodon, Matrix, ActivityPub, XMPP, ATProto. whatever your flavor of decentralization is, there’s room for you.

Submit your proposal to the Decentralized Communication devroom at FOSDEM before the end of this week!

fosdem.org/submit

#FOSDEM #Fediverse #ActivityPub

❓ Wodurch bleiben Regeln und Strukturen intakt, angemessen und wandlungsfähig?

❕Die eigene Organisationsweise regelmäßig zu reflektieren, ist wichtig. Es beugt Versanden und Vereinnahmungen vor, ermöglicht Machtfragen zu thematisieren und kann finanzielle sowie institutionelle Abhängigkeiten offenlegen. Insbesondere die Muster der Selbstorganisation durch Gleichrangige bieten Orientierung für diesen kollektiven (Nach-)Denkprozess.

🗿 »So wie ein Gemeinsames nicht ohne gemeinsames Tun entsteht, gelingt gemeinsames Tun nicht ohne bewusste Reflexion der eigenen Organisationsformen.«

👉 Die Projektwerkstatt Commons der Hochschule für Nachhaltige Entwicklung in Eberswalde nutzt diese Mustersammlung, um ihre eigene Selbstorganisation zu besprechen.
👉 Supervisionen und Coaching können helfen, die eigenen Strukturen zu visualisieren und anzupassen.
👉 Governance-Themen gehören regelmäßig auf die Tagesordnung. So kann zu Beginn von Treffen gefragt werden: "Gibt es einen Bereich unserer Organisation, den wir uns einmal in Ruhe anschauen sollten?"

🗨 Was sind deine Gedanken dazu?

#commons #commoning #fediverse #governance #selfgovernance #reflection #organizationaldevelopment

Liebe #Fediverse Aktivisti und Advokati 🌟

Alle unsere Einsichten, Kampagnen und Materialien, um Menschen für das Fediverse zu begeistern (seien es How-to Guides, Microsites, Erfahrungsberichte, Audio, Video, Grafiken, Workshop-Konzepte, Kunst oder Merch), sind aktuell zu verstreut als dass wir alle aus ihnen gemeinsam schöpfen könnten. Es ist JETZT Zeit, das zu ÄNDERN 😄

Ich habe nun einen Artikel im @JoinFediverseWiki begonnen, der ALLE Ressourcen sammeln soll, die den Anspruch haben, Menschen mit wenig bis gar keinem Wissen in das Fediverse zu bringen:

joinfediverse.wiki/Fediverse_o…

Die Zusammenstellung enhält bereits eine Menge Guides, Merchandise-Angebote, Infografiken, künstlerische Grafiken, Branding Materialen, DIY-Projekte, Clips, Vortragsaufzeichnungen, Testimonials, Presseberichte, Bücher usw. und natürlich gibt es einen Abschnitt zu Workshops 😀

Macht gerne mit und helft, damit diese Sammlung noch bunter wird. Ihr könnt selbst im Wiki mitarbeiten* oder mir hier eure Beiträge zuleiten, damit ich sie einpflege. Vor allem, wenn ihr Fediverse Einführungsworkshops gebt, wäre es eine Freude, euch auf der Liste der Workshop-Gebenden zu haben 😙

⁂ Bitte boosten, damit das auch die entferntesten Knoten im Fediverse erreicht ⁂

*Bitte beachten: Wegen einer aggressiven Spambot-Welle ist die Registrierungsfunktion des Wikis momentan deaktiviert. Wenn ihr einen Account braucht, wendet euch bitte an @PaulaToThePeople 🙏

@ilanti @IzzyOnDroid @don @digitalcourage @kuketz @pallenberg @pmmueller @nick @rstockm @bitsundbaeume_berlin @vform @ebinger @crossgolf_rebel @nele @fabianschaar @claudius @ueckueck @Lioh @Mareike2405 @leonido @jplie @Lambo @hnnng @fuzzyleapfrog @neuSoM @melaniebartos @spaetz @feb @frebelt @sabrinkmann @chris@allmendenetz.de @Sascha @davidlohner @w4tsn @padeluun @piko @blinry @ErikUden @cark @sabrinkmann @mullana @twinkelicious @UnterDruck @reticuleena @chpietsch @GratianRiter @FediverseFoundation @pushFediverse @acka47 @samvie @resieguen @vgrass @tobias @pattyluzina @celephais @elektropunk @herr_irrtum @c_v_e_n @FediVariety

#Advocacy #Onboarding

Self-hosted Delta Chat?

I've been thinking more about the hurtle of getting friends and family to use federated/self-hosted services. One of the issues to onboarding is people not "getting" the idea of picking an instance. This has led, in part, to "default" instances, like mastadon.social, that grow so large it almost defeates the idea.

I've been thinking that I really wish #DeltaChat had a web client. I have had a MUCH more difficult time getting folks to try that out than even #fediverse SNS. But I was thinking how the heck are you going to pull that off without @delta having to host the overhead for a robust web client and possibly host a gigantic server system that has to grow exponentially to keep everyone's email from all the possible email providers, really defeating the goal of their project.

