So...now that BridgyFed is live, how about if those who don't want an open platform (like we currently have) block the bot. Then after a reasonable enough time (a month?) We make it opt-out like the rest of the platform?

I'm still SO confused by the fact that a lot of you want a closed platform, while being on an open one, yet here we are.

What say you? Can we ACTUALLY get back to the goal of this platform? to be open and allow those on other platforms to follow and interact with us freely? Or are we still wanting our "open walled garden" concept?

ActivityPub is built on being an open platform for engagement across social networks. However, what we have here with BridgyFed, does not build on that goal, because you all asked it not to.😔

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #BlueSkyBridge

Sunday MIGHT be blog day...🤔

I haven't done that in A LONG TIME. However, there's been LOTS happening and I'm very excited for the future of the platform, right now.

I am obviously still a little cynical when it comes to corporations and their intentions with Fedi, though.

If I have time, (and if I feel good enough. Anxiety is a bitch) I'll do a writing session and detail my thoughts, reasonings, and experiences with this social movement so far.

I'll also be detailing the nuances of each cross-platform integration I have firsthand experience with.

Let me know if this is a type of blog post would be interesting or intriguing to you and it might help me with motivation to pull it off. I don't want to "yell into the void". Especially with something I have so much passion for, and will take some time to complete.

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Pleroma #Akkoma #IceShrimp #FireFish #Misskey #Sharkey #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #NodeBB #GoToSocial #Meta #Threads #Nostr #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #Flipboard #WordPress #Blog #Blogging

It's such an exciting time for social media.

Fediverse is going near-mainstream due to wide adoption.

Bluesky now "unofficially" federates with the fantastic work of Ryan Barrett's BridgyFed!

Threads has one-way federation and claims to plan to fully federate soon enough.

Flipboard is actively working on Federation, some parts already working!

Nostr is federated using the Momostr Pink bridge which also bridges Threads.

The future of interconnected social media is now. Exciting times, we are in!😁

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Pleroma #Akkoma #IceShrimp #FireFish #Misskey #Sharkey #Lemmy #Kbin #Mbin #NodeBB #GoToSocial #Meta #Threads #Nostr #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Momostr #Bridge #Flipboard

Have you turned on Bridgy Fed for BlueSky-Mastodon bridge yet?

(that is a poll, if you're seeing this on Bluesky, just reply the question in comments)

#bluesky #mastodon #bridgyfed #askmastodon #askfediverse #activitypub #atprotocol #fediverse #nostr

• Yes (26%, 6 votes)
• No (26%, 6 votes)
• I have no idea what Bridgy Fed is. (47%, 11 votes)

Considering using as:Profile.to handle multiprofiling instead of as:Actor. Anyone knows how #Mastodon, #Misskey and others handle this type?

#ActivityPub

Well, it's unfortunate, but I don't really have any hope that BridgyFed will work all the way through Threads....

A few threads employees interacted with me several times today. Yet, whenever I directly asked about if it was being considered, I got nothing.

So....unless I'm pleasantly surprised down the road, I'm not gonna hold out hope on that wish.😔

#Fediverse #Fedi #BridgyFed #Threads #Meta #BlueSky #BlueSkyBridge #ActivityPub

#Fediverse does anyone know if #BridgyFed might allow #Diaspora protocol to bridge to #ActivityPub?

🤷‍♂️

https://fed.brid.gy/

#fediask

Ya know....I've been on Threads for a little bit now and experienced some interesting things.

Mastodon devs claim that they're taking so long to do Quote Posts because it's "not as simple as posting a link, like these third party apps are doing, its actually quite complex".

And here Threads is, doing exactly that. You post a Threads link into a post, it becomes a quote post....🤔

Is there some weird trickery behind the scenes going on that I'm not aware that is happening or....is it really that easy? I do feel like I'm being fooled by Threads.

#Fediverse #Fedi #Threads #Mastodon #QuotePosts #ActivityPub

Encrypted DMs Are Coming to #ActivityPub

https://wedistribute.org/2024/05/encrypted-dms-activitypub/

"At this point, E2EE DMs in the Social Web aren’t a question of “if” , but “when”."

Encrypted DMs Are Coming to ActivityPub

The prospect of making the Fediverse more secure is an ongoing topic, with a number of developers, privacy advocates, and user communities weighing in on how to do it. On Tuesday evening, ActivityPub

^{Anuj Ahooja (We Distribute)}

Well, that's 3 Threads employees that are aware of BridgyFed.

