As long as it doesn't already exist.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1109122 > Today, we are taking the first step in building out an initiative to create opportunities for people to help build the Fediverse and create an organizational structure which can allow developers to coordinate their efforts where most needed. > > We call upon anyone with both the skills and motivation to join us and the Guild we are starting, Guild Alpha. Read the announcement linked to learn more and find out how you can participate! > > > If anything discussed here has your interest or you want to help grow free-software and the Fediverse, fill out this [form](https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/3/form/view/fb0a68eb9b377a689b238fad08270db7/) to let us know! > >

Hello everybody. I've been browsing the Fediverse for a few months now and I'm loving it but there's a not-that-small issue I'm having with Pixelfed So basically every time i go into my federated timeline I always end up seeing PLENTY of literal porn (not artistic nude, i'm talking of fully fledged porn) EVERYWHERE. Is there a way I can disable it? I don't want to force block every post maked as nsfw even because sometimes not-nsfw posts get marked as nsfw for some reason I'm using in an Italian instance called pixelfed.uno Some help wold be highly appreciated 🙏 Thanks in advance!

Why isn't anyone talking about this? It looks like Meta wants to compete with Twitter with a new Instagram microblogging app which will probably be compatible with Mastodon Key Point of the article: > *“Soon, our app will be compatible with certain other apps like Mastodon,” Instagram’s slide says. “Users on these other apps will be able to search for, follow and interact with your profile and content if you’re public, or if you’re private and approve them as followers.” * [The Verge - This is Instagram’s new Twitter competitor](https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/19/23730070/instagram-twitter-app-competitor-leak)

"Escape the tyranny of Twitter with the best apps for Mastodon, a decentralized and free social media platform." [@maxeddy](https://infosec.exchange/@maxeddy) tried 18 Mastodon apps on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows

Why has [#Strava](https://mas.to/tags/Strava) not embraced [#ActivityPub](https://mas.to/tags/ActivityPub)? It doesn't seem like at all a stretch to have the private/followers-only/everyone model map to strava.social fedi visibility. For that matter, why aren't [#Komoot](https://mas.to/tags/Komoot) or [#GarminConnect](https://mas.to/tags/GarminConnect) jumping on the opportunity? Seems like easy way to promote both fitness and their own apps. Edit: 🧵 [\#cycling](https://mas.to/tags/cycling) [#running](https://mas.to/tags/running) [#hiking](https://mas.to/tags/hiking) [#adventure](https://mas.to/tags/adventure) [@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse)

Friendica and Bluesky's AT protocol [@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) Friendica has always stood out for being able to manage multiple communication protocols, surpassed in this only by Hubzilla (a software that I have never been able to appreciate, however). It would be nice if Frindica could **[integrate Bluesky's AT protocol as well](https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/10-18-2022-the-at-protocol)**. Do you know if there is any feasibility study on this new frontier? [@fediversenews](https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews) [@hypolite](https://friendica.mrpetovan.com/profile/hypolite) [@heluecht](https://pirati.ca/profile/heluecht) [@tobias](https://social.diekershoff.de/profile/tobias)

Amazonek Goodreads izeneko webgune bat eskaintzen du liburuak ezagutara emateko, egileek zein irakurleek iritziak trukatzeko eta abar. Baina zerbitzu hau ikaragarri txarra da. Ez du inork moderatzen, bertan dauden eduki asko gezurrezkoak dira, erabiltzaileek egindako zuzenketak ez dira aintzat hartzen, bot bidez igotako zabor-edukiak ez dira garbitzen, hainbat idazleri kalte egiten die Goodread-ek eta Amazoni bost axola... Webgune honek eragiten dituen arazoen berri eduki nahi baduzu, irakurri Redditeko komunitate honetan kontatzen dituztenak. Eta Goordreadsen alternatiba garbi, txukun, libre, federatu eta euskalduna ezagutu nahi baduzu, bisitatu Paperjale: https://paperjale.eus/

Waiting for the legendary Mastodon groups, the possible closure of Guppe could be a unique opportunity to introduce Friendica groups and Lemmy communities [@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) > \> [Regretfully, then, we are left in the unsustainable state that the value Guppe provides to its community is insufficient to cover the cost of providing it. As a final opportunity to preserve Guppe, we have reduced the minimum contribution amount to join the Guppe Platform Cooperative to $2/month or $19/year. If Guppe cannot reach a level of funding to cover all of the hosting and a couple hours of administrative labor per month, then service at a.gup.pe will shut down on May 31st, 2023.](https://web.immers.space/2023/05/farewell-to-guppe/) [@fediversenews](https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews) ### **[The post published by ](https://web.immers.space/2023/05/farewell-to-guppe/) @datititian@social.coop** ###

