Oldskool Cool Kids (The Breakfast Club - 1985)
* Just curious… Has anyone proved yet (through peer review, etc.) that all the really cool kids are in fact already here? 🥰
#Fediverse #WebRing #SocialScience #AskFedi #FediHelp #CyberPlace #Breakfast
I’ve been experiencing a number of symptoms on this account for several weeks, at least.
Outbound toots are delayed by a great deal (~1h). They don’t show up on others’ TLs until long after I’ve posted. I suspect this varies by the other instance. I sometimes get much faster responses from certain users despite a general, overall delay of about an hour.
When there is a reaction or response to a post, I first see it on the Notifications tab in the UI (web or app) & often more or less right away. Then much later (typically an hour or so), a push notification shows up.
I suspect this has something to do with my instance, c.im, though the status page is always green. I wonder if it involves versions of #Mastodon or something (currently 4.4.3 on c.im). I’ve always assumed it would eventually clear up, but no sign of that yet.
So I think before long I may start another account. Idk if I’ll migrate this one or just have a second account. At least, maybe I can prove that the delay doesn’t follow the change of instance. Not sure what else it could be.
So I’ll go digging again, but in case anyone has opinions, any recommendations for new instances? I want to avoid the big, populous ones like mastodon.social. I chose c.im in part for high limits on posts (8 poll options, 5k char limit, etc). I also use the search function extensively. I think it’s not available by default, so not every instance has it. (Not sure if that’s right.)
We're excited to share an update on #Fedify's development! While we're actively working on Fedify 1.9 in the main branch, we've also begun preparations for Fedify 2.0 in the next branch.
Before you get too excited about revolutionary new features, we want to set clear expectations: Fedify 2.0 will primarily focus on cleaning up technical debt that we couldn't address due to backward compatibility constraints. This means removing deprecated APIs and making breaking changes that will ultimately result in a cleaner, more maintainable codebase. Think of it as a major housekeeping release—necessary work that will make Fedify better in the long run.
Some of the planned improvements include adding readonly modifiers throughout our types and interfaces to better enforce our immutability-by-default principle, implementing our own RFC 6570 URI Template library for symmetric expansion and pattern matching, and various CLI tool migrations to our new Optique framework for better cross-runtime support. While the majority of changes will be about refinement rather than revolution, these updates will strengthen Fedify's foundation and improve interoperability across the #fediverse. You can track all planned changes in detail by checking out the Fedify 2.0 milestone on our GitHub repository.
Fediverse friends and acquaintances:
when self-hosting a service, what do you prefer?
I need your help to improve the developer experience (DevX) of #badgefed. #fediverse #askfedi #mastodon #activitypub
How to use Really Simple Licensing (RSL) to block all AI crawlers
RSL is a new initiative by a group of big internet publishers that seeks to define the conditions under which AI crawlers can harvest their content. Their guide describes the various ways the content can be made available, including for free or a paid royalty but only by digging deeper into their reference material was I able to figure out how to prohibit all usage.
Your robots.txt needs to link to a XML file, like this:
License: https://your-domain.tld/rsl.xml
Then in that file you want this:
<rsl xmlns="https://rslstandard.org/rsl"> <content url="/" server="https://rslcollective.org/api"> <license> <prohibits type="usage">all</prohibits> </license> </content></rsl>
That’s it.
If you want to be more liberal you could change the <prohibits> line to
<permits type="usage">search</permits>
That will let them use the content for search, which is probably quite similar to what traditional search engines do. More details in their reference docs.
Optionally to dispel any plausible deniability you can also add a link to rsl.xml as a Link header in every HTTP response.
Link: <https://example.com/rsl.xml>; rel="license"; type="application/rsl+xml"
It’s still too early to say whether AI crawlers will respect the terms of the license any publishers specify, it’ll probably take a court case or two to sort that out.
PieFed has added RSL to it’s code just now. Instance admins who wish to disable RSL can set the ALLOW_AI_CRAWLERS environment variable to anything.
The three #Fediverse software with the widest #groups compatibility are:
(in alphabetical order)
- fedigroups.social - see @hello
- Friendica - find a Friendica server and host there
- Hubzilla - find a Hubzilla server and create your group
The rest have various compatibility issues with other Fediverse software (for years), like group posts/boosts not showing up or your posts not getting boosted or you can't follow the group. This includes #threadiverse software.
If you want to have a true fediverse reach, then choose one from those mentioned above until the other software with federated groups feature improves their compatibility with other fediverse software.
#Tulips of #Fire by Kaye Menner #Photography Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
https://kaye-menner.pixels.com/featured/tulips-of-fire-kaye-menner.html
#flowers #floral #red #orange #stamen #colorful #pretty #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
Okay, last batch of new #FediGroups for the moment:
!@18xx - 18xx board games
!@drumming - Drummers & drumming
!@galgodon - German-language word games
!@geocaching - Geocaching
!@goodnews - Good news
!@hiking - Hiking
!@homelab - Making your own homelab
!@homelab_de - German homelab group
!@meditation - Meditation
!@music - Music
!@nerdlings - Painting miniatures
!@scubadivers - Scuba diving
!@warhammercommunity - Warhammer miniatures & games
More groups at https://about.fedigroups.social/directory
Loops v1.0.0-alpha.2 is now available 🥳
https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/releases/tag/v1.0.0-alpha.2
#Dew-Kissed #Lily of the #Valley by Kaye Menner Wide variety #Prints & lovely #Products at:
#floral #flowers #whiteflowers #droplets #waterdroplets #pretty #digitalart #ai #homedecor #mastoart #fediverse #fediart #fedigiftshop #giftideas #wallartforsale #Art #artforsale #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Artist #FineArtAmerica #PhotographyFeed #VisualArts #CreativeArts
Gram.social is a general purpose Pixelfed server for people who want to share photos on the Fediverse. Posts can be up to 2000 characters in length:
You can find out more on their website.
there is currently a #Piefed Hackathon going on if anyone is interested in partaking. There are groups working on spanish, german, french and japanese translations, and a bunch of other things.
https://tarte.nuage-libre.fr/c/fediverse/p/221411/hackathon-this-week-7-8-febuary #fediverse #fedidev #activitypub
I love how thoughtful the Mastodon blog post about introducing quote posting is. A really interesting way the team could be even more impactful on the open social web would be to share their research findings and the thinking that went into these sorts of features - that's the sort of body of knowledge everyone could learn from. https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/09/introducing-quote-posts/
🔒 Security Release: BotKit 0.3.1
We've released BotKit 0.3.1 with an important security fix.
This update addresses CVE-2025-68475 (High severity, CVSS 7.5), a ReDoS vulnerability in Fedify's HTML parsing that could cause denial of service.
If you're using BotKit 0.3.x, please upgrade to 0.3.1 as soon as possible.
Since The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has been canceled and I will now never get the opportunity to become famous and answer the Colbert Questionert, I thought it would be a fun weekly thing to do here on the fedi instead.
The Colbert Questionert is "a series of questions meticulously calibrated to plumb the depths of a guest’s psyche." The segments are on YouTube, and I'll share some of my favorites as we go along.
I will post one question every Monday until we've done them all. You can reply or quote or make your own pinned #introduction thread; whatever floats your boat! Just make sure you use the hashtag #FediQuestionert.
We'll cover animals, music, memories, and more.
So are you prepared to be known?
(Boost to spread the fun!)
#Colbert #ColbertQuestionert #fediverse #boost #Monday #question
The other thing that the #Guppe incident showed us is that the #Fediverse seriously needs the #Nomadic protocol.
Let's say the Fediverse understands the protocol: just move to a new domain, inform all instances "this is the new domain, automatically re-subscribe please", done. Life goes on for regular people.
I am not saying it is that easy or that's how exactly it will work. But it could've been avoided. Right now, entire communities are gone, many who were relying on it are now disconnected. (Then again, I can argue that it's time to clean the membership since many accounts are also stagnant.)
So, when? #ActivityPub2 ?
A new release of TootSDK - 19.2.1 📣
https://github.com/TootSDK/TootSDK/releases/tag/19.2.1
What's changed:
- Workflow should use macOS-26 @konstantin
Community contributions are greatly appreciated 🙌
Mastoart.social is a friendly international creative Mastodon server that welcomes all skill levels of visual art, crafts, music, writing and more. (AI is not allowed.)
You can find out more at https://mastoart.social/about or contact the admin @artmin
#FeaturedServer #Art #Creative #Artists #Creativity #Crafts #Musicians #Mastodon #Fediverse #FreeFediverse
Who should work on compatibility with other #Fediverse software?
- Option A: Most used software should make sure they are compatible with everyone (one-sided effort)
- Option B: Less used software should make sure they are compatible with everyone (one-sided effort)
- Option C: Both software should make sure they are compatible with each other (equal/shared effort)
#poll #polls #software #SocialWeb #OpenSocialWeb
Connected Places a fascinating blog that focuses on the #Fediverse and other open #socialmedia
"＠context": [
"https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams",
{
"Quotation": "as:Quotation",
"citation": "as:citation",
"quotation": "as:quotation"
},
],
#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #JSONLD #ObjectTypeQuotation
OK, so the results from my very unscientific #NobelPrize in #Physics topic poll are in, and the winner is … Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (or “AMO”, as it’s short-handed). Hot on the heels of AMO is Astrophysics and Cosmology. Particle Physics was the hands-down least-favoured topic.
So, let’s go one more step and see what the #fediverse thinks are its favourite **discoveries** that might attract the prize. Let’s stick to AMO and Astro/Cosmo, since those are the preferred areas.
Hello World from my homelab! This is Leo, a 20-year-old from Bangladesh. My previous account was @ml. I recently started my homelab journey and moved everything there, but due to some technical issues I decided to set up a new Mastodon instance at social.mitexleo.one.
I enjoy playing around and experimenting with tech, and in my free time I like reading books. It’s great to be back and see the world again!
#fediverse #mastodon #homelab #selfhosting #mitexleo #bangladesh #dhaka #introduction
Im Januar 2026 will #eurosky loslegen. Sich das Video anzuschauen, die Website aufmerksam lesen, kann helfen zu verstehen, wo die Reise los geht. ❗
