fediversereport

fediversereport , 3 months ago to Random stuff

Bluesky has announced that today they have started with federation, allowing anyone to host their own data on the #bluesky network.

In a blog post they announced that anyone can now host their own PDS, framing it as a way to control your own data, and also explaining how it differs from Mastodon.

Bluesky describes it as an 'early access of federation for self-hosters'.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web

fediversereport OP , 3 months ago

Bluesky also crossed the mark for 5 million accounts today.

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

fediversereport , 3 months ago to Random stuff

#Bluesky is ready to open the network.

Starting today, Bluesky will not require invite codes anymore and anyone can join the network. Later this month, the team will roll out an "experimental early version of federation", allowing other people to run their own 'Personal Data Server' (PDS).

https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-06-2024-join-bluesky

fediversereport OP , 3 months ago

If you want more information on how Bluesky works and what a PDS is, I wrote an explainer of the technical terms here:

https://fediversereport.com/how-bluesky-works-the-network-components/

thisismissem , 4 months ago to Random stuff

Latest dotSocial podcast has me wondering if it'd be cool to be able to have Administrators create "topics" in Trending and support inviting specific people to be curators of those topics on the local mastodon instance?

cc @mike

fediversereport , 4 months ago

@mike @rysiek @thisismissem

check out @newsmast, they are going big on curated feeds, and doing some really cool work. They're about to release more updates and are working on API support as well. I'll be writing more about it next week

tchambers , 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Random stuff

As blogs from #wordpress, #ghostcms #microdotblog and others federate in, I'm trying to get everyone to use the tag #Fediblogs to make those posts discoverable and searchable.

As podcasts from @Castopod MicrodotBlog, and @funkwhale, #PodcastIndex others federate... I'm trying to push for the use of the tag #Fedicasts to become a common way to search and find federated podcast episodes.

Who's with me?

#podcasts #blogging
cc: @dave @manton @dave @pfefferle

fediversereport , 4 months ago

@tchambers Sure, lets give this a shot. I'll participate with my blogs ( @LaurensHof and @laurenshof ) as well

fediversereport , 4 months ago to Random stuff

Last Week in Fediverse - ep 50

• The massive response to the launch of RSS Parrot, a new tool which allows you to view RSS feeds in your fediverse account, showcases the large demand for better integration of the fediverse with RSS
• an uncertain future for Firefish
• Authorized Fetch has been circumvented
• PieFed, a new link-aggregator platform launches

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-50/

fediversereport OP , 4 months ago

With a bonus shoutout for all the scuba divers on the fediverse: diveDB is a web app that allows scuba divers to track their dives. The site has now added ActivityPub support, so you can follow all your favourite scuba divers (?) directly from your fediverse app

fediversereport , 5 months ago to Random stuff

Thank you to all of you who joined the #PeerTubeAMA livestream, this was great fun. Great to see so many people tune in and ask all these questions, thanks a lot!

Link to the VOD will come tomorrow!

fediversereport OP , 5 months ago

Link to the livestream: https://peer.tube/w/3V6RdL2pMhRZQjy9Y7GcCA

fediversereport , 5 months ago to Random stuff

Last Week in #fediverse - ep 45

• Mastodon starts work on improving the reply culture
• @Flipboard takes the next steps on the social web
• Updates on fediverse projects supported by Nivenly

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-45/

fediversereport OP , 5 months ago

If you want to receive these updates during the week directly into your fediverse feed, you can follow me at @LaurensHof. The WordPress blog has been connected to the fediverse for a while now, but I'm starting to make more active use of it.

Here is how this looks in Phanpy, for example: https://phanpy.social/#/indieweb.social/s/111460628402404033

All of these shorter articles will also be boosted from this account to make things even easier, so they'll just show up in your microblogging client of choice.

fediversereport , 6 months ago to Random stuff

Last Month in #Bluesky - October 2023

• The bluesky team has provided a roadmap, indicating plans to fully implement federation in early 2024
• They also talked about housing governance of the #ATProtocol at the IETF
• A high-profile case of impersonation of the Kyiv Independent

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-month-in-bluesky-october-23/

fediversereport OP , 6 months ago

@spudart Mastodon does not have any system in place to warn against fake accounts. Most servers either ban them, or defederate from servers who do not ban impersonator accounts

askans , 7 months ago to Random stuff German

Again a great the read, the new @fediversereport :

https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-episode-39/

fediversereport , 7 months ago

@askans Thank you, much appreciated!

fediversereport , 1 year ago to Random stuff

Audon is a great real-time audio streaming service for the #fediverse! Think Spaces or Clubhouse, and you pretty much got it. You create a room for audio, where other people can listen to you, or just give them the role of speaker as well.

You can easily log in with your fediverse (Mastodon/Calckey/Pleroma) account, create a room, share the link, and you're ready to go!

Check it out at https://audon.space

Screenshot showing the room itself with my personal account as host and speaker, and this account as listener

fediversereport OP , 1 year ago

Audon makes good use of the social graph of your fediverse account as well. You need to sign in to listen in on a room, and that means that there is a lot of different privacy settings available for the room. Like, you can have a room with only your followers, or only the people you follow. See the screenshot for all the available options.