Mastodon (and the Fediverse) have grown, now spam and bots are going to become a more common and challenging threat to instances


Does anyone know of a Fediverse / ActivityPub compatibility list I can contribute to? I've found lots of feature comparisons, statistics databases and so on. But I'd like to help find and squash bugs in interoperability. If someone's already doing this I'll add my findings there, or I can just post my notes somewhere.

Calckey, a fork of Misskey, has been in development for almost a year but now it's ready for general use! it features groups, quote posts, a custom Markdown implementation, chat, emoji reactions, and a whole bunch of quality-of-life features!

Written by @kissane@mstdn.social

I mentioned this [here](https://stereophonic.space/notice/AVFPCcJb99Lo9FXzcG) but I am very disappointed in the removal of a web UI for a #fediverse project. I don't use Takahe myself, but this will make those users harder to engage with. If I only use a browser for my fediverse activity, I won't be able to see any of those users without following. EDIT: Everything I said above and in the linked post is probably wrong so ignore it. Thanks to [@KelsonV@lemmy.ml](https://lemmy.ml/u/KelsonV) for pointing that out to me. https://lemmy.ml/comment/423338

if someone is being impersonated on the [#fediverse](https://dice.camp/tags/fediverse) how do they find out? sure you can search for user names, but doesn't help with impersonation on defederated servers right? any way to search the whole thing or have all the projects aiming to do that stopped because of backlash @ the idea of a fediverse-wide search function? [@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) [@fediversenews](https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews)

**[An appeal to the entire fedeverse and free software community](https://mstdn.social/@feditips/110277066748436943)** [@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) We want to relaunch here on Lemmy too the appeal launched by [@feditips](https://mstdn.social/users/feditips) cc [@fediversenews](https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews) [@pushFediverse](https://chaos.social/users/pushFediverse) [@fsfeberlin](https://libranet.de/profile/fsfeberlin) [@fsfe](https://media.fsfe.org/accounts/fsfe) ♲ [mstdn.social/@feditips/1102770…](https://mstdn.social/@feditips/110277066748436943)

[@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) [@fediversenews](https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews) Let's Get OPB on the Fediverse! Oregon Public Broadcasting is no longer active on Twitter as of April 13, 2023. [https://www.opb.org/pressroom/opb-statement-our-activity-on-twitter/](https://www.opb.org/pressroom/opb-statement-our-activity-on-twitter/) Let's get them on the fediverse! Use [this form](https://opb.force.com/Help/s/contactsupport) to tell them why they should take part in a social media space which is freedom-respecting and federated. You should especially contact them if you're in [#Portland](https://emeraldsocial.org/tags/Portland) , [#Eugene](https://emeraldsocial.org/tags/Eugene) , or anywhere else in [#Oregon](https://emeraldsocial.org/tags/Oregon) [\#fediverse](https://emeraldsocial.org/tags/fediverse) [#journalism](https://emeraldsocial.org/tags/journalism) [#news](https://emeraldsocial.org/tags/news)

I suppose this may make sense in the case of something like Mastodon. But something as versatile and customizable as lemmy, which allows for the existence of separate topic-based communities, makes topic-based instances of lemmy not necessary. Instead of making a new instance for a certain topic, it is usually a much better approach to just create a new community on my current lemmy instance. At least from my perspective as a user. I find the only exception to this is censorship and moderation. If I, for any reason am unhappy with an instance's moderation and censorship, then that is the only potential reason I can see to change and make my own. What does everyone else think of this?

