Notices tagged with fediverse

GreatApe is a conversations platform for the Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo).

After you log into GreatApe (using your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, PeerTube, etc account) — you either schedule live conversation for some time in the future, or have the live conversation happen immediately.

(Most will probably schedule it for the future.)

#DeSo #Fediverse #GreatApe

You desperately seek patience
but it quickly flee

It was still there
so close

Where is it?
I need it so much

Now come on
Now stay there

That's so annoying again
you can hardly believe

How can you overcome that
When patience just disappears

Well then get some coffee
and the chocolate
That will help
to find what disappeared so quickly

si_irini

#mastodon #fediverse #YouWinAgainSi #writing #poem #laughing #patience #thoughts

Congrats to @johnonolan and the team at Ghost, which today announced a public beta for users to connect their publications to the fediverse. If you're in their beta, you'll be able to find, follow and interact with people and publications on platforms including Ghost, WordPress, Threads, Mastodon, BlueSky, Flipboard and more. Get details in the blogpost here. If you want to know more about Ghost's approach to decentralization and the open social web, check out John's DotSocial conversation with @mike at the second link.

https://ghost.org/changelog/social-web-beta/

https://flipboard.video/w/sQCNmXx332xi3Y3dVVjd37

#OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Ghost #ActivityPub #Decentralization #Fediverse #Publishing

»A new security fund opens up to help protect the fediverse« https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/02/a-new-security-fund-opens-up-to-help-protect-the-fediverse/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

@nerdfall #Autismus kann so sein: die Probleme innerhalb einer Organisation werden angesprochen. Zum Beispiel: die Verschwendung von Geldern (möglicherweise veruntreut), Strategiezersetzung, Diskriminierung von queeren und neurodiversen Personen, die nicht-Nutzung des #Fediverse . Die Reaktion der nicht-neuros in der Organisation darauf: #Gaslightning und #Mobbing über Monate hinweg. Sowohl im ehrenamtlichen wie auch im beruflichen Umfeld erlebt.

GreatApe is a conversations platform for the Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo).

When logging into GreatApe, you don't have to create an account on GreatApe.

Instead you can use your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, or PeerTube account.

That is what @muhammadzaidali is working on right now.

#DeSo #Fediverse #GreatApe #Mastodon #Misskey #PeerTube #Pixelfed

Hello #fediverse, I am looking for some #cybersecurity help about #safari on #iOS

I told my mom to always look for the #SSL lock in the URL bar before typing anything into a website (and check URLs for validity and so on).

Today she was trying to put a freeze on her credit, but equifax didn’t have a lock when it asked for her social security number.

I checked and what I found is she never gets the SSL lock in Safari for any website. Ever. I tried to google why and am stumped. Any ideas?

In the ever-evolving world of digital credentials, we’ve seen centralized platforms like Credly dominate the badge and certification space. But what if we could flip the script? What if badges could be decentralized, self-certified, and issued directly by organizations in the Fediverse?

By reusing the social graph already present in the Fediverse, we can enable a seamless integration of badges into the networks people are already part of. Instead of creating new, siloed systems for certification, we can utilize the trusted connections and relationships within platforms like Mastodon to issue and verify badges. It’s about making the credentialing process as decentralized and open as the social interactions we have online today.

That’s exactly what I’m working on with my latest project: a minimalistic ActivityPub implementation for badges, built using #dotnet.

It’s mind-blowing that major organizations—think Microsoft, Non-Profits, and educational institutions—spend thousands of dollars on badge providers like Pearson just to get a “verified” badge. These badges, while useful, are locked into centralized platforms that limit the potential for genuine, open verification systems.

What if badges could be as decentralized as social media profiles? Imagine organizations running their own badge systems—similar to the way social media instances like Mastodon operate in the Fediverse. Think about a domain-based badge system like badges.mozilla.com, or a school district offering badges at certifications.myschooldistrict.com. Even a podcast could issue badges to its guests, with the entire verification happening directly within the domain.

ActivityPub is already a powerful protocol for secure, decentralized communication between actors in the Fediverse. It enables us to create verifiable interactions and sign digital artifacts in a way that was previously the domain of a few centralized certificate authorities. With ActivityPub, we can extend this to badges, allowing people and organizations to interact with verified credentials in the same decentralized way that we share posts, follows, and interactions across Mastodon or any other Fediverse platform.

Think about how LetsEncrypt disrupted the centralized SSL certificate market. Now, with a decentralized badge system, we can enable a similar revolution for verified credentials.

