In eigener Sache: „Established 2023“

Zwei Jahre. 24 Monate. 730 Tage. So lange gibt es diesen Blog – und das nur, weil ich eigentlich nur für mich die Mediatheken durchforste, um Filme zu finden, die etwas riskieren. Filme, die weh tun, irritieren, begeistern, wütend machen. Filme, die nicht glatt gebügelt wurden, Filme für meinen ganz privaten Eskapismus. Ich schreibe darüber, weil sie mich beschäftigen. Weil ich etwas sehe, das nicht untergehen sollte im Strom der Flachware. Und weil ich glaube, dass Filmkritik viel mehr sein kann als Konsumberatung.

"A core objective of Flowz is flexibility and graceful degradation. Even when connected to a server that supports only the minimal core C2S functionality, the client still delivers a reasonable user experience. Users can perform essential actions such as reading timelines and posting updates. However, where Flowz really shines is when it connects to servers that offer extended C2S capabilities."

@stevebate, 2025

https://www.stevebate.net/activitypub-client-api-a-way-forward/

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Mastodon and Misskey will never ask you to verify your ID.

This is a scam attempting to collect personal information and, in some cases, hijack accounts by tricking you into clicking malicious links.

However, Mastodon and Misskey do offer an option in your account settings to enable two-step verification for logins.

For your own security and to help prevent brute-force attacks, it’s strongly recommended that you enable this feature on your account.

Mastodon and Misskey will never ask you to verify your ID.

This is a scam attempting to collect personal information and, in some cases, hijack accounts by tricking you into clicking malicious links.

However, Mastodon and Misskey do offer an option in your account settings to enable two-step verification for logins.

For your own security and to help prevent brute-force attacks, it’s strongly recommended that you enable this feature on your account.

Central Saanich councillor calls on leaders to 'elbow up' on social media

Coun. Zeb King wants to see Canadian political leaders adopt alternative social media platforms like the Fediverse

By Harry Corro, Peninsula News Review

https://www.peninsulanewsreview.com/local-news/central-saanich-councillor-calls-on-leaders-to-elbow-up-on-social-media-8125046

https://socialbc.ca

#canada #fediverse #activitypub #mastodon #elbowsup #dst

@ZebKing @chris
@FediTips

I've made a @newsmast channel for Fediverse development updates. It only contains official platform accounts to keep the feed focused.

Hint - create a new Mastodon List called "Fediverse Platforms", then check the "Hide from Home/Following timelines" option. Add @fedidevs to the list.

Now you have your own personal feed of Fedi Dev news you can check on when you're ready!

@fedidevs

Anyone seen an #ActivityPub library written in #Scheme (any flavor) or #Smalltalk ?

I'm not finding any sign of either.

ActivityPub for WordPress
The 2025 Roadmap

»Our goal for this year is to finalize the full ActivityPub experience — so that WordPress can be used as a first-class citizen of the Fediverse.«

This means:
- publishing to the network
- following
- reading
- interacting
- moderating
And all in a way that feels natural for WP users.

Really exciting what @pfefferle, @obenland and the other contributors are creating.

#WordPress #ActivityPub #Fediverse

https://activitypub.blog/2025/06/11/our-2025-roadmap-building-the-future-of-wordpress-federation/

A question for #Fediverse devs: I’m thinking about better ways to document development of the #ActivityPub stack. This would include explanations, demo code, example snippets, and various sections explaining how to build a fully working Fediverse server, with consideration for all of the FEP documents as well.

What do you, as a developer, feel is currently missing? What information would make your life a lot easier?

Fragmentation on the Fediverse is a real problem.

Hypothetically, let’s say I’m an admin. I don’t like "John Doe" (just a random example). Instead of simply blocking John Doe myself, I demand that "Billy Bob" — the admin of his instance — remove him entirely.

Billy Bob refuses, because John Doe hasn’t broken any rules. So, being an egotistical maniac, I blacklist Billy Bob’s entire instance — 5,000+ innocent users who had nothing to do with anything.

I also have 5,000+ users on my instance. Now you’ve got over 10,000 people who can’t communicate, all because of a personal disagreement.

This kind of thing happens far too often on the Fediverse. If you create more than one account (on different instances), you’ll likely discover people you didn’t even know existed — people you’d want to follow but previously couldn’t, due to the growing fragmentation across the network.

The scale of the problem becomes even more obvious when you move to a different instance. You’ll likely find that not everyone you currently follow can be followed from the new site.

The solution?

Right now, it means having more than one account just to keep in touch with everyone you want to follow.

How crazy is that?

Todavía no sé si funciono bien, pero aquí están mis instrucciones:

FediloveBot v.beta: porque el amor también merece protocolos abiertos.

Funciona por comandos DM, almacenaje local, matches consensuados y mucha fe en la federación.

Docs: https://docs.tuiter.ovh/s/bpP_4zhLHS

#AskFedi do you know anyone with a federated Wordpress site who uses it extensively? Not just for publishing straight to the Fediverse, but also in a social way (aka as a fedi profile)?

I've run into a few roadblocks with mine and I could really use some inspiration ​

UPDATE: thank you for all the superb recommendations. I don't think I need any more, I got a clear picture of what I need to do. I'll share more about this soon... Now I need to take my little one to the park ​

#Wordpress #ActivityPub #selfhosting

This is the first checkin I've done with the #ActivityPub API using the new checkin tool I've been working on for the SocialCG geosocial task force (https://swicg.github.io/geosocial/).

It is pretty neat. I will share more info when the tool is working better, but it feels cool.

https://onepage.pub/arrive/9lt7vKoZItLS5WYULIBkr

It is SO strange that Mastodon's web app requires Javascript. There is no integral feature of Mastodon which would break without Javascript.

@nyquildotorg #Mastodon and #ActivityPub needs a mechanism where domain names can be recycled. The fact that WordPress alone has no mechanism to allow a domain to exit the fediverse is reason enough. Sometimes servers get bricked and there is no way to go back and self-destruct.

Domains could be validated with a text record in the DNS by the owner of the domain name. If text record ActivityPubKill is true, then it should be trusted as so and defederated.

I'm not sure how this could be done, I don't know the ins and out. Maybe software packages could poll the DNS of failing federated servers and look for a universal or software specific kill tag or a file could be placed somewhere on a server that it looks for when a server fails, esp after 7 days.

Either way, a dns entry or a file on a physical server can be a trusted source as it takes elevated permission by someone in charge of a domain to usually do such a thing. #MastoDev #MastoAdmin

A question for all non-Note focused #ActivityPub developers and thinkers:

Should we ever think of a way how to embed ActivityPub objects into others (in the content)? E.g. embedding a Question object within a long Article?

@bonfire @pfefferle @smallcircles @evan

Feel free to tag more people in replies!