Found 11 new servers and 16 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

21,400 servers checked. 14,114,616 Total Users with 0 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

moshpit.zip a #mastodon server from Portugal
mstdn.snyman.info a #mastodon server from United States
m.yyilmaz.com.tr a #mastodon server from Türkiye
www.supixi.jp a #misskey server from Japan
mi.lilalm.site a #misskey server from Private
fedi.transgender.ing a #sharkey server from United Kingdom
subspacewagon.systems a #mastodon server from Portugal
pleroma.caligula-sea.net a #pleroma server from Japan
social.fa-fo.de a #mastodon server from Poland
social.partial.fail a #gotosocial server from Luxembourg
autisticats.xyz a #hometown server from United States

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Found 11 new servers and 10 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

21,405 servers checked. 14,132,135 Total Users with 0 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

mstdn.snyman.info a #mastodon server from United States
moshpit.zip a #mastodon server from Portugal
m.yyilmaz.com.tr a #mastodon server from Türkiye
mi.lilalm.site a #misskey server from Private
www.supixi.jp a #misskey server from Japan
fedi.transgender.ing a #sharkey server from United Kingdom
subspacewagon.systems a #mastodon server from Portugal
pleroma.caligula-sea.net a #pleroma server from Japan
social.fa-fo.de a #mastodon server from Poland
social.partial.fail a #gotosocial server from Luxembourg
autisticats.xyz a #hometown server from United States

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ICYMI: yesterday I published the 6th post in my series #TheFutureIsFederated, showing how interoperability works between #Mastodon & #Pixelfed. In short: it feels like magic 🪄✨

An excerpt:
« The Fediverse has so much potential and is so much more sophisticated than anything made available by Meta, TikTok and X. But more importantly: not only is it technically superior, it is also ethical and user-centric. »

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-1-mastodon-pixelfed-2/

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #blog #socialmedia #FOSS

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 1: Mastodon ↔️ Pixelfed)

The secret ingredient of the Fediverse is the ActivityPub protocol and how it allows networks to talk to each other. See the magic in action!

^{Elena Rossini}

Found 9 new servers and 8 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

21,405 servers checked. 14,132,135 Total Users with 0 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

m.yyilmaz.com.tr a #mastodon server from Türkiye
www.supixi.jp a #misskey server from Japan
mi.lilalm.site a #misskey server from Private
fedi.transgender.ing a #sharkey server from United Kingdom
subspacewagon.systems a #mastodon server from Portugal
pleroma.caligula-sea.net a #pleroma server from Japan
social.fa-fo.de a #mastodon server from Poland
social.partial.fail a #gotosocial server from Luxembourg
autisticats.xyz a #hometown server from United States

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So #fediverse #mastodon peeps...remember when we posted that breaking news about the alleged leak of #Twitter's whitelist via Oktr (which has a lot of contradictions) and how Twitter handled the misinformation in the most red flag way possible?

Thanks to how badly #X is coded it keeps getting worse.

More updates to come.

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.6 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 1: #Mastodon ↔️ #Pixelfed )

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-1-mastodon-pixelfed-2/

with shout-outs to @phanpy @tapbots @ivory @Tusky @dansup

✨ and special thanks to @evan @cwebber for your work on #ActivityPub, the magic protocol that is making all this possible ✨

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #RebelAlliance

I'm not sure what happened to kbin[dot]social. It's been down now for what feels like a month.

Has anyone heard whether it's down permanently or what the status is of the main kbin instance? What happens now to the various kbin communities ("magazines") that are now stuck there?

#kbin #threadiverse #lemmy #fediverse

"On X, you can say transphobic, homophobic, racist, misogynistic slurs with very little consequence."

@saskia went back to Twitter / X this week as part of our mission to help the people who are still over there join better alternatives.

She put her findings into a blog but we warn you, it's not good news.

https://forbetter.ghost.io/mojo-dojo-casa-house-x-masculinity/

#Twitter #Mastodon #Fediverse #ElonMusk #TwitterIsDead

Mojo Dojo Casa House: X & Masculinity

Say goodbye to the Twitter you knew, Musk's X is stomping on the grave. I've recently had the displeasure of going back to X (aka Twitter), a platform that continues to turn further and further from the light it once was.

^{Saskia (FORbetter)}

Decentralization and self-hosting is the future of the internet.

Build communities, promote, make connections.