I’ve made some solid progress, and there’s now a functional proof of concept (PoC) in place. The project is live and can be found here: ActivityPub Badges on GitHub.

This fediverse actor, the badges issuer, isn’t a Mastodon instance, a Pleroma, or a blog—it’s an actor in a badge system. You can follow it on Mastodon, but its badges are not microblogging notes. Instead, think of it as a way to display verified credentials directly from a decentralized source.

Here’s the first badge I’ve issued:

First Badge: View on Mastodon

Simply copy and paste the URL and open it in your Mastodon client. The badge will show up as a note, and you can celebrate, comment, or share it within your ActivityPub network. This is how the badge system will work—just like social media, but with credentials!

The ultimate goal is to create a decentralized badge system where different instances of badge issuers will recognize each other’s certifications. This way, even if a certificate issuer disappears, the credential is still secure and verifiable across the network. Imagine the survivability of certificates in such a system—if your issuer disappears, the credential still exists in a federated, decentralized space.

It’s an exciting future, and I’m just getting started. If you want to learn more about the progress of this project, follow me, or check out the GitHub repo. (Btw, I am not a Mastodon account, or a BadgeFed system, I am a static site).

Let’s create a future where verification is decentralized, secure, and open for everyone.

As with any new project, there’s always room for early adopters. If you’re interested in getting your own badge, let me know! Follow the progress and get involved as we continue to build this decentralized badge system.

Feel free to share your thoughts, questions, and comments. Badge up, own your credentials, and let the Fediverse showcase your achievements.

You can read the article "Introducing a Minimalistic ActivityPub Badge System: Decentralized, Verified, and Built for the Fediverse" by @mapache here as well.

i sure do hate engaging with drama on the #fediverse

Hello #Fediverse,
anybody know a good non-US alternative to pixels.com … the art/ photography print-on-demand company ?

May I introduce: WueRide

... a #fediverse version of the social aspect of #komoot, i.e. a federated adventure log. With support for trips, multi trips (read: collections), images, stars & commenting.

Currently rather a proof of concept, I hacked together over the last three days. Nothing fancy. (yet)

See my profile for a first impression: https://wueride.bike/@stesie@wueride.bike

Source code released under AGPLv3 here: https://codeberg.org/stesie/wueride

Hello #Fediverse I hope you all are doing well & safe. Please include my cat in ur prayers for his fast recovery from the incident 🥺 he is still lethargic, he's eating only wetfood which is a good sign.🙏🏻
Anyone has seen the Movie FLOW? I love it. Knowing there s no single dialogue was heard, the sound of the animals esp the cat is so accurate. This movie portays the true definition of Friendship. It's a great Movie.. 🧡

#Mastodon #Cat #Animals #film #today

Many people, unfortunately, do not read legal documentation. It has become human nature to simply click "OK, I agree".

If more folks did read their terms of services, you would know word-based domain name extensions are not managed the same way as normal with the protection of ICANN.

As it stands now, if Donald Trump really lost his mind, he could shut down much of the Fediverse.

#Icann #Fediverse #Fedi #Mastodon #Misskey #Sharkey #IceShrimp #PixelFed #PeerTube #WordPress

Introducing Betula v1.4.0

#Betula is a federated self-hosted single-user bookmark manager. Tags, descriptions, quotes. #Fediverse! Reposts!

This release introduces archives. Make a copy of any page, and it will continue even after the original link rots. Images are preserved too. JS-heavy websites might suffer from suboptimal archives.

And other improvements.

Release notes: https://betula.mycorrhiza.wiki/v1.4.0.html

Happy bookmarking!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/saying-hello-125589138?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

#IndieWeb #Fediverse #Mastodon

Currently, the way I am determining if content is valid ActivityPub / ActivityStreams content is —

№1:

Determining if it is valid JSON.

№2:

Checking if it has a "type" field.

And that is it.

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #DeSo #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #JSONLD

Gibt es eigentlich iiiiirgendeinen Makroblogging-Dienst im #fediverse , der ein bisschen mehr Reichweite hat, vorzugsweise auch für deutsche Sprache. Ich schäme mich das zuzugeben, aber ich vermisse #Facebook wirklich sehr... *sniff* 😪

America Fights Back!

From Seattle to Miami, anti-Musk protesters gather at hundreds of Tesla locations
#AureFreePress #News #press #headline #GOP #Politics #uspolitics #uspol #Musk #Twitter #x #Fediverse #socialmedia #Tesla

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/29/nx-s1-5343986/anti-musk-protests-planned-worldwide