Notices tagged with fediverse, page 2

I know a lot of you still think of the #Fediverse as just “Mastodon”.

But it’s far more than that. There’s an entire ecosystem of federated message boards that’s already proven popular: #Piefed, #NodeBB, #Lemmy, #Mbin, and #Discourse.

Even the classics like #Friendica and #Hubzilla have solid forum features baked in.

If you’re only here for the microblogging, you’re missing a key piece. Communities built around interests are something #Twitter never offered, and #Bluesky still doesn’t.

So if you’re looking to replace your #Facebook Groups, the Fediverse already has you covered.

The bottomline rule is this: Never ever trust anyone asking you to #verify or reset your keys and/or passwords. Ask first if you really need to confirm.

Yes, even if it is coming from what appears to be a legitimate email domain name because it can be spoofed!

Absolutely no one will ever ask you to verify your account in the #Fediverse network. It is not part of the experience. Sure, there were third-party services who did this a few years back during the Twitter Migration 2.0 but those were primarily targeted to well-established accounts from Twitter (and usually journalists), not to random people. Not you. Not me. And was definitely not in a spammy way.

Always remember, if you are not sure, just ask. There is nothing wrong with asking. If people laughed at you or ridiculed you for asking about a "simple" or "common sense" thing, block them (maybe one day you'll have the last laugh too).

You know what "askx means?

A-sk, and it shall be given = intelligence
S-eek, and you shall find = knowledge
K-nock, and it shall be opened = wisdom

Remember, A.S.K.

#mastodon #fediverse #etiquette post

always use #alttext

you don't have to write a novel. just describe your #video or #picture succinctly

for pictures of #text, there's easy quick online tools to turn it into text

it's not just a matter of making mastodon a friendlier place for #disability: sometimes people aren't in a place they can listen, or they have a bad connection, or the media decayed

and some people don't boost posts without alt text, so you lose engagement

alt text

always

Liebe Fedimäuse

Ich möchte eure Aufmerksamkeit auf eine Fedi-Flohmarkt-Plattform lenken. :fediverse:

Ich verfolge diese schon etwas länger, doch habe das Gefühl dass es keinen Nachschub an Nutzer*innen gibt.
Sehr schade eigentlich, da es eine open source alternative zu Kleinanzeigen, eBay & Co. im Fediverse darstellt.

Schaut sie euch an, sie ist schlicht und einfach, aber mehr braucht es auch nicht.

Ihr düft den Beitrag gern teilen :boost_requested:

https://adminforge.de/tools/flohmarkt-ein-marktplatz-im-fediverse/

#marktplarz #flohmarkt #fediverse #fedi #fediflohmarkt #kleinanzeigen #verschenken #verkaufen #kaufen #gebrauchtes

@evan That is an option, but many folks in the #Fediverse might be wary of relying on #Google or #Meta.

It will not be long before an Age Verification company that makes plugins for #WordPress will create a premium workaround for #Mastodon sites.

I think the only #Fediverse apps that could comply with age verification laws (as they have the tools available) are #Threads & #WordPress (I believe commercial plugins are available for the latter).

Age verification tech is best handled by experienced third-party apps (for security reasons), but #Mississippi does not understand the risk & cost factors for complying with their law.

👉🏾 #Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/29/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws/

And here’s the same person openly calling for mastodon.social @staff to ban accounts from Palestine like Bluesky is doing.

Translation: “The #Fake Accounts from Gaza, with which anyone collects donations, are becoming more and more dubious. Either "journalists" or young women. Donation account never in Gaza, but always middlemen abroad. After Bluesky consistently blocks the accounts, they now come to #Fediverse. / @staff @diessoli”

Are there fake accounts? Yes. Are they all fake accounts? Not by a long shot.

Some of us are taking the time to help verify the accounts of Palestinians who rely on the fediverse to survive. I’ve personally had video conversations with several people in Gaza on Signal and will be holding more.

Do not listen to these heartless bastards who are trying to cut off what is the last lifeline for Palestinians trying to survive a genocide.

Tell the world that #PalestiniansAreWelcome on the #fediverse.

https://skeptics.social/@Derisor/115121577156334330

i realise everyone has probably forgotten me and with think, who is this spammer, but after 9 months without fediverse, I figured that i better login to explain myself.

Basically near the start of the year two things happened at the same time to make it impossible to access fedi. Anyway Im enabling #javascript in a browser now to tell you this but i NEVER enable javascript in this browser normally and will probably disable it again, hopefully not for 9 months but this #distrohop is a BIG one, more like a distro-leap! @nimda it would really help if the #BloatFE interface was available over #i2p. @silverpil is there anyway to force a non-js experience, using a specific uri combo? FYI ive been recommending #mitra more in the meatspace lately, so heads up you may be getting more traffic??? or not.... lol

@gabriel i LOVED ur interview on #corbettReport, it is disconcerting to see his non-acknowledgment of your interest in #fediverse. He has known about fedi for a long time and probably should have known better than to pump S.S. (i mean sCRubstack), anyway sorry to hear u were set upon by S.S. drones. I've been meaning to inform u that your libresolutionsnetork.i2p site is broken, it redirects to gabe.i2p, so i may be missing out on insights. i was enjoying your updates on ur health drive but havnt been able to keep upto date lately.

