I know #radicle project people will be at #39c3 but what about people working on forge #federation? I would love a world where we have strong competitive versions of both these ideas.

#XMPP Community

User & developers are spread #world-wide in the XMPP community!
This is a call to show where you are! 🌍🌎🌏

Post a photo with the XMPP #logo and a nice view of your location 📷
Add city name and country, too.

#jabber #chat #rtc #standards #decentralization #federation #messaging

Good luck! In the long run, there is only one serious defense against DDoS and other attacks: federation. I’m really looking forward to @forgejo
supporting federation for repository forks and pull requests.

#DDoS #attack #federation #fediverse #forgejo #opensource

🌐 中文（繁體）

偉大的聯邦宇宙各位朋友好 🙌
請問這裡有 Adobe InDesign 或 InCopy 的高手嗎？
我正在學習這兩款軟體，想了解一些 工作流程與協作方式。
另外也想請教：

有沒有推薦的 免費 InDesign 版型／範例網站？

匯出 EPUB 時，有什麼方法能避免 排版失真或跑版？

任何資源或經驗分享都非常感激 🙏

#adobe #indesign #incopy #epub #design #layout #publishing #workflow #federation #help

🌍 English

Hello, amazing Fediverse friends 🙌
Are there any Adobe InDesign or InCopy experts out there?
I’m currently learning both tools and looking for insights on workflow and collaboration.
Also wondering:

Any good free InDesign template/sample websites?

How can I export to EPUB without layout distortion?

Any tips, tutorials, or resources would be super appreciated 🙏

#adobe #indesign #incopy #epub #design #layout #publishing #workflow #fediverse #help

🇯🇵 日本語

フェディバースの皆さん、こんにちは 🙌
ここに Adobe InDesign や InCopy の達人はいらっしゃいますか？
今、この2つのソフトを勉強中で、ワークフローや共同作業のコツを知りたいです。
さらに教えてください：

無料で使える InDesign のテンプレート／サンプルサイト はありますか？

EPUB に書き出す時のレイアウト崩れを防ぐ方法は？

情報やアドバイスをいただけたら本当に助かります 🙏

#adobe #indesign #incopy #epub #デザイン #レイアウト #出版 #ワークフロー #フェディバース #help

Also, here's a blog post about our plans to federate Mirlo!

https://mirlo.space/team/posts/funding-federating-mirlo

#Federation #Fedi #FediMusic #Music #NLNet #News #Musicians #MusicNews #Blog #Blogs

Another small step in Forgejo federation.

Getting Forgejo and mastodon services to talk had some unexpected pitfalls.
Mastodon only federates on port 443 for example, that means Forgejo needs to be able to listen on a privileged port even for testing. You can imagine the troubles setting up our e2e tests properly.

This is finally behind us and were now aiming to integrate the test into the automated test suite (with a lot of work already done by @famfo)

#mastodon #forgejo #federation

One of the powerful things about the Fediverse and Social Web is that people can follow you from anywhere!

People from the same server you are on.

But also people from other servers can follow you.

Should the ability for people on other servers to follow you be OFF by default?

And, only people on the same server you are on can follow you by default?

#Federation #Fediverse #SocialWeb

It’s not finished. It’s not perfect. But it’s real. 🥹

Loops is now open, built in public, and growing every day — laying the groundwork for a future where you can build your own TikTok.

A future where governments can’t censor you. Where corporations can’t control the conversation. Where the social web belongs to the people again.

This is how it starts. ✊

https://joinloops.org/

#loops #tikTok #activityPub #freedom #federation

We are delighted to announce that we have received a grant from @NGIZeroNGI Zero open source funding @nlnet to federate Mirlo! We're also honoured to be included alongside so many other amazing projects that we look up to and are inspired by. 💪🐦‍⬛ 

More here: https://nlnet.nl/project/Mirlo/

#Funding #Federation #Federated #OpenSource #Music #Musicians #Fedi #Fediverse #Connectivity #ActivityPub

A 🧵on the ongoing #meansofproduction project - which is designed to enable #librarysocialism along with #federation of all types of libraries, especially #toollibraries, and even #Housing

You can find more info at https://meansofp.org/, and the codebase is #opensource at https://meansofp.org/.

We have a discord at https://discord.gg/DxUrwhDg - but also moving lots of the discussion here to #mastodon!

