#Mastadon is trying to be #Twitter, but I'm not a Twitter person, and need better options to digest/navigate my incoming Feed.
So I'm thinking about some decent #activitypub based alternatives.
how Mitra social compares vs (streams) ? (summoning @silverpill & #hubzilla avatar astral projection guy, I forgot his name)
Or what should I know about #pleroma #akkoma #Misskey #lemmy , before investing in them ?

#Mastadon is trying to be #Twitter, but I'm not a Twitter person, and need better options to digest/navigate my incoming Feed.
So I'm thinking about some decent #activitypub based alternatives.
how Mitra social compares vs (streams) ? (summoning @silverpill & #hubzilla avatar astral projection guy, I forgot his name)
Or what should I know about #pleroma #akkoma #Misskey #lemmy , before investing in them ?

I have, once again, expanded my list of domain extensions I would recommend:

.am (Armenia)
.at (Austria)
.be (Belgium)
.bz (Belize)
.cc (Cocos Islands)
.ch (Switzerland)
.co (Colombia)
.cz (Czech Republic)
.dk (Denmark)
.fi (Finland)
.ge (Georgia)
.is (Iceland)
.li (Liechtenstein)
.me (Montenegro)
.nl (Netherlands)
.nu (Niue)
.se (Sweden)
.to (Tonga)
.tv (Tuvalu)
.tw (Taiwan)
.ws (Samoa)

All of these countries have strong protections for freedom of speech, including speech that defends and promotes minority rights — such as LGBTQ+ rights. Domain registration is open to everyone... You don’t need to be a citizen or own a business in any of these countries.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub#Mastodon#Misskey #PeerTube#PexelFed#LGBTQ

I have, once again, expanded my list of domain extensions I would recommend:

.am (Armenia)
.at (Austria)
.be (Belgium)
.bz (Belize)
.cc (Cocos Islands)
.ch (Switzerland)
.co (Colombia)
.cz (Czech Republic)
.dk (Denmark)
.fi (Finland)
.ge (Georgia)
.is (Iceland)
.li (Liechtenstein)
.me (Montenegro)
.nl (Netherlands)
.nu (Niue)
.se (Sweden)
.to (Tonga)
.tv (Tuvalu)
.tw (Taiwan)
.ws (Samoa)

All of these countries have strong protections for freedom of speech, including speech that defends and promotes minority rights — such as LGBTQ+ rights. Domain registration is open to everyone... You don’t need to be a citizen or own a business in any of these countries.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub#Mastodon#Misskey #PeerTube#PexelFed#LGBTQ

Occasionally, during my free time, I have been generating a list of Fedi sites, that use non-US domain names.

https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/The_Fediverse_Outside_United_States/src/branch/main/Index.md

Generally speaking, assuming they're wise enough to also use non-US hosting (as everyone should), that can place them outside U.S. Jurisdiction.

#Fedi#Fediverse#Mastodon#Misskey #PeerTube#PixelFed #ActivityPub

Occasionally, during my free time, I have been generating a list of Fedi sites, that use non-US domain names.

https://codeberg.org/Linux-Is-Best/The_Fediverse_Outside_United_States/src/branch/main/Index.md

Generally speaking, assuming they're wise enough to also use non-US hosting (as everyone should), that can place them outside U.S. Jurisdiction.

#Fedi#Fediverse#Mastodon#Misskey #PeerTube#PixelFed #ActivityPub

yes but #misskey already have it 😉

I have expanded my list of domain extensions I would recommend:

.be (Belgium)

.nl (Netherlands)

.is (Iceland)

.ch (Switzerland)

.at (Austria)

.tw (Taiwan)

.fi (Finland)

.se (Sweden)

.li (Liechtenstein)

.cz (Czech Republic)

All of these countries have strong protections for freedom of speech, including speech that defends and promotes minority rights — such as LGBTQ+ rights. Domain registration is open to everyone... You don’t need to be a citizen or own a business in any of these countries.

I would also add an optional, alternative:

.de (Germany, with registrar help * )

* Germany technically allows anyone with verified contact details within the country to register a domain. Many registrars offer this as a service. However, you should ensure your domain registrar is located outside U.S. jurisdiction.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub#Mastodon#Misskey #PeerTube#PexelFed#LGBTQ

I have expanded my list of domain extensions I would recommend:

.be (Belgium)

.nl (Netherlands)

.is (Iceland)

.ch (Switzerland)

.at (Austria)

.tw (Taiwan)

.fi (Finland)

.se (Sweden)

.li (Liechtenstein)

.cz (Czech Republic)

All of these countries have strong protections for freedom of speech, including speech that defends and promotes minority rights — such as LGBTQ+ rights. Domain registration is open to everyone... You don’t need to be a citizen or own a business in any of these countries.

I would also add an optional, alternative:

.de (Germany, with registrar help * )

* Germany technically allows anyone with verified contact details within the country to register a domain. Many registrars offer this as a service. However, you should ensure your domain registrar is located outside U.S. jurisdiction.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub#Mastodon#Misskey #PeerTube#PexelFed#LGBTQ

Dumb question that I was always too afraid to ask:

I know how the #Fediverse and its federation works. It's intuitive and familiar to me; I mean, I even host my own instance.

But I never understood how interaction cross-software is supposed to work. In theory, I can use whatever #ActivityPub software I want and still interact with everyone else. But in practice that just... isn't the case, right?

I mean, for text it's quite simple: I write a short post on #Mastodon and people on #GoToSocial or #Misskey or whatever can see and read that same post and interact with it. They can see my profile and it appears on their instance in their style and with their features.

