Poliverso è un progetto indipendente per mettere a disposizione modi alternativi di usare il Fediverso. Ecco i motivi per cui è importante sostenerlo. Anche se sei un utente di altre istanze
Il progetto Poliverso, da cui nasce lo stesso progetto feddit.it, è stato creato per mettere a disposizione degli utenti italiani un'intera istanza basata su Friendica, che non è solo la più completa alternativa a Facebook, ma è anche il software più potente per l'esplorazione del Fediverso!
Con poliverso.org puoi interagire con tutti i profili delle Fediverso, ma puoi anche collegare il tuo account Bluesky; a differenza di Mastodon puoi scrivere post lunghi con il testo formattato e le immagini in linea, ma puoi anche creare eventi o interagire con gli eventi di Mobilizon, seguire il feed RSS di altri siti web o addirittura di canali telegram e puoi impostarne anche la pubblicazione automatica dal tuo profilo. Con Friendica è possibile anche creare utenti di servizio gestiti da uno staff di più utenti ognuno con un proprio account. Infine è possibile creare gruppi del Fediverso, come i gruppi Facebook, ossia degli account che quando vengono menzionati ricondividono automaticamente il post pubblicato, cosicché venga visto da tutti gli utenti (utenti di tutto il fediverso!) che seguono quel gruppo.
Ma il progetto Poliverso non si ferma qui: insieme al blog lealternative.net abbiamo aperto feddit.it, la prima istanza italiana basata su Lemmy, un'alternativa a reddit perfettamente federata con il resto del Fediverso. Su feddit.it puoi scegliere una delle tante comunità tematiche presenti e aprire un nuovo thread, come su un subreddit, e segnalare o commentare i link di articoli di giornale o di post interessanti, visualizzandoli in un interfaccia che ricorda quella di un forum. Feddit.it non è soltanto uno spazio a disposizione dei suoi utenti, ma tutti coloro che dispongono di un account Mastodon, Friendica, Pleroma, Misskey o Pixelfed [b]possono aprire un nuovo thread (anche dal tuo blog WordPress!) creando un nuovo post e menzionando la comunità di proprio interesse![/b]
Il terzo progetto di Poliverso è costituito da poliversity.it, la prima istanza Mastodon in Italia dedicata al mondo dell'università e della ricerca ma anche a quello del giornalismo. Se sei un ricercatore, uno studente, un giornalista o se semplicemente sei interessato a questi temi, poi iscriverti e partecipare alle discussioni.
Se invece vuoi contribuire in maniera specifica al solo progetto feddit.it, puoi offrire un contributo economico di sostegno al manutenzione dei server a questa pagina Liberapay
> La più grande pecca di friendica è la mancanza di un app decente
Sì, vero, ma funziona così discretamente bene da browser mobile che la mancanza di un'app non è tutta questa grande tragedia
> e l'interfaccia web anni 2000
Diciamo 2010... dài! 😁 E comunque qui hai totalmente ragione: l'interfaccia è davvero retrò, ma qui su Poliverso stiamo valutando la possibilità di creare un accesso alternativo attraverso Soapbox o Semaphore (grazie a un'idea di @Chiara [Ainur] [Айнұр] ❤️). Questi strati applicativi sono molto interessanti e forniscono addirittura un'interfaccia molto più bella e moderna rispetto a quella dello stesso Mastodon, ma dobbiamo prima capire bene come farci girare le funzionalità più avanzate di Friendica, perché sono quelle funzionalità che rendono questo software così unico e vantaggioso rispetto agli altri software del fediverso
Mai usato Friendica, ho giusto dato uno sguardo all'API per un'applicazione a cui ho lavorato (wink wink), ma consultando la documentazione ho notato che implementa l'API di Mastodon. Non basterebbe utilizzare uno dei tanti frontend già disponibili per Mastodon? O per caso Friendica ha delle funzionalità in più che non sarebbero disponibili su tali frontend?
@Nerd02 hai compreso perfettamente il problema: è vero, Friendica implementa l'api di Mastodon, ma per far funzionare alcune funzionalità devono essere tarati gli strati applicativi che oggi vanno bene per mastodon o per pleroma. Questo è il problema che, discutendo con @Fabio è emerso come Maggiore criticità.
Non sono un talebano di Friendica, ma bisogna fare una analisi funzionale per capire quali sono le cose alle quali poter rinunciare e quali no. Sì siamo costretti a eliminare alcune peculiarità distintive del sistema per far somigliare tutto a mastodon o misskey, Allora tanto varrebbe utilizzare mastodon o misskey 😅
Friendica è un software eccezionale nel quale c'è tutto o quasi, ma è chiaramente stato realizzato da sviluppatori eccezionali che tuttavia mancavano di una cultura adeguata nella gestione di prodotto.
Friendica sembra essere stato sviluppato Per esaudire tutti ma proprio tutti i desideri di tutti i potenziali utenti...
In pratica, si è voluto realizzare un gigantesco e potentissimo Mecha modulare come Voltron
Purtuttavia il risultato estetico ed ergonomico è stato più simile a uno di quei mostri Goffi e dimenticabili che venivano spediti a ogni puntata per sconfiggere il robottone protagonista...😁 😄 🤣
Non metto in dubbio i vantaggi di Friendica. Anzi, volendomi avvicinare al mondo del microblogging (dal quale ahimé sono tagliato fuori, usando Lemmy) stavo giusto pensando di aprirmi un'istanza con Friendica, piuttosto che Mastodon. Però personalmente trovo l'UI davvero DAVVERO brutta, è ciò che finora mi ha allontanato dal provarlo.
Se si riuscisse ad avere un backend come l'attuale Friendica e un'UI bella moderna come Soapbox o Misskey sarebbe davvero il meglio dei due mondi.
Effettivamente per un pò ho utilizzato #soapbox per visualizzare il mio account #friendica in #poliverso per beneficiare di una grafica migliore. Ovviamente con le dovute e tante limitazioni.
Se riuscite ad ottimizzare soapbox per friendica fate una gran cosa!
Per gli utilizzatori di friendica segnalo inoltre l'app #Relatica attualmente in beta.
@Antonino Campaniolo 👣 :birra: sì, Infatti mi sembra chiaro che attualmente non ci siano energie nella community di Friendica per realizzare una nuova interfaccia...
Purtroppo noi siamo ancora nella fase 1, ossia quella per individuare uno strato applicativo versatile e affidabile. Sull'affidabilità, ovviamente, soapbox è avvantaggiato, considerando la sua maturità e la qualità del prodotto. Il problema è che dobbiamo valutare anche la versatilità e per farlo ci serve tempo.
Una volta Superata la fase 1 bisogna passare alla fase 2 che è la valutazione della fattibilità di un'operazione del genere sulla base degli strumenti che abbiamo a disposizione.
Poi c'è la fase 3 che non consiste ancora nel mettere le mani sul codice, perché non abbiamo la forza per farlo, ma piuttosto di iniziare una campagna di coinvolgimento di persone disposte a contribuire allo sviluppo di una versione beta... in questa fase sarà importante coinvolgere sia la comunità di Friendica sia quella di Soapbox.