¡Hola a todos! 👋🏻

Nuestro servidor de Loops, (Loops.one) ya federa con el Fediverso desde la última actualización. 🎉🎉

Podéis buscar vuestros perfiles (por ejemplo el mío es @trankten@loops.one) y los posts directamente desde cualquier software compatible con ActivityPub.

💡¡Algunas cosas aún están en pruebas y podrían no funcionar correctamente, así que por favor, cualquier bug no dudéis en avisar!

Welcome to Loops. Welcome to Fedi..Loops 😎

⛓️‍💥 https://loops.one

• Trankten

#loops #activitypub #federation #fediverse

Loops has two federation modes, Open which is default, and another called Lockdown.

With Lockdown, you have to define allowed servers, allowing for greater control over your federation experience ✨

#loops #safety #federation #lockdownMode

Loops is federating with Mastodon and Pixelfed 🥳

I'm still doing some tests, and will be pushing the ActivityPub PR shortly ✨

#loops #activitypub #federation #mastodon #pixelfed

🧵2of2 This is why building ethical alternatives matters.

The #SocialWeb exists because we refused to accept that surveillance capitalism was inevitable.

We chose #federation over centralization.

#CommunityOwnership over corporate control.

We need the same approach for #WearableTech

Hardware that clearly indicates when it's recording. Software that keeps data local. Designs that prioritize consent over convenience.

The question isn't whether this technology will exist. It's who gets to control how it works.

Meta's approach serves advertisers and data brokers. A community-driven approach would serve actual human safety and dignity.

My framework: Technology should expand human agency, not reduce it.

When surveillance tools are marketed as consumer convenience, we have a responsibility to call out the real consequences for vulnerable people.

What's your take? How do we build wearable tech that serves community safety instead of corporate surveillance?

#DigitalRights #privacy

I was able to finish the Loops shared inbox handler and add support for `Flag` activities.

Thanks to phpstan, Loops will soon ship solid federation support with coverage for the most popular activities.

I can't wait to ship and tag v1.0.0-beta.1 🚀

#loops #activityPub #federation #tikTok

Thanks to Pixelfed, I've made Loops a lot easier to install & manage.

Loops also handles comment threading, mentions, notifications and like/share/reply counters much better.

The upcoming federation PR is my biggest ever, and will bring full ActivityPub federation to Loops 😍

#loops #tiktok #activityPub #reels #federation

I've been busy wrapping up the final parts of Loops ActivityPub federation!

We will ship with two modes (Open and Lockdown), the latter allowing you to restrict federation with allowed instances only (and enforced via AuthorizedFetch)

You can also disable Federation support

I'll have a better ETA this weekend after some more testing ✨

Thanks to phpstan, this may even ship this weekend 🚀

#loops #tiktok #activityPub #federation

So close…

#loops #federation

Créer des groupes et partager vos évènements dans le #fediverse sans passer par les GAFAM 📅 🗓️ ?

Découvrez @mobilizon et son histoire : de sa création chez @Framasoft à sa gestion actuelle avec l'association #Kaihuri ! 🎧

👉 https://www.projets-libres.org/s04e02-mobilizon-partager-evenements-fediverse/

#podcast #LogicielLibre #logicielslibres #opensource #federation #mobilizon #gafam #degafam

#Forgejo federation can't come fast enough for you? Have you ever wished to help out, but specifications are too scary and you don't know where to start?

In that case, I have the perfect task for you (yes, you!): https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/9282

#ForgeFed #federation #Codeberg

I'm making great progress with ActivityPub federation + @loops

Let's gooooo 🚀

#loops #activityPub #federation #tikTok

🐛 GTS-HolMirDas v1.2.1 Released - Important Bugfixes

Fixed some critical issues that prevented the RSS-based content discovery from working properly. Thanks for sharing, @christianteqqy

🔧 What's Fixed:

• Inline Comment Support: Fixed parsing of RSS feeds file when using inline comments
• Control Character Error: Resolved "URL can't contain control characters" error caused by comments in same line as URLs
• RSS File Parsing: Comments after # are now properly stripped from URLs

https://mastodon.social/tags/homelab.rss    # 20 posts default
https://fosstodon.org/tags/docker.rss?limit=50   # 50 posts

📦 Update Instructions:

# Download latest version
wget https://git.klein.ruhr/matthias/gts-holmirdas/raw/v1.2.1/gts_holmirdas.py

# Restart your container
docker compose restart gts-holmirdas

#GoToSocial #RSS #ContentDiscovery #SelfHosting #OpenSource #Federation #Homelab #Docker

From: blenderdumbass . org

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If you have any experience with ActivityPub, web-development or Python, please consider helping me. We have BDServ...

