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<p>First post! <a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p><p>Hi everyone, I’m trying to make the leap from corporate-owned social platforms over to the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> and <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#mastodon</a> . I’m excited to be here, and would appreciate any tips to help me wrap my head around this. Thank you! <a href="/tags/newhere/" rel="tag">#newhere</a></p>

<p>I&#x27;ve been very interested in NodeBB and I&#x27;ve been testing their ActivityPub stuff over at try.nodebb.org all from the convenience of this Mastodon account.</p><p>Isn&#x27;t life great?</p><p><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/forum-software-nodebb-joins-the-fediverse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/forum-software-nodebb-joins-the-fediverse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techcrunch.com/2025/01/21/foru</span><span class="invisible">m-software-nodebb-joins-the-fediverse/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/nodebb/" rel="tag">#NodeBB</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a></p>

<p>For the last several months I&#x27;ve been working on making a federated app.</p><p>I just finished migrating it to use the latest iteration of our new <a href="/tags/leafprotocol/" rel="tag">#leafprotocol</a> data format on top of the <a href="/tags/willowprotocol/" rel="tag">#willowprotocol</a> and so far it&#x27;s going really well.</p><p>In this post I share some of the concepts and rational behind the Leaf Protocol:</p><p><a href="https://zicklag.katharos.group/blog/introducing-leaf-protocol/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="zicklag.katharos.group/blog/introducing-leaf-protocol/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">zicklag.katharos.group/blog/in</span><span class="invisible">troducing-leaf-protocol/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/protocol/" rel="tag">#protocol</a> <a href="/tags/iroh/" rel="tag">#iroh</a></p>

<p>Hello, I&#x27;m an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in <a href="/tags/seoul/" rel="tag">#Seoul</a>, <a href="/tags/korea/" rel="tag">#Korea</a>, and an avid advocate of <a href="/tags/floss/" rel="tag">#FLOSS</a> and the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a>.</p><p>I&#x27;m the creator of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hollo.social/@fedify" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fedify</span></a></span>, an <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> server framework in <a href="/tags/typescript/" rel="tag">#TypeScript</a>, and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hollo.social/@hollo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hollo</span></a></span>, a fediverse microblog for single users.</p><p>I&#x27;m also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called <a href="/tags/cjk/" rel="tag">#CJK</a>) and <a href="/tags/unicode/" rel="tag">#Unicode</a>. Feel free to talk to me in <a href="/tags/english/" rel="tag">#English</a>, <a href="/tags/korean/" rel="tag">#Korean</a> (<a href="/tags/한국어/" rel="tag">#한국어</a>), or <a href="/tags/japanese/" rel="tag">#Japanese</a> (<a href="/tags/日本語/" rel="tag">#日本語</a>), or even in Literary Chinese (<a href="/tags/文言文/" rel="tag">#文言文</a>/<a href="/tags/漢文/" rel="tag">#漢文</a>)!</p><p><a href="/tags/introduction/" rel="tag">#introduction</a></p>

<p>Are there any <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> meetups in southern Germany? Maybe something in university towns that have CS programs?</p><p>I think München, Erlangen, Augsburg, Ulm, Stuttgart, ... I know of the IndieWeb events in Karlsruhe.</p><p>Pointers appreciated ... or people who might be interested.</p>

<p>The FediDB CommunityDB project is a curated list of apps and projects for the fediverse that powers <a href="https://fedidb.com" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedidb.com</a></p><p>We just merged a PR for a new promising <a href="/tags/neodb/" rel="tag">#NeoDB</a> app called NeoComment!</p><p><a href="https://github.com/fedidb/communityDB/pull/42" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="github.com/fedidb/communityDB/pull/42"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/fedidb/communityDB/</span><span class="invisible">pull/42</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fedidb.com/apps?projects=neodb" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedidb.com/apps?projects=neodb</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fedidb/" rel="tag">#fediDB</a> <a href="/tags/communitydb/" rel="tag">#communityDB</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#activityPub</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p>

