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PlunchI federated this blog Im officially part of the cool kids club of the decentralized web: I federated this WordPress blog with the ActivityPub Plugin by Matthias Pfefferle <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle" target="_blank">@pfefferle</a>. It seems to work: The plugin has created a mastodon profile that anyone can follow. New blogposts are automatically posted there. Not sure if I can comment or reply with that profile. Time to explore. #FediBlog #ActivityPub #WordPress #Decentralized <a href="https://plunch.de/i-federated-this-blog/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://plunch.de/i-federated-this-blog/</a>

PlunchHello IndieWebThis is it: My first blogpost is online. And with it my brand new personal website.It took me quite a while to get to this point since I started over a couple of times. But I really enjoyed the process of tinkering around and exploring how my website will look. It is not finished yet but I am letting it out in the IndieWeb: Why wait, it will evolve over time anyhow.I’m looking forward connecting with you folks.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://plunch.de/tag/indieweb/" target="_blank">#IndieWeb</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://plunch.de/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#FediBlog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://plunch.de/tag/personalwebsite/" target="_blank">#PersonalWebsite</a>

Jansens PottNeu auf dem Blog:Schreibe auf Deinen Blog, als wenn niemand es liest.<a href="https://www.jansens-pott.de/schreibe-auf-deinen-blog-als-wenn-niemand-es-liest/?mtm_campaign=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.jansens-pott.de/schreibe-auf-deinen-blog-als-wenn-niemand-es-liest/?mtm_campaign=mastodon</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.jansens-pott.de/tag/blog/" target="_blank">#Blog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.jansens-pott.de/tag/bloggen/" target="_blank">#Bloggen</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.jansens-pott.de/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#Fediblog</a>

Tim Chambers<a href="https://herve.bzh/author/jeremy/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jeremy</a> I think the better analogy isn't GoToSocial but rather that different TYPES of content might tag based on what they were. Longer form posts specifically from blogs, being <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Fediblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediblog</a> tagged, Wikipedia articles that federated could tag as <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Wiki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wiki</a> and federated podcasts episodes could tag as <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/fedicast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fedicast</a> or <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#podcast</a>

Jeremy Herve<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-url mention" href="https://mastodon.social/@voxpelli" target="_blank">@voxpelli</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="u-url mention" href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" target="_blank">@tchambers</a> Since both WordPress and Ghost sites support RSS out of the box, I don’t think you need an indicator. 🙂Now, should we add the tag to long-form content only, or to any posts published via Ghost or WordPress (like this one)?<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/en/" target="_blank">#EN</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/fediblog/" target="_blank">#FediBlog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://herve.bzh/t/indieweb/" target="_blank">#IndieWeb</a>

Tim ChambersFree idea: <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Ghost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ghost</a> and <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a> blog posts that federate out should in the publishing UX suggest that authors add the optional hashtag <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Fediblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediblog</a> to the post. Not mandatory, just a nudge. Would greatly help with the discovery of cool blogs to follow here. cc: <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pfefferle</a> <a href="https://john.onolan.org/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@index</a>cc: <a href="https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/114197062951945178" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/114197062951945178</a>

Tom FoggChili & Raja They are in my care. I feed them once a day and walk them twice. I provide emotional security too, for their family is holidaying on other continents. This is why I am here. And they are too my living, breathing companions on this winter trip. Almost everything I do is in their company.  At the beginning I confused their names, and was embarrassed. I saw Chili as a King, as a Raja I suppose. Now I see that his warmth, like a mild chili pepper, reveals itself but slowly. Raja is more a prince than a king among dogs; a spiritual leader. This was my confusion. <a href="https://25.netribution.co.uk/tom/chili-raja/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://25.netribution.co.uk/tom/chili-raja/</a>