Sicuramente richiederà del tempo. Se non l'avete ancora fatto provate a far girare la vostra istanza su soapbox e poi magari provate a chiedere ad alex gleasonator. Sono convinto che con una interfaccia più intuitiva ed accattivante le tante persone stanche di fb potrebbero decidersi a provare friendica.
diciamo che l'offerta di una volta era: forum o forum, almeno per un utente medio. Con gli anni sono esplose alternative come #discord, ma anche #twitch che hanno preso piede grazie all'arrivo della banda larga. Inoltre manca #Discourse che oltre a rappresentare i forum della nuova generazione ha appena annunciato di aggiungere il supporto ad #activitypub che porterà il primo vero forum nel fediverso
discord però non c'entra nulla con il web perché è più che altro una piattaforma di comunicazione voip. Per questo motivo è un po' fuori tema rispetto al post. Sarà sicuramente interessante capire in quale modo implementerà ActivityPub se davvero lo farà, Ma così come per Tumblr ho delle perplessità sulla integrazione reale con il Fediverso da parte di strumenti nati per essere privati e centralizzati
discord si è evoluto, per mantenere gli appassionati attivi dopo le live ha aggiunto veri e propri forum di discussione con messaggi di testo, media e file in chat private:
Sì, ma stiamo parlando della stessa operazione che sta portando avanti telegram e che ogni sistema di successo prova a intraprendere: arricchire di funzionalità un sistema dedicato (qui il voip, là la messaggistica) ancora piuttosto scalabile. Ma la direzione è la stessa: sistemi non-web che vengono a prendersi gli spazi del web.
post molto bello. Avevo già capito da solo come pubblicare sui subreddit di feddit ma ho comunque trovato tante informazioni utili Guarda che hai scritto male il nome utente di @eticadigitale
Ciao a tutti gli utenti di Poliverso! Grazie a molti di voi, Poliverso è diventato la terza istanza Friendica più attiva del Fediverso. Al momento la timeline locale si è arricchita di tanti contenuti interessanti, con una particolare attenzione alle discussioni su notizie di carattere politico. Inoltre l'istanza poliverso.org è connessa molto bene a tantissime istanze italiane e straniere mastodon, lemmy, pixelfed, pleroma, misskey, consentendo a tutti gli utenti, anche grazie alla recente gestione semplificata dei gruppi, delle cerchie e dei canali (l'ultima novità di Friendica) di vivere il Fediverso con lo strumento più completo al momento disponibile.
Tuttavia, sui 553 utenti iscritti (dato di aprile 2024) solo 262 sono stati attivi negli ultimi sei mesi e, dato più importante, solo 130 utenti sono risultati attivi nell'ultimo mese.
Inoltre, sebbene venga richiesto dalle condizioni di servizio a tutti gli utenti di "connettersi" al profilo dell'amministratore di istanza (chi se ne fosse dimenticato può farlo chiedendo il "follow" a @Signor Amministratore dal proprio profilo) alcuni utenti non l'hanno mai fatto.
Per evitare la presenza di: - bot, - utenti inattivi che occupano spazio nel database, - utenti che non ricordano più di essersi iscritti e che hanno inserito questo account email nelle blacklist,
riteniamo giusto perciò provvedere a una pulizia di tutti gli account che:
- non hanno mai effettuato il login da quando si sono iscritti - non hanno mai effettuato il login negli ultimi 6 mesi - non hanno mai pubblicato contenuti - non si sono mai connessi negli ultimi dodici mesi.
Se negli ultimi mesi ti sei cimentato nella scrittura di messaggi o di risposte o ti sei collegato almeno una volta, puoi ignorare questo messaggio.
Se invece sei anche tu uno degli utenti oggi inattivi ma ritieni di voler continuare a utilizzare Friendica, ti chiediamo di dare un qualsiasi segno di vita, pubblicando un qualsiasi contenuto e (se non l'hai già fatto) collegandoti al profilo dell'amministratore.
In caso contrario, provvederemo a eliminare il tuo account.
Speriamo comunque che l'esperienza di Friendica sia stata utile a farti apprezzare il Fediverso.
Un saluto e a presto, gli amministratori.
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Avviso contenuto: There's an effort on the network to connect the Fediverse's federation powers to Solid's data storage and access capabilities.
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https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/activitypods-fed
One of the Fediverse’s most-repeated selling points is the following premise: YOU OWN YOUR DATA. It’s a wonderful sentiment, the idea that you can pack up everything and take it with you. The problem is, most platforms on the network can, at best, redirect your followers to a new account.
What if we had an easier way to represent data ownership and give users total control of it? Buckle up, because we’re diving into some big ideas.
ActivityPods is a combination of two W3C standards: ActivityPub, and the Solid specification. The first standard is for data federation and networks, the second is for data storage and access. The ideals of both projects put together create a compelling vision: data control, across user applications, in service to communication across the web.
How does Solid work?
When I first came across Solid’s W3C spec many years ago, I really struggled to understand it. The document is full of extremely dry language, and was too intangible for me to understand at the time.
After messing with my own Solid pod and playing with some demos, though, something clicked for me. Here’s my best attempt to keep things simple.
What are Solid Pods?
In Solid’s world, everyone’s personal data lives in a Pod. This is your personal data locker, where your media, files, and personal data all live together. One Solid Pod belongs to one person.
Conceptually, your Solid Pod looks and works very similarly to Google Drive, iCloud, or Nextcloud: to the user, it just feels like a big folder with your stuff in it. In fact, using a Pod that way is not out of the question, but the technology serves a much bigger purpose.
User Data and Solid
Like I said earlier, data in a Solid pod can take a few different forms:
What’s interesting about this involves how Solid apps can work with these things. Instead of relying on a relational database like PostgreSQL or MySQL to store data, these apps read data straight from files in your pod. The data is specifically formatted in such a way that Solid apps can read it.
A recipe for Homemade Pizza in Umai, a cookbook app.
Noel De Martin made a really great demo app called Umai that demonstrates how a basic Solid App works. This app is relatively simple: look up a recipe online, copy and paste the URL, and save it to your pod. On the application side, your saved recipes show up right away. The cookbook folder. Metadata for the Pizza recipe. On the Solid pod, the data for each recipe resides in a folder, with a little bit of data for each entry. The application side knows to look for these, and is able to use that data natively. In a nutshell, all Solid apps store this kind of data in your Pod. The user gets to decide which apps, if any, can access that data, and can take away that access at any time.
So, that’s basically it. It’s a fancy data storage system that lets you connect documents and data with applications that can read or manipulate them, and you get the final say of which resources can be accessed by whom. ActivityPods then adds another layer: federation.
How does ActivityPods work?
ActivityPods extends the concept of a Solid Pod to include a few new things: an inbox, an outbox, methods for digitally signing posts, a SPARQL endpoint for querying RDF metadata, and a dispatch system.
Each pod has a singular WebID / Identity to begin with, and ActivityPods marries that WebID to a Fediverse Actor. A user then logs in to their social application through their Solid Pod, and grants permissions for the very first time.
Source: ActivityPods blog
What ActivityPods effectively provides are automated mechanisms. They constantly check the contents of the Solid pod, and are notified whenever a change gets made.
Let’s say you’ve just made a post with your Fediverse app: a document representing a post is written in the Pod, then a dispatch mechanism acts as the user’s outbox and sends the activity out. Meanwhile, the corresponding inbox mechanism waits for replies.
What this could mean in practice is that editing a Fediverse post may be as simple as editing a corresponding file, while a mechanism pushes out an Update activity through your Outbox to make changes on the network.
ActivityPods App Experience
So far, the app experience for ActivityPods is pretty limited: the mypod.store instance only allows users to use one of three apps: a meetup app, a mutual aid app, and Mastopod. Mastopod is basically a proof-of-concept app capable of rendering a basic timeline, dispatching posts, liking statuses, and following people. What’s remarkable is that it was hacked together in less than a week with the existing framework that ActivityPods apps use, SemApps.
The Future?
The developers behind ActivityPods are hard at work on their 2.0 release, and a big part of the work involves making this new platform fit into ActivityPub’s world. The goal is to provide everything a developer needs to build a Fediverse app, with the backend doing all the heavy lifting.
It’s an exciting time, and we may soon start seeing apps that bring entirely new experiences on top of this technology: apps that respect user privacy, and give them total control of everything in their Pods.
One of the Fediverse’s most-repeated selling points is the following premise: YOU OWN YOUR DATA. It’s a wonderful sentiment, the idea that you can pack up everything and take it with you. The problem is, most platforms on the network can, at best, redirect your followers to a new account.