<p>Dads.cool and cooler.mom are Hometown Mastodon servers for parents of all kinds, including biological and non-biological parents, foster parents, adoptive parents and people of all gender identities.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://dads.cool" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>dads.cool</a></p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://cooler.mom" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>cooler.mom</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://dads.cool/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>dads.cool/about</a> and <a href="https://cooler.mom/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>cooler.mom/about</a> or contact the admin accounts <span class="h-card"><a href="https://dads.cool/@alex" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alex</span></a></span> and <span class="h-card"><a href="https://cooler.mom/@sydney" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sydney</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/parents/" rel="tag">#Parents</a> <a href="/tags/parenting/" rel="tag">#Parenting</a> <a href="/tags/children/" rel="tag">#Children</a> <a href="/tags/kids/" rel="tag">#Kids</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/hometown/" rel="tag">#Hometown</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>En.osm.town is an independent Mastodon server for people active in the OpenStreetMap community.</p><p>This server has been operating since 2018.</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://en.osm.town" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.osm.town</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://en.osm.town/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>en.osm.town/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://en.osm.town/@compass" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>compass</span></a></span> </p><p>cc @openstreetmap </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/openstreetmap/" rel="tag">#OpenStreetMap</a> <a href="/tags/osm/" rel="tag">#OSM</a> <a href="/tags/geospatial/" rel="tag">#Geospatial</a> <a href="/tags/gis/" rel="tag">#GIS</a> <a href="/tags/maps/" rel="tag">#Maps</a> <a href="/tags/mapping/" rel="tag">#Mapping</a> <a href="/tags/cartography/" rel="tag">#Cartography</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>20 days left to contribute to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@bonfire" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>bonfire</span></a></span> ! Let&#x27;s help fund the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> and support some <a href="/tags/developers/" rel="tag">#Developers</a> so they can keep investing in US!<br><br><a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/</span><span class="invisible">bonfire/community</span></a></p>

<p>🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.10 👩‍🚀</p><p>&quot;My Fediverse summer &amp; the top 3 lessons I learned&quot;</p><p><a href="https://blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="blog.elenarossini.com/fediverse-summer-3-lessons/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.elenarossini.com/fedivers</span><span class="invisible">e-summer-3-lessons/</span></a></p><p>with shout-outs to: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@poliverso" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>poliverso</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@phanpy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>phanpy</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tapbots.social/@ivory" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ivory</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@MonaApp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>MonaApp</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pixelfed</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Tusky" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tusky</span></a></span> @MoogleMaestro </p><p><a href="/tags/thefutureisfederated/" rel="tag">#TheFutureIsFederated</a> <a href="/tags/blog/" rel="tag">#blog</a> <a href="/tags/tech/" rel="tag">#tech</a> <a href="/tags/bigtech/" rel="tag">#bigtech</a> <a href="/tags/socialmedia/" rel="tag">#socialmedia</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/wordpress/" rel="tag">#Wordpress</a> <a href="/tags/friendica/" rel="tag">#Friendica</a> <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="/tags/lemmy/" rel="tag">#Lemmy</a> <a href="/tags/kbin/" rel="tag">#Kbin</a> <a href="/tags/mbin/" rel="tag">#Mbin</a> <a href="/tags/firefish/" rel="tag">#Firefish</a> <a href="/tags/ivory/" rel="tag">#Ivory</a> <a href="/tags/phanpy/" rel="tag">#Phanpy</a></p>

