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ChatGPT mostly reflects what's already out there, the internet, Reddit, different communities.Which means chatting with it is a bit like chatting with what the world currently thinks, bias and vice, trolls included, but also real discussions.So, I asked it about the Fediverse. I would say that it sounds not too "wrong".What's your take?This is the convo:#fediverse #mastodon #activitypub

The EU, as well as every country in the world, should be taking seriously the importance of sovereign systems for communicating and disseminating information.The ActivityPub protocol is proven and makes many platforms compatible and accessible to each other, allowing for effective information sharing and communication.The only reason many people do not leave X is that many important services and public figures remain on that platform. Therefore, if countries truly care about digital sovereignty and resilience, they should adopt and promote the use of open source platforms and networks based on the ActivityPub protocol, whether it is Mastodon, Pleroma, Vebinet, or another platform.#fediverse #ActivityPub #Vebinet #Mastodon #Pleroma #socialmedia #X #Twitter #DigitalSovereignty #EU #Europe #EUpol #OpenSource #technology

️ Code Contributor – Badgefed The verified Badge was issued to @Maho Pacheco 🦝 You've rolled up your sleeves and made the fediverse a better place—one commit at a time. This badge is awarded to those who improve the BadgeFed project's source code, squash bugs, or add new features. Earning Criteria: Must have at least 1 merged Pull Request to the Badgefed project repository. PR must be substantive—examples include: * Fixing a reported issue. * Adding tests or improving test coverage. * Implementing a feature or enhancing functionality * Improving accessibility, performance, or localization Must follow the project’s contributing guidelines and pass all code reviews and CI checks. Badge is granted upon successful merge and verification by a project maintainer.. Issued on: 04/11/2025 17:06:11 Accepted On: 04/11/2025 17:07:22 Verify the Badge here. #badgefed #fediverse #activitypub #mastodon #IssuedByBadgeFed #_BadgeDrop

@dtm I’m glad it’s working, and welcome to the fediverse.

For anyone wondering why you're suddenly following me on social.beitmenotyou.online, here's the quick context.I used to post as beitmenotyou@retro.pizza, but I've now moved over to my new main account: beitmenotyou@social.beitmenotyou.online.Same person, new home. This lets me run things on my own instance and build a better experience over here. Thanks for sticking with me. #Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub #SelfHosting #DigitalFreedom #Privacy #Decentralisation #SelfSovereignty

Big picture of #Fediverse by @Techcrunch #activitypub #matrix #mastodon #bluesky

@ikuturso That’s a useful warning! Thanks for your research, I didn’t know this before. And this is exactly why #Mastodon and #ActivityPub matter, as it is structurally federated and independent by design.Thanks for sharing.

@julian@activitypub.space @julian@fietkau.social well, in theory, you can have private likes and public likes. misskey and pleroma do public likes. mastodon does private likes, but then shows them publicly if anyone asks the origin site. because addressing is just a suggestion, apparently

The Include Mastodon Feed plugin for WordPress has been improved even further, now with an option for server side caching of the feed requests, video-attachments and more.Imagine being able to embed a social media feed on your website, for free, with a 100/100 Google Lighthouse Performance score, without tracking or ads. Crazy right?Get the plugin here:https://wordpress.org/plugins/include-mastodon-feed/And my take on custom styling here:https://oldrup.dk/en/include-mastodon-feed/#WordPress #Mastodon #ActivityPub

The other day I was thinking about some of the people who I used to follow in the old blue bird site. A few of them did open accounts here on Mastodon, mostly because it was "trendy" at that time, but most (of those few) eventually left their accounts to rot. A lot of people from the old site just eventually ended up in Bluesky, but they are not even bridging here (I even asked, they ignored me).Whatever their reasoning was, they lost followers one way or another, for sure. And now I have met new people, I have been following them, and some of those are following me back, which was unthinkable in the old site.Time flies when we're having fun, and the past just becomes a blur.#Mastodon #ActivityPub #Hachyderm

