#fediverse
Nachdem ich bei der Praxiswerkstatt der @ksmedienbildung einen Input zum #Fediverse 
an andere geben durfte, die in der #Medienbildung tätig sind, ist nun passend dazu noch ein Artikel in der KSM-Infothek erschienen, zusammen mit einem Interview mit mir zum Fediverse. Lest gerne rein!
The #Fediverse can focus on praising what is good while also criticising what is bad. That's what makes us special, in my opinion. Other "social" networks use algorithms to hide the praise because only negativity brings traffic and ad click money. We are different. We can promote the good without risking being shadow-banned. Use that power. At least once a day. Deal? It takes some time to leave that pavlovian reflex of negativity behind. But at least try and you will enjoy the results :)
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I left mainstream platforms completely burned out and found the fediverse, and god it felt like I could finally breathe again without someone tracking every single thing I did.
But even here I kept wondering who actually protects my data when someone comes asking for it, and I realized I didn't want to trust anyone else with that answer.
So I run https://goingdark.social now because I wanted that certainty for myself and my community. When someone demands data or tries to shut down what we talk about, I'm the one who gets to say no and take whatever comes with that.
I pay for this out of pocket because it matters to me, and your admin is probably doing the same thing, maybe a father of three running a server from his home office, a single mom keeping her community safe between work shifts, an older gentleman who remembers what the internet used to feel like before corporations owned everything.
That's how this whole thing works, regular people running small spaces because they care, all of us building something no single company or government can control. We're doing this together and every small instance matters.
Support your local instance admin however you can. They're keeping this alive for all of us.
#Fediverse #Privacy #Decentralization #supportyourlocalinstance #mastodon #socialmedia
RE: https://www.no2id.uk/2025/no2id-comment-on-the-first-delay-to-the-id-cards-consultation/
Please welcome the UK's No2ID @sam to the #fediverse ! #idcards #privacy #ukpolitics
This is CogDogBlogged: "The Fediverse Autoembedding Mystery Untangled"
Testing some fediversal URL auto embeds for WordPress happening in this here blog, now with slapping a naked URL on its own line:
https://cosocial.ca/@cogdog/115613213272065972
which embeds beautifully just like this- SHAZAM!~
https://cosocial.ca/@cogdog/115613213272065972
Can we go beyond mastodon? What about a pixelfed URL?
https://pixelfed.social/p/cogdog/873949556324687103
and yup. I […]
https://cogdogblog.com/2025/11/the-fediverse-autoembedding-mystery-untangled/
In case you missed it, we released a new version of Surf last week, with a redesigned Home. Here are a few cool new Surf feeds to celebrate (and to keep you occupied if you're enjoying a few days off for the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday).
#SurfFeeds #Flipboard #SurfSocial #Apps #ActivityPub #Fediverse
Fediverse Report 144 - this week's #fediverse news:
@newsmast launches news app for the Bristol Cable that combines local news with fediverse integrated news feeds, and the first Brazilian fediverse conference with WebSocialBR
Servers
- tootik v0.20.0
- Ktistec v3.2.1
- NodeBB v4.7.0
- Wafrn v2025.11.01
- Loops v1.0.0-beta.5
- Mitra v4.14.0
- Misskey v2025.11.1
- Omnom v0.8.0
- PieFed v1.3.5
- stegodon: An SSH-first federated blogging platform
- linkblocks: A federated network to bookmark, share and discuss good web pages with your friends
Clients
- Chihu v1.14.0
- Phanpy changelog
Tools and Plugins
- feed2fedi v3.4.0
- FIRES Server v0.7.0
- OwncastLive Panel: A GNOME Shell extension that monitors your favorite Owncast instances and notifies you when they go live
Articles
- Git as Federation Transport — Rethinking How Small Social Networks Talk to Each Other
- Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!
- Fediverse onboarding resources
- Owncast Newsletter November 2025
- Fediverse Report – #144
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019aa829-83b6-d369-eedb-8725125ced7b
Queen @cwebber in conversation with @jboy is something you do not want to miss 👀👀👀👀
Come to Social Media: We Can Change the Defaults! Free attendance, registration required.
Bientôt 3 ans sur le #Fediverse, ça vaut bien une nouvelle présentation.