Mastodon Migration BlogMastodon Follow Pack FAQ 1.0What are Follow Packs?They are just packaged topical lists of accounts you can follow from your Mastodon or other Fediverse account. You can follow the entire pack by importing a file. Plus, the entire pack loads into a list, so it becomes a feed for that subject. You can also just browse for accounts you might want to follow individually.So, they’re like Bluesky Starter Packs?Yes, but not quite as convenient. It’s not hard, but because Mastodon does not have a one-click way to do this, you need to download a follow pack file and then use Mastodon’s import facility. Instructions are provided in the directory and also below.What Follow Packs are there?Packs are being added all the time. Right now there are packs for Astronomy and Space, Climate, US Politics and Miscellany. For a current directory check out the Mastodon Migration FediBlog at: <a href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/mastodon-follow-pack-directory-nov-20-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/mastodon-follow-pack-directory-nov-20-2024/</a> How do I do do it?Check out the latest directory at <a href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/mastodon-follow-pack-directory-nov-20-2024/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2024/11/20/mastodon-follow-pack-directory-nov-20-2024/</a> . Basically determine which pack you want to follow and download the .csv then import the pack. Instructions are provided. Follows are loaded into a list in your account.OK, but I don’t want to mess up my lists. What happens if I already follow an account in the pack?That’s fine. The followed account will just be added to the new list, and if you already had that account in a list, it will now just be in both lists.Can I then add more accounts to the list?Sure! That’s the idea. Many of these accounts boost other great accounts in their topic area. You will quickly find additional accounts you will want to follow. When you do follow a new account add it immediately to the list by clicking the “…” button at the top of the profile and selecting “Add or Remove from lists”You published an updated pack with added accounts, what should I do?You can just download the new follow pack .csv file and import it again. Mastodon will add any additional accounts to the list, and your list feed will now include all accounts from the pack.What if I don’t like your pack list title?Simply change it. Click on the list, then the gear icon and you can edit the list name and contents. Also, you can determine if you want to “Hide these posts from home” so they don’t clutter up your home feed.What if I’ve been added to a list and I don’t want to be in it?Every follow pack has a listed administrator. Message them to ask to be removed.How do I know if my account is in a Follow Pack?You can search through the directory. Also, whenever a new directory is posted all members of every pack are notified by being copied on the post.What if I don’t want to follow accounts from Threads or Bluesky?Any pack that contains Threads or Bluesky bridged accounts will have a special notice. Just don’t import one of them.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/followpack/" target="_blank">#FollowPack</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/starterpack/" target="_blank">#StarterPack</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/mastodonmigration/" target="_blank">#MastodonMigration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/mastotips/" target="_blank">#MastoTips</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/help/" target="_blank">#Help</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/directory/" target="_blank">#Directory</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/guides/" target="_blank">#Guides</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/mastodon/" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/fediverse/" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#FediBlog</a>Follow Pack Notices<pre>NOTIFICATION NOTICE: If you receive the Follow Pack Directory post in your Notifications, your account may be included in one or more packs. </pre><pre>OPT-OUT NOTICE: If your account is listed in any Follow Pack and you do not want it to be, please message the pack administrator and refer to the pack from which you would like your account removed.</pre><pre>BRIDGE ACCOUNT NOTICE: Packs that include accounts that bridge outside the Fediverse will be identified with a special notice.</pre><pre>REPLIES ON MASTODON NOTICE: Replies include all named accounts. Please edit any replies to remove addresses you do not intend to send the reply.</pre>Follow Pack InstructionsDownload the pack .csv file and import into Mastodon to follow all accounts:– Click on a FollowPack .csv file link to download – Click on Preferences (gear) icon on bottom right – On mobile or narrow desktop click top right “hamburger” button – Click Import and Export >>> Import – Import type dropdown: Select “Lists” (NOT “Following list”) – Verify that ‘Merge’ is selected (IMPORTANT) – Click Browse… button >>> Select “[file name] – list.csv” – Upload >>> Confirm______________________________This post comes from the WordPress Mastodon Migration Blog: <a href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/</a>You can receive all new posts to this WordPress Blog on Mastodon by following Mastodon account:<pre>https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/@mastodonmigration.wordpress.com</pre>(Copy and paste above address into search to find and follow)<pre>Important: Replies on Mastodon to this WordPress post by default include all named accounts. Please edit your reply to remove all addresses you do not intend to send the reply. Thank you.</pre><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/directory/" target="_blank">#Directory</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#FediBlog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/fediverse/" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/followpack/" target="_blank">#followpack</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/guides/" target="_blank">#Guides</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/help/" target="_blank">#Help</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/mastodon/" target="_blank">#mastodon</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/mastodonmigration/" target="_blank">#mastodonmigration</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/mastotips/" target="_blank">#MastoTips</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/tag/starterpack/" target="_blank">#StarterPack</a>

