Automattic's plan to move Tumblr's backend to WordPress is "on hold," which means Tumblr posts also won't be available in the fediverse in the near future, CEO Matt Mullenweg said in a Decoder episode. Here's more from @theverge.
#Fediverse#ActivityPub#WordPress#Tumbler#Automattic#Tech#Technology
Tumblr to Fediverse: "It's complicated" 💔
Automattic puts WordPress migration on hold to focus on user requests instead. CEO Mullenweg says they'd implement ActivityPub directly if there's enough demand though.
Time for the Fediverse to slide into those DMs? 📱
»Mastodon 4.4 for Developers« https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/07/mastodon-4-4-for-devs/?Fedizen.EU#Fedizen#Fediverse#ActivityPub#Mastodon#News
The longformers
We're hard at work preparing ActivityPub for the world as we gear up to launch Ghost 6.0 – so, for the most part, the team is quietly working away here. Crossing our webhooks and dotting our tokens, if you will.
In the meantime, here's a fresh episode of the Dot Social Podcast with Mike from Flipboard, Matthias from WordPress, and John from Ghost – discussing the history and the future of long-form publishing in the fediverse.
If you've been testing out ActivityPub in beta, you will have noticed lots of little updates shipping here and there. We're also saving a couple of things for the big announcement™️.
It won't be long now until everyone can finally enjoy the social web in Ghost. We're both excited and impatient to share it with the world.
Our newsletter updates are going to wind down a little in this final stretch, but we'll keep sharing short-form notes as we get closer to launch.
Talk soon
"It won't be long now until everyone can finally enjoy the social web in Ghost. We're both excited and impatient to share it with the world".
@index, July 2025
https://activitypub.ghost.org/the-longformers/
Is it weird that I'm excited about this too?
Thank you again to Zoe Kooyman from the @fsf for speaking with me on Fireside Fedi.
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/2axCN3aipPdv3LAbsrSH1U
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/episodes/zoe-kooyman-free-software-foundation-livestream-2025-07-01
#Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaJ15PXgRihoPku7JMdDnsw
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Hey there #Fediverse! My name is Andy, and I'm one of the co-founders of Tech Reclaimers along with @ali and @janet. I'm both a professional and hobbyist computer toucher, starting out in the mid-1980s with an 8-bit micro, then spending some formative years with Commodore Amigas. Among my tech interests, I count Linux, Haiku, Amigas (still!), along with home-labbing and a growing interest in radio, because apparently I need just one more hobby!
Fireside Fedi episode 27 starts NOW! With me today is Zoe Kooyman the executive directory of the Free Software Foundation @fsf !
#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/channel/UCaJ15PXgRihoPku7JMdDnsw
All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live
#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease #fedizen #btfree #bigTechFree #nonprofit #signup #tubeFree #freesoftwarefoundation
Here is the fourth iteration of my #FediCard . The idea is to hand these out at #protests , political organizations, and anywhere else where people might be receptive to leaving corporate social media behind.
The QR code links to @_elena 's explanatory video of the #Fediverse .
In this iteration, I have included some variants for different front and back sides. There is a front side specifically made for the #NoKings protests.
I've also made various back sides that either lead to the "landing page" of different systems, or which list the user name of specific users (in this case me). You could put your own user name there, and use this to connect to other Fediverse users in the real world.
For the next step I need some more #FediHelp feedback:
1. Are there any other "landing sites" for major #Fediverse systems I should add? I mean "landing sites" in the sense that you can pick a specific server, not how to host your own, since I want to make joining the Fediverse as simple as possible for newbies.
2. Are there any #GraphicDesign issues that I need to take care of with these pages?
3. If you have #Inkscape (you can download it at https://inkscape.org/ ), can you check if you have any problems with modifying the #SVG files for your own purposes? (Such as making a back side with your own user name.)
Once I am satisfied with this version, I will make a variant with the American 3.5×2 inch size - the current version uses the European 85x55 mm standard.