What if we had an easier way to represent data ownership and give users total control of it? Buckle up, because we’re diving into some big ideas.
ActivityPods is a combination of two W3C standards: ActivityPub, and the Solid specification. The first standard is for data federation and networks, the second is for data storage and access. The ideals of both projects put together create a compelling vision: data control, across user applications, in service to communication across the web.
How does Solid work?
When I first came across Solid’s W3C spec many years ago, I really struggled to understand it. The document is full of extremely dry language, and was too intangible for me to understand at the time.
After messing with my own Solid pod and playing with some demos, though, something clicked for me. Here’s my best attempt to keep things simple.
What are Solid Pods?
In Solid’s world, everyone’s personal data lives in a Pod. This is your personal data locker, where your media, files, and personal data all live together. One Solid Pod belongs to one person.
Conceptually, your Solid Pod looks and works very similarly to Google Drive, iCloud, or Nextcloud: to the user, it just feels like a big folder with your stuff in it. In fact, using a Pod that way is not out of the question, but the technology serves a much bigger purpose.
User Data and Solid
Like I said earlier, data in a Solid pod can take a few different forms:
What’s interesting about this involves how Solid apps can work with these things. Instead of relying on a relational database like PostgreSQL or MySQL to store data, these apps read data straight from files in your pod. The data is specifically formatted in such a way that Solid apps can read it.
A recipe for Homemade Pizza in Umai, a cookbook app.
Noel De Martin made a really great demo app called Umai that demonstrates how a basic Solid App works. This app is relatively simple: look up a recipe online, copy and paste the URL, and save it to your pod. On the application side, your saved recipes show up right away. The cookbook folder.Metadata for the Pizza recipe. On the Solid pod, the data for each recipe resides in a folder, with a little bit of data for each entry. The application side knows to look for these, and is able to use that data natively. In a nutshell, all Solid apps store this kind of data in your Pod. The user gets to decide which apps, if any, can access that data, and can take away that access at any time.
So, that’s basically it. It’s a fancy data storage system that lets you connect documents and data with applications that can read or manipulate them, and you get the final say of which resources can be accessed by whom. ActivityPods then adds another layer: federation.
How does ActivityPods work?
ActivityPods extends the concept of a Solid to bring in federation, which lets Solid Pods talk to each other. This isn’t just a Solid Pod with ActivityPub on top of it: the entire system marries the two concepts together, from the ground up.
The Pieces
The platform brings all of the standard pieces you would expect from an ActivityPub system: it has an inbox / outbox dispatching system, methods for digitally signing posts, support for collections, a way of parsing activities, and also support for the Client-to-Server portion of the ActivityPub spec. The ultimate goal here is to provide seamless compatibility with the Fediverse, along with the support for apps that leverage the C2S API.
The Solid side is equally robust: the project is striving for compliance with the Solid specs, and brings in support for RDF, the data format that Solid uses, along with LinkedData. Because of Solid’s architecture, ActivityPods transforms RDF data in your Pod to corresponding ActivityPub data for the Fediverse.
Understanding the Flow
Each pod has a singular WebID / Identity to begin with, and ActivityPods marries that WebID to a Fediverse Actor. A user then logs in to their social application through their Solid Pod, and grants permissions for the very first time.
Source: ActivityPods blog
What ActivityPods effectively provides are automated mechanisms. They constantly check the contents of the Solid pod, and are notified whenever an update happens. On the app side, this is all seamless, and works like any Fediverse app.
Let’s say you’ve just made a post: a document representing a post is written in the Pod, then a dispatch mechanism acts as the user’s outbox and sends the activity out. Meanwhile, the corresponding inbox mechanism waits for replies, and notifies you when one comes in.
On the Pod backend, all of your posts are RDF data that sits in secure storage. A SPARQL endpoint effectively turns that into a database, and your app is able to use that for posting, search, and everything you’ve come to expect from a standard social platform.
ActivityPods App Experience
So far, the app experience for ActivityPods is pretty limited: the mypod.store instance only allows users to use one of three apps: a meetup app, a mutual aid app, and Mastopod. Mastopod is basically a proof-of-concept app capable of rendering a basic timeline, dispatching posts, liking statuses, and following people. What’s remarkable is that it was hacked together in less than a week with the existing framework that ActivityPods apps use, SemApps.
Even with a limited app right now, though, this feels like a huge breakthrough. MastoPods totally works, and you don’t have to even think about your Solid Pod.
The Future?
The developers behind ActivityPods are hard at work on their 2.0 release, and a big part of the work involves making this new platform fit into ActivityPub’s world. The goal is to provide everything a developer needs to build a Fediverse app, with the backend doing all the heavy lifting.
It’s an exciting time, and we may soon start seeing apps that bring entirely new experiences on top of this technology: apps that respect user privacy, and give them total control of everything in their Pods.
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"Schools spend a lot of money on edtech, and most of the time it’s a waste of their limited funds." "Edtech brokers are significant emerging actors in education because they are gaining the authority and capacity to shape the future direction of edtech in schools" "edtech brokers play a role by connecting technical products to the specific social and political contingencies of different local settings." @BenPatrickWill https://codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2024/04/19/edtech-has-an-evidence-problem/
Edtech brokers have begun producing new evidence and measurements of the impact of technologies in schools. Photo by Alexander Grey on Unsplash Schools spend a lot of money on edtech, and most of t…
Since I received some negative criticism (but also some positive remarks) about the profile actions which were moved in the floating action button in this week's release, I am planning to iterate over in for next week's release and I need your opinion.
Instead of using the FAB or having it all always visible, I propose to you to use a side menu from the right side, as implemented in the following pull request. Would you mind having a look at the video on GitHub and give me your opinion? I'll leave two comments below here and will decide what to do based on the number of upvotes of the individual comments.
I liked how it looks in the video, especially with the text next to the icons to say what it dose. ( I totally wasn't logged out by mistake when checking the profile and not knowing what that button did) It looked better in the video as everything looked to have a bit more breathing room.
I am however not able to update from 1.9.0, it doesn't show up in the play store, so I don't know how the floating button option looks.
I'm not opposed to keeping it as it is/was in 1.9.0 but then I would really like there to be a confirmation before logging out.
I forgot to mention, intermediate (weekly) snapshots are not published in the Play Store but I upload APKs directly on GitHub for those who want to try the app out. Only version 1.10.0-20240417-pre has this floating action button profile thingy.
You can always just scroll down to hide those buttons since the view isn't locked. If only the bottom-half of the screen scrolled and the menu was always visible i could understand the complaints.
Honestly, I doubt people will spend that much time on the profile page such that we need to optimize its screen real estate. It's more important that they can find what they're looking for the first time they visit the page since they probably won't go to it too often. That's just my opinion though, maybe other users spend all day on the profile page.
I will say though, your mockup of sliding the menu out from the right looks great, I just don't think it's needed on the profile page.
I implemented it as a reusable component just in case it is needed elsewhere... btw technically I could leave both options and make it configurable in the settings screen but that seems a little an overkill. I'll leave the poll open and then trow away what loses.
EDIT: The sliding side menu will be used probably for community info and user info, it was fun to implement and I'm going to keep it 😉
TechScape: How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English
"I said “delve” was overused by ChatGPT compared to the internet at large." "In Nigeria, “delve” is much more frequently used in business English than it is in England or the US. So the workers training their systems provided examples of input and output that used the same language, eventually ending up with an AI system that writes slightly like an African."
Workers in Africa have been exploited first by being paid a pittance to help make chatbots, then by having their own words become AI-ese. Plus, new AI gadgets are coming for your smartphones
- Supporto per attributi alt - Assegna priorità agli allegati in base al formato del post (articolo => tutto, audio => audio, video => video, ...) - Miglioramento dei widget JS - Migliore gestione predefinita dei contenuti in base al tipo di oggetto - Ora puoi aggiungere/rimuovere la possibilità di utilizzare ActivityPub per ciascun utente
* Support for alt-attributes * Prioritize attachments based on the post format (article => all, audio => audio, video => video, ...) * Improve JS widgets * A better default content handling based on the Object Type * You can now add/remove the capability to use ActivityPub for each User
Avviso contenuto: Emissary has some really wild tricks up its sleeve, and allows you to build whatever kind of interface or app experience you want.