[@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) What type of social media do you feel is lacking most in the fediverse? To elaborate, there are a lot of different types of social media already on the fediverse such as microblogs, regular blogs, image sharing, link sharing and video sharing. Personally, I'd love to see a gaming-focused social media platform on the fediverse.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.de/post/650877 > Once a vibrant community, with posts and memes galore, > Reddit was the place to be, with subs that we adore. > But then one fateful day, the news began to spread, > The API was closing down, Reddits's end was ahead. > > The moderators were the first to go, they couldn't do their work, > Without the API, they were lost, they couldn't fix the quirks. > The content creators followed suit, they packed their bags and left, > They said goodbye to Reddit, and we all felt quite bereft. > > But little did we know, there was a shining star, > A platform on the Fediverse, called Lemmy, wasn't far. > It had everything we needed, and more, to keep us going strong, > We found a new community, and we knew we couldn't go wrong. > > The conversations flowed, and the posts began to rise, > We shared our thoughts and feelings, with no fear of prying eyes. > The moderators were happy, they could do their job with ease, > And the content creators smiled, they had a platform to please. > > So Reddit may have died, but we moved on and grew, > We found a new home on Lemmy, and we knew just what to do. > We share our love and knowledge, with others from far and wide, > And we knew that we had found, a place where we could thrive.

Looks like even more brands are going to vanish from Twitter soon. One of Twitter's big advantages over Mastodon for brands and advertisers was that it was supported by a range of social media and ad management tools. Not anymore! Via Mashable: "Microsoft is going to drop Twitter from its Microsoft Advertising plan next week, according to the company. "Users will no longer be able to access their Twitter account through its Digital Marketing Center's social media management tool, according to Microsoft. Users will also no longer be able to schedule, create, or manage tweets or tweet drafts. In addition, users won't be able to view their past tweets and engagement on the Microsoft Advertising platform." [https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-drops-twitter-from-advertising-platform](https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-drops-twitter-from-advertising-platform) [\#TWITTER](https://aus.social/tags/TWITTER) [#TwitterMigration](https://aus.social/tags/TwitterMigration) [#Fediverse](https://aus.social/tags/Fediverse) [#Elon](https://aus.social/tags/Elon) [#ElonMusk](https://aus.social/tags/ElonMusk) [#Microsoft](https://aus.social/tags/Microsoft) [@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) [@technology](https://lemmy.ml/c/technology)

FediAct makes a bunch of redirections to Mastodon so that you can easily interact with people outside of your instance. Does Lemmy have a similar solution? I've been struggling hard to follow communities from federated instances, and would love to be able to do it in one click.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/957811 > Ariadne Conill 🐰 > @ariadne > EN > > i hate to say it, especially as the person who started IRCv3 in the first place, but there is literally no world in which i would deploy a new project on IRC. > > i can manage all moderation tasks on discord with terraform. that is something impossible to realize with IRC. > > any project to take back mindshare from Discord has to frame their strategy from this perspective. > > with Discord, or any other SaaS, you are dealing with a loss of software freedom, and that should be highlighted, but the solution is to provide a libre alternative that is competitive. IRC (and frankly Matrix) isn't that. > > https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/110199185608729068 > > Ariadne Conill 🐰 > @ariadne > EN > > *this* has always been the problem i was trying to solve. with atheme, with ircv3, with all of it. how do we provide community plumbing that is usable and scalable? > > but IRC failed to evolve fast enough despite all of those efforts, because people didn't understand the real evolutionary threats. > > the reality distortion field is a real threat to any free software project: it is very easy to become complacent, because the product is 70% of what is actually needed. > > but as the world evolves, that 70% turns into 60% and then 50% and so on, while people resist the concept that product fit and focus are slipping. > > everything is Fine™️ because everything is Free™️, and instead of focusing on the real threat (I have been saying that IRC would be eaten by proprietary services since the 2000s), people, thinking that everything is fine, actually, tend to focus on their little kingdoms rather than the big picture. > > and so we slipped, and slipped, until eventually, IRC does 20% of what we want, and IRCv3 brings that to maybe 25%, and then when a rich charlatan buys the largest IRC network and ruins it, at least half the people still there who haven't left yet realize that, upon having their reality distortion field shattered, actually 25% of what is needed perhaps isn't the right thing, and they too move their projects to Discord or Slack. > > this is a problem, and it needs to be fought, but any such fight needs to write IRC off as a loss and start over. this isn't about "how do we win over the 1990s chatroom user", it's about "how do we win over the 2023 discord user." > > https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/110199267432776043 > Ariadne Conill 🐰 > @ariadne > EN > > like, seriously, you have no idea how frustrating it was to try to mold IRC into a competitive product. i tried for a decade. i even worked on this as a full-time SRE for a while (Ustream really needed UnrealIRCd to be rewritten). > > we even had some wins, for a while: the decline of IRC's userbase was reversed and it even *grew* for a while. > > but for the most part i had the pleasure of advocating that IRC developers do not do stupid shit, like add spying features (looking at you InspIRCd `m_invisible.so`). > > at the ecosystem level, the strong desire of IRC developers to do stupid shit for short-term gains in users, outpaced the desire to promote the health of the ecosystem, and add new competitive features that end-users would care about. > > this is because projects cared *far more* about admin mindshare than user mindshare, and basically shows how the whole IRC mentality is doomed to failure. > > community infrastructure projects have to be community focused, not admin focused. Rob Levin (the founder of freenode) used to derisively refer to the people who didn't get this point as "traditional IRC users." > > > https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/110199317380320492 > Ariadne Conill 🐰 > @ariadne@treehouse.systems > > incidentally, the fediverse is in a similar position, where it is threatened by the free software reality distortion field. > > Mastodon isn't good enough for the long run. we laugh at BlueSky, but it is a legitimate threat, and it could very easily wind up eating the fediverse. all they have to do is make it more palatable to the mainstream. > > > https://social.treehouse.systems/@ariadne/110199369743497066 > Ariadne Conill 🐰 > @ariadne > EN > > one last thing. the people who are suggesting FOSS *chat* alternatives to me. > > you miss my point. you're offering me oranges when Discord has offered me an apple. > > Discord is not "just a chat platform." I would describe it as an "integrated community management platform." > > It combines chat with other forms of community media: forums, for example, and a rich suite of AV capabilities. > > this is also a symptom of the free software reality distortion field: the alternatives suggested may be sufficient for some usecases, but that doesn't mean they cover the same niche as the product they are proposed as a replacement to. > > it's the concision of experience that has allowed Discord to have such great success in their efforts to eat IRC's userbase.