Mastodon MigrationMastodon Follow Pack Directory 1.2Follow entire groups of accounts listed below or simply click on accounts to view their profile page and follow them from there.This directory includes notices, instructions and follow pack directory listings.Longform available on Mastodon Migration FediBlog >>> <a href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/@mastodonmigration.wordpress.com" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mastodonmigration.wordpress.com</a>1/many <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FollowPack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FollowPack</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/StarterPack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StarterPack</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MastodonMigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastodonMigration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MastoTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoTips</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Help</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Directory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Directory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Guides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Guides</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FediBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediBlog</a>

szponDear <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/adhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adhd</a> folks, what do you consider as adhd-friendly blog design in terms of readability, information positioning and separation and such? Of course I have my own preferences, but maybe there's something I haven't thought about (except of course such basic things like no popups, flashy autoplayed videos and similar).<a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/webdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webdesign</a> <a href="https://circumstances.run/tags/fediblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediblog</a>

Waxing and Waning 🍥Fediverse folk, what is your preferred Activitypub blogging platform. Looking to start writing again and fancy a fresh, fedi start.<a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blogging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/FediBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediBlog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a>

Andrew MelderIt's definitely not you Fediverse, it's me.I think I need to move away from microblogging and other social. Here, Instagram, Threads, Reddit, Facebook (if I can) etc.LinkedIn might be the annoying holdout.<a href="https://andrewmelder.com/2024/04/29/something-needs-to.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://andrewmelder.com/2024/04/29/something-needs-to.html</a><a href="https://melder.social/tags/Blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Blogging</a> <a href="https://melder.social/tags/Fediblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediblog</a> <a href="https://melder.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SocialMedia</a> <a href="https://melder.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://melder.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mastodon</a>

Rob 🏳️‍🌈 RMiddleton.ArtHelp that denies someone's agency isn't help. The solution to “Beggars can't be choosers” is that no one should have to beg for basic needs. Basic needs include respect for every human's autonomy. All choosers, no beggars. That's just.Intro to personal health blog post that touches on autonomy, hoarding, US culture, and how to really help someone. Follow on fedi <a href="https://dotart.blog/rmiddleton/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rmiddleton@dotart.blog</a> Post URL <a href="https://dotart.blog/rmiddleton/2024jan21-if-you-give-a-vegan-a-fish" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://dotart.blog/rmiddleton/2024jan21-if-you-give-a-vegan-a-fish</a><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fediblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fediblog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/thoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#thoughts</a>