<p>Week in Fediverse 2025-05-30</p><p>Servers</p><p>- <a href="https://socialhome.readthedocs.io/en/v0.21.0/changelog.html" rel="nofollow">Socialhome v0.21.0</a><br>- <a href="https://sharkey.team/notes/a8c7fg7w1wkc000w" rel="nofollow">Sharkey v2025.4.2</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/lowercasename/gathio/releases/tag/v1.6.0" rel="nofollow">gathio v1.6.0</a><br>- <a href="https://ibis.wiki/article/Ibis_Changelog#version-031" rel="nofollow">Ibis v0.3.1</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/neodb-social/neodb/releases/tag/0.11.7.3" rel="nofollow">NeoDB v0.11.7.3</a><br>- <a href="https://vernissage.photos/news/7504383493426645980" rel="nofollow">Platform update - May 2025</a> (Vernissage)<br>- <a href="https://piefed.social/post/799354" rel="nofollow">PieFed development update May 2025 - Passkeys, Flair, Image hashing &amp; much more</a><br>- <a href="https://activitypub.ghost.org/metabolizing-mentions/" rel="nofollow">Metabolizing mentions</a> (Ghost)<br>- <a href="https://github.com/stefanhayden/tvmarks" rel="nofollow">Tvmarks: a TV tracking site connected to the Fediverse</a></p><p>Clients</p><p>- <a href="https://github.com/pachli/pachli-android/releases/tag/v2.13.0" rel="nofollow">Pachli v2.13.0</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/BDX-town/Mangane/blob/v1.14.0/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow">Mangane v1.14.0</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/0xZhangKe/Fread/releases/tag/1.4.0" rel="nofollow">Fread v1.4.0</a></p><p>Tools and Plugins</p><p>- <a href="https://github.com/fedimod/fires/releases/tag/%40fedimod%2Ffires-server%400.1.0" rel="nofollow">FIRES Server v0.1.0</a></p><p>For developers</p><p>- <a href="https://github.com/michelcrypt4d4mus/fedialgo/blob/v0.55.0/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow">Fedialgo v0.55.0</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/social-web-foundation/ap-components" rel="nofollow">ap-components: A collection of Web Components for showing ActivityPub objects in a browser</a></p><p>Articles</p><p>- <a href="https://fediversereport.com/fediverse-report-118/" rel="nofollow">Fediverse Report – #118</a></p><p>-----</p><p><a href="/tags/weekinfediverse/" rel="tag">#WeekInFediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a></p><p>Previous edition: <a href="https://mitra.social/objects/0196feaa-e902-fdfb-9628-0a17333c6da5" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mitra.social/objects/0196feaa-e902-fdfb-9628-0a17333c6da5"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mitra.social/objects/0196feaa-</span><span class="invisible">e902-fdfb-9628-0a17333c6da5</span></a></p>

<p>As 2025 starts we can expect a lot of change to many social media platforms with the rise of AI</p><p>We will never ever take such steps!</p><p>I keep our services running purely by donations from people on <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> and the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> and sometimes that&#x27;s a little hard but it is and will be the only way</p><p>If you can and want, we can do this together❤️</p><p><a href="https://paypal.me/stuxOS" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>paypal.me/stuxOS</a><br><a href="https://patreon.com/mstdn" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>patreon.com/mstdn</a> <br><a href="https://ko-fi.com/mstdn" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ko-fi.com/mstdn</a><br><a href="https://bunq.me/stuxhost" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bunq.me/stuxhost</a><br><a href="https://stux.me/donate" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>stux.me/donate</a> </p><p>It can be different 💪</p>

<p>After Meta&#x27;s rather disturbing actions today, would you like to move to a Fediverse server that defederates Meta and Threads?</p><p>Fedi.Garden is a directory of well-run servers that have all blocked Threads:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.garden" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedi.garden</a></p><p>All of them are compatible with the requirements listed at <a href="https://fedi.garden/about-this-site" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>fedi.garden/about-this-site</a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/threads/" rel="tag">#Threads</a> <a href="/tags/meta/" rel="tag">#Meta</a> <a href="/tags/zuckerberg/" rel="tag">#Zuckerberg</a></p>