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#activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #bdserver #python #programming #webdev #federation #API

Why on earth was the #ActivityPub protocol even let out the door without a well-specified and mandatory graceful, non-destructive key rotation scheme?

Yes I know the privacy issues. Those are not valid reasons to not have such a mechanism; it's a valid reason to not enable or use one.

What we're stuck with now is a ton of instances with absurdly long, legacy-algorithm keys (RSA-4096) with no way to replace them with shorter/better keys without effectively losing everything ever posted on the instance.

The protocol is only 7 years old! EC crypto was well-established at the time, and should have been the default.

And what happens once everyone has to replace the keys, because RSA is broken by quantum computers (I know, probably 100 years to go)? The #Fediverse will be a wasteland, with no instances trusting anything from any other instance, so all #Federation breaks down.

Sorry if I got some details wrong about what the protocol says. If I get flamed to death for being wrong, then I'll consider that a Good Thing(TM). I've been trying to find a way to rotate/replace keys for a while and all my searching turns up is either 1) confirmation that most people don't know or care about cryptography, or 2) https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/key-rotation-notification/562 - which really isn't helpful.

If it is possible to gracefully rotate the key(s) of an instance/user, there really has to exist some documentation that explains clearly how to implement this in a server and how to exercise it as a server operator.

#Cryptography #Rant #Mastodon

The iPad. Rainbow Looms. "Inception." They all arrived on the scene in 2010 — and so did we. In 2025, we're celebrating Flipboard's 15th birthday. Here's to the next 15 and more! Check out the spreadsheet here to discover all the Magazines you can find in the fediverse — and comment below if there's a publication you'd love us to federate.

https://about.flipboard.com/inside-flipboard/15-years-of-flipboard/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit?gid=1764807022#gid=1764807022

#Flipboard #FlipboardMagazines #ActivityPub #Federation #Fediverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb

Concept for discussion: Replacing HTTP Signatures with Bearer Tokens for ActivityPub Federation

Curious what other people think about this idea. What if federation security was re-worked to use target-assigned bearer tokens to authenticate GET/POST requests? This would remove the need for complicated signing schemes and reduce system load under heavy traffic bursts (as no cryptography is required).

A basic implementation could look like this:
1. When instance A (a.example.com) first attempts to federate with instance B (b.example.com), a POST request is made to a dedicated registration endpoint. (for discussion, we'll say it's https://b.example.com/activity-pub/register-instance). This request includes fields necessary for verification, including the source domain name, target domain name, and a securely-generated verification token. Other metadata could be included to allow instance B to selectively allow/prohibit federation based on other criteria, but this is optional.
2. Instance B makes a POST request back to a dedicated verification endpoint on instance A (for discussion, we'll say it's https://a.example.com/activity-pub/verify-registration). This request must include the target domain name and verification token provided in step 2.
3. Instance A checks the verification token (and verify that it matches the target domain name) and return a successful value. The verification code must be invalidated after this call!
4. Instance B, after verifying instance A's request, returns a securely-generated federation key back to instance A. This federation key is a bearer token used to authenticate all requests from instance A to instance B. This key must be unique to instance A!
5. Instance A completes the original request with the Authorization header set to Bearer {federation_key}.
6. Instance B receives the request, detects the federation key, and checks it against the list of registered instances.
7. If the key does not exist or A has been defederated, then a 403 Forbidden error is returned.
8. If the key is expired or revoked, then 401 Unauthorized error is returned. Upon receiving a 401 error, instance A should start over from step 1 to re-authenticate and complete the request with a new token. This process should not be repeated for recursive failures!
9. If the key is approved, then a 200 OK response or 202 Accepted response is returned, and A can consider the request as successful.

