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@smallcircles@social.coop 2 hr. ago

Indeed. Over the years I've seen so many developers become discouraged to continue their #ActivityPub projects after becoming initially highly excited upon first reading the #W3C specs. They bump into a world of undocumented complexity, harsh wire realities, inconsistencies and tech debt. Only the true "stayers" grit their teeth and keep at it. Developers love to be able to focus on a solution, and not get mired into all kinds of low-level plumbing that is not related to that.

This makes tech that's social-culturally worse (ATProto w/ centralization, VC capital) still have better uptake potential.

I gave special mention to both @fedify and @Bonfire in my article. For #Fedify for how they focus on providing a framework and SDK that hands people software so that they can focus on "solution development" immediately. And #Bonfire because they constitute a framework, but also engage directly with clients and partners in solution development, closest to making the paradigm shift.

@mayel 1 hr. ago

@smallcircles@social.coop you say "Over the years I've seen so many developers become discouraged to continue their #ActivityPub projects after becoming initially highly excited upon first reading the #W3C specs. They bump into a world of undocumented complexity, harsh wire realities, inconsistencies and tech debt"

IMO while this is true, because many developers approach building on the fediverse as hobbyists, out of personal curiousity and to meet their own needs first, despite there being libraries and frameworks to take care of those boring/complex parts that would enable them to focus on "solution development" like you say, almost nobody picks these up and instead "reinvent the wheel" so to speak in terms of implementing all the protocol parts...

@benpate@mastodon.social @Bonfire @fedify@hackers.pub

@ivan 2 days ago

Noticing is the discipline these times most lack and the one #AutisticiInventati has practiced against techno fascist over the past twenty-five years:

"Noticing is my way of opposing a particular modernist practice of looking towards an imagined future. Certain things get coded as possible futures and then we develop blinders so that all we can see is our trajectory towards one kind of imagined future, which isn’t actually the future but is a stereotyped dream future. And so, we stopped seeing. Noticing is trying to take those blinders off to look at the world around us..."

fojournal.org/interview/anna...

Future Observatory Journal

‘Noticing is my way of opposing’ - Future Observatory Journal

Explore Anna Tsing's insights on design, ecology, and the more-than-human world in this dialogue with Justin McGuirk.

@Bonfire 3 days ago

We’re delighted to share that our talk: “Sovereignty Is More Than a Server: Public Digital Commons with Bonfire” has been accepted for the Open Source Conference Luxembourg 🎉 !
We’re looking forward to discussing why digital sovereignty requires more than self-hosting and how public digital commons and projects like Bonfire Networks can help build more open, democratic, and resilient digital ecosystems.

If you’re attending, we’d love to meet you, exchange ideas, and learn about what you’re working on.<span class="invisible"> #digitalsovereignty #commons #bonfire

a graphic with the title: Sovereignty is more than a server"

Elena Rossini 🌈

@_elena@mastodon.social 6 days ago

Earlier this week I unsubscribed from #1Password and moved to #Bitwarden... due to their donation of 300k to DHH's #Omarchy.

I made sure to let them know about the reason, so that hopefully the company would notice those kind of decisions have an impact.

Day one I got messages from their AI system.

But today I got a response by a real human at 1Password (or so it appears).

If you are curious about the company's official response to the backlash, check out the screenshot (and/or #AltText)

a screenshot of an email I received from 1Password following the cancellation of my premium plan (due to their donation to Omarchy). It reads:

"Hello Elena,

Thank you for reaching out and sharing your questions and concerns about our decision to become a corporate patron of the Omacom Foundation. We value the relationship we have with you, and we want to respond thoughtfully and openly about the purpose of this commitment and how we're approaching it at 1Password.

At 1Password, we support developer and open-source communities because they're an important part of the ecosystem our customers rely on. We have a long history of supporting open source projects, including the Linux, Rails, and Rust Foundations. We chose to support Omarchy because it is a growing Linux environment that developers use and value, and because 1Password already had a meaningful presence in that community.

Contributing to the Omacom Foundation is intended to support hosting infrastructure and provides stable, long-term funding for the upstream open-source projects and maintainers on which Omarchy depends.