The post Emissary is Whatever You Want It To Be appeared first on We Distribute.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/emissary
There were some really cool demos at FediForum last month, but the one that really opened my eyes was Emissary. It’s a newer project developed by Ben Pate, and it does something totally new: composable interfaces.
https://spectra.video/videos/embed/73e73f8f-6d8f-4918-8634-c37171e41f87#?secret=hKEjsobjOL Emissary FediForum demo The secret sauce behind Emissary as a project is brilliant in its simplicity: it gives you a server and a bunch of tools, and gives you the power to build whatever interface you want on top of it. It’s very reminiscent of Hubzilla, but it makes customization a first-class citizen.
Deep Customization
There’s a lot of moving parts here, but it’s pretty easy to summarize: instead of simply giving you the power to customize how Emissary looks, you’re also given the power to customize how it works. Examples from the FediForum demo. Left to right: a social reader view, a to-do list view, and a social profile view. All of these were developed using Emissary’s powerful templating system. Emissary offers comprehensive documentation, and a bunch of different template types that can assist in building whatever app comes to mind. From the layout and widgets to the timelines and data types.
By following this method, is possible to turn Emissary into whatever platform you want. It uses a special JSON templating system, and the frontend processes everything with a toolkit based on HTMX. For developers, this means that you don’t need to write a frontend in a special custom framework – instead, Emissary uses the principles of HTML for development.
Contrary to other attempts to build this kind of thing in the past, Emissary lets developers write timelines and activity data as templates. Here’s how you can define a simple to-do list item:
Template Definitions
This part exists at the top of the template, and simply defines what it is, and provides some instructions for how it’s used by Emissary. templateId:"test-todo-item" templateRole:"todo-item" socialRole:"Note" model:"stream" containedBy: ["todo"] label:"To Do Item" description:"A single item in a to-do list" icon:"check-badge"
Schema
This part defines the actual fields of the object itself. Every single property is defined as a type, with additional fields nested in the actual data itself. Here, the data property includes dueDate and complete. schema: { type:"object" properties: { label: {type:"string", maxlength: 64} summary: {type:"string", maxlength: 256} data: {type:"object", properties: { dueDate: {type:"string", format:"date"} complete: {type:"boolean"} }} }
Actions
Here, the allowed actions are defined. Each action is built up of multiple steps, which are tasks that can be mixed and matched to make something happen. Let’s look through it. actions: { create: { steps: [ {do:"as-modal", "steps": [ {do:"edit", "form": { type:"layout-vertical" label:"Add Task" children: [ {type:"text", label:"Name", path:"label"} {type:"textarea", label:"Details", path:"summary"} {type:"text", label:"Due Date", path:"data.dueDate"} ] }} {do:"publish", outbox:true} {do:"trigger-event", "event":"refreshPage"} ]} ] } view: { steps:[ {do:"include", "action":"edit"} ] } edit: { steps: [ {do:"as-modal", "steps": [ { do:"edit" form: { type:"layout-vertical" label:"Edit Task" children: [ {type:"text", label:"Name", path:"label"} {type:"textarea", label:"Details", path:"summary"} {type:"text", label:"Due Date", path:"data.dueDate"} {type:"toggle", path:"data.complete", options:{true-text:"Complete", false-text:"Not Complete"}} ] } options: ["delete: /{{.StreamID}}/delete"] } {do:"publish", outbox:true} {do:"trigger-event", "event":"refreshPage"} ]} ] } delete: { "steps": [ {do:"unpublish", outbox:true} {do:"delete", "title":"Delete Task?"} {do:"trigger-event", "event":"refreshPage"} ] }
discuss: { steps: [ {do:"as-modal", "steps": [ {do:"view-html"} ]} ] } } The Create action adds a popup modal as a step, which then has the Name, Details, and dueDate values. After it’s filled out, the activity gets published to an outbox, which is the standard method for dispatching in ActivityPub. The page refreshes, and now it’s possible to edit or delete the item, or add a comment.
When we put it all together, we get something that defines what data is available, what actions are taken in processing that data, how it all looks, and what interactions are available to users. As someone who had messed around with PHP, Rails, and Node apps over the years, I cannot begin to tell you how wild this is.
Federated Music Demo
The latest demo Ben showcased is an attempt to create an alternative to Bandcamp. It’s called Arcadium, and is designed around letting artists customize the look and feel of their band pages. It includes support for streaming audio, links to other services, a custom home page, and events.
It’s an incredible example, and as of this writing, has a little over two weeks of active development time. The idea that this kind of thing is possible so quickly is nothing short of astonishing.
Ben continues to work on Arcadium, but is also seeking insight from Fediverse musicians looking for another Bandcamp alternative. Tapping into an existing community and building for their needs would be a great idea, as we’ve already seen Bonfire do with Open Science Network.
Who is this for?
It could be argued that Emissary is for power users and developers, but I think that’s only part of the picture. Emissary is based on IndieWeb principles, and a big motivation for the project involves giving people the power to shape their Web environment into whatever they want. It’s a powerful, intoxicating idea, and I can’t stop thinking about it.
I’m going to download Emissary and tinker with it. Should my efforts bear fruit, I hope to write some guides in the near future!
There were some really cool demos at FediForum last month, but the one that really opened my eyes was Emissary. It’s a newer project developed by Ben Pate, and it does something totally new: composable interfaces.
https://spectra.video/videos/embed/73e73f8f-6d8f-4918-8634-c37171e41f87#?secret=akIj8skikr Emissary FediForum demo The secret sauce behind Emissary as a project is brilliant in its simplicity: it gives you a server and a bunch of tools, and gives you the power to build whatever interface you want on top of it. It’s very reminiscent of Hubzilla, but it makes customization a first-class citizen.
Deep Customization
There’s a lot of moving parts here, but it’s pretty easy to summarize: instead of simply giving you the power to customize how Emissary looks, you’re also given the power to customize how it works. Examples from the FediForum demo. Left to right: a social reader view, a to-do list view, and a social profile view. All of these were developed using Emissary’s powerful templating system. Emissary offers comprehensive documentation, and a bunch of different template types that can assist in building whatever app comes to mind. From the layout and widgets to the timelines and data types.
By following this method, is possible to turn Emissary into whatever platform you want. It uses a special JSON templating system, and the frontend processes everything with a toolkit based on HTMX. For developers, this means that you don’t need to write a frontend in a special custom framework – instead, Emissary uses the principles of HTML for development.