<p>Last Week in Fediverse – ep 98</p><p>Welcome back to Fediverse Report! I’ve had a great holiday break spending time with family and friends, and that has given me some more time to think about why I care about the fediverse, the open social web and why I spend all this time writing Fediverse Report. Explaining to family members what I do was helpful to make this clear: telling an uncle that I write about decentralised technology mainly leads to confusion. But even extremely offline family members easily understand and agree with the idea that having all of our big social platforms being owned by billionaires leads to significant social problems.</p><p>As such, it has helped for me to make it more explicit that I care about decentralisation insofar it is a tool to get somewhere else: I care about better forms of governance and ownership of the social web. I want a social web where people are in control, not a few billionaires (nor nationstate governments, for that matter). Building social networks with decentralised technology is a way to get there.</p><p>The idea that the value of alternative social networks is in governance is far from new. I’ve regularly posted hot takes on my Mastodon to the same effect as well. But for 2025 I want to bring this more into focus for this newsletter. Writing a newsletter that is a weekly update tends to amplify shiny new software that has recently been released. In contrast, explaining how governance works on the fediverse does not align well with ‘this happened in the last 7 days’, as it involves more structural and slower moving forces. I’m experimenting with ways to bring coverage of governance in the fediverse better into focus. Expect more like this newsletter, where I zoom in on an offhanded comment by Misskey developer Syuilo as an illustration of the issues that come with interoperability between different places on the open social web.</p><p>The News</p><p>Mastodon has belatedly published their <a href="https://joinmastodon.org/reports/Mastodon%20Annual%20Report%202023.pdf" rel="nofollow">Annual Report for 2023</a>. The organisation acknowledges the delay, and says that the Annual Report for 2024 is planned to be released in Q1 of this year. Mastodon had a total of 545k euro in donations in 2023, with 476k in costs. The large majority of costs go to personnel expenses, in total 343k was spend on salaries, 72% of the total budget. The popularity of Mastodon’s own servers also come with significant costs, in 2023 they spend 75k on servers and hosting. With a rough estimate of averaging around 250k active users on mastodon.social, this means mastodon.social costs roughly 30 cents per active user per year. The Annual Report also looks at the updates Mastodon has made to the site and apps. Mastodon also shares more about their hiring process, and in a great move for transparency, also published all the salaries of everyone in the organisation. </p><p>Back in the present, Mastodon is <a href="https://mastodon.social/@MastodonEngineering/113782664417082619" rel="nofollow">hiring again</a>, this time for a senior front-end developer. The organisation also held a <a href="https://givebutter.com/givingmastodon" rel="nofollow">crowd-funding campaign</a> in late last year to fund and hire a Trust and Safety lead. The community seemed to have had little appetite for funding such an endeavour, with funding barely pushing past the 12k after a month. It is an indication of the difficult spot the organisation is in; the community has been asking for more safety features in Mastodon, but is not funding a Trust and Safety Lead. The organisation could clearly use someone who writes clear policy and design goals for the direction the software should go in. Currently, not even a Mastodon employee can explain why a <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/18468" rel="nofollow">safety feature</a> for Mastodon that is fully developed and waiting to be approved has been waiting for approval <a href="https://social.coop/@graue/113523873101355124" rel="nofollow">for over 2.5 years</a>. It turns out that writing the code is often the easy part of making changes in the fediverse, and navigating the social structures to get the code used by people is much harder, and a dedicated Trust and Safety Lead could have certainly helped here. Instead, even after large community outcry we still do not know why Mastodon has not merged this safety feature developed by their own employee.</p></p><p><a href="https://about.surf.social/" rel="nofollow">Surf</a> is a new app by Flipboard for the open social web. It is a beautifully designed app that allows people to build their own custom feeds. The power of Surf is in that it supports many networks, and you can combine posts from Mastodon, Bluesky, Threads, YouTube and Flipboard all into a single custom feed. How Flipboard markets Surf is interesting, describing it as a ‘browser for the social web’. The way Flipboard CEO Mike McCue <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24323903/flipboard-surf-fediverse-social-web-app" rel="nofollow">sees</a> it, Surf pulls in content from the social web, and gives you the possibility to display that content in custom feeds of your choice. Surf also allows you to filter a custom feed by content: for example, you can scroll through an entire feed, or switch over to a different tab that shows only videos in that feed, for example.</p><p>For more info on Surf, <a href="https://wedistribute.org/2024/12/surf-social-browser/" rel="nofollow">WeDistribute</a> has a closer look at all the features, and <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/18/24323903/flipboard-surf-fediverse-social-web-app" rel="nofollow">The Verge</a> has more context and comments by McCue. Custom feeds on Bluesky have mainly gone in the direction of the power user and community builder: tools like <a href="https://www.graze.social/" rel="nofollow">Graze</a> offer an huge potential in programmability and flexibility. This is especially useful for those who want to build custom feeds that other people will also use. Surf takes a different approach, by instead prompting people to build their own feeds as much as possible. It’ll be interesting to see which approach will gain traction, and if there is space for both ways of building custom feeds.</p></p><p>Misskey developer Syuilo made some <a href="https://misskey.io/notes/a2o2aj7zb81f05g3" rel="nofollow">comments</a> contemplating breaking federation with Mastodon. Misskey is mainly used in Japan, and has a wide feature set that differs notably from Mastodon. The main reason that Syuilo gave is that she feels Misskey development is constrained by having to meet the needs and requirements of maintaining federation with other (types) of software. That Misskey is considering letting federation between Mastodon and Misskey break is an indication of one of the downsides of how ActivityPub is designed: You can send out anything you want with ActivityPub, but it is exceedingly difficult to know how other software will actually receive and display the things you send out with ActivityPub. There is a significant freedom for fediverse software in how they implement and support even more basic functions. For example, see this comparison table for how the different platforms support <a href="https://funfedi.dev/support_tables/generated/hashtags/" rel="nofollow">hashtags</a>, and how many variations there are. </p><p>Personally, I think it would be healthy for the fediverse as a whole if more fediverse software would start publishing what they deem as necessary for other software to federate with them. The fediverse mainly currently works on the assumption that any form of federation between projects is fine, even if that means that another federated platform will stripping out all markup and images of a post. It might be healthy for a platform to state minimum functional requirements, such as ‘we only want to federate with software that also shows the emoji reactions as we view this to be an integral part of a message’. For now, Syuilo’s post mainly seems to be to vent some frustrations, so it remains to be seen where any of this will actually go.</p><p>The Links</p><p>A <a href="https://russ.garrett.co.uk/2024/12/17/online-safety-act-guide/" rel="nofollow">guide</a> for small websites regarding the UK’s Online Safety Act, with some extra clarification for fediverse sites.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mizkirsten/113760653630014273" rel="nofollow">TheIndieBeat.fm</a> is a new radio station for showcasing indie music from the fediverse, that picks up where <a href="https://radiofreefedi.net/" rel="nofollow">radiofreefedi</a> left, and will use upcoming fediverse audio platform <a href="https://wedistribute.org/2024/09/bandwagon-music/" rel="nofollow">Bandwagon</a>.<br><a href="https://blog.castopod.org/castopod-first-12-plugins/" rel="nofollow">The first 12 plugins of Castopod</a>.<br><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano/113758416011174664" rel="nofollow">FediMeteo – Weather in the Fediverse</a>.<br><a href="https://event-federation.eu/2025/01/04/event-bridge-for-activitypub-plugin-released-on-wordpress-org/" rel="nofollow">“Event Bridge For ActivityPub” plugin released on WordPress.org</a>.<br><a href="https://rdfpub.org/index_en.html" rel="nofollow">rdf-pub – generic Activity-Pub Server</a> that focuses on using C2S.<br>Manyfold got a new round of NLNet funding, and <a href="https://manyfold.app/news/2025/01/01/manyfold-nlnet.html" rel="nofollow">published a roadmap</a> of what they’ll be working on.<br><a href="https://piefed.social/post/394576" rel="nofollow">PieFed development update for December 2024.</a><br><a href="https://mitra.social/post/019437a2-a2e5-ed6f-ebff-dcbb6bc6aba4" rel="nofollow">Fediverse tech roadmap reflection on developments in the past year</a>, by Mitra developer Silverpill.</p><p>That’s all for this week, thanks for reading!</p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a></p><p><a href="https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-98/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-98/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fediversereport.com/last-week-</span><span class="invisible">in-fediverse-ep-98/</span></a></p>