That leaves a bit of hope for the future of social media interconnectivity! Even if we can't trust that that they're down to use it, it's a hope...😅

#Fedi #Fediverse #BlueSky #BridgyFed #BlueSkyBridge #ActivityPub #Mastodon #SocialMedia #Threads #Meta

Hello Bluesky, this is me posting from Mastodon. 👋 Bridgy.fed is finally live.

#Fediverse #BridgyFed #Bluesky #ActivityPub

Interesting question I never thought to wonder about:

If I add a username in Alt-Text, is that person still notified?🤔🤣that'd be ridiculous, but I'm on mastodon, where they expect admins to manually moderate hundreds of thousands of posts. So here we are, I'm asking.

Edit: Nope! Thankfully it does not notify the person!

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon

Otra red social con #Activitypub antes era una red social normal pero decidió convertirse en una instancia de #Mastodon

🔗 https://pebble.social/explore

Well, if they weren't before, Threads is now officially "Aware"😏 of BridgyFed. @pcottle just liked my post about it over there.

Can't help but wonder if the bridge will work all the way through...🤔🤨

#Threads #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #BlueSky #BlueSkyBridge #BridgyFed #Meta #SocialMedia

This BlueSky bridge IS exciting. However, due to the ignorance of the "opt-in" brigade, I feel it'll be pretty much dead in the water besides with a select niche crowd.

Just like Threads, having to opt-in on an opt-out protocol is killing the usability of such good integrations.

This is why I keep thinking that Fedi won't get popular. Bad implementations like this, specifically wanted by ignorant users, will go unused.🤦‍♂️🙄

#BlueSky #BridgyFed #BlueSkyBridge #Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Bridge #Mastodon #OptIn #OptOut

The fucking ignorance on Threads is fucking laughable.🤣🤣 This man just called me a "Fediverse Stan account"

Un-fucking-believable!🙄🙄🙄Everyone, point and laugh at the idiot!🤣

https://www.threads.net/@freshhellcomic/post/C6eNoT7xm-L

Edit: He blocked me!!!🤣🤣🤣

#Fedi #Fediverse #SocialMedia #Threads #Meta #Ignorance #Mastodon #ActivityPub

FRESH HELL by Shaka (@freshhellcomic) on Threads

A “Fediverse” stan account is wild business 😂😂😂😂😂

^Threads

Hmmm...my original posts don't seem to be federating to BlueSky, as of yet...only posts in which i'm mentioning another bridge user...

Maybe there's a kink in the system. I'm sure it'll get straightened out. First steps are always the rockiest.

Edit: Scratch that! This post is on BlueSky! Leaving this up so that it stays up there!🥳🥳🥳

#Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #BlueSkyBridge #BridgyFed #Bridge #ActivityPub #BlueSky

For those unaware, the BlueSky-Fediverse bridge is LIVE and seems to be federating profiles who "opt-in" to BlueSky.

If you want to opt-in, you just have to follow @bsky.brid.gy and then if you have a BlueSky account, you can login and find your account by using the format @user.domain.ap.brid.gy, so mine is @BeAware.social.beaware.live.ap.brid.gy

This is SUPER exciting! Bridging open protocols is a super cool thing and I'm so happy to test out this super cool project!

Edit: more info after further investigation. Notifications from BlueSky users only work if they have activated the bridge on their side...this is less than stellar, but hopefully this changes?😳

Also, to find a BlueSky user that HAS opted into the bridge, their Bluesky account will appear in the fediverse as @[handle]@bsky.brid.gy. For example, @snarfed.bsky.social on Bluesky is bridged into the fediverse as @snarfed.bsky.social (sorry for the notification, Ryan. Hope you don't get spammed😬)

#BlueSkyBridge #BlueSky #BridgyFed #Mastodon #Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Bridge

Mir bereitet es Sorgen…

…wenn eine Sache zu groß und mächtig wird.
Gerade verkünden Medien den Verlust der Gemeinnützigkeit von „Mastodon“.

Also für alle zum Mitschreiben: Mastodon ist der Name einer Software, welche die Teilnahme am Fediverse ermöglicht. Die Software wird unter einer Open Source Lizenz veröffentlicht […]

#ActivityPub #EEE #Fediverse #Mastodon

https://pepecyb.hu/b/1QG

In the latest episode of #DotSocial I interview @snarfed.org, a passionate bridge builder with a focus on connecting people across the open web and the #fediverse. His latest work, #BridgyFed, connects #ActivityPub and #ATProtocol resulting in excitement, critique and *lots* of discussion.

Ryan and I talk about the parallel communities on #Mastodon and #Bluesky, their shared desire to create an open social web and the pros and cons of their underlying protocols, #ActivityPub and #ATProtocol. Can or should these be bridged? If so, how? As whole new communities continue to join the fediverse, how should the user experience evolve?