Contrary to other attempts to build this kind of thing in the past, Emissary lets developers write timelines and activity data as templates. Here’s how you can define a simple to-do list item:
Template Definitions
This part exists at the top of the template, and simply defines what it is, and provides some instructions for how it’s used by Emissary. templateId:"test-todo-item"templateRole:"todo-item"socialRole:"Note"model:"stream"containedBy: ["todo"]label:"To Do Item"description:"A single item in a to-do list"icon:"check-badge"
Schema
This part defines the actual fields of the object itself. Every single property is defined as a type, with additional fields nested in the actual data itself. Here, the data property includes dueDate and complete. schema: {type:"object"properties: {label: {type:"string", maxlength: 64}summary: {type:"string", maxlength: 256}data: {type:"object", properties: {dueDate: {type:"string", format:"date"}complete: {type:"boolean"}}}}
Actions
Here, the allowed actions are defined. Each action is built up of multiple steps, which are tasks that can be mixed and matched to make something happen. Let’s look through it. actions: {create: {steps: [{do:"as-modal", "steps": [{do:"edit", "form": {type:"layout-vertical"label:"Add Task"children: [{type:"text", label:"Name", path:"label"}{type:"textarea", label:"Details", path:"summary"}{type:"text", label:"Due Date", path:"data.dueDate"}]}}{do:"publish", outbox:true}{do:"trigger-event", "event":"refreshPage"}]}]}view: {steps:[{do:"include", "action":"edit"}]}edit: {steps: [{do:"as-modal", "steps": [{do:"edit"form: {type:"layout-vertical"label:"Edit Task"children: [{type:"text", label:"Name", path:"label"}{type:"textarea", label:"Details", path:"summary"}{type:"text", label:"Due Date", path:"data.dueDate"}{type:"toggle", path:"data.complete", options:{true-text:"Complete", false-text:"Not Complete"}}]}options: ["delete: /{{.StreamID}}/delete"]}{do:"publish", outbox:true}{do:"trigger-event", "event":"refreshPage"}]}]}delete: {"steps": [{do:"unpublish", outbox:true}{do:"delete", "title":"Delete Task?"}{do:"trigger-event", "event":"refreshPage"}]}discuss: {steps: [{do:"as-modal", "steps": [{do:"view-html"}]}]}} The Create action adds a popup modal as a step, which then has the Name, Details, and dueDate values. After it’s filled out, the activity gets published to an outbox, which is the standard method for dispatching in ActivityPub. The page refreshes, and now it’s possible to edit or delete the item, or add a comment.
When we put it all together, we get something that defines what data is available, what actions are taken in processing that data, how it all looks, and what interactions are available to users. As someone who had messed around with PHP, Rails, and Node apps over the years, I cannot begin to tell you how wild this is.
Federated Music Demo
The latest demo Ben showcased is an attempt to create an alternative to Bandcamp. It’s called Arcadium, and is designed around letting artists customize the look and feel of their band pages. It includes support for streaming audio, links to other services, a custom home page, and events.
It’s an incredible example, and as of this writing, has a little over two weeks of active development time. The idea that this kind of thing is possible so quickly is nothing short of astonishing.
Ben continues to work on Arcadium, but is also seeking insight from Fediverse musicians looking for another Bandcamp alternative. Tapping into an existing community and building for their needs would be a great idea, as we’ve already seen Bonfire do with Open Science Network.
Who is this for?
It could be argued that Emissary is for power users and developers, but I think that’s only part of the picture. Emissary is based on IndieWeb principles, and a big motivation for the project involves giving people the power to shape their Web environment into whatever they want. It’s a powerful, intoxicating idea, and I can’t stop thinking about it.
I’m going to download Emissary and tinker with it. Should my efforts bear fruit, I hope to write some guides in the near future!
There were some really cool demos at FediForum last month, but the one that really opened my eyes was Emissary. It's a newer project developed by Ben Pate, and it does something totally new: composabl
Hi everyone! We're releasing on Wednesday again because "what a week, huh?" but I hope it's equally fine for everyone. This development release has a couple of features you requested (marking read posts and showing the number of unread comments, both of which must be manually enabled from the advanced settings screen because I wanted to keep the experience consistent for most users). Plus a series of fixes and improvements.
In this release I have welcomed an external contribution too,which fixed a bug with credential autocompletion. The project is slowly but steadily finding its place in the lemmy-verse it seems. Thanks to everyone who is helping in this journey and, as usual, L. F. E. T. 🦝🦝🦝
What's Changed
feat: visually differentiate read posts in #682
feat: show number of unread comments in #684
enhancement: declutter profile screen in #681
enhancement: shorten application name in #...
I have received other negative feedback about it so I'll probably change it again, don't worry! The final idea would be to have a sliding panel appearing on the right side with a vertical menu, just in the profile screen.
The display name of "Raccoon" and the unread comments count looks great, thanks!
But I'm not seeing any difference with the "Fade read posts" option. Can you share screenshots of what you expect faded vs non-faded posts to look like?
"Meta and Lavender" "A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group as a suspected militant. Where are they getting this data? Is WhatsApp sharing it?"
A little-discussed detail in the Lavender AI article is that Israel is killing people based on being in the same Whatsapp group [1] as a suspected militant [2].
Milano University Press, casa editrice universitaria ad accesso aperto, è nel Fediverso con il nome @milanoup [attenzione: precisazione di seguito]
⚠️ l'account indicato nella prima versione del messaggio era solo temporaneo. Abbiamo corretto
«MilanoUP è la casa editrice Open Access dell’Università degli Studi di Milano che pubblica i risultati della ricerca senza costi per lettori e autori»
Milano University Press è su Mastodon come @RedazioneMilanoUP È una casa editrice universitaria ad accesso aperto: è così raro che l’università italiana si affacci nel fediverso che merita darne notizia...
hai ragione: In effetti l'account che avevamo segnalato è stato eliminato e poi ripristinato dall'autore con un nickname diverso. L'account corretto è ora @milanoup
Avviso contenuto: The developer of Pixelfed unveils his newest project, a long-awaited suite of tools designed to help people building for the Fediverse.
The post PubKit Officially Launches Closed Beta appeared first on We Distribute.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/pub
The long-awaited developer offering from the Pixelfed project took a big step today! PubKit is a suite of tools designed to help people build the next generation of Fediverse applications. For now, it can be broken down into four components:
Faker
Faker brings the power to create placeholder Actors, with mocked-up data, allowing developers to see what interactions actually look like on their server in real time.
Fetch
Fetch is, more or less, the Webfinger tool we all know and love. Instead of rendering an Activity, though, it instead shows you the JSON of what that Activity looks like.
Bouncer
Bouncer gives developers the ability to look at HTTP Signatures, which are used to sign messages, and determine what’s different from one implementation to the next.
Radar
Radar lets developers create a temporary inbox, allowing them to see how new Activities come in, and what the data behind them looks like.
The best part of this thing is that, like Pixelfed’s other efforts, PubKit aims to be 100% Free and Open Source. They even included a pricing page as an easter egg, to drive the point home.
I might need the Growth plan, honestly.
We just signed up for the Beta to test it out with our own clearly-real-and-not-fake app, Womp Triangle, and are excited to take a deeper tour once we get in. According to Dansup, PubKit intends to open up to the general public within the coming month. For the time being, though, he was nice enough to share a few screenshots. The post PubKit Officially Launches Closed Beta appeared first on We Distribute.
The long-awaited developer offering from the Pixelfed project took a big step today! PubKit is a suite of tools designed to help people build the next generation of Fediverse applications. For now, it can be broken down into four components:
Faker
Faker brings the power to create placeholder Actors, with mocked-up data, allowing developers to see what interactions actually look like on their server in real time.
Fetch
Fetch is, more or less, the Webfinger tool we all know and love. Instead of rendering an Activity, though, it instead shows you the JSON of what that Activity looks like.
Bouncer
Bouncer gives developers the ability to look at HTTP Signatures, which are used to sign messages, and determine what’s different from one implementation to the next.
Radar
Radar lets developers create a temporary inbox, allowing them to see how new Activities come in, and what the data behind them looks like.
The best part of this thing is that, like Pixelfed’s other efforts, PubKit aims to be 100% Free and Open Source. They even included a pricing page as an easter egg, to drive the point home.
I might need the Growth plan, honestly.
We just signed up for the Beta to test it out with our own clearly-real-and-not-fake app, Womp Triangle, and are excited to take a deeper tour once we get in. According to Dansup, PubKit intends to open up to the general public within the coming month. For the time being, though, he was nice enough to share a few screenshots. https://wedistribute.org/2024/04/pubkit-closed-beta/
The long-awaited developer offering from the Pixelfed project took a big step today! PubKit is a suite of tools designed to help people build the next generation of Fediverse applications. For now, it
L'inchiesta di Nicky Hager sul sistema di spionaggio ospitato dal Government Communications Security Bureau della Nuova Zelanda
Il giornalista investigativo Nicky Hager afferma che un documento di intelligence statunitense trapelato vecchio di dieci anni indica l'identità delle apparecchiature di intelligence straniere ospitate dal GSCB all'insaputa dei politici.