Advantages versus HTTP Signatures:
- No cryptography requirements.
- Simple logic, no edge cases around HTTP query parameters or header order.
- Equally effective for all request types.
- Keys can be easily revoked or rotated.
- Supports authorized fetch and defederation use cases "by default".

Disadvantages versus HTTP Signatures:
- Breaks the actor model - instances are required as a first-class concept. (but really, the actor model is basically dead already. you can't even federate reliably without a WebFinger server, at minimum.)
- Requires multi-request "handshake" before communication. (but this is already required in practice, since a signature can't be validated without first requesting the signing actor.)
- Out-of-band protocol - communication can't happen over ActivityPub / ActivityStreams because this is a prerequisite to authenticate any request. (but again, we already require WebFinger and some software requires NodeInfo for full support.)

So, what are your thoughts? Good idea? Bad idea? Did I miss something? Please let me know, I welcome replies here!

#ActivityPub #AP #Federation

Socialhome v0.22.0 released, with a completely new UI!

This is a massive milestone for the #Socialhome project, one that could not have been possible without the hard work of @alain@jase.socialAlain St-Denis. If you have followed the Socialhome project, you'll know that Alain has been responsible for most of the development of project in the recent years. This includes rewriting the #federation library to ensure #ActivityPub support is first class. More recently Alain has taken the challenge of rewriting the frontend, which has fallen into a rather poor state over the years.

The new UI work is actually a coordination of two people working many years apart. Way back years ago @lightone@mastodon.xyzlostinlight made some UI designs for a new Socialhome UI (thank you! <3). While the designs were not implemented for years, they were not forgotten. In 2023 Alain jumped to the challenge and started the full UI rewrite of the Socialhome frontend. This UI has now matured into a state that it is good for daily usage - which is the main focus of this release!

Currently, a Socialhome installation will still default to the old UI. If you do want to try out the new UI for example on socialhome.network, go to the account settings and toggle the "New UI" flag. Going back is also easy, should the new UI cause unforeseen issues (please do report!).

If you are a server admin, see the new UI installation instructions for how to add the new UI to your instance.

This is not all! The releases of v0.21.0 and v0.22.0 also contain a bunch of other changes and fixes. Most notably;

• ActivityPub profiles are now richer, including bio and a larger picture, in addition to an avatar.
• Many new API's to support the new UI, including session authentication, search, media upload, content fetching over uuid, profile organize and profile settings.
• Whoosh has been replaced with Xapian as a search index backend.

See the full changelogs. Additionally, the federation library has received a ton of changes and fixes which can be found here.

Also, last but not least, we moved from GitLab to Codeberg. Check out the new repositories.

Installing and updating

We recommend using the Docker images (amd64/arm64).

Notes on how to use the Docker images can be found in the docs.

What is Socialhome?

Socialhome is best described as a federated personal profile with social networking functionality. Users can create rich content using Markdown. All content can be pinned to the user profile and all content will federate to contacts in the federated social web. Federation happens using the ActivityPub and Diaspora protocols.

Please check the official site for more information about features. Naturally, the official site is a Socialhome profile itself.

• Official site
• Documentation (for admins)
• Code repository (GitHub mirror)
• Chat room on Matrix

Try Socialhome?

If you want to try Socialhome first before trying to install it, register at https://socialhome.network and then ping us with a comment on the user name chosen to get the account approved. You can also request account approval in the chat room. This unfortunately approval step is due to spammers.

Contribute

Do you want to work on a Django and VueJS powered social network server? Join in the fun! We have easy to follow development environment setup documentation and a friendly chat room for questions.

#socialhome #federation #fediverse #activitypub #diaspora #django #vuejs

@forgejo My personal highlight of this release: You can now use your #fediverse handle in #markdown documents and it will be marked up as a link to your user profile (or group, etc.).
https://forgejo.org/2025-07-release-v12-0/#redirecting-fediverse-handles
I'm excited about the future, when mentioning fediverse handles will actually be federated and will send notifications everywhere!
#Forgejo #Federation #forgefed

From: blenderdumbass . org

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If you have any experience with ActivityPub, web-development or Python, please consider helping me. We have BDServ...

