What is the best option to host a #Mastodon instance with its own domain name? Max four users, most possibly only me.
fediverse
I just set up an easy to remember link for my #NeoDB shelf/catalogue/library account:
https://loomenji.youronly.one ( @youronlyone )
😁
It's in addition to the following:
* fediverse.youronly.one - @youronlyone
* atmosphere.youronly.one - @youronly.one
* gallery.youronly.one - @youronlyone@pixelfed.social
* wiki.youronly.one - youronlyone.tiddlyhost.com
* threads.youronly.one - @youronly.one.ofcl
If you have a personal domain name, use it for redirection (301 or 302). Easy to remember.
Another advantage, if you ever decide to move instances or change your accounts, you don't have to reprint business cards and update links everywhere, just change your redirect target setting. (It won't move your content of course.)
And if you're bridging to the #ATmosphere network, you can use your own domain as your handle for your #Fediverse network accounts (if supported by your bridging platform)!
Make use of your domain name! Redirect!
Do you run a public Fediverse server? Are you accepting new members? Would you like to be listed on https://fedi.garden?
If so, please DM me 🙂
(NOTE: All the servers listed have to be compatible with the seven points at https://fedi.garden/about-this-site)
Hold up, hold up. @owncast has had a mascot all this time, and it's a cat?!
AND IT IS NAMED Owncat?!!
And you can buy a coffee mug with the mascot on it, with proceeds going to Owncast development?!!askldfjaksldf!!?$#@!!!!
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New: Taking Control of Your Timeline - in Different Ways
#Fediverse platforms as well as #Bluesky offer to give the user control of their timeline - in contrast with the control that Big Tech Platforms have with their algorithmic timelines.
But the approach is surprisingly different: fediverse platforms like Mastodon give you control over *how* you see the content you follow, whereas Bluesky gives you control over *what* content you see
https://fediversereport.com/taking-control-of-your-timeline-in-different-ways/
Have you seen a 
rainbow pentagon thing on here and wondered what it means?
It's the logo of the Fediverse, the overall network which contains Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, BookWyrm, OwnCast and many other platforms that talk to each other using a common standard.
You can download a high quality version of the logo at:
➡️ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fediverse_logo_proposal.svg
Technically there can be no official logo on a decentralised network, but this is the most commonly-used logo.
So the #FOSS #Fediverse non-profit I manage @fedihosting_foundation needs some help.
We're at the point where we need more moderators for @LemmyWorld due to the growth of our communities (a good thing!).
We have a very kind and inclusive team from all over the world! Likewise, we also try to respect everyone's work-life balance and are flexible with scheduling (EST & CEST timezones).
Interested? DM me or apply online via
https://fedihosting.foundation/positions/#-site-moderator
New: Why is Meta adding fediverse interoperability to Threads?
Threads' most recent update allows people on Threads to follow people on the #fediverse, albeit with some significant caveats.
But one simple question has bugging me for a long while: Why? Why is Meta adding interoperability to their platform?
https://fediversereport.com/why-is-meta-adding-fediverse-interoperability-to-threads/
Reminder that "sometime not long after December 15th", the botsin.space server, a home to many of your favorite creative bots, will be entering a read-only mode, before its planned shutdown.
(The server will run until at least March 2025.)
https://botwiki.org/blog/botsin-space-server-closing-down/
Hope most of you bot admins managed to migrate by now!
Mastodon Now Sends Referer Headers! Hurrah!
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/mastodon-now-sends-referer-headers-hurrah/
Back in 2022, I wrote this rather grumpy post on Mastodon, the federated social media platform.
@Edent@mastodon.socialTerence Eden
Mastodon enforces a "noreferrer" on all external links.
I have mixed feelings about that.
As a blogger, I want to see *where* visitors are coming from. I also like to see (and sometimes join in) with the conversations they're having.
But, I get that people want privacy and don't want to "leak" where they're visiting from.
Is it such a bad thing to tell a website "I was referred from this specific server"?
❤️ 61💬 16🔁 2907:09 - Fri 11 November 2022When you click on this link - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news - your browser says "Hey! BBC! Please can I have your /news page? BTW, I was referred here by shkspr.mobi. THANKS!" This is called the "Referer" and, yes, it is mispelt.
One the one hand, sending the referer is good; it lets the linked-to server know who is linking to it. That allows them to see where traffic is coming from. On the other hand, this could be bad for much the same reason.
If you run a server anarcho_terrorists.biz, you probably don't want the FBI knowing that your members are sharing links to their pages. If you run a small personal server, you may not want anyone knowing that you personally linked to them. If you run a server for a marginalised community, you may not want a hate-site to know your members are linking to you.
