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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 regular people.
I am not saying it is that easy or that's how exactly it will work. But it could've been avoided. Right now, entire communities are gone, many who were relying on it are now disconnected. (Then again, I can argue that it's time to clean the membership since many accounts are also stagnant.)
So, when? #ActivityPub2 ?
Fall #FediForum has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow
@tchambers's feed, created with Surf, here:
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jvprse7ptd6b9gccy3m9g547
#SurfFeeds #FediForum #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Federation #OpenSocial
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👇🏽 It's ”The ATmosphere“ [social] network this part of the federatid SNS. #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #SocialWeb
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ragtjsm2j2vknwkz3zp4oxrd/post/3l32kiopoay2c
15 years in and we're just getting started! Flipboard's CEO
@mike spoke with @forbes's Andy Meek about being digital survivors, @surf, and our role in the future of publishing.
#Technology #Tech #Media #Journalism #Publishing #Flipboard #Apps #SocialMedia #OpenSocial #SurfSocial
A decentralized vine (remember vine?) short form video platform, built on Nostr. Kinda early days, but interesting to see another attempt at this type of platform using open social tech.
Surf Beta Testers 🏄♂️
Our biggest release yet is here! Enjoy redesigned navigation that drops you right into your Surf Timeline in the new Home experience and lets you quickly access your go-to feeds from anywhere in Surf.
Here's a quick look at what's new:
My good friend @manualdousuario has a solid case for his rant over #FreeOurFeeds. But given the names involved, I'd slap a question mark on his headline: "$30 million to reinvent the wheel"?
That's because I see opportunity for innovative advancements at the protocol level, even dealing with emerging public payment systems like #PIX.
The wheel is done: #ActivityPub. I am open to hear what those good people can do to help the #opensocial path forward.
https://notes.ghed.in/posts/2025/bluesky-free-our-feeds-mastodon/
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“I feel like we're rebooting to the last version of the Internet that I felt uncomplicated joy about.”
@Casey, @kevin and @pj on why they set up their Forkiverse fediverse server.
https://www.searchengine.show/the-fediverse-experiment/
#Fediverse #Federation #ActivityPub #Forkiverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Internet #Technology #Tech
Fresh from «Sa Hangganan (사 항가난): Notes From the Borderlands»
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Community tools to help you reclaim your content from centralised services
Someone is starting a Hubzilla managed hosting.
They also have this: https://atmosphere.social
I sure hope it's legit. 😆😅
(Hat tip to: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6i6n57nrkq6xavqbdo6bvkqr/post/3mcvgdyohkk2i )
I promise, I'm not an ATproto dev. I just like testing stuff. I've been doing this since 2008 when the first open Social Web network, the Fediverse, launched. Today, I'm more active in the ATmosphere network of the open Social Web. 😁 at-me.wisp.place/view/?handle...#OpenSocial #SocialWeb
Remember when the web was fun? @cwebber does, and she reminded users of that in her keynote speech at last week's FediForum, in which she talked about how the fediverse can't succeed without joy. Here's @ricmac's writeup of the event, which included presentations from @_elena, @quillmatiq, @mike, @michael, @benpate and more.
As seen at #FOSDEM, a Mastodon API tool that splits long posts into a thread. I’m just sad the logo isn’t a ninja sewer rat.
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If there's one thing that unites the #Fediverse and The #ATmosphere it is this: Substack is ⛔👎🏽🙅🏽🚫😒😤Use Hugo (with ATProto & ActivityPub plugins), WriteAs, Offprint, GreenGale, Pckt, Leaflet, Ghost, WordPress (with AP plugin).#OpenSocial #SocialWeb
If there's one thing that unites the #Fediverse and The #ATmosphere it is this: Substack is ⛔👎🏽🙅🏽🚫😒😤
Use Hugo (with ATProto & ActivityPub plugins), WriteAs, Offprint, GreenGale, Pckt, Leaflet, Ghost, WordPress (with AP plugin).
Watch @mike give a live demo of Surf at SXSW. Learn what Surf is for, how it brings together content and communities across platforms, and how to make your own custom feed. Audience questions at the end are also 👌.
https://flipboard.video/w/rFyohvCiuPMm5ad7MyHy6h
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#Fediverse #FediverseHouse #SXSW #OnlineCommunities #SocialNetworks #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #socialmedia #customfeeds
In this episode of the DotSocial podcast, recorded at the #FediverseHouse at SXSW, Bluesky CTO @pfrazee.com strapped on his butterfly wings to explain to @mike how the company is rethinking the internet’s architecture to create a more flexible, user-centric web.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/dot-social-paul-frazee-bluesky/
#DotSocial #Podcast #ATProtocol #Bluesky #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb
Today, we're beginning to federate publisher accounts in Italy, France and Spain, and expanding in Brazil and Germany.
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
They may share a suffix (and a protocol), but Blacksky isn’t hitching its wagon to the Bluesky app or team. Founder and CEO @rudyfraser.com is creating a new, fiercely independent playbook for communities — one made possible because of the flexibility of the open web. We're excited for you to hear the latest episode of @mike's Dot Social podcast:
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/blacksky-rudy-fraser/
#DotSocial #Podcast #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #Federation #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Blacksky #BlackMastodon @blackmastodon #RudyFraser #Technology #Tech #Bluesky
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🌐 The Fediverse is meeting IRL!
FediCon — August 1 & 2 in Vancouver 🇨🇦
Want in? Join the early bird list:
See you there?
#FediCon #Fediverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #SocialWeb #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo
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Thanks to the open web, it’s more viable than ever for creators to take back ownership and control of their livelihoods. @molly0xfff joined Flipboard CEO @mike at SXSW 2025 to talk about building an ethical, creator-first internet. That fireside chat is now available as a Dot Social episode. Listen in full!
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/molly-white-sxsw-2025/
#DotSocial #OpenSocial #Fediverse #DigitalSovereignty #Flipboard #SXSW #FediverseHouse #CreatorEconomy #Creator #MollyWhite #Internet #Tech #Technology
Looking to lure people to the fediverse? Share @_elena's explainer with them. It's a four-minute video that makes things simple for anyone to understand.
https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/
#Fediverse #FederatedSocialMedia #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #ElenaRossini #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #Tech #Technology
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With social and search traffic declining, publishers need new ways to connect with readers.
In this #DotSocial episode, @mike talks with @404mediaco's @jasonkoebler and @ProPublica's @ben about the benefits of decentralization.
"I think what's really missing is the human-to-human connection and the human curation ... Our informal tagline is 'by humans for humans.' We really just want someone to look at our stuff and send it to their friends in a group text or talk about it out loud or add it to a stream on the fediverse," Jason says.
https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/jason-koebler-and-ben-werdmuller/
#Podcast #DotSocial #Media #Journalism #ActivityPub #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #Fediverse #OpenSocial
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