The recent #openSource orgs sign onto the #unitedNations pact is super creepy. The last clause, ie. to do the bidding of the United Nations makes me a bit squeemish, just because we all saw covid, right? Even the other clauses about "diversity and inclusion" a nasty, and seem to require developers identify themselves, meaning no more anonymous contributions? i expect better from the #libreoffice folks that to sign onto something like this (i already knew #gnome were heading down a nasty path by their locked-down communication channels). My feeling is this is a result of the engineered #inflation ( #covid / #nft / #moneylaundering) crises means people are grasping at straws to maintain their income and status, forcing developers to accept ridiculous contracts. i dont know. Maybe im talking out a nether orifice. If i hear that everyone is plotting forks of LibreOffice and GNOME, it wouldnt surprise me.

I'm also interested in what appears to be the lawfare-based extortion of archive.org, not able to research it lately. I bet a billion bitcoins (that will never exist, because bitcoin is capped at 21 million) that #archiveDotOrg no longer accept #bitcoin donations. AMIRIGHT? (i dunno again I might be wrong, i literally have not checked, lol but seriously they are partnering with the US government to be a repo of govt documents??? now???)

... and remember everyone, #iran is to blame for ALL OF IT. including of cause the genocide that almost everyone on fedi knew was a #genocide almost 2 years ago. Why would it take 2 years for people on corporate media pratforms to work this out.... INSERT THINKING EMOJI

anyway there is so much to talk about and i will not be able to do it now. and will not be checking messages, because my connection is REALLY, REALLY, REALLY bad now. and i'll be here forever and die. so this is just a i'm still alive, just working thru technical coincidental problems.

love you all, and hopefully i can be online proper, in the near future.

#fedimeta #gnome #opendocumentfoundation @stefano

Ich bau nen Flyer, der das #Fediverse im Allgemeinen und den #Mastodon-Account des Events im Speziellen bewirbt. Er soll Menschen bewegen sich nen Account zu klicken und dem Event zu und den anderen Followern zu folgen.

Auf welche Seite mit möglichst wenig Technobabbel würde ihr verlinken, wenn ihr noch Platz für »Scan diesen Code für mehr Infos« habt?

#fedihelp #hilfe

A #Colorful #Clown at a #Festive #Party by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/a-colorful-clown-at-a-festive-party-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html

#whimsical #balloons #digitalart #ai #curlyhair #facepaint #rednose #tophat #wrinkles #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts

#Fediverse is good opportunity to stop thinking about algorithms and clickbaits as people are not forced to follow the rule of algorithms which negatively affect quality of content and #wellbeing.

Making #content, sharing #thoughts and #ideas, having fun, enjoying the time, meaningful #connections, discussions. This is what social media should be about.

#socialmedia

🐘 Mastodon CZ sraz už se blíží!

Po dvou skvělých setkáních se znovu potkáme u piva – přijď na pokec, poznat známé nicky z timeline a dát tváři Fediverse.

📍 Pivovar Bubeneč, Bubenečská 321/33, Praha 6 (místo ještě potvrdíme)
🗓️ Pátek 3. října 2025 večer
🍻 Otevřený neformální sraz – žádná registrace, žádné přednášky, jen pivo a lidi z fedi.

👉 Abychom mohli včas zarezervovat dost míst, potvrď prosím svou účast zde:
🔗 https://srazy.arch-linux.cz/invite/KeVBWnNmqX1X
#mastodonCZ #fediverse #mastodonsraz #praha #mastopivo #fedičajovna #birellovka #boost @mastopivo

Mastodon Says It Doesn't 'Have the Means' To Comply With Age Verification Laws

#Mastodon #Decentralized #Fediverse #TechCrunch #MississippiLaw

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/29/2131208/mastodon-says-it-doesnt-have-the-means-to-comply-with-age-verification-laws

This is the story of how the PS2 dominated the industry, reshaped home entertainment, and secured its place in gaming history.

https://hypercombogamer.com/playstation-2/

#Gaming #PlayStation #RetroGaming #PS2 #Blog #RetroGames #PlayStation2 #Y2K #Sony #90s #2000s #Retro #GameDev #IndieDev #News #SocialMedia #Mastodon #Fediverse

#Tennis #Ball #Zoom by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:

https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/tennis-ball-zoom-by-kaye-menner-kaye-menner.html

#balls #yellowballs #field #abstract #digitalwork #lines #rows #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts

If you haven't heard @mallory on "Power Station", please take the time for it. She makes the case for an open social web so well, grounding it in movements for social change over the last 3 decades. It's a great talk! #fediverse #socialweb

https://powerstation.libsyn.com/this-is-for-everyone-and-everyone-should-be-able-to-contribute

We've just released #WriteFreely v0.16, with a ton of improvements for the #fediverse, including support for Likes, the fediverse:creator tag, and a better look for your articles on microblogging platforms!

Read about all about it and grab the latest version on our @writefreely@blog.writefreely.org blog.

https://blog.writefreely.org/version-0-16

Servers

- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.3.0
- Castopod v1.13.5
- Ktistec v2.4.10
- NeoDB v0.12.1
- Vernissage Server v1.21.0
- Wafrn v2025.08.03
- Wanderer v0.18.0

Clients

- Pachli v2.16.0
- toot v0.50.0
- Fread v1.6.0
- Miria v3.0.0
- Blorp v1.9.20
- P2Play v0.9.4
- Pixelix v4.2.0

Tools and Plugins

- FediPhoto-Lineage v8.0
- Fedinspect: A desktop application for analysing fediverse server configurations and features

For developers

- BotKit v0.3.0
- Fedialgo v1.1.7

Articles

- SocialHub and the Substrate of Decentralised Networks
- Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws
- Fediverse Report – #131

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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub

Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/0198d36f-1abf-e0ca-d7f1-2017b3af8447