But if you're a large-ish, general purpose, non-private site - like Mastodon.social - where's the harm in allowing referer headers?
Anyway, for historic reasons, Mastodon blocked the referer header. This, I believe, was sensible for smaller servers but a miss-step for larger servers. As I pointed out last week:
@Edent@mastodon.socialTerence Eden
Two years later.
Want to know one of the major reasons Mastodon didn't catch on with journalists and large website owners?
It is *invisible* in referrer statistics.
Here's my blog from the last month.
BlueSky now sends me more traffic than Bing.
How much traffic does Mastodon send? It is impossible to know due to the "noreferrer" header in all links.
(I'm not saying your privacy isn't important. But you can't grow a community if no-one knows you exist.)
❤️ 305💬 57🔁 24812:48 - Sat 07 December 2024I'm not the only one to make this point - it has been a popular complaint for some time.
A few days ago, Mastodon changed to allow this to be configurable.
This is excellent news. Website owners will be able to (somewhat) accurately see how much traffic Mastodon sends them. That way they can determine if there is a suitably large audience to engage with on the Fediverse.
It is, of course, slightly more complicated than that!
Instance owners can opt-in to allowing Referer headers (it is off by default).
The policy means that only the domain name is sent; not the full page.
Mastodon is federated and there are thousands of sites. Even if they all opted-in, their statistics will be fragmented.
Apps can set their own Referer header - leading to more fragmentation.
Even if they do opt-in, users can set their browsers not to send Referer headers.
Nevertheless, I'm delighted with this change. Hopefully it will allow the Fediverse to grow and attract more users.
🚀 Mastogram Update! 🎉
Here’s what’s new in our latest release:
🔧 Improved overall stability
🐞 Fixed bugs with links posted on the fediverse
🤝 Mastogram now supports Misskey/Sharkey
🎥 Resolved video reposting issues from fediverse to Telegram
🔗 Made connecting your fediverse accounts to Mastogram easier
🛠️ Fixed tag ignoring for #notg and #nofw from Telegram
If you're looking for a modern bridge between your fediverse profiles, Telegram, and even Bluesky 🌌, sign up now 👉 https://mastogr.am
Encountering issues? Don’t hesitate to reach out at @mastogram or @henry ❤️
Exquisite.social is a delightful and innocuous generic Glitch Mastodon server, with a slight focus on technology, privacy and *BSD. We are here to play and make friends in a supportive atmosphere:
You can find out more at https://exquisite.social/about or contact the admin @exquisite
#FeaturedServer #GlitchMastodon #Glitch #Technology #Tech #Privacy #InfoSec #BSD #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
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Some interesting insights from the 2024 @iftas Fediverse Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report.
- most communities operate on donations
- very few moderators receiving compensation
- roughly 1 moderator for every 1,200 active accounts
- only 16% of communities have 24–hour moderator coverage
- nearly 1/2 of moderator teams lack formal guidance
- 1 in 5 moderators report experiencing trauma or burnout this year
https://about.iftas.org/2024/12/17/the-2024-iftas-needs-assessment-report-is-here/
📚 Mastodon History
Back in February 23rd, 2016 — Mastodon first described itself as:
“Mastodon is a federated microblogging engine. An alternative implementation of the GNU Social project.”
The history of Mastodon is tied to GNU Social.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/blob/fa33750105389110a3395ca19167f789d21a149e/README.md
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/tree/fa33750105389110a3395ca19167f789d21a149e
#DeSo #Fediverse #FediverseHIstory #GNUSocial #Mastodon #MastodonHistory
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New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 97
This week's news:
- A New Social is a new non-profit for bridging platforms and protocols, and will take on the governance of Bridgy Fed
- @peertube released #PeerTube v7, their yearly update with a complete redesign
- The organisation behind #Mastodon app Mammoth and @subclub shuts down due to a lack of funding, as Mozilla has shut down their fediverse investment
Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-97/
The fediverse has no central authority — which brings both challenges and opportunities for how it's governed. For Dot Social, @mike spoke with @kissane and @darius, two of the smartest people working on this, about the impact of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election on fediverse work, the "Xodus," what needs to be done next, and how to fund and sustain better networks for humans.
Read more about it in this blogpost.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/erin-kissane-and-darius-kazemi/
Listen to the conversation on https://flipboard.video/c/dot_social/videos or wherever you get your podcasts.
#DotSocial #Podcast #Fediverse #Flipboard #OpenSocialWeb #SocialMedia #Tech #SocialWeb #Governance #Federation #Bluesky #ActivityPub #ATProtocol #SocialNetworks
Did you sign up for the @surf beta? Our Dawn Patrol will get the opportunity to help shape the app. Let us know in this thread if you've added yourself to the waitlist, and we'll see you on the beach!