Even outside of microblogging I still get it. A super-long post on #Friendica or #Diaspora appears on my timeline, too. Their profiles might have more fields than I can see here, but that's fine.

But what's up beyond that?

I can see #Pixelfed posts here, converted into image galleries. But what about the other way 'round? If someone on Pixelfed follows my Mastodon account, they can't see any of my non-image posts, right?

What about #PeerTube and such niche software? I guess I could follow a PeerTube account as a microblogger and see their videos and descriptions in my timeline. Video comments are replies.

But the other way 'round? How are they supposed to interact with Friendica or Pixelfed users? PeerTube doesn't even have a "timeline".

Doesn't that feature disparity undermine the whole idea of the #Fediverse or am I missing something?

#AskFedi #FediAdmin

Dumb question that I was always too afraid to ask:

I know how the #Fediverse and its federation works. It's intuitive and familiar to me; I mean, I even host my own instance.

But I never understood how interaction cross-software is supposed to work. In theory, I can use whatever #ActivityPub software I want and still interact with everyone else. But in practice that just... isn't the case, right?

I mean, for text it's quite simple: I write a short post on #Mastodon and people on #GoToSocial or #Misskey or whatever can see and read that same post and interact with it. They can see my profile and it appears on their instance in their style and with their features.

Even outside of microblogging I still get it. A super-long post on #Friendica or #Diaspora appears on my timeline, too. Their profiles might have more fields than I can see here, but that's fine.

But what's up beyond that?

I can see #Pixelfed posts here, converted into image galleries. But what about the other way 'round? If someone on Pixelfed follows my Mastodon account, they can't see any of my non-image posts, right?

What about #PeerTube and such niche software? I guess I could follow a PeerTube account as a microblogger and see their videos and descriptions in my timeline. Video comments are replies.

But the other way 'round? How are they supposed to interact with Friendica or Pixelfed users? PeerTube doesn't even have a "timeline".

Doesn't that feature disparity undermine the whole idea of the #Fediverse or am I missing something?

#AskFedi #FediAdmin

PSA for Misskey/fork admins: Misskey relies on Redis for long-term data storage. It is not just a caching solution, and wiping redis will result in permanent data loss.

This is contrary to most guides and documentation regarding redis, because Misskey is actually using it wrong. But unfortunately, lots of data is only stored in Redis with no way to re-create it from Postgres:

• All notifications
• Most timelines, if Fanout Timelines is enabled
• Charts and graphs
• Federation jobs, including delayed / scheduled jobs
• Antennas (they "reset" and lose all posts)
• User lists (they "reset" and lose all posts)
• Trending hashtags / notes
• Reversi games
• WebAuthn
• User profiles (specifically the list of posts)

If you ever lose or rollback your Redis cluster, then all of the above will be impacted. So please take regular backups!

#FediAdmin #Misskey #MisskeyAdmins #Sharkey #SharkeyAdmins #PSA

PSA for Misskey/fork admins: Misskey relies on Redis for long-term data storage. It is not just a caching solution, and wiping redis will result in permanent data loss.

This is contrary to most guides and documentation regarding redis, because Misskey is actually using it wrong. But unfortunately, lots of data is only stored in Redis with no way to re-create it from Postgres:

• All notifications
• Most timelines, if Fanout Timelines is enabled
• Charts and graphs
• Federation jobs, including delayed / scheduled jobs
• Antennas (they "reset" and lose all posts)
• User lists (they "reset" and lose all posts)
• Trending hashtags / notes
• Reversi games
• WebAuthn
• User profiles (specifically the list of posts)

If you ever lose or rollback your Redis cluster, then all of the above will be impacted. So please take regular backups!

#FediAdmin #Misskey #MisskeyAdmins #Sharkey #SharkeyAdmins #PSA

Thankfully, I don’t see this behavior often on the Fediverse — not to say that it doesn’t happen, of course.

I can point out that it certainly happens on Facebook. And on Twitter, it definitely used to happen a lot — which is why they added a time limit.

I do think it’s something worth considering for Mastodon and Misskey.

#Mastodon#Misskey#Fediverse #ActivityPub

Thankfully, I don’t see this behavior often on the Fediverse — not to say that it doesn’t happen, of course.

I can point out that it certainly happens on Facebook. And on Twitter, it definitely used to happen a lot — which is why they added a time limit.

I do think it’s something worth considering for Mastodon and Misskey.

#Mastodon#Misskey#Fediverse #ActivityPub

I've started playing with Goldfish by @stux@mstdn.social and adding in #activitypub support.Profiles are now discoverable from #mastodon and #misskey.

I've started playing with Goldfish by @stux@mstdn.social and adding in #activitypub support.Profiles are now discoverable from #mastodon and #misskey.

If you're thinking of creating a Fedi site, I strongly recommend avoiding a .com, .net, .org, .info, .us, or .edu domain name.

You want to avoid U.S. jurisdiction entirely, which means choosing a domain name, registrar, and web hosting provider located outside of it.

I personally recommend the following domain extensions: .be (Belgium), .nl (Netherlands), .is (Iceland), .ch (Switzerland), .at (Austria), and finally, .tw (Taiwan).

All of these countries have strong protections for freedom of speech, including speech that defends and promotes minority rights — such as LGBTQ+ rights. Domain registration is open to everyone... You don’t need to be a citizen or own a business in any of these countries.

No solution is 100% perfect, but at this moment, we can say with confidence that the USA, China, and Russia are not ideal choices.

#Fediverse #ActivityPub#Mastodon#Misskey#PerrTube#PixelFed#LGBTQ