Laurens HofLast Week in Fediverse – ep 54This week saw a large variety of smaller news items, so a short experiment with a slightly different format. I just came back from FOSDEM, and it was great to talk to so many fediverse people, gives me great energy to keep working on all of it. Next year I hope there will be more of an organised ActivityPub and fediverse presence though, lots of opportunity there.The newsNodeBB has provided <a href="https://community.nodebb.org/topic/17803/january-update-on-activitypub-development/2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">update</a> on their work on implementing ActivityPub. As part of their update, they detail their vision on which parts of the forum gets federated, and in which manner. As federated forums are mostly new to the fediverse, this provides some insights in how the developers are thinking which parts of forum software can get federated, and how that can be implemented into a user interface. PieFed has made <a href="https://piefed.social/post/20584" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">some</a> improvements to new account sign-up flow, and as a part of that, different communities are now aggregated into ‘Topics’. Once you sign up, and select a few Topics you are interested in, you automatically follow multiple communities related to the topic.Over on Lemmy, the conversation on how to provide the best experience for handling multiple communities about similar subjects that live on different servers come up regularly, including in Lemmy latest <a href="https://fediversereport.com/lemmy-ask-you-anything-again/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AMA</a>. Developer Rimu says that one future direction he is thinking about is using the Lemmy Explorer (which indexes all public Lemmy communities) to aggregate communities into Topics. The Lemmy developers held an AMA this week, and I wrote up an <a href="https://fediversereport.com/lemmy-ask-you-anything-again/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">article</a> some of my takeaways from the comments that stood out to me. IFTAS is working together with GLAAD <a href="https://about.iftas.org/2024/01/30/targeted-misgendering-and-deadnaming-in-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">to help</a> platforms ‘update their policies to add express prohibitions against targeted misgendering and deadnaming’, similar to how platforms like Discord have explicitly <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2023/12/13/discord-bans-misgendering-and-deadnaming-in-hate-speech-policy-update-glaad/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">banned</a> deadnaming and misgendering trans people. IFTAS explains that “not about accidentally getting someone’s pronouns wrong. Rather, our concern centers on deliberate and targeted acts of hate and harassment rooted in gender identity discrimination”. IFTAS provides a sample Code of Conduct for admins to use, as well as the possibility for admins to sign a pledge that they included rules in their policies against targeted misgendering and deadnaming. Video creator TechAltar has a new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3ptZ1W-FRA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">video</a> explaining the fediverse. It frames the fediverse as a new internet, and as a way around the walled gardens from the current Big Tech platforms. Over on video platform <a href="https://nebula.tv/videos/techaltar-a-new-internet-is-forming-meta-wants-to-control-it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nebula</a>, TechAltar also provided the videos with the full interviews with EMastodon’s Eugen Rochko, Automattic’s (company behind Tumblr and WordPress) Matt Mullenweg, Matej Svancer, who is building a multi-network platform <a href="https://openvibe.social/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Openvibe</a>, as well as the admins of mastodon server sfba.social. Some more developers are tinkering with building minimal ActivityPub implementations to serve their needs. Julian Fietkau wrote an ActivityPub server to host a single bot, <a href="https://dailyrucks.fietkau.software/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Rucks</a>. The implementation shows the value of building something beyond just a Mastodon bot, as the home page for the bot shows a beautiful customised landing page for the bot. Fietkau also posted a <a href="https://fietkau.blog/2024/daily_rucks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blog</a> explaining the How and Why of the project.Terence Eden also <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/02/a-tiny-incomplete-single-user-write-only-activitypub-server-in-php/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">build</a> a minimal ActivityPub server, with the sole purpose of posting messages to your followers. It is a part of a longer project to work on building a <a href="https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/01/rebuilding-foursquare-for-activitypub-using-openstreetmap/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FourSquare-like service</a> on the fediverse. Project <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/project-tapestry" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tapestry</a> is a new Kickstarter project by The Iconfactory company that just reached their funding milestone. The goal of the project is to release an iOS app that pulls feeds from various sources, such as Mastodon, Bluesky as well as RSS feeds into one single chronological timeline. It will <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/1/31/24057231/iconfactory-kickstarter-internet-reader-project-tapestry-twitterrific" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">allow</a> people to plug in their own data sources as well, provided the APIs are accessible. Iconfactory says that it will be anywhere between 9 to 12 months to release the app. The idea of aggregating multiple data sources into a single app or feed seems to be popping up in various places recently, such as with Openvibe and <a href="https://agorasocial.app/#/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agora</a>. A quick personal take from this year’s FOSDEM: I can echo Jaana Dogan’s <a href="https://m.rakyll.org/@rakyll/111868193920422783" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">observation</a> that all the speakers at FOSDEM seem to have switched from Twitter handles to using their fediverse handles on their slides. It seems there is more than enough <a href="https://macaw.social/@andypiper/111874145373345721" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">interest</a> to make sure there will be a fediverse devroom next year as well.The Links<ul><li>Some reverse engineering <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/4/24061012/threads-is-preparing-to-venture-deeper-into-the-fediverse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shows</a> how Threads is working on their fediverse integration.</li><li>Eugen Rochko was on the Software Engineering <a href="https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2024/01/31/mastodon-with-eugen-rochko/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Podcast</a> to talk about Mastodon.</li><li>The Firefish project has been deemed dead by the community for a bit now, but now the lead developer has <a href="https://git.joinfirefish.org/firefish/firefish/-/issues/10847" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">officially</a> stepped down.</li><li>A small <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcIPh2MxcAU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">demo</a> by micro.blog on all their cross-posting options.</li><li>‘<a href="https://betula.mycorrhiza.wiki/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Betula</a> is a free federated self-hosted single-user bookmarking software for the independent web’. Their latest <a href="https://betula.mycorrhiza.wiki/v1.2.0.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">update</a> added federation, and now people from across the fediverse can follow your bookmarks, similar to <a href="https://github.com/ckolderup/postmarks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Postmarks</a>.</li><li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@feditest/111857361435097188" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fediverse Test Suite</a> is a new testing project that just got underway with funding from Germany’s <a href="https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/tech/activitypub-test-suite/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sovereign Tech Fund</a>.</li></ul>Thank you for reading! 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Laurens HofAn update on BonfireThe upcoming Bonfire project describes itself as a social networking toolkit, that allow communities to create and shape their own digital spaces, and have released some new <a href="https://bonfirenetworks.org/apps/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">information</a> about some parts of their upcoming project. Bonfire is a fediverse server project in development, with its own take on the microblogging format, and tools to customise it for your community.Bonfire Classic has been in development (and <a href="https://campground.bonfire.cafe/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available</a> for testing) for a while, and the new information is on the other apps that can be build with Bonfire. The team is working on an Open Science version of Bonfire, as well as a Communities version. For the <a href="https://bonfirenetworks.org/app/open_science/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Open Science version</a>, features like integration with your ORCID (‘Open Researcher and Contributor ID’), and better <a href="https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/111793274037434384" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">embedding</a> of scientific papers are a part of it. For the <a href="https://bonfirenetworks.org/app/community/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Communities version</a>, the team is collaborating with <a href="https://radiofreefedi.net/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Radio Free Fedi</a>, and the features centre around public and private groups, and topical discussions.The Bonfire team is also working towards a <a href="https://bonfirenetworks.org/hosting/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">cooperative hosting network</a>, to make the hosting of a Bonfire more accessible to communities. In September 2023 the Bonfire team <a href="https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/road_to_public/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">indicated</a> to be working towards a 1.0 release in the upcoming months.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/bonfire/" target="_blank">#bonfire</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#fediblog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/fediverse/" target="_blank">#fediverse</a>https://fediversereport.com/an-update-on-bonfire/

