#activitypub Timeline

47d

Alrighty, it looks like I tossed my name into the hat to assist here. We'll see where this goes.

https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/issues/89#issuecomment-7587883

#DNS #FEP #ActivityPub #Fediverse

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289d

A certain well-known person (who I shall not name) recently implied that only “techbros” code for the #Fediverse.

That person is sadly mistaken.

#Sharkey is coded by a woman. #Frequency is coded by a woman. Most of the co-authors of #ActivityPub are women.

Stop spreading the myth that only men build the Fediverse.

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202d

After reviewing FEP-5624: Per-object reply control policies and GoToSocial's interaction policy spec, I find myself leaning toward the latter for long-term considerations, though both have merit.

FEP-5624 is admirably focused and simpler to implement, which I appreciate. However, #GoToSocial's approach seems to offer some architectural advantages:

The three-tier permission model (allow/require approval/deny) feels more flexible than binary allow/deny
Separating approval objects from interactions appears more secure against forgery
The explicit handling of edge cases (mentioned users, post authors) provides clearer semantics
The extensible framework allows for handling diverse interaction types, not just replies

I wonder if creating an #FEP that extracts GoToSocial's interaction policy design into a standalone standard might be worthwhile. It could potentially serve as a more comprehensive foundation for access control in #ActivityPub.

This is merely my initial impression though. I'd be curious to hear other developers' perspectives on these approaches.

#FEP5624 #fedidev #fediverse #replycontrol #interactionpolicy

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87d

Say hello to smoother moderation and a proper goodbye to old accounts. ActivityPub for WordPress 7.3.0 lets you block, filter, and even fully delete your presence from the Fediverse—site-wide or user-by-user. Whether you’re cleaning house or just want more control, this update makes managing your Fediverse footprint easier than ever.

Ready for a smoother ride on the Fediverse? ActivityPub for WordPress 7.3.0 is here to make your experience friendlier and more flexible than ever. Whether you’re keeping out unwanted guests, bringing stray conversations home, or just tidying up your digital footprint, this release puts powerful new tools right at your fingertips. Let’s take a look at what’s new!

Personalized & Site-Wide Moderation

With this release, Moderation tools are easier to discover and manage, thanks to a revamped two-tiered system that empowers both site admins and individual users with greater control over their Fediverse experience.

Now, site administrators can set up site-wide blocks—covering domains, keywords, and even specific actors—right from the Settings screen or the new Blocked Actors table. These tools work together to keep out unwanted content and spammy actors for everyone on your site.

But we didn’t stop there! Every user can fine-tune their own experience. Head to your Profile to add personal domain and keyword blocks, or visit the new Blocked Actors submenu under Users to manage who can interact with you. Blocking someone is easier than ever—just paste their profile ID or webfinger, or use the handy new “Block” link right from your Followers list.

Followers List With Block Option
Block Account Confirmation
Followers After Blocking

Whenever new ActivityPub content comes in, the plugin checks it against both global and personal blocks. Domains are matched not just to the sender, but also to the activity and object IDs. Keywords are scanned throughout the content, summaries, and even actor names. Site-wide rules always run first, followed by your personal settings—so you’re protected at every level. (For the blog actor, only site-wide blocks apply.)

For backwards compatibility, the classic comment disallow list is still supported, ensuring your existing moderation rules continue to work seamlessly.

Saying Goodbye, the Right Way

Sometimes, a clean break is necessary. Whether you’re retiring a blog, removing a user, or handling old content, this release makes sure your presence in the Fediverse can be removed gracefully and consistently.

We’ve added a self-destruct feature for sites that want to step away entirely. With a single CLI command (wp activitypub self_destruct), WordPress will send out Delete activities to all followers. Built-in progress tracking and admin notifications let you know when the process has finished, so you can be sure your Fediverse footprint is fully cleared.

User deletion is now handled with the same care. When a user is removed from WordPress, a corresponding Delete activity is sent to their followers, ensuring that connections across the network are properly closed.

Bring the Conversation to You

Sometimes a reply you care about doesn’t make it all the way to your Inbox. Maybe it was posted on a remote server with finicky delivery, or slipped past the usual flow of ActivityPub. With this release, you don’t have to miss out.

Now you can search for any remote URL directly. If the comment is already in your database, you’ll be taken straight to the matching comment thread on your blog post. If not, the plugin will fetch and import the remote reply to that post, so you can fold scattered conversations back into your site seamlessly.

This means you’re no longer limited to what arrives automatically. If you’ve got a link to a discussion happening elsewhere in the Fediverse, you can pull it right into your own comment threads and keep the context intact.

A Persistent Inbox for Better Debugging

Fediverse interactions can get complex, and sometimes you need deeper insight into what’s really happening under the hood. That’s where the new persistent inbox comes in.