We recognize that Omarchy is closely associated with its founder, and that raises questions about what our support means. Our contribution is made to the Omacom Foundation, not to an individual, and is not an endorsement of any individual's personal or political views. 1Password does not endorse hateful, dehumanizing, or exclusionary views.

The patronage is also separate from product decisions. It includes no requirements or guarantees related to product placement, exclusivity, endorsement, or roadmap influence.

We understand that this explanation may not change how you feel about our decision. We take all feedback seriously and share it with the appropriate teams.

Our commitment to the security and privacy of our customers remains unchanged.

We're grateful for the trust you place in 1Password.

Hugues Mackay
Director, Customer Support" — a screenshot of an email I received from 1Password following the cancellation of my premium plan (due to their donation to Omarchy). It reads: "Hello Elena, Thank you for reaching out and sharing your questions and concerns about our decision to become a corporate patron of the Omacom Foundation. We value the relationship we have with you, and we want to respond thoughtfully and openly about the purpose of this commitment and how we're approaching it at 1Password. At 1Password, we support developer and open-source communities because they're an important part of the ecosystem our customers rely on. We have a long history of supporting open source projects, including the Linux, Rails, and Rust Foundations. We chose to support Omarchy because it is a growing Linux environment that developers use and value, and because 1Password already had a meaningful presence in that community. Contributing to the Omacom Foundation is intended to support hosting infrastructure and provides stable, long-term funding for the upstream open-source projects and maintainers on which Omarchy depends. We recognize that Omarchy is closely associated with its founder, and that raises questions about what our support means. Our contribution is made to the Omacom Foundation, not to an individual, and is not an endorsement of any individual's personal or political views. 1Password does not endorse hateful, dehumanizing, or exclusionary views. The patronage is also separate from product decisions. It includes no requirements or guarantees related to product placement, exclusivity, endorsement, or roadmap influence. We understand that this explanation may not change how you feel about our decision. We take all feedback seriously and share it with the appropriate teams. Our commitment to the security and privacy of our customers remains unchanged. We're grateful for the trust you place in 1Password. Hugues Mackay Director, Customer Support"

@mayel 5 days ago

We're running out of words for how shitty things are getting:

"enshittification": quality degrades over time
mask-off?: turns out they were fascists (or sympathisers) all along, and they've stopped pretending
enclosure?: thought you were safe with an open-source alternative? Many are on the same late-stage-capitalism hamster wheel. Bitwarden is now private-equity owned and has scrubbed "always free" from its site. At least it can still be forked... fastcompany.com/91542655/bit...

@_elena@mastodon.social

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@Bonfire 6 days ago

Shared infrastructure is how the #Fediverse can grow without recreating enshittified platform silos.

We’re excited to share that Bonfire is working with Mastodon on two critical areas of Fediverse infrastructure: remote media storage and automated content detection.

Built around open Fediverse Auxiliary Service Provider (FASP) specifications, this work will help platforms connect to shared services instead of each having to build and operate the same capabilities alone.

Our aim is to make these capabilities open, interoperable, and available for any federated server to adopt.

A big thank you to @Mastodon@mastodon.social team for involving us in this work. We’re looking forward to building together and sharing what we learn along the way.

Read the full post: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bu...

#ActivityPub #FASP

Building shared infrastructure for the Fediverse

Bonfire is working with Mastodon to make remote media storage and automated content detection interoperable across the fediverse.

@Bonfire 6 days ago

Building shared infrastructure for the Fediverse

Bonfire is working with Mastodon to make remote media storage and automated content detection interoperable across the fediverse.

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Jonathan Schofield

@urlyman@mastodon.social last wk.

…I remember @aral talking about this over a decade ago, and to my eye at least, we don’t appear to have gotten very far.

I know Aral is trying with Small Web, and I know many others here are doing something similar in spirit too.

But something keeps going missing. I’m not clever enough to pinpoint it.

Below is my attempt to narrate the pattern that I regularly encounter

@Bonfire last wk.

