As @mattwiebe already mentioned, we are focussing on support this week, so feel free to ask me anything this week! I try to be as helpful as possible!
The work #ghost is doing to their #fediverse integration is pretty interesting. 😎 Like having long and short distinction, for consuming content, on the UI. It sounds obvious, but not as wide use. Maybe #Substack does this? 🤔
Ghost versatility may make it excellent for single user instances.
Example, same thing you use for publishing long form content is same tool you use to spam about pugs. 🐶 All without polluting the streams. Very nice. 😄
Story in the New York times advocating for the #fediverse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/opinion/trump-musk-social-media.html
https://loops.video has 10K+ users 🥳 🚀
#TIL, through @thisismissem (thank you for your dev contributions to Mastodon, to our moderation and trust & safety tooling!! 🙏) about this dashboard:
“Fediverse Network Statistics”
PS
@pixelfed is the 5th most-used Fediverse software, rock on @dansup thank you as well!
rant, Bluesky, Pixelfed
Let's speedrun the XMPP-alike death of ActivityPub, sure. Let's sacrifice our freedom to corporate overlords all over again, because stuff like that worked out so well in the past. Nothing bad ever happened when projects began using a fundamental technology controlled by a VC-funded, profit-driven company.
In the end only a small userbase will remain vigilant while the majority gets fucked all over again. As always.
I want to scream.
#Bluesky#Pixelfed#Fediverse
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I for one think this would be an excellent idea. Making Pixelfed available for Bluesky users, and for the rest of the fediverse to get a lot more content, would benefit everyone. If done right, it could help introduce the idea that more fediverse projects implement the AT protocol.
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In case you forgot, I also happen to run the Fediverse People Directory!
It's over 3 years old now, and I will show it some love with some well deserved updates next month!
ActivityPub Starter Kits update:
I'm making exceptional progress and am wrapping up a few things before I prepare to launch this exciting new service!
ICYMI: I'm building an open source/self-hostable Starter Kit service that will allow fediverse users to safely build kits and share/use them with ease.
Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko @Gargron comments on the growth of this #Fediverse platform in a clear sign that it is also benefiting from the “eXodus”
Mastodon does not depend on venture capital to survive...
https://www.blogpocket.com/en/fedipost/mastodon-does-not-depend-on-venture-capital-to-survive/
We may not be the biggest by numbers yet, but Mastodon (and the fediverse) has proven itself to be an effective and reliable communications platform over the course of the last 8 years, and does not depend on venture capital to survive. The #fediverse is the future.
Should @pixelfed explore adding native support for Bluesky/AtProto?
Feedback wanted!
I'm really proud of the ecosystem I'm building around @pixelfed
We have some really innovative features that are unique to our platform, and are powered by microservices like:
https://api.fedidb.org
https://beagle.pixelfed.net
https://fdroid.pixelfed.net
https://push.pixelfed.net
https://recovery.pixelfed.org
https://versions.pixelfed.org
With @loops and @supapp on the horizon, you can expect a few more 😎
I really need to blog about this, because I'm having a blast 🚀
@ben thinks "the #Fediverse could serve as a decentralized, cross-platform connector among diverse networks" -- I've come to the same conclusion.
Imagine what innovation could happen if today's many social platforms were actually connected! Like diverse networks started getting connected into the internet in the 1990's! It enabled so much!!
Lots of other good thoughts in his piece:
https://werd.io/2024/bluesky-the-fediverse-and-the-future-of-social-media
We're helping important organisations move away from Big Tech platforms and towards open New Social platforms - like Mastodon!
But, we can't do it alone. We'd love to hear which organisations you think should make the move and why, so we can show them that there is a community waiting here for them.
Better yet, if you have a connection to an important organisation, we'd love to be introduced!
#Fediverse#Mastodon#Help#SocialMedia#Tech#X#Twitter#Charity#Government#News#Academia
"I will never again devote my energies to building up an audience on a platform whose management can sever my relationship to that audience at will" — @pluralistic
Ful ack.
Reclaim your connections.
Start a #blog a #podcast a #newsletter — connect through the #fediverse — re-own your relationships.
have you already tested the "fediverse preview" in #WordPress 6.7?
Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 92
This week's news:
- New updates on @loops and more information about further plans for their For You Algorithm
- @Flipboard is taking over the automated accounts on press.coop
- An ActivityPub bot+server that consists of only 2 simple files
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-92/
👆 #Bluesky has starter packs to help people find interesting accounts. I built one with accounts from #Mastodon, that can be followed from there (thx @bsky.brid.gy).
But it was challenging to find more, that aren't already also active there. Any suggestions, whom I could add?
Because let's build more bridges!
Create a Starter Kit with all your existing friends/fam and share the link or QR code and the invited person will be onboarded and auto follow all accounts in the kit, along with other auto settings.
The best part is Pixelfed Starter Kits are ActivityPub objects, and will be compatible with other software!
I am working on a FEP 🚀