soc.octade.net is a Fediverse instance that uses the ActivityPub protocol. In other words, users at this host can communicate with people that use software like Mastodon, Pleroma, Friendica, etc. all around the world.
This server runs the snac software and there is no automatic sign-up process.
But once again, there's this "Mastodon and the Fediverse", and once again with the same old meaning. "Mastodon" as in Mastodon the software and "Fediverse" as in the Mastodon network.
Another post that claims, no, insists that the Fediverse is literally Twitter with 500 characters because it only consists of Mastodon. Mastodon 3.x, actually, which hardly had any features that Twitter didn't have. But take a look at Hubzilla, which is where this comment comes from, even though most people will see it on Mastodon. Daily-drive Hubzilla for a year or two. And then tell me with a straight face that Hubzilla is a Twitter clone and all the same as Twitter.
And once again, I guess that literally nobody who is on Mastodon now sees anything wrong with this notion, and I only expect the usual small handful of non-Mastodon users to complain about it.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #NotOnlyMastodon #FediverseIsNotMastodon #MastodonIsNotTheFediverse #Hubzilla
@bitsnpieces @mastodonmigration
i remember reading @mekkaokereke 's delineation of the #harassment of #black folk around a year ago
essentially using nonpublic #replyguy bullshit. other methods
you can say "well just block and move on"
but the reality is it is a degradation of your experience and enjoyment of #mastodon and drives you from the #fediverse
targeted harassment is not unique to mastodon
but it is a real, here. and we should care
it needs to be addressed with a beefier toolset
Someone was suspended
Death threats? Plain criticism? I didn't investigate
But:
The suspension affects #Blacksky as well
All this talk about the *promise* of #decentralization
But that is not the reality
Cultists buy the promise and ignore the reality
Come to #Mastodon / #Fediverse
Oh we have drama too
Some instances suspend out of capricious bullshit, a Spanish Inquisition
But you still have reach:
We are truly #decentralized
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#sauce #hot #hotsauce #steam #red #redhot #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
#Whispers of the #Mountain #Stream by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
#spring #wildflowers #mountains #clouds #water #valley #ai #digitalart #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
Any #GoToSocial developers, or anyone else who might know what the hold-up with publishing the FEP for reply controls is, interested in chiming in?
Welcome to #mastodon if you came here from #bluesky we celebrate #caturday here and demand a #cattax. So show us your #cats by replying to this pic or from your own wall. Boost the cats you see. (This is how we were welcomed at #rednote so pay up to the #fediverse and describe your cat in the #alttext for extra points)
#Spring #Raindrop by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/spring-raindrop-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html
#droplet #dahlia #refractions #reflections #macro #closeup #pretty #pastel #pink #softbokeh #photography #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
A #Colorful #Clown at a #Festive #Party by Kaye Menner Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
#whimsical #balloons #digitalart #ai #curlyhair #facepaint #rednose #tophat #wrinkles #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
@gunchleoc @goldmuscle@neondystopia.world
𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 💙 that was fun 💙
so this popped up as #framatube which appears to be part of #PeerTube. but I couldn't "like" the vid w/o signing in
i just posted on yt about the need for liberal media to find a yt alternative, & since coming to Mastodon & learning of peertube, this seems like an obvious choice
so can someone explain to a neophyte why i can watch a video that's on the #fediverse but not like it? must i sign in to every instance i visit?
@martinvermeer #pixelfed is the #instagram alt, right? i've never used insta. what would it take to get people to migrate to pixelfed?
#PeerTube is more complex bc of hosting vid, but the same question exists - how do we get people to migrate from YT?
how do we make it financially viable to host a PeerTube instance, given the costs associated w/ growth? how do we ensure independence while thwarting bad actors?
These are things i hope people far smarter than me are thinking about💙
#fediverse
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#unicorn #fantasyart #whimsical #halloweenart #moonlight #autumnvibes #witchy #enchanted #artprint #homedecor #wallart #artistonmastodon #art #arte #artwork #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #buyintoart #animals #canvasprints #framedprints #artprints #puzzles #magic #enchanted
Just thought you Fedi folk would like to see what they're saying at the other place, now that Bsky's CEO had a public crash out.
#Mastodon #FediVerse #BlueSky
Seahorses among the coral, batik.
ART -
https://deborah-league.pixels.com/featured/seahorses-among-the-coral-batik-deborah-league.html
#ayearforart #buyintoart #mastodonart #mastoart #fediart #fediverse #fedigiftshop #giftideas #art #arte #artist #artwork #artmatters #artbooster #colorful #wallart #homedecor #kunst #interiordesign #creativetoots #artforsale #artprints #batik #seascape #sealife #fish #painting
Tree of Butterflies by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
https://bit.ly/4gXvnWV
#mystical #magical #fantasy #whimsical #digital art #ai #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
#Nautilus #Shell #Internal #Structure by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
#shellart #seaart #sideview #colorful #segments #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
#Mastodon #Fediverse #Bloat
#Data #Improvement / #Suggestion
2.7MB PNG FILE #Filesize #Bloat (from copy and paste process of images... #PNG files as pasted output are massive frequently).