<p>I’m kinda done with Mastodon. It’s been my main spot, but it’s missing quote posting, which drives me nuts—I just wanna comment on posts without resharing everything! Also, it’s eating up my server’s resources, and I’m running a bunch of stuff on one machine, so I need something that doesn’t hog CPU or disk space.</p><p>I used Akkoma with Mangane frontend before and really liked how light and customizable it was. Problem? The database got huge, and I couldn’t find simple tools to clean out old stuff. It was like digging through a messy closet. I’m thinking of trying Akkoma again, but is there a way to keep the database under control?</p><p>I’m also looking at Misskey—it seems fun with quote posting and a cool community. But does it use a lot of server resources? How hard is it to back up or move to another server? I’d love Mastodon API support since my clients need it.</p><p><a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fedipoll/" rel="tag">#FediPoll</a> <a href="/tags/poll/" rel="tag">#Poll</a> <a href="/tags/akkoma/" rel="tag">#Akkoma</a> <a href="/tags/pleroma/" rel="tag">#Pleroma</a> <a href="/tags/misskey/" rel="tag">#Misskey</a></p> <div class="poll"> <h3 style="display: none;">Options: <small>(choose one)</small></h3> <ul> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="1 votes">12%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Akkoma/Pleroma</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="4 votes">50%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Misskey</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="1 votes">12%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">GoToSocial</span> </label> </li> <li> <label class="poll-option"> <input style="display:none" name="vote-options" type="radio" value="0"> <span class="poll-number" title="2 votes">25%</span> <span class="poll-option-text">Others</span> </label> </li> </ul> <div class="poll-footer"> <span class="vote-total">8 votes</span> &mdash; <span class="vote-end">Ended 303d ago</span> <span class="todo">Polls are currently display only</span> </div> </div>

