@Mer__edith

looking at your replies to replies here that seem to make sense to me (especially re decentralization), you're telling them they don't know what they are talking about. well I definitely don't.

like with debates re #ATproto and #ActivityPub, I have thoughts but I know that we really need to see the experts debate each other somehow. I don't think it happens enough. so I'd say the same re #signal and #matrix etc.

Summer/Autumn 2025: Little coding, but lots of socializing and planning

At the first October weekend I ( @linos) was attending the Berlin FediDay 2025. It was a meetup of the Berlin and German community, developers of Fediverse applications, and representatives of German speaking media institutions. It was great to see old friends again and meet some online contacts for the first time. We were discussing the future and the role of the Fediverse, which was super motivating. #FediDay

Two weeks later, I travelled to Sofia, Bulgaria, to attend this year’s OpenFest, give a talk and lead a workshop on how the Fediverse can help announce and discover events. Unfortunately, the talk didn’t attract much attention, as LLMs are currently drawing more of an audience. But the discussions with those in attendance were very interesting. The workshop was mainly about trying out #Gancio, #WordPress and #Mastodon and learning about the possibilities for local communities by trying out the applications themselves. I simply provided real test instances, created a list of tasks, including minor pitfalls, and, of course, answered all the questions that came up – and there were quite a few! And a big thank you to the crew and the organizing team, who were so friendly and simply wonderful throughout. #OpenFest

Yesterday, I had an awesome online meeting with the incredibly cool folks behind LAUTI, a free and open-source software for hosting small event calendars. #LAUTI is aimed at small and medium-sized communities and has a big focus on social, cultural and activist stuff. The instance for the Stuttgart area, run by the collective that develops it (@klasse_methode@chaos.social), can be found at https://eintopf.info. The developers are in the process of exploring the potential of #ActivityPub and the #Fediverse. I’m very excited and think this could be really great! In case you’ve been wondering: I see LAUTI kind of in between #Mobilizon and #Gancio. In my opinion, it would not be a competitor to them, but it could be a great addition to the Fediverse by filling this gap.

I will be at the #SFSCON in Bolzano, Italy, in two weeks. There will be a whole afternoon focusing on the Fediverse! So in case you’re there you’re invited to join my short talk about Interoperability of Events in the Fediverse: status quo and vision. Or you’re welcome any time to say hello and let’s have a chat.

After that, it’s time to sit down and get back to programming. But it’s very important to me to continually evaluate and understand what the priorities are, and to remind myself why it’s so important that we all continue our work in this area.

#ActivityPub #FediDay #Fediverse #Gancio #Lauti #Mastodon #Mobilizon #OpenFest #SFSCON #WordPress

Summer/Autumn 2025: Little coding, but lots of socializing and planning

At the first October weekend I ( @linos) was attending the Berlin FediDay 2025. It was a meetup of the Berlin and German community, developers of Fediverse applications, and representatives of German speaking media institutions. It was great to see old friends again and meet some online contacts for the first time. We were discussing the future and the role of the Fediverse, which was super motivating. #FediDay

Two weeks later, I travelled to Sofia, Bulgaria, to attend this year’s OpenFest, give a talk and lead a workshop on how the Fediverse can help announce and discover events. Unfortunately, the talk didn’t attract much attention, as LLMs are currently drawing more of an audience. But the discussions with those in attendance were very interesting. The workshop was mainly about trying out #Gancio, #WordPress and #Mastodon and learning about the possibilities for local communities by trying out the applications themselves. I simply provided real test instances, created a list of tasks, including minor pitfalls, and, of course, answered all the questions that came up – and there were quite a few! And a big thank you to the crew and the organizing team, who were so friendly and simply wonderful throughout. #OpenFest

Yesterday, I had an awesome online meeting with the incredibly cool folks behind LAUTI, a free and open-source software for hosting small event calendars. #LAUTI is aimed at small and medium-sized communities and has a big focus on social, cultural and activist stuff. The instance for the Stuttgart area, run by the collective that develops it (@klasse_methode@chaos.social), can be found at https://eintopf.info. The developers are in the process of exploring the potential of #ActivityPub and the #Fediverse. I’m very excited and think this could be really great! In case you’ve been wondering: I see LAUTI kind of in between #Mobilizon and #Gancio. In my opinion, it would not be a competitor to them, but it could be a great addition to the Fediverse by filling this gap.

I will be at the #SFSCON in Bolzano, Italy, in two weeks. There will be a whole afternoon focusing on the Fediverse! So in case you’re there you’re invited to join my short talk about Interoperability of Events in the Fediverse: status quo and vision. Or you’re welcome any time to say hello and let’s have a chat.

After that, it’s time to sit down and get back to programming. But it’s very important to me to continually evaluate and understand what the priorities are, and to remind myself why it’s so important that we all continue our work in this area.

#ActivityPub #FediDay #Fediverse #Gancio #Lauti #Mastodon #Mobilizon #OpenFest #SFSCON #WordPress

Video: Media Empire Trailer

Andy's Video Pub | original post: https://video.andyrush.net/video/media-empire-trailer/

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #ReclaimOpen2025

Video: Media Empire Trailer

Andy's Video Pub | original post: https://video.andyrush.net/video/media-empire-trailer/

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #ReclaimOpen2025

Reading the word salad of the W3C ActivityPub specification, I'm convinced again that using Mastodon ActivityPub is the only logical choice. If people need convincing. I recommend to read the first sentence

The HTTP GET method may be dereferenced against an object's id property to retrieve the activity.

So if I use a HTTP GET to retrieve an object, W3C ActivityPub says I should get an activity back? And it's "the activity" so there is a canonical activity for the object. I believe calling W3C ActivityPub a document with Kafkaesque qualities is well deserved.

@davew Wordpress, long time ago, allowed for any blog to register their feeds with technorati et al.

I bet @pfefferle could do something similar: a checkbox in his plugin that triggers a fediverse actor that acts like technorati to follow the #ActivityPub feed.

This would even be a solution #Ghost (also providing long form content) could follow, too.

@davew @evan

I want to know all the accounts that are posting native #ActivityPub long form content. I want to be able to show that to people making reader/TTS apps so that they might add AP support.

so I can bookmark it on my microblogging/news and "read" it over there and then boost/quote it. reply directly. so my reader can queue up what's most popular with the people I follow etc.

@LostInCalifornia @MandyJane

that's why I love reader apps with text to speech. but we've gotta find a better way to get the writers paid beyond paywalls etc. otherwise most people won't pay and will still be poorly informed.

@wallabag is great but I wish it had #ActivityPub integration. same with podcasts.

@LostInCalifornia @MandyJane

that's why I love reader apps with text to speech. but we've gotta find a better way to get the writers paid beyond paywalls etc. otherwise most people won't pay and will still be poorly informed.

@wallabag is great but I wish it had #ActivityPub integration. same with podcasts.

Hello big media,

#YouTube is not another technology to get your content out to people and make money. It is a competitor. Same with #xitter and #tiktok and the #meta platforms.

You're thinking of #peertube and #ActivityPub. Work with us to build the ecosystem that helps everyone more fairly compete. Better for the free market and civics.

thanks from the #SocialWeb

Hello big media,

#YouTube is not another technology to get your content out to people and make money. It is a competitor. Same with #xitter and #tiktok and the #meta platforms.

You're thinking of #peertube and #ActivityPub. Work with us to build the ecosystem that helps everyone more fairly compete. Better for the free market and civics.

thanks from the #SocialWeb