The network of Mastodon servers is the Mastoverse. (The Mastoverse is a subset of the Fediverse. The Fediverse is made up of more than just Mastodon servers.) A person on the Mastoverse is a Mastonaut. #fediverse #mastodon #mastonaut #mastoverse

Imagine if we had a site like this for ActivityPub that wasn't just focused on monolithic servers: https://sdk.blue/

It's kinda fun watching people who haven't been following or even understanding AT Proto learn about AT Proto things and going "oh wow, that's cool" and I'm just going "we could have it so much better in ActivityPub than what we do today"

So here are some internal details of wafrn!

Are there plans for DID DNS here on the #activitypub?

Ω🪬Ω #FediAlgo v1.2.2 is deployed now. Has a switch that makes sure any #hashtags / users / etc. that you follow are displayed as filter options even if they don't meet the minimum number of recent toots threshold. Also a bunch of bug fixes and small […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

Good day all! Fireside Fedi episode 43 starts NOW! With me today is @reiver . If you don't know Reiver, go check him out. He works on TONS of projects such as #greatape , #spacehost , #hootsuite , #crowdbucks , #fedicon , etc. Watch the show live: #owncast #livestream - […]

I'm looking for a guide on how to specify images in HTML pages so that Mastodon and Bluesky posts linking to those pages have nicely formatted images in them. Twitter has <meta name="twitter:image" etc ... what's the equivalent for Mastodon and Bluesky? And Threads? And what are the best image […]

A little interesting thing that I never built for Mastodon servers, but could have with some difficulty, is an account registration flow that included billing. I have a feeling it'd be easier to develop for PDSes, maybe, though it might require an entryway server, or just using invite codes?

#Smithereen 0.11 is out! This one mostly focuses on groups and moderation. Groups now have discussion boards, admins can specify server rules (with translations!), moderators have more and better tools at their disposal, and users can now pin posts and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

We’re taking another step in building a sustainable financial base as a non-profit. Today, we’re announcing new hosting and support offerings, tailored for larger organisations and public institutions. These enable organisations to own their social identities, on their own infrastructure […]

One of the most surprising reasons that people have told me that they dropped off the Fediverse is that they simply forget which server they signed up for.

Minor FEP-fe34 update: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/683 I think the document is almost complete, both S2S and C2S are covered. #fep_fe34

Projects such as Bluesky, Mastodon, Pixelfed, etc are pursuing a "strategy of radical openness" in terms of how a business school (rather than a developer) would probably put it. I wonder: what other examples in other parts of the economy are there for a strategy of radical openness?

@julian are there any plans to add #rss support to #nodebb?

IceCubesAppのアップデートで、Fedibirdで使うと色々エラーになるみたいだけど、みんなの状況教えてくれる？ 公式によるとMastodon 4.0より前のMastodonで動く保証をやめたということで、互換性のないところでひっかかるようになったんだと思うんだ。 だから、偶然動くところがあったり、駄目だったりしていると思う。 #fedibird #fedibird_watch

The other thing that the #guppe incident showed us is that the #fediverse seriously needs the #nomadic protocol. Let's say the Fediverse understands the protocol: just move to a new domain, inform all instances "this is the new domain, automatically re-subscribe please", done. Life goes on for […]

I updated the #activitypubbot server software to use FEP-5711, the inverse properties FEP. It is a way to declare two-way relations; if X has an `inbox` property with value Y, then Y has an `inboxOf` property with value X. It helps with navigation when you're using the ActivityPub API, and it […]

#smithereen now supports pinned posts. #activitypub #mastodev

I think we are ready for our first FediForum book tour event tomorrow! Robert W Gehl will talk about his new book Move Slowly and Build Bridges. Mastodon, the Fediverse, and the struggle for democratic social media. Probably the best description of what's special about the Fediverse. Join us […]

On Discourse and Decentralisation The Community Group for #activitypub is drafting an open letter calling for respect and collaboration between the people working on the different protocols in the open social web. I'm signing the letter, and with it, I have some thoughts regarding discourse […]

Fediverse Report 133 - this week's #fediverse news: - Government of Nepal shuts down virtually all social media over the weekend, including Mastodon - An open letter calling for a cooling down of discourse and increased respect regarding debates between #activitypub and #atproto about […]

that the main way people use groups for microblogging is suddenly defunct because one person forgot to renew their domain might be a good indication that decentralisation and network resilience includes more than counting the number of servers

Let's all just be kind to each other and build collaboratively rather than competitively.

pillbug is a cohost-inspired client for GoToSocial and other Mastodon API-compatible ActivityPub servers. https://pillbug.vivl.im/about #gotosocial #fediverse #activitypub

I haven't sensed more anger from fedi towards #bluesky recently. It has always been this way and it's justified imo. So the renewed effort to get us to STFU makes me think bluesky is about to announce something bad for the decentralized social media community (maybe their business model?) and […]

✊ Am happy to endorse this statement - along with many thought leaders from both #atproto and #activitypub sides of the Open Social Web dev community… https://writings.thisismissem.social/statement-on-discourse-about-activitypub-and-at-protocol/

Recently there has been a lot of discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol which has been quite dividing and heated. Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting (the group that maintains the ActivityPub and related specifications), I proposed releasing a statement that counters the narrative that […]

Recently there has been a lot of dividing & heated discourse about ActivityPub and AT Protocol. Yesterday at the Social Web CG meeting, I proposed releasing a statement on this discourse, you can read the full statement here: github.com/swicg/genera... #activitypub #atprotocol #atproto #SocialWeb

Realized that the way we do notes on #WriteFreely doesn't work with #mastodon, if you include a title. They don't show up! So I'll see how it looks if we include it in the body of the Note. #writefreelydev #activitypub

Added new requirements to FEP-ef34: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/pulls/672 Previously the FEP put the burden of C2S validation solely on the originating server (producer), but I think it would be better to do corresponding security checks on the consumer side too: - When fetching an […]

New compatibility table at funfedi.dev: **JSON-LD @context** https://funfedi.dev/support_tables/generated/context/ 6 out of 9 implementations accept any `@context` value. But Mastodon, Hollo and Friendica reject activity entirely if `https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams` is not included in […]

Ω🪬Ω #FediAlgo v1.1.19 is deployed. Minor bugfixes and improvements to the customizable timeline algorithm / filtering system for your Mastodon feed. * Link: https://michelcrypt4d4mus.github.io/fedialgo_demo_app_foryoufeed/ * Code […] [Original post on universeodon.com]

I'm fascinated to (re-?)discover that the core #activitypub deliverable was the C2S API, not the S3S federation protocol. Was the underlying assumption that servers were boring, one/few implementations could handle all cases, and innovation was going to be centered around clients?

https://activitypub.rocks/news/handing-off-activitypubrocks-to-the-activitypub-community.html It's official now: activitypub.rocks is transferred to _ActivityPub community_. You might think that the recipient is #SocialHub, which is located on the […] [Original post on mitra.social]

Bluesky is kicking off the formal process to make ATProto an IETF standard 👀 https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/bofreq-newbold-authenticated-transfer/

I've finished reading RFC 9413: Maintaining Robust Protocols. It is a very important document, and I strongly recommend it to anyone developing ActivityPub applications. The robustness principle, also known as Postel's law, is simple and seemingly non-controversial: _be conservative in what you […]