You Can Now Self Host A Bluesky Instance ( techcrunch.com )
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Howdy! I'm thepaperpilot, and for the past few months I've been working on something I think the internet doesn’t have enough of right now—a comfy, human-first social media space without ads or corporate interference....
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10530523...
Lyrak is a new X rival that aims to differentiate itself by focusing on real-time news and monetization options for creators.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12904730...
It's mostly about mastodon, but spammers also have hit Lemmy communities. This mastodon post contains solutions to mitigate the wave for admins, and also link to the origin of the thread. Turns out they're japanese kids from discord.
Pixelfed got featured on the Wired and here's what @dansup, the author of @pixelfed, says:...
I think this is a good incentive for Journalists to be more active on the fediverse.
FediVision is an annual music competition in the spirit of Eurovision. This year probably had the biggest turnout ever: 72 entries from a variety of artists and musicians, and you can listen to all of them!
Last time I checked there was no functioning Mobilizon instance based in North America, so I started one. If you have an event coming up this summer but don't want to use Facebook or some other corporate platform, maybe give Mobilizon a shot?...
Forum federation, Ghosts, Event Planners and the source code of Truth Social.
This sounds like something Lemmy would also really benefit from.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/8955176...
Bridgy Fed's Bluesky integration is now in beta, and makes it possible to connect your account from the Fediverse to Bluesky, and vice versa....
I don't want to run FediDB, Loops, Sup, Pixelfed, PubKit myself long term, my goal is to establish a solid foundation for these projects and find the right home to allow them to thrive....
The EU pilot for the fediverse comes to an end, but the European Commission will stay on the fediverse; Ghost announces that they will support ActivityPub and build a fediverse news reading client, and Mastodon creates a U.S.-based non-profit.
Emissary is a revolutionary next-gen Web platform that lets you tinker with every little bit of it. It works with the Fediverse, is built on IndieWeb principles, and looks incredible.
Especially nice in combination with Akkoma instances as it supports:...
Interesting thread that summarizes it well.
As decentralized social networks become more popular, the way different protocols interact could set the stage for the future of the web.