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Loops will do for the fediverse what the iPhone did for smartphones.
It's not just open and federated — it's gorgeous.
That combination is unstoppable. Young creators want freedom, not overlords — we're stealing an entire generation from Big Tech.
Welcome to the next chapter of the social web.
We are delighted to announce that we have received a grant from @NGIZero @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
Loops will do for the fediverse what the iPhone did for smartphones.
It's not just open and federated — it's gorgeous.
That combination is unstoppable. Young creators want freedom, not overlords — we're stealing an entire generation from Big Tech.
Welcome to the next chapter of the social web.
If it's not #decentralized, #federated and #FLOSS it's not worthed. Like #Matrix or #XMPP, communications should not depend on a #SPOF in some #BigTech silo.
We are delighted to announce that we have received a grant from @NGIZero @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
If #Funkwhale is #federated and uses #ActivityPub then why do I need an account? Why can't I login with my Mastodon account? That's my identity, I don't want yet another account to keep track of.
If #Funkwhale is #federated and uses #ActivityPub then why do I need an account? Why can't I login with my Mastodon account? That's my identity, I don't want yet another account to keep track of.
I was very pleased to discover that Wikipedia provides torrents of the entire English encyclopedia and that they're only about 20GB. I really thought it would amount to more than that, and I'm happy to finally have a local copy of Wikipedia. This doesn't include media like images and audio, or userpages and talk pages, but the text is by far the most critical part to have backed up.
I doubt I'd be able to host all the media at once, but this makes a totally #P2P (or #federated) encyclopedia look very possible.
I was very pleased to discover that Wikipedia provides torrents of the entire English encyclopedia and that they're only about 20GB. I really thought it would amount to more than that, and I'm happy to finally have a local copy of Wikipedia. This doesn't include media like images and audio, or userpages and talk pages, but the text is by far the most critical part to have backed up.
I doubt I'd be able to host all the media at once, but this makes a totally #P2P (or #federated) encyclopedia look very possible.
Everyone is now realizing that WhatsApp is evolving towards its latest form (https://archive.md/L3W74). If you value secure messaging, you may want to check out @signalapp or @matrix (wich is #federated). EPFL also has its own Matrix instance at https://matrix.epfl.ch (use @element as a client).
#SecureMessaging#WhatsApp#WhatsappAlternative#Signal#Matrix#Element#Privacy#SelfHosted
Signal is convenient and no doubt more secure than most conventional messaging apps. And it's kind of nice to see so many activists have made it their home, leaving WhatsApp or Instagram groups behind.
Yay 😺
But #Signal is not a #federated system. It's centralised with its base in the fascist states of America. That should set your alarm bell going.
Not so much because of the nagging feeling that there must be a catch. (Did someone leave a backdoor open?) 🙀
No, more because of control and #collapse. If a single company controls all our private communication, this means it takes only a single blow to wipe our networks. If Signal's services collapse, due to some natural or artificial catastrophe, we'd be nowhere and scrambling to find our bearings.
So, although I'm not suggesting people abandon Signal en masse, I do think it's wise for people to start exploring and experimenting with federated alternatives.
If in every community or #activist network there are a few people who know how to use alternative and decentralised messaging software, and willing to share that knowledge, set up some kind of fall-back, then when things get prickly there will at least be a known path forward for you and your comrades 😼
Running a single user (or small) instance in the Fediverse? Relay instances acting as a spreading proxy can help you to find your content and also to make your posts visible to others - and you can easily join with #Mastodon, #snac and many other ones!
The https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com relay is mostly for tech related content and just got updates to the manpageblog design.
#mastodon #snac #relay #activitypub #fediverse #federated #bsd #devops #proxmox #ipv6 #opensource #community #debian #python
Running a single user (or small) instance in the Fediverse? Relay instances acting as a spreading proxy can help you to find your content and also to make your posts visible to others - and you can easily join with #Mastodon, #snac and many other ones!
The https://fedi-relay.gyptazy.com relay is mostly for tech related content and just got updates to the manpageblog design.
#mastodon #snac #relay #activitypub #fediverse #federated #bsd #devops #proxmox #ipv6 #opensource #community #debian #python
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