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/please_help_me_with_activity_pub

#activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #bdserver #python #programming #webdev #federation #API

My activitypub enabled blog enables me to respond to comments made by those on the fediverse. However, the link says 'Reply with federation', and I keep thinking that I need permission from @georgetakeiGeorge Takei 🏳️‍🌈🖖🏽 before I can do that. 🤣

#ActivityPub #StarTrek #Federation

wanderer: Decentralized trail database: #wanderer by @flomp is a new, #opensource, #decentralized #trail database where you can upload tracks (or import them from #STRAVA or #Komoot), create or share routes, and connect with communities through #ActivityPub-powered #federation.
https://spatialists.ch/posts/2025/07/09-wanderer-decentralized-trail-database/ #GIS #GISchat #geospatial #SwissGIS

Doctor and Patient in the Fediverse of Madness (love the title)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLyhUp-KKvQ&t=1201

Definitely worth your watch!

Thank you @wernerkeil and @javapro for this video.

Just follow the tags to see what it's all about

#Federation #Mastodon #BlueSky #ActivityPub #Matrix #Healthcare #Java

Just built something I don't think any other fediverse project has: ultra-granular federation controls.

Loopers can pick exactly which servers to federate with, go local-only, or even pause delivery.

It was tough to code, but our community deserves this power ❤️

#loops #pixelfed #federation #didItForTheLoopers

Meine Deutsch-palestinischen Freunde (ich wusste nicht dass ich so viele habe) wechseln gerade alle zu https://upscrolled.com/, mit dem Versprechen freisprechen zu können. Ich mache mir Sorgen, dass sie nur in die nächste Falle laufen. Vielleicht kann man sie überreden, dass sie wenigstens Activity Pub einbinden.
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My German-Palestinian friends (I didn't know I had so many) are all switching to https://upscrolled.com/, with the promise of being able to make free calls. I'm worried they're just walking into the next trap. Maybe we can persuade them to at least integrate Activity Pub.
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أصدقائي الألمان الفلسطينيون (لم أكن أعلم أن لدي الكثير منهم) ينتقلون جميعًا إلى https://upscrolled.com/، مع وعد بإمكانية التحدث مجانًا. أنا قلق من أنهم يقعون في الفخ التالي. ربما يمكن إقناعهم على الأقل بدمج Activity Pub
#upscrolled #activitypub #freespeech #palestine #freenetwork #federation

Undead Network is direct action. Even in the digital world, autonomy is possible. NO MASTER - NO SLAVE.

https://www.undeadnetwork.de

#art #autonomy #federation #fediverse #FOSS #freedom #music #opensource

@stefanoStefano Marinelli I do! It’s wonderful how #federation makes discovery of informational projects like yours easy and efficient. ☀️

Ghost’s @johnonolanJohn O'Nolan and WordPress’s @pfefferleMatthias Pfefferle want to help blogs and long content thrive on the open social web. Meet “the longformers,” who chatted to @mikeMike McCue for the latest edition of Dot Social.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/john-onolan-and-matthias-pfefferle/

#DotSocial #Ghost #WordPress #Fediverse #FederatedMedia #ActivityPub #Federation

I think I finally have this thing complete - the paper is live hosted on a little test node, also lives as README.md on the GitHub.

https://idens.net/iden://z1HRUsTNcYMkN5WPm9s1YjGaLUVs58RVRHPjBrV1kYwdAJ.642/pub

#P2P #distributed #text #smallweb #markdown #data #linkeddata #python #rust #rustlang #linux #unix #longread #code #opensource #helloworld #federation #peer2peer #peerreview #writing

From: blenderdumbass . org

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If you have any experience with ActivityPub, web-development or Python, please consider helping me. We have BDServ...

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#activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #bdserver #python #programming #webdev #federation #API

From: blenderdumbass . org

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If you have any experience with ActivityPub, web-development or Python, please consider helping me. We have BDServ...

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#activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #bdserver #python #programming #webdev #federation #API

From: blenderdumbass . org

This article is published on a website which is powered by BDServer. And I'm trying to make this website support ActivityPub, so you could for example, subscribe to me from your Mastodon account. Yet it is easier said than done.

If you have any experience with ActivityPub, web-development or Python, please consider helping me. We have BDServ...

Read: https://blenderdumbass.org/articles/please_help_me_with_activity_pub

#activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #bdserver #python #programming #webdev #federation #API

Today, we're beginning to federate publisher accounts in Italy, France and Spain, and expanding in Brazil, Germany and the U.K.