Listen to this excellent discussion on our @PeerTube instance or wherever you get your #podcasts.

https://flipboard.video/w/2Jj46hJaUQQG5TuiBYi9TR

Building Bridges to the Fediverse, with Ryan Barrett

The beauty of an open system is that anyone can build on top of it and try to make it a better place. In the fediverse, software engineer Ryan Barrett is one such developer. Ryan’s been building so...

^{Flipboard PeerTube}

As much as I feel it's a useless endeavor, I'm back to advocating for Fedi on Threads, just to spite those unknowledgeable fools who think there should be an un-federated, Fediverse app...I have a headache just typing that...😬🤦‍♂️

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Threads #Meta

There are actually people that are asking for an un-federated, Fediverse platform....

And they don't see how ridiculous this is!

These types of platforms have been around for decades! They're called forums and they don't have federation at all!

#Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon

Kinda wish there was more interoperability between Fedi platforms. Like if I see a dumb comment that makes absolutely no sense from a Lemmy account, I want to downvote it, but I can't unless I login to Lemmy.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Lemmy #Kbin #Mastodon #ActivityPub

FediTip of the day:

If you're new, you might want to post an #introduction post littered with hashtags that are related to your interests.

A lot of people browse that hashtag to find new users and help them along.

A lot of instances don't allow full text search, therefore hashtags are their only way of seeing your posts.

#Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #ActivityPub #MastoTip #FediTips

If you're still using Substack for your newsletter and want to migrate to Ghost, which has announced that it will join the fediverse this year, here's a step-by-step guide by @wes. It covers costs, what you'll need, setting up Mailgun and Cloudflare, how to move over your posts and subscribers and numerous other helpful details.

https://flip.it/udKkAr

#Fediverse #Ghost #Substack #ActivityPub #Newsletter #SubstackMigration

Substack to Ghost import guide for 2024: How I migrated my newsletter

How to migrate a newsletter to a self-hosted Ghost installation.

^{Wes Fenlon (Read Only Memo)}

FediTip of the day:

If your profile and posts are set to "public" and you can read this very post, you should have no sense of "privacy" here on Fedi. That means ANYONE can reply.

There's 20,000+ instances and new ones every day, there's NO WAY to tell who is accessing your posts or what they're doing with them.

Fediverse is not some kinda "bastion for privacy" nor is there any sort of "consent" required to see your posts if they are public.

The only way you can be 100% sure that your followers are the only ones that directly see your posts is to make your profile and posts private. Even then, screenshots exist.

Remember, you're on the internet. Once you post it, it's probably not going away. This is true everywhere.

#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Sharkey #GoToSocial #IceShrimp #FireFish #Lemmy #Kbin #Misskey #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mangane #MastoTips #FediTips

I have lost SO many brain cells today by browsing the Fediverse tag.

I wonder how many of you work full-time for absolutely nothing and how do you do that?

Oh wait....that's 0.

Exactly 0 of you work full-time without pay, so why do you expect someone else to do that with a family to support?

That's asinine and ridiculous.

Mastodon devs have PLENTY to be criticized about. However, wanting to get paid for doing their jobs isn't one of them.🤦‍♂️

I'm so glad that there are leaders of this space that don't care what the lot of you dumbasses think, cause Fedi would fail if it was up to y'all.

#Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #ActivityPub #PeopleAreStupid

New: Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 66

This week's news:
- The EU Voice pilot that hosted Mastodon and Peertube instance for the EU over the last 2 years will come to an end. The @EU_Commission account will continue to be active and grow their Mastodon presence.
- Ghost announces a major push for fediverse support, adding #Activitypub to their posts and building an ActivityPub powered news reader app.
- Mastodon starts a US-based nonprofit.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-66/

Last Week in Fediverse – ep 66

The EU pilot for the fediverse comes to an end, but the European Commission will stay on the fediverse; Ghost announces that they will support ActivityPub and build a fediverse news reading client, and Mastodon creates a U.S.-based non-profit.

^{fediversereport.com}

I gotta say, I never seen people HATE the platform they're on and don't want it to succeed as much as Fedi users hate Fedi.

It's kinda weird. Ngl. There's even an account with 200k+ followers called Fedi.Tips spreading hate towards Fedi possibly succeeding. It's wild.

I fear for the platform's future because of its userbase and that's not something I'd ever think I would say.

#Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon

Loops is a new platform for sharing short videos, and it's open source + federated using #ActivityPub

We're really excited to share this sneak peek that showcases the new onboarding flow and discovery features (Connect Mastodon) and look forward to the upcoming beta release!

Are you ready for #Loops ?

Loops onboarding screens are done!

#loops #activityPub #fediverse