Investigative journalist Nicky Hager says a decade old leaked US intelligence document points to the identity of the foreign intelligence equipment hosted by the GSCB without the knowledge of politicians.
La settimana scorsa, l’ispettore generale dell’intelligence e della sicurezza ha rivelato che un’agenzia straniera ha condotto un’operazione di spionaggio in Nuova Zelanda per quasi un decennio, senza che i ministri lo sapessero.
Nicky Hager, che era membro del gruppo di riferimento dell'ispettore generale per l'intelligence e la sicurezza, ha utilizzato le informazioni trapelate da Edward Snowden per identificare le misteriose apparecchiature di intelligence.
In un articolo di commento pubblicato venerdì mattina sul sito web della RNZ, Hagar afferma che i documenti indicano l'uso di un sistema chiamato #APPARITION che doveva essere installato nella base nel giugno 2012, la stessa data delle apparecchiature di intelligence straniere discusse nel rapporto dell'ispettore generale. rapporto Nicky Hager afferma che APPARITION raccoglie dati sulla posizione per le operazioni di cattura-uccisione.
La parola, dunque, a @Victor Van Dort , 54 anni, che nella vita lavora per una multinazionale italiana di sistemi informatici. Come passatempo, però, ha cominciato qualche anno fa a interessarsi a Mastodon, un nuovo social basato su un codice aperto, e ha creato una sua istanza personale chiamata bologna.one, che si occupa di pubblicare contenuti a proposito della città.
Negli ultimi tempi si è diffusa sempre più una nuova terminologia riguardante alcune piattaforme che si diversificano da quelle più note e utilizzate: Fediverso, Mastodon, istanze… Questi nomi potrebbero apparire ignoti o arrecare un po’ di confusion…
The Dystopian Future of TV Is AI-Generated Garbage "TVs have ceased being rectangles designed to let you watch ad-supported programming that costs a lot to make and have started to become rectangles designed to collect information about you so that you can be fed cheap content and targeted ads." https://www.404media.co/email/b58c3b61-d77d-434e-ba64-645e5524f799/
Dopo aver visto il post di @johnonolan su threads, Renaud Chaput, CTO di Mastodon, ha offerto aiuto per l'integrazione di ActivityPub e O'Nolan ha accettato!
Il #fediverso sempre più un'unica grande rete libera!
interessante. Sto migrando da Ghost a WordPress anche (non solo) per l'integrazione con il fediverso, ma questa cosa potrebbe farmi cambiare idea, ammesso che funzioni anche per la versione self hosted.
what’s the acceptable euphemism? Un-peopling? Exterminating? Resettlement? Removal? Conversion? Massacre? Slaughter? Political Education? blindly murdering children? Is genocide legal if you re-label it? No it is not. 😔
Deliberately friend-sized and friend-shaped, with a soft surface material and soft, squishy stuffing, you will soon be able to have a #Mastodon in your home:
Deliberately friend-sized and friend-shaped, with a soft surface material and soft, squishy stuffing, you will soon be able to have a Mastodon in your home.
@amberage Yes, I think we could do more. I didn't want to do pre-orders with a 20 week lead time since I imagine it would be frustrating for people to wait that long.
@Gargron @amberage Sure, but people will have to wait for 20+ weeks anyways after the fact? No expert but I'd imagine there'll be more than 1000 people who want to buy one straight away...
Could've used a pre-order / backorder to gauge popularity before submitting for production..?
observe: Buhos sefi. Agosto 10, año 3020 A.C., 0168 años luego del inicio de la cuenta Ahau, y de la cuenta de la escritura Hebráica, FUTUROS (FORWARD´S): 2062, 2056, 2040, Agosto 10 del año 2022. Años 1504-1542. "En la actual México, el español Francisco de Montejo funda la ciudad de Mérida, hoy capital del Estado de Yucatán. El 14 de febrero de 1542, la ciudad de Guadalajara fue fundada por cuarta y última vez en el Valle de Atemajac, sobre el margen del río San Juan de Dios." wiki.
I predict instant sell out of all 1000, rendering these to be highly collectable and no doubt re-sell on the open market at far higher prices, hopefully some profits can be channelled back into running Mastodon
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@Gargron Is the mailing list sign-up the same one as the one for the other merch mails or is it the same list? Just want to know if I need to sign up again 😀
(and just start the pre-order for this one. We don't mind waiting 20 weeks, but will have 20 weeks of happy feeling that it is coming rather than 20 weeks of anxiety that we miss out)
"Technology has made the fundamental aspects of my life more arduous" @pluralistic 's enshittification is coming for our whole lives: "The other day I went to a store to buy a dress. My shopping experience was regrettably enhanced by technology. .." https://aftermath.site/i-hate-technology
Last year i entered a hairdresser shop (in France) and asked if i could have a hair cut. I have been asked to register and to book my appointment online with my phone. That's terrible.
Last week, I was browsing Goodwill's book website and saw that a book I wanted was at a location in our very city. My roommate went to that location to buy it on my behalf, only to be told that they don't sell books in the store anymore, just online.
At least the shipping was free... but I had to wait four days for the book to get here, which makes no sense. One day to get to the local post office; one to head out from it; how hard is that?
Mastodon.Uno è la prima comunità generalista italiana.
Con oltre 70.000 iscritti è il più grande nodo Mastodon italiano.
Anima ambientalista a supporto della privacy e del mondo Open Source.
@informapirata se per questo sarebbe preferibile sempre usare webapp e mai affidarsi a degli store centralizzati per quanto etici possano essere, ma ovviamente quelli di fedilab hanno capito che per aumentare il bacino di utenti nel fediverso e non ridursi in una riserva indiana serve esserci nel play store e con un'app gratuita.
Under the AI ACT's harm approach to fundamental rights impact assessments (perhaps a result of the "lobbying ghost in the machine of regulation"), fundamental rights can be violated with impunity as long as there is no foreseeable harm.
In predictive optimisation systems, machine learning is used to predict future outcomes of interest about individuals, and these predictions are used to make decisions about them.
«Se stai leggendo questo articolo, è probabile che tu sia completamente nuovo all'idea del Fediverso e ne senti parlare solo ora. Qualcuno potrebbe aver provato a spiegartelo nei commenti, dicendo “è come la posta elettronica, ma social!”, senza lasciarti nemmeno lontanamente dedurre cosa significhi. Non preoccuparti: siamo qui per aiutarti ad approfondire i concetti, passo dopo passo, senza complicare nulla.»
A Beginner’s Guide to the Fediverse, for Threads Users
If you’re reading this, chances are, you’re brand new to the idea of the Fediverse, and are just now hearing about it. Someone may have tried to explain it to you in the comments, saying “it’s like email, but social!”, leaving you no closer to deducing what it even means. Don’t worry – we’re here to help you go through the concepts, step by step, without making anything complicated.
The Fediverse (Federation + Universe) is an open communication network, built on top of the Web, where individual sites can talk to each other. A person on one site can follow someone else on another, and interact with them in a way that’s pretty similar to traditional social media.
An Easy Example
To make it even simpler: there was a time in the mid-2000’s where Facebook started to overtake Myspace in terms of popularity. For a while, it was common to have half of your friends in one place, and half of your friends in the other. Your Myspace friends couldn’t use Myspace to talk to their Facebook friends. There’s just no way to make those services talk to each other.
Tom and Mark could never follow each other this way.
At first, this seems kind of obvious. Well, duh, of course that’s not going to work! There’s no way for either site to connect or even understand each other. But if you think about it, there’s no real reason that services can’t talk to each other. They just need a common language and shared understanding to work.
That’s basically what ActivityPub is designed to do.
Wait, what is ActivityPub?