<p>The good thing with federation is that I as an individual can make decisions about who I federate with - be it an individual or an entire instance. There&#x27;s even some middle ground to customize your choice (silence vs block).</p><p>And now, the &quot;federated islands&quot; concept is kicking up, which is really cool. We have many choices - the decision is not mandated for us. </p><p><a href="https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/islands-an-opt-in-federated-network" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/islands-an-opt-in-federated-network"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">writer.oliphant.social/oliphan</span><span class="invisible">t/islands-an-opt-in-federated-network</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a></p>

<p>Gamepad.Club is a Mastodon server with a video games focus, but also open to fans of tabletop RPGs, trading card games and all other forms of gaming. Hosted in the UK and EU, but everyone is welcome!</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://gamepad.club" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gamepad.club</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://gamepad.club/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>gamepad.club/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://gamepad.club/@Gazimoff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Gazimoff</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#Gaming</a> <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#VideoGames</a> <a href="/tags/ttrpg/" rel="tag">#TTRPG</a> <a href="/tags/ccg/" rel="tag">#CCG</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/hollo.social/botkit.png" class="emoji" alt=":botkit:" title=":botkit:"> Introducing <a href="/tags/botkit/" rel="tag">#BotKit</a>: A <a href="/tags/typescript/" rel="tag">#TypeScript</a> framework for creating truly standalone <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> bots!</p><p>Unlike traditional Mastodon bots, BotKit lets you build fully independent <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#fediverse</a> bots that aren&#x27;t constrained by platform limits. Create your entire bot in a single TypeScript file using our simple, expressive API.</p><p>Currently <a href="/tags/deno/" rel="tag">#Deno</a>-only, with Node.js &amp; Bun support planned. Built on the robust <a href="/tags/fedify/" rel="tag">#Fedify</a> foundation.</p><p><a href="https://bokit.fedify.dev/" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>bokit.fedify.dev/</a></p>

<p>Pixey.org is a general purpose Pixelfed server operating since 2021, run by the same people as mstdn.social</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://pixey.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>pixey.org</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://pixey.org" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>pixey.org</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://pixey.org/stux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stux</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/pixelfed/" rel="tag">#Pixelfed</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>