We don’t need “big tech.” They need us.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #selfhosting

For a long time I struggled with myself to not seem like a bully and someone who spreads hate and then I realized I am not alone, there is already a petition 👇🏼👇🏼

https://www.change.org/p/disqualify-convicted-child-rapist-steven-van-de-velde-from-the-olympics
⬆️

Here is my contribution
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AND SHARE IF YOU AGREE

YOU ARE FREE TO COPY IT OUT AND POST IT ON YOUR ACCOUNT TOO

#ioc #olympics #olympicgames #humanity #social #socialmedia #YouWinAgainSi #mastodon #fediverse #rape #no #olympics2024 #paris2024 #question #betterworld #GiveThemAVoice #news

Found 4 new servers and 5 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

21,406 servers checked. 14,132,135 Total Users with 0 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

pleroma.caligula-sea.net a #pleroma server from Japan
social.fa-fo.de a #mastodon server from Poland
social.partial.fail a #gotosocial server from Luxembourg
autisticats.xyz a #hometown server from United States

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I looked at how people use verification in the fediverse.

https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/verification-in-the-fediverse/

#FediverseExplorations #fediverse #verification #verified #data #dataviz

Fediverse domain blocks

Verifying fediverse accounts works differently compared to corporate social media, like X, Facebook, or LinkedIn. On platforms including Mastodon and Friendica, you are fully in charge of the verification process.

^{Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)}

You #fediverse #mastodon peeps are INSANE!

Thank you for your favs and retweets on the most popular (and controversial) post on here.

Follow up post soon, meet ups resume September in New Jersey.

@defcon

Some fediverse platforms* let you add links to your profile in dedicated fields, and also verify them. Do you have/use this feature?

* eg: Mastodon: https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/profile/#verification
and Friendica: https://wiki.friendi.ca/docs/verify_homepage

#fediverse #mastodon #VerifiedLinks #verified #SocialMedia #poll

• Yes, I have a few verified links (38%, 50 votes)
• I have one verified link (40%, 52 votes)
• I have this feature, but don't use it (18%, 24 votes)
• I don't have this feature (2%, 3 votes)

Follow-up question. Which approach do you prefer?

#fediverse #mastodon #verification #verified #SocialMedia #poll

• Verify which domains you own (100%, 4 votes)
• Let the platform verify who you are (0%, 0 votes)
• There's a better way! (leave a comment) (0%, 0 votes)
• Not sure (0%, 0 votes)

Will you be watching the Olympics at all over the course of the next few weeks?

Please BOOST for maximum exposure to the #Fediverse

#Poll #Polls #POTD #Question #QOTD #Olympics #Sports #Tech #AllThingsTech

• Yes, I'll watch the Olympics (20%, 9 votes)
• No, I won't watch the Olympics (55%, 24 votes)
• Not sure if I'll watch any of the Olympics (23%, 10 votes)

What academic papers or masters or other theses have been published in recent times in computer science on decentralized social media, the fediverse, or the social web?

Would appreciate pointers because I’m not coming up with much. Who has active research going on? #compsci #fediverse

I'm pretty annoyed by the campaign name "Mastodon for Harris"

I HIGHLY doubt it's *just* Mastodon users donating...😒unless that's what you want? Only mastodon users?🤨

Fediverse is more than just mastodon.

Stop this crap. Thanks.

#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon

Just realized this is my 5th #Mastodon server since 2017. 2 died, 1 wouldn't let me say "Bitcoin", 1 was just too modded and censored to even let me follow bird.makeup or nostr.pub accounts.

I think c.im strikes the perfect balance for me between moderation and tolerance.

To each, his/her/their own in the #fediverse. Everyone can find a place here, even if it takes you 7 years and 5 tries.

@Flipboard shows that there's a way to integrate with the fediverse the right way.

Looking back at the data I collected for a recent article*, out of 12,000 servers I analyzed, 329 block Threads.

Only 22 servers block Flipboard-related domains.

* https://stefanbohacek.com/blog/fediverse-domain-blocks/

#fediverse #flipboard

Most popular fediverse posts: June 6, 2024 Edition

Exploring fediverse domain blocks, an important tool that keeps the fediverse safe.

^{Stefan Bohacek (stefanbohacek.com)}

Here are some #Mastodon or #Fediverse terms I thought of:

Super Instance: A fedi instance that has amassed a very high number of users (mastodon and the official app really wants you to join their flagship super instance)

Mega Instance: A fedi instance where the size is so large it has more users than mastodon does in all of it's instances combined (Thanks to bridgyfed, bluesky is pretty much a fediverse mega instance)

Inner fediverse: the weirder part of fedi, mostly non-mastodon instances but sometimes forks like glitch or hometown. (I recently moved to the inner fediverse after getting bored of mastodon)

will leave it at three for now.

The fediverse is making the news.

"Over the last two days users from the social media service Mastodon have started a campaign which has raised over $250,000 for VP Harris."

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2024/7/25/2257916/-Mastodon-users-donate-a-quarter-million-dollars-in-2-days-for-VP-Harris-MastodonForHarris

#fediverse #mastodon #MastodonForHarris

Mastodon users donate a quarter million dollars in 2 days for VP Harris #MastodonForHarris

Over the last two days users from the social media service Mastodon have started a campaign which has raised over $250,000 for VP Harris. User Heidi Li Feldman started the modest campaign on ActBlue two days ago, with a humble goal of one thousand...