ActivityPub is what we call a federation protocol. Federation is the way that servers in this network talk to each other, and a protocol is just the shared language they use to make sense of each other. ActivityPub is just one effort to make this thing work – there have been others in the past, like OStatus or Zot, and there are other approaches currently in use, like the AT Protocol that Bluesky uses. Left: Mastodon, Right: Pixelfed. People on either app can talk to each other! Without getting too into the weeds: ActivityPub is designed around making different kinds of platforms capable of talking to each other.
Mastodon, for example, bears a passing resemblance to Twitter. Pixelfed looks a lot like Instagram. People on each platform can talk to each other and see each others’ stuff with very little friction. Mastodon users can even watch PeerTube videos from their timeline, and listen to Funkwhale music!
Left: watching a PeerTube video from Mastodon. Right: Listening to a Funkwhale track from Mastodon
It turns out that this is a really powerful idea! It’s possible to tear down walls between platforms, and with this new shared understanding, talk to each other natively.
Interacting with the Fediverse from Threads
The Fediverse is a big, big world: it spans nearly 20,000+ individual servers, the majority of which connect in some way, shape, or form. It can be exciting to explore, but navigating it can take some getting used to.
Can my Threads account connect to the Fediverse?
Kind of. Fediverse integration for Threads is still in Beta, and is mostly one-way at the moment. What this means is that people across the network can see your posts, and they can send likes back to you, but you can’t follow anybody or see their comments yet. Left: The President’s Threads account, as seen on Threads. Right: the same account, as seen on Mastodon. Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse are capable of following Threads users that have the integration turned on, provided that the Mastodon server operators haven’t blocked Threads. A lot of people are uncomfortable with the idea of Meta being part of an open network, and some servers have blocked Threads completely.
So, I can’t follow anyone not on Threads?
Not at the moment. Fediverse users can follow your Threads account, see and boost your posts, and like them.
It’s kind of a weird choice on Meta’s part to do the integration this way, but it’s likely they wanted to prioritize broadcasting before they dug into the messier business of receiving.
Is there a way to see Fediverse replies to my post?
Actually, yes! It’s a workaround for the moment, but you can look up your profile on Mastodon to see the Fediverse replies. Mastodon.social currently lets you do this, and doesn’t require an account. Copy and paste your Fediverse username into the search form on Mastodon, and your Threads account will show up!
Keep in mind, this is an imperfect solution. This view simply shows you the responses that specific Mastodon server knows about. There are a number of servers that either don’t connect to each other, or don’t keep every reply on hand.
Do I have control over which servers my posts go to?
Privacy controls on Threads are still a bit limited, but it’s possible to block specific Fediverse users under Settings > Privacy > Block Users in the Fediverse.
Currently, it doesn’t look like there’s a way to block entire servers.
Joining the Fediverse Outside of Threads
After opening up sharing with the Fediverse from your Threads account, you might be curious about trying it out for yourself.
There’s a lot of cool stuff to do – which is why a big part of our site is dedicated to writing about the subject. Here’s a handful of questions that we’ve seen from Threads users already.
Why would I want to try the Fediverse elsewhere?
There are a couple of benefits that makes the wider network worth exploring. Let’s dig in!
Greater User Control
The Fediverse typically provides more control to end users regarding what they see, who they connect to, and how they share content online.
While you are still beholden to the admin of your server and the Terms of Service there, you’re far less likely to see a company like Meta restricting your articles, if you’re not on their servers. You can do your community, your way.
Tons of Communities
As a network, the Fediverse is a medley of different platforms, communities, and mediums. There are thousands of servers connected to each other, featuring academics, researchers, authors, musicians, artists, comedians, and more.
Diverse Experiences
The Fediverse already has analogs of most popular social networks:
There are also a lot of platforms that don’t have a direct thing to compare to, like Hubzilla, Misskey, and Emissary.
A lot of people are out there building the experiences they want to see, while plugging into a network that’s constantly getting bigger. A huge selling point is that they can work together.
Unique Apps
Out of all the Fediverse platforms out there, Mastodon currently has the most mobile apps. There’s a huge amount of variety – just look at all these!
Do I have to start my own server?
You don’t! While a lot of people do end up running their own servers, it’s never a requirement for participating. There are lots of community-run servers for just about every platform in the space.
Do you have resources for Mastodon?
We do! Here’s a comprehensive guide on Mastodon, with a ton of tips and insights on how to use the network to your advantage.
No problem! This is a living document, and we’re here to update the list as new things get asked. Comment below, or reply to us on Threads, and we’ll send a response and update this piece!
If you're reading this, chances are, you're brand new to the idea of the Fediverse, and are just now hearing about it. Someone may have tried to explain it to you in the comments, saying "it's like em
“Le persone spesso pensano che il Fediverso riguardi la tecnologia. Non è quello che abbiamo riscontrato", afferma Michael Foster, co-fondatore di Newsmast. "Circa un milione di persone hanno partecipato alla condivisione delle conoscenze negli ultimi sei mesi, in un'ampia gamma di comunità, dagli animali domestici alla politica."
Il team di comunicazione dell'Università di Innsbruck amplia ulteriormente l'utilizzo del servizio di microblogging Mastodon e ora apre il servizio anche a tutti gli oltre 5.000 dipendenti dell'Università
L'accesso è collegato al sistema di login dell'Università ed è aperto a tutte le unità organizzative e a tutti i dipendenti dell'Università di Innsbruck. Il team di comunicazione consiglia l'utilizzo della piattaforma soprattutto in contesto accademico.
The DSA for fediverse server admins. Video calling via Mastodon with Sora. Full 2-way federation for Flipboard. Presidents are interested in decentralised social networks.
Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): Gaza is simpler than Iraq. Iraq was simpler than Yemen. Yemen was simpler than Libya. Libya was simpler than Ukraine. Ukraine is simpler than Syria.
Avviso contenuto: Welcome to The Mixtape, our periodic playlist showcasing the musicians of the Fediverse! For this edition, we’re going with a particular sound: things that seem like they belng from another era, even hough the may have come out recently. We’ve searched fa
Welcome to The Mixtape, our periodic playlist showcasing the musicians of the Fediverse!
For this edition, we’re going with a particular sound: things that seem like they belng from another era, even hough the may have come out recently. We’ve searched far and wide, and produced this playlist just for you.
If you enjoyed this, please think about supporting these artists and buying their music, and listening to others like them on Radio Free Fedi!
Alright, I’m going to be straight with you: Mike Macgirvin can shred. The guy is a legitimate great guitarist, and this track has all the hallmarks of a classic 60’s psychedelic protest song. It’s an absolute trip.
Sweet and heartfelt, End of an Age feels like an emotionally mature read of a children’s storybook, with instrumentation evocative of Randy Newman, lyrics reminiscent of Don McClean, and the soft drawl of an old country music singer. Somehow, it all comes together and makes magic.
This song is about being happy with what you have, and it’s a bop. It has everything: fun melodies on a keyboard synth, dreamy vocal effects, and delightful lyrics. The attitude this song brings is incredible.
Welcome to The Mixtape, our periodic playlist showcasing the musicians of the Fediverse!
For this edition, we’re going with a particular sound: things that seem like they belng from another era, even hough the may have come out recently. We’ve searched far and wide, and produced this playlist just for you.
If you enjoyed this, please think about supporting these artists and buying their music, and listening to others like them on Radio Free Fedi!
This one kicks off with a crackling guitar solo before diving straight into a Paul McCartney-esque ballad. It’s a sharp critique of love songs, and really nails the anguish of catching feelings and dreading it. I would love to see this as a karaoke song!
There’s no proper way to say this, but Hinterlands feels like a musical 80’s synth rock adaptation of The Neverending Story to me. The heavy stadium guitars, the glamorous diamond-like synth melodies twinkling in the background, Solissa Thole’s powerful delivery with vocals.