When enabled in Advanced Settings, the plugin now logs all incoming Create or Update activities. Instead of vanishing once processed, these entries are collected in a dedicated Inbox Collection—giving you a complete trail to reference when debugging.

Full Changelog

Added

Add actor blocking functionality with list table interface for managing blocked users and site-wide blocks.
Add code coverage reporting to GitHub Actions PHPUnit workflow with dedicated coverage job using Xdebug.
Add comprehensive blocking and moderation system for ActivityPub with user-specific and site-wide controls for actors, domains, and keywords.
Add comprehensive unit tests for Followers and Following table classes with proper ActivityPub icon object handling.
Added link and explanation for the existing Starter Kit importer on the help tab of the Following pages.
Adds a self-destruct feature to remove a blog from the Fediverse by sending Delete activities to followers.
Adds a User Interface to select accounts during Starter Kit import.
Adds support for importing Starter Kits from a link (URL).
Adds support for searching (remote) URLs similar to Mastodon, redirecting to existing replies or importing them if missing.
Adds support for sending Delete activities when a user is removed.
Adds support for Starter Kit collections in the ActivityPub API.
A global Inbox handler and persistence layer to log incoming Create and Update requests for debugging and verifying Activity handling.
Follower lists now include the option to block individual accounts.
Improved handling of deleted content with a new unified system for better tracking and compatibility.
Moderation now checks blocked keywords across all language variants of the content, summary and name fields.
When activated or deactivated network-wide, the plugin now refreshes rewrite rules across all sites.

Changed

Add default avatars for actors without icons in admin tables.
Added support for list of Actor IDs in Starter Kits.
Improve Following class documentation and optimize count methods for better performance.
Refactor actor blocking with unified API for better maintainability.

Fixed

Blocks relying on user selectors no longer error due to a race condition when fetching users.
Fix duplicate HTML IDs and missing form labels in modal blocks.
Fix malformed ActivityPub handles for users with email-based logins (e.g., from Site Kit Google authentication).
Fix PHP 8.4 deprecation warnings by preventing null values from being passed to WordPress core functions.
Improves handling of author URLs by converting them to a proper format.
Improves REST responses by skipping invalid actors in Followers and Following controllers.
More reliable Actor checks during the follow process.
Prevents Application users from being followed.
Proper implementation of FEP 844e.
Switches ActivityPub summaries to plain text for better compatibility.

Downloads

WordPress.org: activitypub.7.3.0.zip
GitHub: tag/7.3.0

Thank you!

Big thanks to everyone who contributed code, shared feedback, tested, or encouraged us along the way! Together, we’re making the fediverse more connected—one release at a time. ❤️

We’ve just rolled out version 7.3.0—try it out and let us know what you think!

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A cute Wapuu astronaut inside a futuristic space station, sitting at a glowing control desk with holographic message icons floating in front of them. Some messages have a green checkmark for approval, others a red X or trash bin icon for deletion. The Wapuu looks focused, managing which messages can enter from the Fediverse and which should be removed. The background shows the curved windows of the space station with stars and a planet outside, blending sci-fi tech with Wapuu’s cartoon charm.

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1y

Spent some time this morning getting a cursory understanding of #ATProtocol (the open protocol behind #BlueSky). I have a decent understanding of #ActivityPub and I expected AT to have a lot of similarities.

It’s quite different, and this diagram surprised me.

PDS here is “Personal Data Server”. You might think of it as something like a #Mastodon instance where all your data is stored and posts by those you follow are cached.

Except notice that there’s no arrows between PDSes.

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1y

What prevents somebody from hosting a community-operated ATProto relay with a few selected PDS and chronological-only Feed Generator?

In other words, what prevents us from building a Fediverse disjoint (and not controlled by) Bluesky PBC, and based on ATProto instead of ActivityPub?

#FediMeta #ActivityPub #ATProto

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269d

I talked about #ActivityPub and #Fedify on @guu's wonderful podcast, Software Sessions. I'm embarrassed by my poor English, but if you're interested, please listen!

https://www.softwaresessions.com/episodes/activitypub/

https://notacult.social/@guu/114080341111989473

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264d

Fedify is looking for new partnership opportunities!

What is Fedify?

#Fedify is an #ActivityPub-based federated server framework that helps developers easily integrate their applications with the #fediverse, a decentralized social network. It simplifies the complex implementation of the ActivityPub protocol, significantly reducing development time. Fedify is an open-source project available under the MIT license.

