@beaware@social.beaware.liveThinking about putting my other domain, beaware.social on Micro.Blog.
However, I'm a bit worried that if I do that and decide I don't like it as much as a regular Fediverse instance, I would run into federation issues if I wanted to use it as a Fediverse instance instead....🤔
I'm sure nobody has any experience with this, but just in case, I'll tag this post so others can see it.
#Fediverse #Fedi #MicroBlog #ActivityPub
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caDoes the #Mastodon or #activitypub API have the (beginnings of) the ability to integrate with these platforms so people can share game content onto the #fediverse ?
Seems …
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.defediverse: Fediverse network (2018)
An early snapshot of the federation network among web publishers using the ActivityPub protocol. Nodes are instances, and a directed edge exists if an instance follows another instance.
This network has 4860 nodes and 484164 edges.
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@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caDoes the #Mastodon or #activitypub API have the (beginnings of) the ability to integrate with these platforms so people can share game content onto the #fediverse ?
Seems …
@wikinaut@berlin.social
@steve@s.yelvington.comOne more thing for magats to be butthurt about: the end of chrome.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/14/cars/chrome-cars-stellantis-jeep-volkswagen-vw/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub…
@erlend@writing.exchange@… the fedi-reader aspect of the Ghost ActivityPub work should have a look at https://github.com/facundoolano/feedi by @…
@jrconlin@soc.jrconlin.comThere are times I feel it's worth mentioning that ASCII Smuggler is a useful service.
https://wedistribute.org/2024/06/maven…
@beaware@social.beaware.liveI swear, if Fedi becomes closed in any way, shape, or form due to the sheer amount of people thinking that this is Signal, I'll be deleting my instance so fast, you won't even know where I went.
I'm so tired of unknowledgeable people trying to change the platform. The really bad thing is that it's seemingly starting to work and we're going against what the platform was made to be in the first place...
PLEASE, if you want privacy, use @… !!! That place is KNOWN for privacy! Don't make open platforms become closed because you were uninformed when you joined the open platform!
If I have to start screaming to the void like I used to have to do on other platforms, this place will be dead to me.
#Fedi #Fediverse #ActivityPub
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.caThe good news is they have since deleted that data from their system… though they predictably exclaimed “but I thought Interconnection was the point?”.
No child, choice, is the point.
#ActivityPub #Fediverse
@netzschleuder@social.skewed.defediverse: Fediverse network (2018)
An early snapshot of the federation network among web publishers using the ActivityPub protocol. Nodes are instances, and a directed edge exists if an instance follows another instance.
This network has 4860 nodes and 484164 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Information
https://
@beaware@social.beaware.liveLong post about my time on Nostr and how it compares to ActivityPub
So, after spending about 2 months on Nostr, I've decided to leave my account dormant there and come back to Fediverse as my "one true platform".
Let's do a postmortem.
What is Nostr?
Nostr is a protocol, much like ActivityPub or ATProto, but tries to solve problems that these platforms haven't.
The major difference is, your account is yours. There are "relays" there that are similar to instances here. However, unlike here, the relays don't always have a website attached and they don't "host" your account exclusively. Each relay you are a part of, has a copy of your profile and if you get "banned" from a relay, you just remove that relay from your connection and keep posting like normal.
There's many different things that Nostr can do, like microblogging, chat, streaming, communities similar to reddit, etc.
One of the other big features is that you can pay creators directly with the use of Bitcoin Lightning which I thought is a pretty neat idea. Though, with the amount of scammers in the crypto space, nobody wants to touch it anymore.
All of these things seemed good to me and I enjoyed engaging with the different systems. My issue, however, isn't with how the protocol is built, it's with the low engagement numbers.
Over my 2 months there, I've gained about 65 followers. Compared to Fediverse, that's REALLY low. Especially considering that there's only about 10% of followers that will engage with any post.
I'd even tried making exclusive Nostr themed content AND giving away Bitcoin Lightning (free money, anyone?) and only got a handful of interactions on each post.
It's good technology if you don't mind having to block stuff you don't want to see consistently. (Which I don't mind) But if the regular user doesn't get much out of the platform, they have no reason to put into the platform and that's pretty much where I'm at.
Fediverse continues to be the best social media platform for engagement. There are censorship issues here. (If you're banned by the biggest instances, you're pretty screwed) However, I don't have those problems.🤷
It was a good experiment nonetheless.
#Fediverse #Nostr #SocialMedia #ATproto #ActivityPub
@beaware@social.beaware.liveQuestion:
How can Fediverse be more "private" while also not ruining the experience for those who like things the way they are?
There's already a way to make your posts private so that there's no way for anyone to see them without your permission.
Could there be another way without destroying discoverability?
I can't think of any, but I'm obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed.
Obviously Mastodon needs to start by removing the RSS feed or make it an option to turn off. As it stands, most people don't even know it's a thing because it's not documented.
Thoughts?
#Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon
@beaware@social.beaware.liveWith Awakari getting the spotlight again recently, I think it's time to remind everyone.
Unless you set your posts to "followers only", there's no safety from scrapers, AI, manual collection, etc.
Even more so, your "Public" posts can EASILY be grabbed if you're on Mastodon through your RSS feed.
There's 20k Fediverse instances out there and when you create a Fedi instance, it federates by default unless specifically specified. There is no guaranteed way to verify what each instance is doing with your posts.
Fediverse is not some kind of "bastion of privacy" like some seem to think.
If you want your posts to be private and almost guaranteed unscrapable, set your posts to "Followers Only".
Thanks for coming to my FED talk.
#Fediverse #Fedi #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Privacy #Decentralization #Federation