I am also willing to make translations for other languages but (unless the text is in German) you will have to provide a translation. I am further willing to make variants for specific protests.
Although it is my hope that people will use the files and ideas I have provided, and come up with their own variants.
Mr Mondialisation banni de #Facebook pour une simple photo
https://mrmondialisation.org/mr-mondialisation-banni-de-facebook-pour-une-simple-photo/
La photo en question représente des autochtones d'Amazonie !
Pour autant #Meta refuse de rétablir le compte de #MrMondialisation. Personne n'est dupe du fait que c'est un prétexte pour censurer le positionnement #politique du site.
Moralité : tous les #GAFAM sont à boycotter d'urgence.
Bientôt sur le #Fediverse, MR Mondialisation ?
While Mastodon and other #Fediverse applications also use the infinite scroll, the incentives are different for instance owners and users. The Fediverse is one of the places we hope we can guide people to as they escape the corporate data-silos!
So enjoy your friendly interactions here, and lets keep on working together to make a better social media experience for everyone!
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Hi peertube team and #ActivityPub community! I’d love to suggest some features that would be super useful for content creators:
1️⃣ Dubbing/audio tracks: Currently, adding a new dub requires re-uploading the entire video. It’d be great to have a system for alternate audio tracks on the same video.
2️⃣ Collaborative tagging: Like Instagram/TikTok, it’d be awesome to tag other creators as collaborators, displaying the video on multiple profiles after approval.
3️⃣ Reply to comments/pages as my channel: Easier engagement if we could reply directly as our channel (without switching accounts).
If any of these are already on the roadmap, please share links so we can track progress! 🙏
I'm thinking of starting "Fill Your Feed Friday" on my Patreon - basically a post a month recommending accounts on the Fediverse for people to follow.
(A common issue people have is empty feeds - and then they leave).
So who would like me to recommend them - or who would you recommend? (Please tag them so they can say yes or no!)
Back then I imagined one way this could have been solved.
The Mastodon team tried to solve this by onboarding new users onto mastodon.social by default.
However, I imagined people not creating accounts at first, but instead just subscribing to people's outboxes — all done on the client side, so they didn't have to choose a server instance.
https://mastodon.social/@reiver/114070142883326241
Using ActivityPub outboxes like RSS / Atom / WebFeeds.
Never thought I would be making one of these posts to be honest, but Altbot had an outage for about a day because my VPS tunnel just completely died on me. I can't even connect to it anymore.
Altbot is back online now but running on backup infrastructure (aka "crutches"). Between being sick with a fever and my car's A/C deciding to break (several thousand $ to fix :/), it's been a rough week to say the least.
I really need to upgrade Altbot to a more reliable VPS setup. If you value having Altbot around and can spare some support, it would mean the world to me:
GitHub Sponsors: https://github.com/sponsors/micr0-dev
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/micr0byte
ETH: 0xC992E57236eb9F30E79d0469446a6CF08Be05939
also looking for a VPS with high bandwidth (3TB+/month) or unlimited. im sick and tired of cheaping out on a VPS and then that being the failure point of my whole infrastructure. any suggestions appreciated!
thanks for your patience during the outage and for helping make the Fediverse more accessible! <3
#Altbot #Accessibility#Fediverse#Support #MutualAidRequest #mutualaid
Ik lees dat het #LinkedIn-account van Berber van der Woude is verwijderd.
Het is niet de eerste keer dat mensen die invloedrijke kritiek op Israël hebben van dat platform worden geknikkerd.
Maar ja 🤷🏻 wat verwacht je van LinkedIn? In handen van Microsoft en in dienst van de economische groei. Natuurlijk ga je dan voor de bijl als je werkelijk een bedreiging begint te zijn.
Mocht je iemand spreken die hier verontwaardigd over is: wijs ze naar hier, en naar de #Fediverse. Anders leren we nooit.
This is a bonfire demo instance for testing purposes