@blog@shkspr.mobi Such a great read. Thank you for the thoroughness. I loved this. We need a new way to measure the #smallSocial effect. Right now people saw we fail because they only look at one platform. #BigTech had to invent "monthly active users" to help people understand their "value". They're trying to measure us the same, but we're nowhere near the same. We're an evolution and no one will ever truly know how many of us there are. So I beg folks, don't look at one or two or three instances and say that because some arbitrary number goes down that we're losing or dieing. No no no. We're growing and learning and finding ways that Big Tech NEVER wanted to exist. Just because they use a yard stick doesn't mean we need to be constrained by that. EVERYONE please keep up the incredible work. I'll fight for this the #restOfMyLife. How about all of you?<span class="invisible"> #RomL #smallSocial #smallWeb #fedi #Fediverse </span>

After Nearly 10 Years of Building Mastodon, Eugen Rochko Steps Into Advisory RoleMastodon's creator steps back from CEO role, transfers assets to non-profit organization.https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/11/my-next-chapter-with-mastodon/#Mastodon #OpenSource #SocialMedia #ActivityPub #FediVerse #technology

@julian ah thanks that helps!

@legendary_creeper @markwyner Well, we do not call socialists that are after the initial batch "neo-socialists"…

#FediTips Don't forget to check https://about.fedigroups.social/directory periodically for new groups to follow. Since gup.pe went down, the groups ecosystem has had to be rebuilt, so new ones are being added all the time.#mastodon #activitypub #fediverse #feditip

New release for mastodon/mastodon!Version: v4.4.8Name: v4.4.8<h1><picture> <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: dark)" srcset="./lib/assets/wordmark.dark.png?raw=true"> <source media="(prefers-color-scheme: light)" srcset="./lib/assets/wordmark.light.png?raw=true"> <img alt="Mastodon" src="./lib/assets/wordmark.light.png?raw=true" height="34"></pictur...Check it out and contribute! https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.8 #activitypub#opensource #mastodon#fediverse

大家好，#Fread 现在已经决定开源了，欢迎大家查看代码提交 PR。Fread 经历了两年多的开发，从开始到现在一直免费使用，之前由于没考虑好到底是付费下载还是免费所以闭源，仓库里也有很多敏感数据一直没法开源，现在主要功能都开发的差不多了，也是时候开源出来了。虽然这种项目大部分都是业务代码，但是 Fread 还是有些独特之处的，首先使用的是 Kotlin Multiplatform 和 Compose Multiplatform 做跨平台，目前像 Fread 这么复杂的产品使用这样技术栈的其实很少，并且这是比较新的技术，这点 Fread 有很多参考意义。另外 Fread 因为要兼容多个社交平台以及混合 Feeds，所以架构设计上下了点功夫，目前可以从架构上兼容这些短博客协议。总之，虽然确实希望通过 Fread 赚钱，但我更希望自己开发了这么久的 App 有更多的人使用和喜欢。#Mastodon #Bluesky #rss #activitypub #fediverse #FOSS #Android #Opensource #Freesoftware @board@ovo.st @board@2-5.cc @worldboard@ovo.st @worldboard@2-5.cc https://github.com/0xZhangKe/Fread

@julian yes. BadgeFed has an API. But the concept is really simple, it is a Note (or Document) that has an attachment. The attachment is a property of the ActivityPub object usually used for videos or images. In this case the attachment includes a full OpenBadge object.The only restriction is that the Note attributed (activitypub actor) MUST be the url in the OpenBadge issuer (issuer = actor). Also the recipient url from the OpenBadge SHOULD be mentioned in the Note.With this simple mechanism you can pretty much create a compatible badge that can be decentralized with BadgeFed.

@wendythedruid yes but it also allows for adversarial migrations (when the PDS is not responsive or shuts you out, you can still keep your identity)But it's mainly that integrating with other apps does not require you to actually ask those apps or contact those apps. You can just query the PDSes or the relays and get the data. That's neat and contribute to lowering the amount of power an app can have inside the atmosphere

Hello #Mastodon!I'm so excited to try this platform