<p>Week in Fediverse 2025-01-10</p><p>Servers</p><p>- <a href="https://hub.somaton.com/item/c6e6261d-b2b0-4887-9982-9dc8c2395101" rel="nofollow">Hubzilla v10.0.6</a><br>- <a href="https://akkoma.dev/AkkomaGang/akkoma/src/tag/v3.14.0/CHANGELOG.md" rel="nofollow">Akkoma v2025.01</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube/releases/tag/v7.0.1" rel="nofollow">PeerTube v7.0.1</a><br>- <a href="https://manyfold.app/news/2025/01/06/release-v0-92-0.html" rel="nofollow">Manyfold v0.92.0</a><br>- <a href="https://comam.es/snac/grunfink/p/1736241828.152246" rel="nofollow">snac v2.68</a><br>- <a href="https://code.castopod.org/adaures/castopod/-/releases/v1.13.3" rel="nofollow">Castopod v1.13.3</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/toddsundsted/ktistec/releases/tag/v2.4.4" rel="nofollow">Ktistec v2.4.4</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/dimkr/tootik/releases/tag/0.14.1" rel="nofollow">tootik v0.14.1</a><br>- <a href="https://tomcasavant.com/untitled-gaming-social/" rel="nofollow">Untitled Gaming Social: ActivityPub platform that bridges game screenshots and achievements to the fediverse</a><br>- <a href="https://event-federation.eu/?p=561" rel="nofollow">“Event Bridge For ActivityPub” plugin released on WordPress.org</a></p><p>Clients</p><p>- <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-android/releases/tag/v2.9.4" rel="nofollow">Mastodon for Android v2.9.4</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon-ios/releases/tag/2024.12" rel="nofollow">Mastodon for iOS v2024.12</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/suvam0451/dhaaga/releases/tag/v0.12.0" rel="nofollow">Dhaaga v0.12.0</a><br>- <a href="https://framagit.org/framasoft/peertube/mobile-application/-/releases/v0.5.5" rel="nofollow">PeerTube Mobile v0.5.5</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/asimons04/tesseract/releases/tag/v1.4.28" rel="nofollow">Tesseract v1.4.28</a><br>- <a href="https://github.com/LiveFastEatTrashRaccoon/RaccoonForFriendica/releases/tag/0.4.0" rel="nofollow">RaccoonForFriendica v0.4.0</a></p><p>Tools and Plugins</p><p>- <a href="https://codeberg.org/marvinsmastodontools/fedinesia/releases/tag/3.3.2" rel="nofollow">Fedinesia v3.3.2</a><br>- <a href="https://gitlab.com/diasporg/poduptime/-/blob/5.4.2/CHANGELOG.md?ref_type=tags#542---2025" rel="nofollow">poduptime v5.4.2</a></p><p>For developers</p><p>- <a href="https://github.com/dahlia/botkit" rel="nofollow">BotKit: A framework for creating ActivityPub bots</a></p><p>Articles</p><p>- <a href="https://mitra.social/post/019437a2-a2e5-ed6f-ebff-dcbb6bc6aba4" rel="nofollow">Fediverse tech roadmap 2025</a><br>- <a href="https://fediversereport.com/last-week-in-fediverse-ep-98/" rel="nofollow">Last Week in Fediverse – ep 98</a></p><p>-----</p><p><a href="/tags/weekinfediverse/" rel="tag">#WeekInFediverse</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a></p><p>Previous edition: <a href="https://mitra.social/objects/01942e1c-9727-6a7b-ff14-2a50884355ec" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="mitra.social/objects/01942e1c-9727-6a7b-ff14-2a50884355ec"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mitra.social/objects/01942e1c-</span><span class="invisible">9727-6a7b-ff14-2a50884355ec</span></a></p>