You can now follow even more of your favorite news, lifestyle, tech and sports sources from Flipboard on the open social web. Read more about it here. See the spreadsheet at the second link for the full list of federated profiles.

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/flipboard-expands-publisher-federation-with-international-partners/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/1iUFTo6rPvhqzCReLaM1c6-xUKRuBVqlZVStZl9Al-EU/edit

#Federation #Flipboard #Fediverse #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Germany #Deutschland #France #Spain #España #Italy #Italie #Brazil #Brasil #News #Media #Journalism #Publishers

@Em0nM4stodonEm list of resources for finding individuals and/or instances:

https://github.com/DanielSchuman/Policy/wiki/Mastodon#lists-of-people-on-mastodon-by-interest-recommendation-or-verification

https://fedi.directory/

https://followlists.online/

https://opencheck.is/people

https://communitywiki.org/trunk

https://tisiphone.net/2022/11/10/infosec-mastodon-lists/

https://verifiedjournalist.org/

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14vfonxtyy0JFDxu5dZOZo-yAJrRXcu2lZ33atkFb7GM/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XpBPzCFf0kI6aLnYyNPC74SJqI2SXg664sR3XrWDnfU/edit?usp=sharing

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TTtXbf0yDXHKXwR9jpZ4kU79mmiZT5KIM7U4tBr83hY/edit?usp=sharing

I also recommend this browser extension: https://streetpass.social/

#FediTips #federation #Fediverse

5/

So, not just Decentralized Social (DeSo), but instead —

Decentralized Social (DeSo), Federated Social (FeSo), Localized Social (LoSo)

The goal is 'social' that is simultaneously — 'Decentralized', 'Federated', and 'Localized', all at the same time.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114551725757671167

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #Decentralization #DeSo #Federation #FeSo #Fediverse #governance #Localization #LoSo

4/

Federation is the word we use to describe that act of bringing together and connecting these separate Decentralized, Localized communities.

This is where protocols such as ActivityPub, ActivityStreams, etc come into play.

Federation is a voluntary choice.
But, so too is Defederation, if desired.

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #Decentralization #DeSo #Federation #FeSo #Fediverse #governance #Localization #LoSo

3/

Localization is important to make Decentralization work and last.

Decentralization without Localization can be susceptible to Centralization.

Decentralization with Localization spreads out decision-making and power to groups (that could consistent of a single individual) with a personal stake in the outcome of the decision-making.

Which creates incentives that lead to greater resilience to Centralization.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114172489045284515

#Decentralization #Federation #Fediverse #Localization

2/

The message matters, as it can affect the future.

I think we should make a point to ALSO explicitly talk about 'Federation' and 'Localization' when we talk about 'Decentralization'.

Because if we don't, then — it is likely these values will be lost.

(I think we have already started seeing this in some places.)

#Decentralization #DeSo #Federation #FeSo #Fediverse #governance #Localization #LoSo

1/

In some ways it is unfortunate that the word 'Decentralization' has become a short-hand for the three ideas:

Decentralization, Federation, Localization

Some know that all the ideas are important — and that 'Decentralization' is a short-hand for all three.

But, many don't!

#Decentralization #DeSo #Federation #FeSo #Fediverse #governance #Localization #LoSo

They may share a suffix (and a protocol), but Blacksky isn’t hitching its wagon to the Bluesky app or team. Founder and CEO @rudyfraser.comBlackskyRude1. is creating a new, fiercely independent playbook for communities — one made possible because of the flexibility of the open web. We're excited for you to hear the latest episode of @mikeMike McCue's Dot Social podcast:

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/blacksky-rudy-fraser/

#DotSocial #Podcast #SocialMedia #SocialNetwork #Federation #OpenSocial #OpenSocialWeb #Blacksky #BlackMastodon @blackmastodonblackmastodon group #RudyFraser #Technology #Tech #Bluesky

If you’re having trouble visualising the power differentials designed into federated systems, think of this scenario:

You have an instance of 1 person. An instance of 1 million people decides to block your instance.

What have they done?

They’ve blocked 1 million people from interacting with you.

Now let’s reverse the scenario: You, with your instance of 1, decide to block an instance of 1 million.

What have you done?

You’ve blocked 1 million people from interacting with you.

#federation #power #decentralisation #peerToPeer