And here's yet another example of how Elon is eroding the usefulness of Twitter. One of the useful things about Twitter has been the ability to Tweet at or send a message to companies, and get a response from a staff member. On the company's end, there are various customer service platforms that handle those customer service requests. But with Elon now charging $US42,000 per month or more for API access, offering customer service support through Twitter is no longer financially viable: "On Thursday, Intercom announced that the company would no longer support Twitter Integration due to the recent API pricing changes implemented by Twitter. "Intercom's clients span many industries and include companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Udemy, and H&R Block using its customer support products and services." [https://mashable.com/article/intercom-drops-twitter](https://mashable.com/article/intercom-drops-twitter) [\#Twitter](https://aus.social/tags/Twitter) [#ElonMusk](https://aus.social/tags/ElonMusk) [#Elon](https://aus.social/tags/Elon) [#Fediverse](https://aus.social/tags/Fediverse) [@fediverse](https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse) [@technology](https://lemmy.ml/c/technology)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/956291 > Features: > * Lightweight, minimal dependencies > * Extensive support of ActivityPub operations, e.g. write public notes, follow users, be followed, reply to the notes of others, admire wonderful content (like or boost), write private messages... > * Multiuser > * Mastodon API support, so Mastodon-compatible apps can be used (work in progress) > * Simple but effective web interface > * Easily-accessed MUTE button to silence morons > * Tested interoperability with related software > * No database needed > * Totally JavaScript-free > * No cookies either > * Not much bullshit >

Fediverse is going mainstream fast. And it is going to be a corporate hellhole if the grassroots initiatives that drove it to its current success are losing their grip on evolution in proper direction: Humane tech that is to the benefit of the people andd society, free culture thriving. While corporate threads are looming, meanwhile the activated developer community is once again splintering, fragmenting initiatives appearing that dilute attention to focus on common efforts, cohesion, cross-pollination and collaboration. The "herding cats" problem of grassroots movements. Great opportunity is now. Cohesion means that initiatives remain independent, but take care to coordinate with what is going on elsewhere. 👉 You can help! Avoid a CorporaVerse where you are exploited and milked. Bring attention to the opportunity and participate in the related initiatives to help bring them closer together. You might also boost my [related toot](https://social.coop/@dansup@mastodon.social/110195527051725892#).

i guess these are posts from the closed beta at https://staging.bsky.app/ which has maybe ~10k users now (they said >4k a while ago, and then apparently they invited 5k from their waiting list yesterday). permalinks to posts there are currently not accessible without logging in, but i guess since this site exists there must be some API from which posts can be accessed without a login.