Laurens HofOpen metaverse platform Viverse announces fediverse supportViverse is the open metaverse platform from HTC, where people can visit virtual worlds. In a blog post, Viverse <a href="https://www.news.viverse.com/post/the-fediverse-explained-social-media-s-next-form" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">announced</a> that they are set to join the fediverse as well. Viverse says they are adding ActivityPub support, and that the first step of integration will be interoperability with Mastodon.What the interoperability will look like is unclear, Viverse says that it will allow ‘everyone to share Worlds, Avatars, and so much more’. Currently, the Viverse website allows you visit different virtual worlds by simply visiting the link, and it is unclear how adding ActivityPub support will meaningfully alter the experience of sharing links. The Mastodon organisation themselves have been clear that they are stretched for resources, making it also uncertain that adding support into the platform for sharing metaverse-worlds will be high on the priority list.My personal intuition is that this news is an illustration of how the term ‘fediverse’ is starting to trend (another example <a href="https://arstechnica.com/health/2024/01/what-do-threads-mastodon-and-hospital-records-have-in-common/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>) towards a much wider, broader and generic meeting. Now that Meta has solidly put ‘fediverse’ in a wider audience and meaning with Threads, it seems likely that more companies and organisations will experiment with this version of the term ‘fediverse’.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/activitypub/" target="_blank">#activitypub</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#fediblog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/fediverse/" target="_blank">#fediverse</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/metaverse/" target="_blank">#metaverse</a>https://fediversereport.com/open-metaverse-platform-viverse-announces-fediverse-support/