This morning, I thought of a possible solution to both problems. What if you have a built-in transfer requirement. So you start with a default, say pleb.joinmastodon.org or noob.delta.chat and after a certain time (3 months or something) you have to either transfer to a new instance, including hosting your own client for in browser decryption web access to your encrypted mail chats or your account (in the case of #mastodon) or web client access (in the case of Delta Chat) is shut off.

Do you think this could work?

@delta_chat

How far will it go this time?
This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more.
That's #Sharkey, #Misskey, #Pixelfed, #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma…

If you see it, please share it.

#SocialMedia !fediverse@piefed.social

@bogo It's a good idea. But I have there ca. 500 people and almost all of them don't want to move to either #fediverse or #Signal (or any other "rational" messaging system). They are typically non-IT people and use Facebook and WhatsApp (and possibly Instagram or TikTok).

I am collecting other contact information from them (e-mail addresses, phone numbers...), but it's a long-distance run. When done (in the future), I will leave Facebook completely 😎

Friendica | Die meisten Reaktionen via Lemmy?

Seit ich regelmäßig Lemmy-Communitys in meinen Beiträgen erwähne (z. B. hier), habe ich je nach Community sehr viel mehr Reaktionen auf meine Beiträge, die dann aber weitgehend von Lemmy und nicht vom Rest des Fediverse kommen.

Ist Friendica mit Lemmy besser als mit dem restlichen Fediverse verbunden? Wie sind Eure Erfahrungen?

#Friendica #Fediverse #Beiträge #Reaktionen #Lemmy #Vernetzung #Erfahrungen #Frage #2025-11-14 !Friendica Support

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Loops a Pixelfed jsou svobodné alternativy TikToku a Instagramu

infoek.cz/loops-a-pixelfed-jso…

Loops and Pixelfed are free alternatives to TikTok and Instagram

infoek-cz.translate.goog/loops…

#Pixelfed #Loops #Instagram #TikTok #Fediverse #OpenSource

Loops a Pixelfed jsou svobodné alternativy TikToku a Instagramu | Infoek.cz

TikTok nebo Instagram zná dnes úplně každý. Jedná se o obrovské sociální sítě, které patří velkým nadnárodním společnostem. Cíl těchto firem je generovat co ...

^{Adolf Pupík (Infoek.cz)}

Hey folks, I'm considering to #selfhost my mastodon again, only I'm looking at #GoToSocial because it's soooo lightweight.
Is anyone using it full time of their instance? How does it feel admin/maintenance wise?

#Fediverse

Die #Loops #Föderation scheint zu funktionierten.

Wer mag kann meinem Kurz- #Video #Kanal folgen.

@vexplorer@loops.video
loops.video/@vExplorer
Nichts bedeutungsschweres, just for fun 😀
#FediVerse

In the upcoming release you will be able to follow any blog on the XMPP network directly by clicking on the [Follow] button without being mutually friends (like it was until now), its a small change but with big impacts 😁!

We wrote a detailed and accessible article that explains the differences between the #XMPP network and the #Fediverse and shows how blogs are handled on the XMPP network a bit more in details 😸

If you are curious to see how XMPP works (spoiler: it's pretty simple in the end 😌) checkout our article (and don't forget to leave a ♥️ or a comment!

#activitypub #movim

mov.im/community/pubsub.movim.…

Hi @dansup@mastodon.social Thanx for working on #Loops!

With an Mastodon and an Sharkey Account I was able to find my Loops profile and follow them.

But my new videos are not listed in either the Mastodon or the Sharkey timeline.

What can be the reason?

#Federation #FediVerse

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Symbol identification -- Can anyone tell me what this symbol is? I found it on someone's car.

Marking it sensitive in case it's offensive. I have no idea what it is or what it means. Just asking the #fediverse .. thanks!

(Please boost for visibility!)

Tech people talk about tech too much.

I really really REALLY want to use all the awesome privacy friendly FOSS (and similar) stuff, but I am not a techie person! I don't know how to program, nor do I want to.

And every SINGLE time I try to find out even what thing (OS, program, app, service, etc) to use, let alone how, and I search for it... I get techie-focused answers.

It's complete gibberish to me! Absolutely useless. It makes me feel actively unwelcome even though I really care about using alternatives to Windows, Meta, X and other dystopic nonsense.

For example: I'm like "How do I start a non-enshittified group chat to talk about a thing?" and all the results are technobabble to me. I don't even know if the words they use are supposed to be normal english words or if they refer to orgs or groups or apps or some weird coding wizardry.

I am so lost, every single time.

I stick with it though. But like. I wonder if the tech people realise that this is happening???? Because they probably understand what they're talking about. And they seem to not realise that not everyone does.

I'm not trying to blame or shame anyone or even complaining as such (a little bit complaining, ngl), mostly just giving feedback. This is not an issue with a singe thing but with ALL of it as a whole! Including #GNU #Linux the #Fediverse #Matrix and most #FOSS apps.

My sincere wish: Give non-techie people an EASY TO FIND and easy to read and easy to understand and easy to implement guide about how to use the things as an alternative to using big corporation services, ie, "I just want it to work" and not have to worry about the technical side of things. (examples in thread)

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