This track goes off with a bang, and sounds like a marriage of Joe Satriani’s Surfing With the Alien with the best the surf rock genre has to offer. It’s a really fun sound, rife with shredding and distortion while reminding me of summer.
Alright, I’m going to be straight with you: Mike Macgirvin can shred. The guy is a legitimate great guitarist, and this track has all the hallmarks of a classic 60’s psychedelic protest song. It’s an absolute trip.
Jason Didner is like a version of Jimmy Buffett that lives in the Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! dimension, and Salt and Sand is this man’s Cheeseburger in Paradise, but with more heart.
There’s something incredibly earnest and about Jason’s music, and this has quickly become one of my favorites of his.
Sweet and heartfelt, End of an Age feels like an emotionally mature read of a children’s storybook, with instrumentation evocative of Randy Newman, lyrics reminiscent of Don McClean, and the soft drawl of an old country music singer. Somehow, it all comes together and makes magic.
This song is about being happy with what you have, and it’s a bop. It has everything: fun melodies on a keyboard synth, dreamy vocal effects, and delightful lyrics. The attitude this song brings is incredible.
While this track bills itself as house music, it’s a beautiful amalgam of different eras: club beats that sound like the 90’s, vocals with elements of the early aughts, and melodies that sound like they were sampled from the 60’s and 70’s. The result is amazing.
Looking for the Light feels like it was ripped straight out of the 80’s, and it’s wonderful. A choir of voices belting out the words, echoing against loop sequences chiming, as stomp drums hammer out the beat. Absolutely fantastic.
This track is pure magic: soft digital drums, an angelic chorus, multi-track harmonies, and a zippy synth churning out beautiful hums. The message behind it is empowering, beautiful, and awesome. I could listen to this over and over again.
Welcome to The Mixtape, our periodic playlist showcasing the musicians of the Fediverse! For this edition, we're going with a particular sound: things that seem like they belng from another era, even
Looking at my Solid Pod data in 
A recipe for Homemade Pizza in Umai, a cookbook app.
The cookbook folder. 
Metadata for the Pizza recipe.
Source: ActivityPods blog
Examples from the FediForum demo. Left to right: a social reader view, a to-do list view, and a social profile view. All of these were developed using Emissary’s powerful templating system.
I might need the Growth plan, honestly.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.fedilab.android
Tom and Mark could never follow each other this way.
Left: Mastodon, Right: Pixelfed. People on either app can talk to each other!
Left: watching a PeerTube video from Mastodon. Right: Listening to a Funkwhale track from Mastodon
Left: The President’s Threads account, as seen on Threads. Right: the same account, as seen on Mastodon.
Man
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in reply to Man • • •@Man
Sì, vero, ma funziona così discretamente bene da browser mobile che la mancanza di un'app non è tutta questa grande tragedia
Diciamo 2010... dài! 😁
E comunque qui hai totalmente ragione: l'interfaccia è davvero retrò, ma qui su Poliverso stiamo valutando la possibilità di creare un accesso alternativo attraverso Soapbox o Semaphore (grazie a un'idea di @Chiara [Ainur] [Айнұр] ❤️). Questi strati applicativi sono molto interessanti e forniscono addirittura un'interfaccia molto più bella e moderna rispetto a quella dello stesso Mastodon, ma dobbiamo prima capire bene come farci girare le funzionalità più avanzate di Friendica, perché sono quelle funzionalità che rendono questo software così unico e vantaggioso rispetto agli altri software del fediverso
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informapirata :privacypride:, Pirati.io, Poliverso :friendica:, m4cchia, H9k e Cafè Indipendèntzia 🎗️ like this.
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Nerd02
in reply to Poliverso - notizie dal fediverso • • •Has anyone defederated your instance? An update to the Defederation Investigator - Based Count
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in reply to Nerd02 • •@Nerd02 hai compreso perfettamente il problema: è vero, Friendica implementa l'api di Mastodon, ma per far funzionare alcune funzionalità devono essere tarati gli strati applicativi che oggi vanno bene per mastodon o per pleroma. Questo è il problema che, discutendo con @Fabio è emerso come Maggiore criticità.
Non sono un talebano di Friendica, ma bisogna fare una analisi funzionale per capire quali sono le cose alle quali poter rinunciare e quali no. Sì siamo costretti a eliminare alcune peculiarità distintive del sistema per far somigliare tutto a mastodon o misskey, Allora tanto varrebbe utilizzare mastodon o misskey 😅
Friendica è un software eccezionale nel quale c'è tutto o quasi, ma è chiaramente stato realizzato da sviluppatori eccezionali che tuttavia mancavano di una cultura adeguata nella gestione di prodotto.
Friendica sembra essere stato sviluppato Per esaudire tutti ma proprio tutti i desideri di tutti i potenziali utenti...
In pratica, si è voluto realizzare un gigantesco e potentissimo Mecha modulare come Voltron
Purtuttavia il risultato estetico ed ergonomico è stato più simile a uno di quei mostri Goffi e dimenticabili che venivano spediti a ogni puntata per sconfiggere il robottone protagonista...😁 😄 🤣
Nerd02
in reply to Poliverso - notizie dal fediverso • • •Ahahaha splendida analogia.
Non metto in dubbio i vantaggi di Friendica. Anzi, volendomi avvicinare al mondo del microblogging (dal quale ahimé sono tagliato fuori, usando Lemmy) stavo giusto pensando di aprirmi un'istanza con Friendica, piuttosto che Mastodon. Però personalmente trovo l'UI davvero DAVVERO brutta, è ciò che finora mi ha allontanato dal provarlo.
Se si riuscisse ad avere un backend come l'attuale Friendica e un'UI bella moderna come Soapbox o Misskey sarebbe davvero il meglio dei due mondi.
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Man
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Poliverso - notizie dal fediverso
in reply to Man • •Antonino Campaniolo 👣 :birra:
in reply to Poliverso - notizie dal fediverso • • •Effettivamente per un pò ho utilizzato #soapbox per visualizzare il mio account #friendica in #poliverso per beneficiare di una grafica migliore. Ovviamente con le dovute e tante limitazioni.
Se riuscite ad ottimizzare soapbox per friendica fate una gran cosa!
Per gli utilizzatori di friendica segnalo inoltre l'app #Relatica attualmente in beta.
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in reply to Antonino Campaniolo 👣 :birra: • •@Antonino Campaniolo 👣 :birra: sì, Infatti mi sembra chiaro che attualmente non ci siano energie nella community di Friendica per realizzare una nuova interfaccia...
Purtroppo noi siamo ancora nella fase 1, ossia quella per individuare uno strato applicativo versatile e affidabile. Sull'affidabilità, ovviamente, soapbox è avvantaggiato, considerando la sua maturità e la qualità del prodotto.
Il problema è che dobbiamo valutare anche la versatilità e per farlo ci serve tempo.
Una volta Superata la fase 1 bisogna passare alla fase 2 che è la valutazione della fattibilità di un'operazione del genere sulla base degli strumenti che abbiamo a disposizione.
Poi c'è la fase 3 che non consiste ancora nel mettere le mani sul codice, perché non abbiamo la forza per farlo, ma piuttosto di iniziare una campagna di coinvolgimento di persone disposte a contribuire allo sviluppo di una versione beta... in questa fase sarà importante coinvolgere sia la comunità di Friendica sia quella di Soapbox.
Solo dopo si può iniziare a fare qualcosa... 😭
@Man
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in reply to Poliverso - notizie dal fediverso • • •Sicuramente richiederà del tempo. Se non l'avete ancora fatto provate a far girare la vostra istanza su soapbox e poi magari provate a chiedere ad alex gleasonator. Sono convinto che con una interfaccia più intuitiva ed accattivante le tante persone stanche di fb potrebbero decidersi a provare friendica.
https://gleasonator.com/objects/3541a7b7-c14e-411e-94ba-e69a12ba4b29
Alex Gleason
2023-01-08 22:08:31
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