Je suis Marie-Gaëlle, #artiste indépendante à #Strasbourg, illustratrice de L'Oracle des Gardiennes Sacrées et du Tarot de L'Éternel Féminin (Eyrolles).
Si vous aimez la #fantasy et la #mythologie (souvent assaisonnée d'érotisme), mes #aquarelles et #dessins sont pour vous.
Rendez-vous sur https://www.aemarielle.com/ pour tout voir.
Je suis aussi une passionnée de #carnets, #journaux et belle #papeterie. De temps en temps, je risque de vous saouler avec ça 😅 .
Heureusement, vous verrez aussi des photos de chats pour compenser.
🎉 IT'S FINALLY HERE!
Altbot now has a public API!
Everyone kept asking, So i finally made it. Generate alt-text for your images programmatically, perfect for photographers, bloggers, and developers who upload lots of images.
Pay what you can ($5 minimum)
What you get: Unlimited API access for a month (up to 5,000 images)
API key sent to your email automatically within minutes!
You can get a Subscription, set it and forget it, which auto-renews monthly.
Or do a One-time purchase, no commitment, buy when you need it.
(You can check your remaining time via the API if you go the one-time route!)
Get access:
🔄 Subscription: https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte/tiers
🎟️ One-time: https://ko-fi.com/s/a2d4aabd54
Docs: https://github.com/micr0-dev/Altbot/blob/main/API.md
All processing happens locally & privately, no images are stored. Same privacy-first approach as always. And you help support the Altbot project :)
Questions? Reply here or check the docs!
Our democratic public sphere needs open networks!
Together with @offene_netzwerke we demand that public money be invested into Free Software and in open, decentralised infrastructures.
Read our demands (en/de/fr), published this week:
https://offene-netzwerke.eu/forderungen/
#FreeSoftware #PublicCode #OpenSource #Fediverse #EUsummit25 @BMDS
Joining a new instance, posting a new #introduction.
After three years in the Fediverse, including two wonderful years at https://fediscience.org, I’m joining the first French instance that is both dedicated to and hosted by the academic community.
Academic and physicist, I also dabble in politics.
I will be posting about #openscience #fairdata #freesoftware #foss #CoARA #researchassesment #scientificintegrity #digitalinfrastructure ... and #Fediverse
Just noticed that @write_as supports comments! https://remark.as
Dass so viele im #fediverse Gaudi am #Gemüseturnier haben würden, hätte ich allerdings nicht gedacht. 🥬🥰🫛
Es ist mir eine Ehre! Ohne wesentlichen Algorithmus viral zu gehen ist eine besondere Erfahrung!
@bitbraindev This is exactly why we decided not to run a "flagship instance". It creates friction for people wanting to test the platform, and it's slowing adoption, but we believe it's the right trade-off to encourage genuine decentralisation and healthier community governance from the start :)
RE: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/115616906882739032
Amazing. This is how it needs to be done. #Fediverse
Good day all! Fireside Fedi Episode 61 starts NOW!
Special Guest: @Samsai
#linux #game #gamingonlinux #owncast #streamer
Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live
After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live
#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@btfree_org
All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live
#stream #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree
If you're enjoying the show, please consider supporting our new nonprofit btfree.org at https://givebutter.com/btfree. We're currently running https://tubefree.org which is a moderated peertube open for signups right now!
Thinking about building “#Fedify Studio” (tentative name)—a web-based #ActivityPub debugging & development toolkit, like a supercharged version of ActivityPub.Academy and fedify inbox command. Imagine having a proper UI for testing activities, inspecting actors, debugging federation issues… Would this be useful for other ActivityPub developers out there?
A while back I mentioned the idea of “Fedify Studio”—a web-based toolkit for #ActivityPub debugging and development. I've been quietly working on shaping that idea into something more concrete.
Nothing to announce yet, but it's looking like this might become a team effort rather than a solo project, which would be nice. We'll see how it goes.
Bonfire isn’t easy to pin down, and that’s the point! We seek to enable a tapestry of social spaces, all built from shared building blocks but diverging in flavour, practice, and purpose.
We gathered a whole collection of answers from across the fediverse:
👉 https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/what-is-bonfire-plural-by-design/
Want to help shape what comes next? Support and share the crowdfunding to join install parties, co-design sessions, and more:
👉 https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=r7GaxBU-z0yejFPdalMOKQ
A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate
