atomicpoet

@atomicpoet@firefish.city

Product, QA & marketing @ #GreatApe & #SpaceHost

Putting the sauce in awesome.

Este perfil es de un servidor federado y podría estar incompleto. Explorar más contenido en la instancia original.

atomicpoet, a fediversenews

Here's what my new Akkomane (a.k.a., Akkoma + Mangane) server looks like.

I'm quite pleased with the results. Both desktop and mobile views look tremendous. The default colours are so good, I'm not changing them.

The compose box is elegant and has wonderful options, including scheduled posts. I can also do quoted boosts (a.k.a. quoted retweets) if I want.

I really have to express my appreciation to @reiver and @spacehost for making this happen. I know they put a lot of hours into making Akkomane an option, and it's paying off handsomely.

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atomicpoet, a fediversenews

If you believe the Fediverse should operate in an "opt-in" manner, why don't you create or join Fediverse servers that block everything by default, and only federate with servers that are deliberately whitelisted?

This isn't a rhetorical question. I'm genuinely curious.

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atomicpoet,

@noondlyt @fediversenews I’m actually not referencing one particular corporate-backed instance. Threads wasn’t even top of mind.

atomicpoet,

@noondlyt @fediversenews Okay, but I'm referencing everything that creates debate over opt-in/opt-out: bridges, bots, search engines, servers, federation, etc.

Every time there's a debate about what's allowable, someone says, "I didn't opt in".

However, if you're not running a server that blocks everything by default, except for whitelisted servers, you're not opting into anything. By default, when a server "sees" another server, they are federated.

atomicpoet,

@noondlyt @fediversenews Yes, opt-in is consent. What exactly have you consented to? When have you specifically ever consented to a malicious server receiving your content? When have you explicitly consented to people, many of them bad actors, following you and sending you messages?

Regarding why the Fediverse-at-large prefers opt-out by default, it's pretty apparent to me: software engineers and server admins prize visibility and discoverability over safety and consent.

atomicpoet,

@noondlyt @fediversenews Two thoughts for you:

For legal liability reasons, I hope whatever server you join is run by a corporation, not a private individual. Lawsuits happen on the Internet, and without protection, they can inflict a lot of damage. Since the Fediverse assumes “opt out”, this is a particular concern.

Second, if I were to join a server, I would be concerned about how they’re paying the bills. Running a server can be costly, especially if that server allows open registrations. If a server can’t sustain itself financially, be very worried.

There’s a reason why my own server is closed. I spend $10/month to run it.

atomicpoet,

@noondlyt @fediversenews Corporations come in many forms. Currently, the one you use is run through a non-profit corporation. Others like cosocial.ca and social.coop run as co-operative corporations. And yet others like twit.social and me.dm run as for-profit corporations.

The reason I avoid servers run by private individuals has nothing to do with profit and more to do with legal liability and financial sustainability. Put simply, I don't want my admin to wreck their life due to some asshole who does something untoward or even illegal. I also want to ensure that the funds I spend are well-managed.

I speak from experience. Last year, I spent over $2,000 on various Fediverse services, keeping certain servers afloat.

atomicpoet, a fediversenews

Yesterday, there was a post on @fediversenews that went viral. Since a few people are wondering what @fediversenews is, it's a Friendica group. It's a group that's been active since December 2022. Functionally, it works similarly to a Lemmy or Kbin community.

Or, in Fediverse parlance, @fediversenews, is a group actor. Its purposes is for people on the Fediverse to congregate together to speak about a given topic. In @fediversenews's case, that topic is about news pertaining to the Fediverse.

@fediversenews is not the originating profile for messages. Rather, it hosts messages and then boosts them to subscribers of the group. If you are not subscribed to @fediversenews, you will not receive boosts.

However, it's also important to know that because message do not originate from @fediversenews, it is still possible to receive messages from there even if you are not subscribed. For example, if you follow the original post's author or receive boosts from other accounts.

Unsubscribing to @fediversenews does not prevent you from seeing posts sent there, it just prevents you from receiving boosts specifically sent from the group actor -- if you are already subscribed to @fediversenews. Likewise, blocking @fediversenews does not prevent you from seeing posts that are tagged with @fediversenews. However, blocking does prevent @fediversenews from hosting and boosting replies to the originating post.

If you want to block that topic from your timeline, I highly suggest applying a filter to "Bluesky" and "bridge".

It's important to remember that Mastodon does not yet support group actors. For this reason, not all features of @fediversenews are rendered ideally on Mastodon.

For more information on Fediverse group actors, here's a helpful link:

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-1b12-group-federation/2724

atomicpoet,

@ch0ccyra1n Well, for one thing, threads don't render very well. From Mastodon, it's also not obvious that you're interacting with a group.

atomicpoet, a fediversenews

As highlighted in TechCrunch's article, Mozilla's exploration of the Fediverse has been truly captivating. They have been working steadily and thoughtfully, achieving remarkable advancements.

I must confess, I have been observing mozilla.social for quite some time. The choice to fork Elk and utilize it as a front end for their server was a clever move. It will be captivating to witness how Mozilla enhances the onboarding experience for its users.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/11/03/why-mozilla-is-betting-on-a-decentralized-social-networking-future/

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atomicpoet, a fediversenews

Honestly, I'm really surprised! Just came across a fascinating story from @deadsuperhero about Pebble (formerly T2). According to Techcrunch, Pebble (formerly T2) is shutting down.

But wait, there's more! They have now reemerged as a Mastodon server called pebble.social.

The Co-Founder of Pebble, @gabor, mentioned that their new Mastodon server is simply an "experiment". It could very well be!

But here's the interesting part. A user named @blobcat has recreated Pebble's old UI as a frontend design for Mastodon. So even if pebble.social is just testing the waters, this development could have enormous implications for the Fediverse community.

I've often discussed that there isn't much of a future for centralized alternatives to Twitter. Creating a network effect from scratch requires significant investment in terms of both money and time. If I were a determined developer of a Twitter alternative (which I am in some ways), I would definitely utilize ActivityPub. It would grant my potential users access to tens of millions (soon to be hundreds of millions) of people who are already part of the Fediverse.

I genuinely wish Pebble all the best, and I really hope that pebble.social evolves beyond its current "experiment" status.

https://wedistribute.org/2023/11/pebble-shuts-down-but-starts-a-mastodon-instance/

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atomicpoet, a fediversenews

Hey, check out this graph! Take a moment to look at it because, honestly, it's pretty amazing. The growth of WordPress on the Fediverse is truly impressive.

In Q4 2022, there were 924,888 posts, and fast forward to Q4 2023, we're seeing a whopping 2,998,430 posts. Can you believe that? It's a 324% increase year over year!

I've always had a hunch that ActivityPub-enabled WordPress would make a big splash, and if this chart keeps going up, it looks like my prediction might just come true!

SOURCE: https://fedidb.org/current-events/wordpress

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atomicpoet, a fediversenews

Hey, isn't this interesting? Turns out Mastodon is actually way bigger than @gargron originally thought! It seems that its userbase has been significantly undercounted.

By how much, you ask? Well, we're talking about 407,000+ monthly users!

So, with these new numbers, Mastodon actually boasts an impressive 1.8 million monthly active users (MAUs).

But hang on, that's not the whole story. The Fediverse itself is even larger than Mastodon. There are millions of people connecting to the Fediverse through various platforms like Lemmy, WordPress, Firefish, micro.blog, and more! My hunch is that these platforms might also have been undercounted, although I can't confirm it for sure.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/09/mastodon-actually-has-407k-more-monthly-users-than-it-thought/

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