@urlyman@mastodon.social Completely agree with your larger point though! We've got a long way to go. As you can see from our hosting page we'd love to see more of an ecosystem around hosting of FOSS, both with better UI and simpler onboarding (i.e. a step by step form that gets you from domain name to deployed app, as simple as signing up to SaaS but with autonomous infrastructure) and more cooperative economic models.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al

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Jonathan Schofield

@urlyman@mastodon.social last wk.

…Tbf to @coopcloud their docs clearly state:

“In the spirit of transparency and to avoid confusion, we would like to begin with the explanation that this documentation is aimed at a *technical audience*.”

Qualified as “collectives and individuals who have familiarity with system administration”.

But here’s the mismatch:

- Bonfire imply a friendly entry point
- That links to an unfocused page
- The Bonfire-focused step, when found, points to the docs, which are for…

sysadmins 😐

@Bonfire last wk.

@urlyman@mastodon.social Please see my other reply. We'll try to make our website clearer, but in the meantime the friendly entry points are the co-ops who can do it for you if you're not technical, and while they have websites it's really about getting in touch with them rather than reading any documentation:

@coopcloud@social.coop

https://soulhub-it.de

Startseite

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Jonathan Schofield

@urlyman@mastodon.social last wk.

…1. I visit https://bonfirenetworks.org and see the below menu options.

Ok, I know I’m not equipped for DIY and probably never will be, and I’m just exploring so I’m not ready for the Mosaic discussion, but Hosted sounds good, so let’s take a look.

2. At https://bonfirenetworks.org/hosting/ there’s a nice big ‘Find a hosting partner’ link, which offers me an attractive tile for @coopcloud. Last time I looked I could make no sense of that, but I’ll see what’s changed…

Launch your Bonfire:

Choose how much you want to run yourself:

- DIY: Self-host: install Bonfire on your own infrastructure.
- Hosted: Cooperative hosting: we handle updates, backups and infrastructure.
- Mosaic: Co-design with us: shape a tailored digital place with the Bonfire team.

Not sure? Compare all three routes. — Launch your Bonfire: Choose how much you want to run yourself: - DIY: Self-host: install Bonfire on your own infrastructure. - Hosted: Cooperative hosting: we handle updates, backups and infrastructure. - Mosaic: Co-design with us: shape a tailored digital place with the Bonfire team. Not sure? Compare all three routes.

Bonfire - Cooperative Hosting Network

Cooperative hosting for communities that want their own Bonfire space without having to run the servers themselves.

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@Bonfire last wk.

@urlyman@mastodon.social

It's probably just bad design on our part, on the hosting page underneath CoopCloud there's a "Co-ops offering managed hosting" link, which lists a few organisations who can host an instance for you, and another link for @coquest@social.coop who do the same.

We understand it is confusing but @coopcloud@social.coop is a federation of co-ops (+ a commons of FOSS app recipes + tools to make hosting them easier) rather than a hosting service itself. CoopCloud is currently working on a new website to make it clearer on that side as well.

@Bonfire last wk.

In solidarity with #AutisticiInventati.

Please join us in signing the open letter and send it to your representatives: inventati.org/campaign/open_...

A/I's mission has always been clear, and for more than twenty years it has inspired generations of hackers and activists in Italy and around the world: "Socializzare saperi senza fondare poteri." Sharing knowledge without establishing power.

That is what the US is attacking, and that is what is at stake today.

The premise of these sanctions, that whoever provides communications infrastructure answers for whatever anyone does with it, would criminalise and shut down most Big Tech platforms tomorrow if applied equally.

Instead it is aimed at grassroots services who refuse to surveil their users.

We condemn these sanctions, and we stand firmly with solidarity tech like A/I. Antifascism and anticapitalism are not terrorism.

inventati.org/campaign

@cavallette@mastodon.bida.im

autistici.org - How to send the open Letter

Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements

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@laurenshof@indieweb.social last wk.

@Bonfire bikemap :)

@Bonfire last wk.

@laurenshof@indieweb.social credits to the amazing @coopcloud@social.coop crew 😊

@Bonfire last wk.

We’re gathering around a fire 🔥

Around the Bonfire is our new newsletter: a digest of releases, community stories, collaborations, and everything else taking shape around Bonfire.