#EXAMPLE OF BIG 2.7MB PNG FILE HERE:
https://mastodon.social/@RubyGold/114349143749701875
Same #picture but PNG as a pasted version = #BLOATED FILE
2mb more than original picture as drag/drop for example...
So copy and paste costs the Fediverse a whole lot more and actually takes time to download (ever wonder while it crawls some pictures?)!
TONS OF BANDWIDTH AND STORAGE / DOWNLOAD / CACHE just to see few hundred KB pic for what was 1 small JPG!
#CopyPaste is useful and PNG I understand cleans #EXIF data (doesn't store it) but surely a #JPG could do the same (there might be more reasons but I don't see them)...
I occasionally have what I assume are automated accounts follow me. e.g. created recently, follow thousands of accounts, less than 10 posts, little or no profile info.
Can anyone enlighten me as to the use case for these accounts? If all you want to do is monitor a bunch of posts wouldn't it be easier to just participate in the instance feeds directly?
#Golden #Hour turns #Bridge #Red
by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/golden-hour-turns-bridge-red-kaye-menner.html
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#sydneyharbourbridge #sydney #australia #arch #steel #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
Yo esto ya lo veo conseguido. Le ha costado, pero aquí está, como Supertramp profetizó y pidió, y ahora no es ofensivo. Al contrario, siempre lo hemos querido todxs.
#fediverse #space #science #mathematics #books #music #politica #noticias #capitalismo estadodederecho #democracia #europa #PeriodismoGonzo #DerechosHumanos #planetatierra #rural #texas #GreatLakes #trans #LGBTQIA+ #transphobia #politics #culture #elections #ElonMusk #UnitedStates #America #USANews #Canada
#Petals 'n' #Patterns by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
#dahlia #flower #photography #white flower #yellowcenter #macro #spider #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
#Field of #Red #Poppies at #Sunset by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
#floral #redfloral #flowers #redflowers #redpoppies #digitalart #ai #colorful #landscape #mountains #redyellow #sky #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
#Bicycle in #Spring #Garden by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/bicycle-in-spring-garden-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html
#vintage #flowers #floral #colorfulflowers #spring #springflowers #sunrise #blossoms #pastel #garden #nature #ai #digitalart #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
in case anyone is curious about the underlying cause of it being impossible to migrate a mastodon server from one domain to another, this limitation is due to the activitypub protocol itself, which (simplifying for brevity) uses the equivalent of absolute/hardcoded URLs for posts
this fediverse enhancement proposal allows for relative domain names. given that it was written a year ago, and with the molasses-like development the protocol has, i sadly suspect it's unlikely to be integrated any time soon.
more here:
https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/e3e9/fep-e3e9.md
Fediverse Report 136 - This week's #fediverse news
- @newsmast takes a new direction with a white-label app for news organisations that also offers fediverse integration
- a paper by @inquiline on targeted harassment on Mastodon
- #ActivityPub Fuzzer is a new tool that helps devs with interoperability
- WordPress blog posts now can be quote posted!
Read at: https://connectedplaces.online/reports/fediverse-report-136-2/
What I want is for the #Fediverse to grow. I strongly feel that centralized, commercial social media platforms are a dire threat to the long-term survival of human civilization, and they need to be replaced. And right now, the Fediverse seems like the best alternative.
That doesn't mean we have to copy the nonsense of the commercial systems, but we do need to think how we can grow and expand beyond our core demographics (i.e. 40-something tech-savy white people from Europe and North America).
I'm working on a project - does anyone know of a way to query GoToSocial's API without an authorization token (mastodon-style)?
I'm trying to hit /api/v1/statuses/{id}/context - but it requires an application token, which in the context I'm using this I won't be able to provide (there's no client).
Thoughts?
I joined the #fediverse back in the days (2018, with my own instance) because I wanted an alternative. A real alternative. With a fundamentally different approach. Decentralised. Even when it hurts. (federation and decentralisation is complicated!) And I think we are on the right track. What bothers me are the people that want the Fediverse to be 1:1 copycat of centralised services and as that isn't the case declare it to be a failed experiment. I'll stay here. It's better. Is all.
I'd much prefer to discuss how we can make decentralisation better instead of discussing how we can attract TikTok, Facebook, Twitter users. The #Fediverse, due to decentralisation, can raise the price of abuse. Centralised services make abuse cheap. I want to drive up the costs of surveillance and abuse. Simple. Because when abuse becomes expensive, authorities have to justify the costs of limiting our freedom. See #ChatControl