^{Daily Kos}

I hope this is common knowledge, but just in case not: Authorized Fetch does not protect media attachments. Only post contents and (some) metadata lookups are authenticated.

Likewise, uploaded media is always public. Even if sent as a DM, anyone with the link can access the files without authentication. That includes blocked users / instances, so be careful what you upload!

#PSA #FediTips #Fedi #Fediverse

Freeradical.zone is a Mastodon server for infosec and privacy and technology and leftward politics and cats and dogs and…

https://freeradical.zone

Find out more at https://freeradical.zone/about or contact their admin @tek

#FeaturedServer #InfoSec #Privacy #Tech #Technology #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse

Free Radical

Infosec and privacy and technology and leftward politics and cats and dogs and...

^{Mastodon hosted on freeradical.zone}

Most people try to escape Twitter but we're going back 👀

As a nonprofit committed to helping people find social media that works better for them and to growing the Fediverse and wider Social Web - it's our role to show people who don't want to support Musk's platform that there are alternatives.

We've been working on Threads & Bluesky in a similar way, encouraging federation, but now we're ready to really get our hands dirty. Wish us luck.

#Fediverse #Mastodon #SocialMedia

Just a reminder:
#Mastodon does not = the #Fediverse!

Mastodon is just one part of the Fediverse. Certainly a large part, but it's not the entire Fediverse.

We don't say that Facebook is all of social media, or that Google is the whole of the internet.

Mastodon is just one of the many blocks that make up the vast network that is the Fediverse.

Now you can move along. :)

Found 15 new servers and 26 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

21,392 servers checked. 14,189,214 Total Users with 1,027,189 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

rss.ponder.cat a #lemmy server from United Kingdom
coliss.fenslaw.nl a #bookwyrm server from Germany
owncast.popey.com a #owncast server from Germany
mastodonsmeade.social a #mastodon server from Germany
lz.tobskep.com a #mastodon server from United States
collage.sutty.nl a #sutty-distributed-press server from Canada
caekis.love a #pleroma server from United States
misskey.comefrom.stream a #misskey server from Private
pleroma.ruby2sday.net a #pleroma server from Private
mstdn.moimeme.ca a #mastodon server from Private
patamiel.xyz a #pleroma server from Germany
yottasky.xsns.jp a #misskey server from Japan
yiffi.es a #akkoma server from Luxembourg
blog.autumn64.xyz a #writefreely server from United States
blogo.autumn64.xyz a #writefreely server from United States

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i run my own site, i know c++

i wish it was easier to understand and get into fediverse stuff

if i want to learn how to make something, publish something, all the tutorial start with "here are 30 technologies you've never heard of, throw them all together on a server and configure it in the 'standard way' then you're done!"

does anyone have any suggestions?

#fediverse #mastodon

Found 15 new servers and 24 servers died off since 3 hours ago.

21,393 servers checked. 14,189,214 Total Users with 1,027,189 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

coliss.fenslaw.nl a #bookwyrm server from Germany
lz.tobskep.com a #mastodon server from United States
rss.ponder.cat a #lemmy server from United Kingdom
collage.sutty.nl a #sutty-distributed-press server from Canada
owncast.popey.com a #owncast server from Germany
mastodonsmeade.social a #mastodon server from Germany
caekis.love a #pleroma server from United States
misskey.comefrom.stream a #misskey server from Private
pleroma.ruby2sday.net a #pleroma server from Private
mstdn.moimeme.ca a #mastodon server from Private
patamiel.xyz a #pleroma server from Germany
yottasky.xsns.jp a #misskey server from Japan
yiffi.es a #akkoma server from Luxembourg
blog.autumn64.xyz a #writefreely server from United States
blogo.autumn64.xyz a #writefreely server from United States

Help others find a home, send them to fediverse.observer

MastoTip of the Day:

If you want to reply to a post that also mentions another user, but your reply won't benefit the other user, you CAN remove their username before you reply.

In fact, this will stop you from annoying people with useless notifications that don't pertain to them! It's pretty neat.

(Okay this one is a bit sarcastic, but seriously, stop spamming people because you're too lazy to backspace their username, thanks)

#Fedi #Fediverse #Mastodon #FediTips #MastoTips #FediTip #MastoTip

Today, we sat down and reviewed @neodb, a #Fediverse review system that lets you track books, movies, music, tv shows, games, podcasts, and more. There's some really incredible ideas beneath the surface.

https://wedistribute.org/2024/07/neodb-review-culture/

NeoDB is a Review System for Culture

NeoDB is similar to Bookwyrm, in the sense that it can be used to track reading progress on books, and lets users write reviews. Where it differs is that it allows people to track so much more: Movies

^{Sean Tilley (We Distribute)}