Lemmy.ml is supposedly blocked in China ( emacs.ch )
Funny if true.
Fedi Garden to Instance Admins: "Block Threads to Remain Listed" ( wedistribute.org )
Server indexes of places for newcomers to join can be instrumental for Fediverse adoption. However, sudden rule changes can leave some admins feeling pressure to change policies in order to remain listed.
Lemmy's Image Problem (Updated 02-06-2024) ( wedistribute.org )
Highlighting the recent report of users and admins being unable to delete images, and how Trust & Safety tooling is currently lacking.
Lemmy.world seems to have banned the largest piracy community on Lemmy. ( lemmy.dbzer0.com )
This has happened once before and they reversed it. But they said this last time too:...
My Love-Hate Relationship With Lemmy – Gavi's Blog ( jewy.blog )
cross-posted from: https://literature.cafe/post/7623718...
You Can Now Follow President Biden on the Fediverse ( wedistribute.org )
Both President Biden and the White House have enabled the Fediverse integration on Threads.
Jack Dorsey says he quit Bluesky because it was becoming another Twitter ( www.businessinsider.com )
Pixelfed introduces Loops, a Short-Form Video App ( wedistribute.org )
The Fediverse might be getting their own mashups of Tiktok, YouTube, and Vine sooner than anyone thought, thanks to the work of one prolific dev spearheading an effort. The best part? He's helping other projects in the space, too.
Maven Imported 1.12 Million Fediverse Posts ( wedistribute.org )
Maven, a new social network backed by OpenAI's Sam Altman, found itself in a controversy today when it imported a huge amount of posts and profiles from the Fediverse, and then ran AI analysis to alter the content.
Is Mastodon's Link-Previewing Overloading Servers ? ( news.itsfoss.com )
The blog Its FOSS has 15,000 followers for its Mastodon account — which they think is causing problems:...
A new internet is forming (& Meta wants to control it) ( yewtu.be )
A federated internet is forming. It's built on open protocols like ActivityPub & connects services like Mastodon, Threads, Pixelfed, Tumblr, Wordpress and more into a connected network known as the fediverse. And everyone from tech enthusiasts to Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey seem to want in.
Open source Substack rival Ghost may join the fediverse | TechCrunch ( techcrunch.com )
Russia's first politically motivated block of a Fediverse server ( reestr.rublacklist.net )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14155096...
EU : Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay. ( social.network.europa.eu )
EU :...
ALT
Oh, Zot! Nomadic Identity is Coming to ActivityPub ( wedistribute.org )
Mike Macgirvin, the long-time developer that brought us Friendica, Hubzilla, Streams, and the Zot protocol, is bringing his most powerful concept to the rest of the Fediverse: Nomadic Identity.
queer.af, a Mastodon instance, has been killed by the Taliban ( archive.fo )
The admin stated they won't be renewing the domain because .af is now controlled by the Taliban....
Another “governance” think tank has its eye on the fediverse ( infrastructureinsights.fund )
Three months ago I posted about the Atlantic Council’s interest in the controlling the fediverse: https://lemmy.ml/post/6641106...
Lemmy and my Switch to PieFed ( jeena.net )
TLDR: The main reason was Lemmy hogging server resources....
Ideas to build a federated StackExchange alternative ( ioc.exchange )
Codeberg was asking about this. The linked toot by a commenter points to :...
Content Nation Backlash Highlights Mastodon's Toxicity ( wedistribute.org )
Seppo: Personal Social Web ( seppo.social )
#Seppo empowers you to publish short texts (and images yet to come) and to network in the Social Web. By renting commodity web space and dropping a single file. Without being subject to terms and conditions. Without having to fret about small print or tech lore. And without the need for an IT-consultant. But rather having a...
Could We Build a Decentralised Social Platform Rooted in Place? ( carlnewton.github.io )
cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/10422101...
Single-user Mastodon Instance is a Bad Idea ( mull.net )
Sublinks Aims to Be a Drop-In Replacement for Lemmy ( wedistribute.org )
Seems like an interesting effort. A developer is building an alternative Java-based backend to Lemmy's Rust-based one, with the goal of building in a handful of different features. The dev is looking at using this compatibility to migrate their instance over to the new platform, while allowing the community to use their apps of...
