In other news, we're moving off #Discord to @zulip.

Our first step will be to migrate the people on our existing Discord servers to Zulip. Then we also want to extend access to more and different kinds of people who are deeply engaged and actively contributing to Mastodon and the #fediverse.

We're going to move slowly and carefully because we want to be thoughtful about how we build out this space. Running this community space is important, but it does add coordination and moderation overhead to our small team.

How would a space like this be useful to you? Let me know in the comments :)

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/02/mastodon-is-for-the-people/#were-getting-off-discord-join-us-on-zulip

@reiver I don't think there really are any articles in the #fediverse. There are links, but the texts themselves are read through URIs.

I've seen an ongoing debate between "Note" versus "Article" in ActivityPub / ActivityStreams.

When is something a "Note"‽
When is something an "Article"‽

Personally — I would probably have made the distinction this way.

An "Article" has a title.
A "Note" doesn't have a title.

(In ActivityPub / ActivityStreams, a 'title' seems to tend to get represented in the "name" field.)

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

@thisismissem

@reiver it is a good question. It is also a question that is formulated from the perspective on how we currently see the AS/AP fediverse.

> I've seen an ongoing debate between "Note" versus "Article" in #ActivityPub / #ActivityStreams.
> When is something a "Note"‽
> When is something an "Article"‽

The question makes sense from the notion of what the current #fediverse is. It makes less sense from the context of AS/AP as described in the protocol specs.

Background to my post is this observation: https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116109447243110037

Then the answer to when is something a Note or an Article is: Always. Note is Note in ActivityStreams and Article is Article.

The question that you would be asking, if only we had a fediverse that followed the original promise of the open standards, is:

> "When is something a Note or an Article in a Microblogging domain?"

For instance.. types you have in any domain depend on your model preferences. Could be anything that serves needs of a solution.

Hello, Fediverse 👋

I'm Sophie. I run a digital ops consultancy from the south of France, working with consultants, coaches and purpose-led businesses.

I'm in the process of leaving Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. I got tired of building on platforms that sell our data, gut safety systems to please politicians, and treat people as products.

Still figuring it all out. Would love to connect.

#Introduction #EthicalSocialMedia #SmallBusiness #DeleteMeta #Fediverse #DigitalEthics

I've seen an ongoing debate between "Note" versus "Article" in ActivityPub / ActivityStreams.

When is something a "Note"‽
When is something an "Article"‽

Personally — I would probably have made the distinction this way.

An "Article" has a title.
A "Note" doesn't have a title.

(In ActivityPub / ActivityStreams, a 'title' seems to tend to get represented in the "name" field.)

#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse

FediMTL, on the fedi at @info is a new 1-day fediverse related conference in Montreal in just a few weeks on February 24 (is it Fedi-conference season or something?)

There's a streaming option, too! And the sessions look good. Check it out, and spread the word.

https://fedimtl.ca/#about

#Fediverse #ActivityPub

Tiny reminder FediFriends to add alt-text
to your images and media so that your posts are accessible to all, and (bonus point) more people will boost them.

Thank you!

#Mastodon #Fediverse

I opened a issue in the swicg ActivityPub API repo about a gap i keep running into: how does a C2S client access server-local metadata about foreign objects?

Thread collections, read status, notifications — your server knows things about remote objects that the client needs, but AP has no vocabulary for it.

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api/issues/60

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #C2S

@evanprodromou

I opened a issue in the swicg ActivityPub API repo about a gap i keep running into: how does a C2S client access server-local metadata about foreign objects?

Thread collections, read status, notifications — your server knows things about remote objects that the client needs, but AP has no vocabulary for it.

https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-api/issues/60

#ActivityPub #Fediverse #C2S

@evanprodromou