Laurens HofHow Bluesky works – the network componentsWelcome to a new short series on Bluesky and how the network works. Bluesky recently <a href="https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/6-23-2023-moderation-proposals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">released</a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mozzius.dev/post/3kj3pb2pq4n2g" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">more</a> information on their plans for third party moderation services. While writing about their plans, I realised that to properly explain how it works, I first needed to explain how the network is designed to function.Most people understand the fediverse in terms of separate instances. Every instance can be a social network in itself, and by connecting with other instances form a larger network, the fediverse. This makes it easier to understand where content moderation happens: every instances has their own content moderation, own moderators and their own rules.The Bluesky network and the AT Protocol function differently. There are different types of servers; servers for data storage, servers for data aggregation, etc. As such, content moderation happens in different places on the network. To properly explain how it works, the benefits and tradeoffs, as well as the unknowns, I am publishing a short series on Bluesky, how the network functions, and how and where content moderation happens. In this first episode: the parts that make up the network and allow it to work.The basic componentsThe Bluesky network consists of the following parts:<ul><li>A Personal Data Server (PDS) that hosts all account data. It contains information about your accounts, and is where all your personal data is stored.</li><li>A Relay looks for all the PDS’s in the network, takes in all their data, and merges it together to outputs one big stream that is used by other parts of the network. The Relay puts out the data in a machine-readable format, which is often called a firehose.</li><li>AppView takes the data from the Relay, and processes it so that it is more meaningful for apps. Examples of the processing that AppView does: counting the amount of likes that a post gets, collecting all replies to a post and organising them into a thread. It also generates your “following” feed, by creating a reverse-chronologically ordered feed of posts made by the accounts that you follow.</li><li>An app, whether that is the official Bluesky mobile app or a third party website like deck.blue. The app takes the data from AppView and presents it in a nice format for people read on their preferred device.</li></ul>With these four components we can imagine a basic social network:If you open the official Bluesky app on your phone and look at the “following feed”, the data flows as follows: All PDS’s => Relay => AppView => App.If you then create a post and hit send, data goes from your app directly back to the PDS where your account is hosted.Custom feeds and moderationThere are four more components to the Bluesky network: feed generators, labellers, the moderation service, and the Identity Directory.<ul><li>A feed generator creates the custom feeds, using some form of algorithm. These custom feeds can be anything from a feed with the posts with the most likes in the last 24 hours, a feed of posts that contain specific terms, or anything else.<ul><li>A feed generator takes data from a Relay, performs the calculations to take the raw data into a custom feed, and sends it to the AppView. The AppView then performs some final steps and sends it to your app so you can see the custom feed.</li></ul></li><li>Labellers. Labelling services perform moderation activities by applying labels to a post. People can determine how they want to handle labelled content. An example of a label can be ‘Sexually Suggestive’, and people can determine if they want their app to either show, hide or warn about posts that contain the label.<ul><li>A Labelling service takes data from the AppView, processes it, and then sends it back to the AppView</li></ul></li><li>The moderation system, called Ozone, that allows moderators to take moderation action, such as taking down posts or accounts. This tool has the least amount of information on it, and it is not visible Federation Architecture documentation. The update this week by the Bluesky organisation shows that the system is called Ozone, and that they are in the process of making it open-source and available for others to use.<ul><li>The tool at least allows moderators to alter data in the PDS, as that is where account data lives.</li></ul></li><li>Every account on the Bluesky network has a unique identifier, called a DID. A DID is a unique string of random numbers and letters, and cannot change. Every account also has a handle, which is your username. New accounts start with youraccountname.bsky.social as a handle. The network also allows you to change your handle to a domain name that you own, which allows for easy verification. The information about which DID corresponds to which handle is stored in the DID PLC Directory.</li></ul>Now we have all the components that together make up the Bluesky network. In the next part, I’ll take a look at decentralisation and federation, explaining for every part how it will play a role in decentralisation and federation.Thanks to <a href="https://martianbase.net/@mackuba" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kuba Suder</a> for feedback on a first draft.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/atproto/" target="_blank">#atproto</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/bluesky/" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#fediblog</a>https://fediversereport.com/how-bluesky-works-the-network-components/