<p>Snac2 is an excellent software solution for accessing the Fediverse. It is lightweight, very easy to compile and install, has minimal dependencies, and the development is progressing along a clear, clean, and logical path - thank you, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://comam.es/snac/grunfink" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>grunfink</span></a></span></p><p>Since last December, BSD Cafe has had, among its services, a snac instance - <a href="https://snac.bsd.cafe" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>snac.bsd.cafe</a> - which has been used sparingly, mainly by some for testing purposes. I’ve kept it as a &#x27;testing&#x27; option.</p><p>In light of the interest it is generating (we now have stable users) and given that development is evolving to allow for both inbound and outbound movement, I have decided to designate it as a stable solution for accessing the Fediverse and to consider it a primary service of the BSD Cafe.</p><p>It has always received the utmost attention, I have consistently updated it promptly, and it has always been accessible, but I have also modified all the descriptions to clarify that it is a stable and definitive solution.</p><p>For more information, there is always a dedicated page on our wiki: <a href="https://wiki.bsd.cafe/snac.bsd.cafe" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>wiki.bsd.cafe/snac.bsd.cafe</a></p><p>Stay Tuned!</p><p><a href="/tags/bsdcafe/" rel="tag">#BSDCafe</a> <a href="/tags/bsdcafeservices/" rel="tag">#BSDCafeServices</a> <a href="/tags/bsdcafeannouncements/" rel="tag">#BSDCafeAnnouncements</a> <a href="/tags/snac/" rel="tag">#snac</a> <a href="/tags/snac2/" rel="tag">#snac2</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a></p>

<p>This is what the future of publishing looks like 🚀</p><p>It makes me feel so happy to log onto my <a href="/tags/wordpress/" rel="tag">#Wordpress</a> site &amp; see this new <a href="/tags/activitypub/" rel="tag">#ActivityPub</a> menu item about the number of followers of my blog from the <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a>. And comments awaiting moderation, which are usually Fediverse replies to my federated blog post. It&#x27;s just so cool!!! (Yes, I will probably keep gushing about this for another month or so, please bear with me) 🤗</p><p>Where it all began: <a href="https://elenarossini.com/2024/07/hello-fediverse/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="elenarossini.com/2024/07/hello-fediverse/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">elenarossini.com/2024/07/hello</span><span class="invisible">-fediverse/</span></a></p><p>You can follow my blog here: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://elenarossini.com/@ele" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ele</span></a></span></p>

<p>Wie können sich Serverbetreibende im <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> miteinander vernetzen?</p><p>Darum geht es in meinem neuesten Artikel für <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/@gnulinux" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gnulinux</span></a></span>, in dem ich näher auf die Projekte <a href="/tags/fediversemoderationstreff/" rel="tag">#FediverseModerationsTreff</a> und <a href="/tags/fedimins/" rel="tag">#Fedimins</a> eingehe.</p><p><a href="https://gnulinux.ch/wie-vernetzt-seid-ihr" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="gnulinux.ch/wie-vernetzt-seid-ihr"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gnulinux.ch/wie-vernetzt-seid-</span><span class="invisible">ihr</span></a></p><p>Grüße und ein großes Danke für eure Arbeit an dieser Stelle auch an <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bildung.social/@ebinger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ebinger</span></a></span>, <span class="h-card"><a href="https://social.lukas-schieren.de/@lukas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lukas</span></a></span> und <span class="h-card"><a href="https://rollenspiel.social/@Tealk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tealk</span></a></span> &lt;3</p>

<p>RaveNation.club is a Mastodon server for all the ravers in the universe. Anyone who listens to electronic music (or not) is welcome:</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/Fediverse.png" class="emoji" alt=":Fediverse:" title=":Fediverse:"> <a href="https://ravenation.club" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ravenation.club</a></p><p>You can find out more at <a href="https://ravenation.club/about" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>ravenation.club/about</a> or contact the admin <span class="h-card"><a href="https://ravenation.club/@main" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>main</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredserver/" rel="tag">#FeaturedServer</a> <a href="/tags/raves/" rel="tag">#Raves</a> <a href="/tags/rave/" rel="tag">#Rave</a> <a href="/tags/music/" rel="tag">#Music</a> <a href="/tags/electronicmusic/" rel="tag">#ElectronicMusic</a> <a href="/tags/electronica/" rel="tag">#Electronica</a> <a href="/tags/techno/" rel="tag">#Techno</a> <a href="/tags/mastodon/" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="/tags/fediverse/" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="/tags/freefediverse/" rel="tag">#FreeFediverse</a></p>