💼 Projects using Fedify

Various projects are already leveraging Fedify:

Ghost: A professional publishing platform with millions of users, open source under MIT license, and a major sponsor and partner of Fedify.
Hollo: A lightweight microblogging platform for individual users (open source, AGPL-3.0)
Hackers' Pub: A fediverse blogging platform for software engineers (open source, AGPL-3.0)
Encyclia: A bridge service that makes ORCID academic records available via ActivityPub

🚀 Value provided by Fedify

80% development time reduction: Utilize a proven framework instead of complex ActivityPub implementation
Immediate fediverse compatibility: Instant compatibility with various fediverse services including Mastodon, Misskey, Pleroma, Pixelfed, PeerTube, etc.
Expert technical support: Direct support from ActivityPub and Federation protocol experts
Custom development: Tailored feature development to meet your specific requirements

🤝 Potential collaboration models

Custom consulting and integration support: Professional assistance for integrating Fedify into your platform
Custom feature development: Development and implementation of specific features needed for your platform
Long-term technical partnership: Long-term collaboration for continuous development and maintenance

🌟 Benefits of collaborating with Fedify

Technical advantage: Save time and resources compared to in-house implementation
Brand image: Enhance corporate image through support of the open-source ecosystem
Entry to decentralized social networks: Easily participate in the fediverse ecosystem
Competitive edge: Strengthen product competitiveness through social features

📩 Interested?

If you're considering implementing ActivityPub or wish to collaborate with the Fedify project, please get in touch:

Email: sponsor@fedify.dev
Fediverse: @fedify
GitHub: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify

We're excited to explore customized collaboration opportunities that align with your requirements and goals.

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199d

Just rolled out some fediverse-related improvements:

- Now you can follow Write.as blogs from Ghost! There was a tiny bug with this that we just fixed. (WriteFreely PR: https://writefreely.org/pull/1373)

- We now support the `preview` property as a fallback for Articles. This will make your posts look much nicer as more platforms support it! (WriteFreely PR: https://writefreely.org/pull/1374)

#WriteAs #WriteFreely #WriteFreelyDev #Ghost #fediverse #ActivityPub

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34d

Loops beta release is now available, you can self-host your own instance 🎉
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/blob/main/INSTALLATION.md
https://codeberg.org/loops/loops-server/src/branch/main/INSTALLATION.md

#loops #tikTok #openSource #activityPub #fediverse

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36d

There should be an #activitypub client accessible from terminal.

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199d

I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.76 of #snac, the simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

Added Webmention support for links (Markdown-style or direct) written in a post.

Added new command-line options for list maintenance.

Display custom emoji in more places (contributed by dandelions).

Mastodon API: fixed infinite scroll in many clients (thanks to cheeaun for giving me the clue), added /api/v1/accounts/.../lists endpoint (contributed by dandelions).

Email notifications can now be sent via libcurl SMTP instead of spawning the /usr/sbin/sendmail program. To use this new feature, some additional server configuration is needed, see snac(8) (contributed by shtrophic).

https://comam.es/what-is-snac

If you find #snac useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.

#snacAnnounces

what-is-snac

grunfink

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1y

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.9 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/

with shout-outs to @informapirata @Bro666 @dansup @phanpy @fedidb @vjprema @neblem @FediTips

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #piefed #lemmy #reddit #activitypub

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198d

Week in Fediverse 2025-05-09

Servers

- Owncast v0.2.2
- Mastodon v4.3.8
- Mitra v4.2.0
- snac v2.76
- Misskey v2025.5.0
- NeoDB v0.11.6.7
- tootik v0.16.0
- kmyblue v18.1
- Vernissage Server v1.12.0
- Gush! v0.18.0
- May 2025: What’s In The Pipeline (Bandwagon.fm)
- Blocking users (Ghost)
- Trunk & Tidbits, April 2025 (Mastodon)

Clients

- Voyager v2.34.0
- Blorp v1.4.0

Tools and Plugins

- Lemmy Schedule v1.15.0
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.4.6 (WordPress plugin)
- peertube_recomendation_algorythm: A browser extension that monitors the peertube videos your watch and stores them locally

For developers

- FediAlgo v0.30.5

Articles

- When decentralization can get too big!
- Town squares, backyards, better metaphors, and decentralised networks
- Il Fediverso a scuola: uno strumento didattico per la cittadinanza digitale
- Fediverse Report – #115

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

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107d

Week in Fediverse 2025-08-08

Servers

- PieFed v1.1
- Ghost v6.0
- Mastodon v4.4.3
- Hubzilla v10.4.2
- Hollo v0.6.6
- Ktistec v2.4.8
- NeoDB v0.11.8.1
- Wafrn v2025.08.0
- NodeBB v4.4.6
- kmyblue v19.4
- Lemmy Development Update July 2025
- Trunk & Tidbits, July 2025 (Mastodon)
- Bridging the gap (ActivityPub for WordPress)
- jekyll-activitypub: A plugin for Jekyll to generate an ActivityPub feed