We’ll send it when there’s a new release, but never more than once a month. You can unsubscribe whenever you like.

The first edition is coming soon. Join us:

bonfirenetworks.org/subscribe

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@crazyeddie@mastodon.social last wk.

@Bonfire This doesn't sound like something I'd be able to set up myself though? This is an exciting idea but there's no way I could do that. How much of the tools are available for use for people with the technical chops? Is the code all there that did this or is a lot of it owned by Jacobin?

@Bonfire last wk.

@crazyeddie@mastodon.social everthing is free and open source (AGPL) and available for others to use and to participate in co-designing what comes next: github.com/bonfire-networks/...

GitHub - bonfire-networks/bonfire_ghost

Contribute to bonfire-networks/bonfire_ghost development by creating an account on GitHub.

@Bonfire last wk.

Bonfire 1.0.7 is out 🔥

It includes a new default UI, reworked discussions, faster and more flexible feeds, better mobile navigation, and fixes across federation, accessibility, publishing and admin tools.
We’re also sharing our bikemap for what’s next: public federated groups, better notifications and easier-to-find settings.
Want to help shape federated groups? We’re currently looking for pilot communities, get in touch!

Read the post: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/...

Discussion: bonfire.cafe/...

Bonfire Social 1.0.7: what's new and what's next

A fresh default interface, reworked discussions, faster feeds and dozens of fixes, plus where we're riding next: public federated groups, better notifications, and settings you can find.

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@solrize@mathstodon.xyz last wk.

@Bonfire Putting publications into a bonfire evokes a scary picture in this day and age.

@Bonfire last wk.

@solrize@mathstodon.xyz lol not lol 🤕

Esther de Groot

@EsGroot@akademienl.social 2 wk. ago

Is @Bonfire iets waar @SURF aan werkt? Ik kan niet goed inschatten of dit iets is voor kleinschalige samenwerking tussen onderzoekers of toch veel groter. Deze https://openscience.network/ is misschien interessant in Nederland? Weten jullie meer? Is erbij @utrechtuniversity iemand mee bezig?

@Bonfire last wk.

@EsGroot@akademienl.social the open science network is well suited for both small research teams and universities. We're now looking for pilot organisations to deploy and co-design together based on researchers feedback!

@SURF@social.edu.nl @utrechtuniversity@akademienl.social

@Bonfire last wk.

Bonfire 1.0.7: what's new and what's next

A fresh default interface, reworked discussions, faster feeds and dozens of fixes, plus where we're riding next: public federated groups, better notifications, and settings you can find.

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@omi_geek@mstdn.jp 2 wk. ago

@Bonfire Interesting direction. The idea of turning a publication into a community feels especially relevant for independent creators and photographers.

Looking forward to seeing how this develops.

@Bonfire 2 wk. ago

@omi_geek@mstdn.jp Thanks! You can already see this approach in action with Jacobin de, which is using Bonfire to turn its publication into a community. We share more about the work we did together in this case study: bonfirenetworks.org/case-stu...

Jacobin × Bonfire — From audience to community

How Jacobin's German edition connected Ghost to Bonfire to give its readers a federated community space they own. The result is a reusable foundation other publishers can adopt.

@Bonfire 2 wk. ago

Turn your #Ghost publication into a thriving community with Bonfire.

Automatically import all your Ghost articles into dedicated Bonfire groups and topics while preserving the membership tiers you’ve already set up. Readers can sign in to your Bonfire instance with their Ghost account, then discuss, react to, and connect around your work all in one place.

It’s the natural next step for publications: moving beyond growing an audience to nurturing a community.

Read more about our Ghost integration bonfirenetworks.org/ghost/

Bonfire — Ghost integration

Your readers can already reach you. Now they can reach each other. Bonfire's Ghost integration turns a publication into a community, without changing how you publish.

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@gilles@campground.bonfire.cafe 2 wk. ago

@Bonfire@bonfire.cafe This is great, for example for my band (would be cool to have this in some music platform). By default, I assume organisation members are private, right?

@Bonfire 2 wk. ago

@gilles@campground.bonfire.cafe that's right

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