Notices by Fediverse Report (fediversereport@mastodon.social), page 3

Maybe we can start collecting basic stats on likes and boosts from the fediverse before getting to full comment support. That'll at least be easier -- won't have to worry about abuse and spam.

Just not sure where to show those stats. Maybe just to the author on their posts, like we do with views.

New: Last Month in Bluesky - Februari 24

An overview of all the news that has happened in #bluesky and #atproto of the last month:

- Opening of the network with federation launching and no more invite codes
- Bluesky turns out to be popular in Japan
- Hashtags and mute words
- A new head of T&S

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-month-in-bluesky-februari-2024/

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 58

This week's news:
- NodeBB joins the fediverse, expanding the fediverse more into the world of forums!
- Announcement of the Open Science Network, based on @bonfire

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-58/

I've now added HTTP Message Signature verification to my demo #ActivityPub server.

https://gitlab.com/edent/activitypub-single-php-file/-/commit/8a7544e5bbb9bd401e1c2bc65ac57e1aca077559#bb6499b8e938f92a3695fff1afe57edea4b9efb7

Currently the entire server is a 32KB single PHP file.

Feedback welcome! It is designed to be a learning tool to show how all the different parts of ActivityPub work.

Not sure where to put these, so experimentally placing them at the top for now, reusing the styles from trending news in Trending page. It's based on the post's `card` so some links are actually "quote posts" 😬

#PhanpySocialDev (not on dev site yet)

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 57

Two major news items this week:
- the fediverse gets hit with a persistent spam wave, which indicates the current vulnerabilities in the network to such an attack.
- Bluesky opens up for federation, allowing 3p Personal Data Servers to connect to the network. This starts a new period of experimentation and new projects on the network, which will likely impact the AP-fediverse in a variety of ways that are not yet clear

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-57/

@tchambers

this site started recently with really good granular data. for a user to count as active it needs to have made an activity (like/follow/post) in that timeperiod.

accurate monthly active user data should become available in like 3 weeks.

they are currently just below 500k daily active users

https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/bskycharts.edavis.dev/bsky_users_total.html

Bluesky also crossed the mark for 5 million accounts today.

https://bsky.jazco.dev/stats

Bluesky has announced that today they have started with federation, allowing anyone to host their own data on the #bluesky network.

In a blog post they announced that anyone can now host their own PDS, framing it as a way to control your own data, and also explaining how it differs from Mastodon.

Bluesky describes it as an 'early access of federation for self-hosters'.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web

Currently sleeping the sleep of the righteous, @andrew was up way too late building tools to fend off the current wave of fedi spam, playing whack-a-mole with bad accounts, and getting fedi friends up and running with their own blocklists.

I’d like to convene a discussion this week or next to do a mini retro on this attack and some #designthinking work around fedi spam fighting tools. If you’re interested in the discussion, @ me your email or send one to spamretro at hypatia dot ca and I’ll loop you in on it 🙏

Would love to have a proper UR/UX person on the call, I’m a mere amateur at that part 😅

Edit to add #mastoadmin #fediblockmeta for reach 🚀

This last wave of spam attacks was quite brutal to say the least.

While #AllThingsTech didn't send out any of the spam, thankfully, I personally dealt with being spammed BIG TIME! I think I created 100+ reports and blocked 700+ accounts in total.

The good news is, this wave should be over with since the kid got arrested:

https://sakurajima.moe/@chikorita157/111964047131919267

But there is still much work to do by @Gargron and @renchap and the rest of the team.

Here's the screen *before* this. Specify how long back I want to fetch the Home timeline posts.

Hallo alle Fedi-Admins die Probleme mit Spam haben!

Ich habe heute den gesamten Tag an einer Spam-Liste gearbeitet und 65 Instanzen herausgefunden welche mit dem Spam nicht aufgehört haben! Ich habe die Instanzen in einer Liste zusammengestellt welche diese stummschaltet, nicht deföderiert:

Downloaded die Liste hier.

Anleitung und Erklärung zur Liste.

Ist diese Liste importiert ist ein Großteil des Spams vorbei. Das ganze ist für euch leicht, geht mit einem klick! Zudem wird keinerlei Instanz für immer geblockt, keinerlei Follower etc. zerstört oder deföderiert, sondern nur stummgeschaltet. Das ist sehr leicht umkehrbar.

Ihr könnet diese Liste einfach importieren, indem ihr auf https://yourinstance.tld/admin/export_domain_blocks/new geht und yourinstance.tld durch die Domain derer Instanz ersetzt, von der ihr der Administrator seid!

Alternativ könnt ihr auch auf Einstellungen => Moderation => Föderation => Importieren drücken, um diese Liste zu importieren.

Beachtet, dass zwar alle Instanzen mit einem Klick importiert werden können, dass aber diese Instanzen einzeln entfernt werden müssen, wenn der Spam vorbei ist.

Beachtet auch, dass es nur Sinn ergibt, diese Liste zu importieren und die Spam-Instanzen stumm zu schalten, wenn ihr euren Spam lokal und nachhaltig blockiert habt, wie hier beschrieben.

Auf ein Spam-Freies Fediverse :apartyblobcat: !

#MastoAdmins #FediBlock #Spam #Spamwelle #Fedimins #FediAdmin #FediAdmins FediAdminDE

New: Last Week in #fediverse - ep 56

- Discourse around a potential bridge between the fediverse and #bluesky. The proposed bridge between the networks featured opt-out mechanism, but after an intense backlash by the community, changes towards a more opt-in nature are being made.
- The @BBCRD extends their Mastodon trial
- @Flipboard expands their fediverse integration, with over 1000 curated magazines now available via #activitypub

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-56/

Last Week in #Fediverse - ep 55

- #Bluesky drops the invite codes, and turns out to be a massive hit in Japan. The network grew by more than 50% in less than a week's time.
- The different federated event planning apps (#mobilizon, #gath.io and Event Federation) are working together for a better unified experience
- @theverge explains the fediverse.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-55/

Small note: if you check feeds like 'Discovery' and wonder what the hell I'm talking about with all these Japanese posts: make sure that all languages are checked in your settings. AFAIK if you are not Japanese it is most likely turned off by default, making it that you don't see posts in Japanese.

New: #Bluesky opens network, making it a massive hit in Japan

Bluesky's network grew by 50% in the last two days, adding 1.5million accounts since dropping the invite codes. The surge of popularity and interest seems to come mainly from Japan, with large popular Japanese accounts coming over.

Bluesky also talks more about their plans to make money, and how they will start with federation this month. With that, bridges to the #fediverse become possible.

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/bluesky-opens-the-network/

If you want more information on how Bluesky works and what a PDS is, I wrote an explainer of the technical terms here:

https://fediversereport.com/how-bluesky-works-the-network-components/

#Bluesky is ready to open the network.

Starting today, Bluesky will not require invite codes anymore and anyone can join the network. Later this month, the team will roll out an "experimental early version of federation", allowing other people to run their own 'Personal Data Server' (PDS).

https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-06-2024-join-bluesky

New: Last Week in #Fediverse ep 54

- The #Lemmy developers host an AMA, talking about decentralisation, platform identity and a roadmap
- @nodebb talks about how they are thinking about what federating forums actually means, and how their implementation of #ActivityPub will look like
- Project Tapestry by @Iconfactory is a Kickstarter to build an App that gives you a single chronological feed from a variety of sources, such as #mastodon, #bluesky and #rss

Read at: https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-54/