Clients

- Tuba v0.10.0
- Photon v2.0.1
- Aria v1.3.5

Tools and Plugins

- Fediverse Redirect v1.15.0
- fedidevs.com: Discover amazing developers across the fediverse

For developers

- APx v0.15.0
- Fedify v1.8.1
- Botkit v0.2.2
- Fedialgo v1.0.4

Articles

- Reflections on the social web
- Navigating the UK Online Safety Act
- Mastodon Defence Command: The Scam Wave
- IWF Offers Fediverse a Way to Block CSAM
- Fediverse Report – #128

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

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198d

I've just updated my #Snac instance to version 2.76 👍 🎉
You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
A simple, minimalistic #ActivityPub instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.

snac2

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1y

@laurenshof where do you get your #WordPress #ActivityPub update news from? What would be your ideal way to consume them?

#fediversereport

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199d

At SXSW's Fediverse House, it didn't matter which platform or protocol you preferred — everyone was focused on the singular goal of building a better internet. We've uploaded videos and highlights of key conversations from the event and rounded them up in one post. Here you go:

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-house-2025-roundup/

#SXSW #FediverseHouse #ATProtocol #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Federation #Flipboard #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb

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30d

#askFedi Does anybody know if there is an #ActivityPub software that *produces* multilingual objects leveraging the contentMap feature?

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1y

With respect to #ActivityPub:

Simply, having now seen more into the guts of the process and how it is managed both historically and today, and understanding how the w3c works, I have no faith in their ability to define a clear consensus way forward out of the current set of problems.

Not "no faith in <timeline>" but no faith in the ability to define a clear way forward here.

This doesn't mean that someone outside of w3c couldn't define a better way forward, even one using AP, but w3c won't.

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76d

Revolutionary idea: What if social media platforms actually let you control your data?

@loops does, with full data exports, retention controls & opt-in analytics.

The future of social is open-source ❤️

(and federated 🚀)

#loops #activityPub #fediverse #socialWeb

A screenshot of the Loops Account Data settings

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23d

Week in Fediverse 2025-10-31

Servers

- Mitra v4.12.0
- Manyfold v0.127.0
- snac v2.84
- Ktistec v3.1.2
- Misskey v2025.10.2
- Mastodon 4.5 for Developers
- Atlas: A social mapping app that lets you post geolocated notes on the Fediverse

Clients

- Pachli v3.1.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2025.07
- NeoDB You v1.0.5
- Thunder v0.8.0

Tools and Plugins

- feed2fedi v3.3.0
- Poduptime v5.5.6

For developers

- NGI0 Progress report #0 (GoActivityPub)

Articles

- Fediverse instances on weird hardware, networks and operating systems
- There is One Fediverse. There are a Million Pickleball Courts.
- A Mastodon Migration From Bluesky Would Be Different
- How *you* (librarians and those working in publishing, law, and government) should use ActivityPub and Why
- Fediverse Report – #141

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

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357d

The Website League shared their December update, with some exciting news about ongoing projects, which include forks of GoToSocial and Akkoma, a "cohost-inspired frontend", and a "best practices for moderation" guide.

https://buttondown.com/websiteleague/archive/website-league-update-for-december/

More about the League: https://websiteleague.org

#WebsiteLeague #fediverse #activitypub

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358d

Hollo 0.3.0 released! #Hollo is a single-user federated microblogging software which is #ActivityPub-enabled and powered by #Fedify.

The key changes of this release include:

Thanks to @joschi, Hollo now support local filesystem storage for media files. You can configure DRIVE_DISK=fs and FS_ASSET_PATH to store media files in the local filesystem. For users who've used S3, no further action is required—but, it's recommended to configure DRIVE_DISK=s3 as DRIVE_DISK will be required in the future releases.
Added support for Sentry. If you want to see error reports and instrumented traces in Sentry, please configure SENTRY_DSN.
Added pagination to the profile page.
Minor performance improvements and bug fixes due to upgrading Fedify to 1.3.0.

You can upgrade to Hollo 0.3.0 using the following ways:

To Railway users: Just redeploy the Hollo service!
To Docker users: Switch your Hollo image to ghcr.io/dahlia/hollo:0.3.0 or simply latest!
To manual installers: Fetch the stable branch and switch over to it!

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7d

🎉 Finally federated!

After a truly ridiculous amount of stubbornness, debugging, and duct-taping containers together, my Ghost blog is now fully ActivityPub enabled.

You can now follow my blog directly from the fediverse:
@laura 💜🌹

#Fediverse #ActivityPub #OpenWeb #SelfHosting #Ghost #IndieWeb #FediTech

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