Laurens HofOwncast releases app for iOS and tvOSGabe Kangas, creator of the fediverse-connected streaming software <a href="https://owncast.online/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Owncast</a>, has <a href="https://gabekangas.com/blog/2024/01/owncasts-a-new-ios-and-tvos-application-for-viewing-owncast-powered-live-video-streams/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">announced</a> the release of an iOS and tvOS app for Owncast. This comes some months after Kangas <a href="https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-40/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">said</a> that the development of the app had been halted due to Apple’s App Store policies. Getting the app approved has been a challenge, and Kangas details the wide variety of ‘reasons’ that Apple has given to reject the app. It took help of a legal firm and persistence from Kangas to get the app in the App Store.The fact that Owncast did manage to publish an app to the App Store is good news for PeerTube, who are in a process of their own to create their own mobile apps for PeerTube. In PeerTube’s roadmap Framasoft <a href="https://framablog.org/2023/12/12/mobile-app-redesign-new-dev-promotion-lets-build-a-bright-future-for-peertube/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">said</a> that publishing a PeerTube app might be tricky, citing Owncast’s experiences.In the blog Kangas also talks about the identity of the platform, coming right out of the gate by reiterating that Owncast is simply server software to run ‘independent, decentralized, completely standalone video streams’. Building social features such as chat, helping with discovery with the Owncast Directory and now building an app, all help with the awareness of the project. But in the end, Kangas sees Owncast as ‘server software. That’s it’.<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/fediblog/" target="_blank">#fediblog</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://fediversereport.com/tag/owncast/" target="_blank">#owncast</a>https://fediversereport.com/owncast-releases-app-for-ios-and-tvos/

Tim ChambersNumber of <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/Fediblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fediblog</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/WordPress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPress</a> blogs on the Fediverse via <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/FediDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediDB</a> ...<a href="https://fediblogs.wordpress.com/2023/10/24/fedidb-latest-wordpress-fediblog-numbers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fediblogs.wordpress.com/2023/10/24/fedidb-latest-wordpress-fediblog-numbers/</a>

Mastodon Migration<a href="https://techhub.social/@negative12dollarbill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@negative12dollarbill</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/@Pattyagray" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Pattyagray</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@pfefferle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pfefferle</a> Agree that a good FAQ is a great idea. Perhaps this can help: <a href="https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2023/10/12/create-a-wordpress-account-attached-to-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2023/10/12/create-a-wordpress-account-attached-to-the-fediverse/</a>Seems like a lot of the confusion is that the new WordPress <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FediBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediBlog</a> Account is just a place WordPress sends a text version of the posts you generate. You can not interact with it in any other way. All data comes from your WordPress blog. But people who follow that address will receive Mastodon versions of all your NEW posts when you Publish them in WordPress.

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