Week in Fediverse 2024-12-20
Servers
- Ibis v0.2.0
- PeerTube v7.0.0
- Mitra v3.12.0
- Pleroma v2.8.0
- ActivityPub for WordPress v4.6.0
- activity-pub-relay v0.7.0
- flohmarkt v0.6.1
- Manyfold v0.91.3
Clients
- Tuba v0.9.0
- PeerTube Mobile v0.5.2
- Relatica v0.14.0
- RaccoonForFriendica v0.3.2
Tools and Plugins
For developers
- FediTest v0.5
- fediverse-pasture-inputs v0.1.12
Articles
- The 2024 IFTAS Needs Assessment Report is Here!
- Integrating ActivityPub within Solid specs
- Sharkey: a Fediverse project that is beautiful inside & out
- Last Week in Fediverse – ep 97
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0193c19e-7bc6-495c-46e6-099a402b25e6
Do you want to help testing @badgefed and provision your local test instance?
Easy
docker pull ghcr.io/tryvocalcat/badgefed:latest &&
docker run -v `pwd`/data:/app/data \
-p 8080:8080 \
-e SQLITE_DB_FILENAME=/app/data/badges.db \
-e AdminAuthentication__AdminUsers__0__Id=your-mastodon-username \
-e AdminAuthentication__AdminUsers__0__Type=Mastodon \
-e MastodonConfig__ClientId=your-mastodon-client-id \
-e MastodonConfig__ClientSecret=your-mastodon-client-secret \
-e MastodonConfig__Server=your-mastodon-server \
ghcr.io/tryvocalcat/badgefed
And then open a browser and go to http://localhost:8080 or http://localhost:8080/admin
#docker #badgefed #openbadges #softwaredevelopment #testing #fediverse #activitypub
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Happy 17th Year Anniversary #Fediverse social network!
Always strong! 🎊🎉🎂🍻🎆🥳🤹🏽
( #FediverseDay #SNS #SocMed #SocialMedia #SocialWeb #OpenMicroBlogging #OStatus #ActivityPub #Laconica #Identica #Web3 )
Today, we're beginning to federate publisher accounts in Italy, France and Spain, and expanding in Brazil, Germany and the U.K.
You can now follow even more of your favorite news, lifestyle, tech and sports sources from Flipboard on the open social web. Read more about it here. See the spreadsheet at the second link for the full list of federated profiles.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit
#Federation #Flipboard #Fediverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Germany #Deutschland #France #Spain #España #Italy #Italie #Brazil #Brasil #News #Media #Journalism #Publishers
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Wir haben spannende Neuigkeiten! Heute starten wir mit der Föderation von Publisher-Accounts in Italien, Frankreich und Spanien – und weiten sie in Deutschland, Brasilien, Kanada & UK weiter aus.
Ab sofort kannst du noch mehr deiner Lieblingspublisher aus Bereichen wie Nachrichten, Technik und Sport über Flipboard im offenen Social Web folgen.
Mehr Infos im Blog:
🔗 https://de-de.about.flipboard.com/flipboard-deutschland/flipboard-bringt-qualitaetsjournalismus-ins-fediverse/
🔗 Liste aller föderierten Profile: https://flip.it/-eErSj
#Föderation #Flipboard #Fediverse #Journalismus #Publisher #Verlage #Nachrichten #Deutschland #Frankreich #Spanien #Italien #Brasilien
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📢 Wir haben Neuigkeiten! Flipboard erweitert die Föderation in Deutschland: 21 neue Publisher sind jetzt im Fediverse.
Diesen Publishern kannst du ab sofort direkt folgen:
AZMuenchen, @AZMuenchen
BASICthinking, @BASICthinking
Business Punk, @BusinessPunk
BUNTE, @BUNTE_DE
CURVED, @curved
DER SPIEGEL, @DerSpiegel
DerStandard, @DERSTANDARD
Filmstarts, @Filmstarts
FitForFun, @FitForFun
Futurezone, @Futurezone_de
GIGA, @Gigade
Gruenderszene, @Gruenderszene
Harvard Business Manager, @harvardbusiness
Kino.de, @kinode
Men’s Health, @MensHealth_de
Metal Hammer, @metalhammer_de
n-tv, @ntv2019
Photografix, @Photografix
Premium Quarterly, @PremiumQuarter
SZ, @SZ_de
Ze.tt, @Zett
Mehr dazu in unserem Blog: https://flip.it/cxfY1U
#Fediverse #Flipboard #Publisher #ActivityPub #Federation #Föderation #SocialMedia #Nachrichten #Politik #Unterhaltung #Journalismus #Digital #Tech #Wissenschaft #Wirtschaft #Klima #Musik