https://piefed.social/u/xcel posted on Mar 29, 2026 20:31
I remember a while ago I saw a TikTok but for fediverse and also an instagram. What other cool programs are there for the fediverse?
I remember a while ago I saw a TikTok but for fediverse and also an instagram. What other cool programs are there for the fediverse?
Bookwyrm has a list feature and there’s already plenty list for like queer sci-fi, solarpunk and other “niche” genres. Not sure how fediverse-exclusive these are though.
Sure but think of those are subsections within a small bookstore. You could make them curated lists of fiction subgenres, or explorations of specific historical periods or authors. I think the detail & specificity gives it an edge over just browsing Goodreads with https://libredirect.io/ or Internet Archive or Anna’s etcetera
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/49700074
On Mastodon, if you have an account on instance X, you can follow someone who is on instance Y. It creates a connection: X -> Y. If there are a lot of such follows, weight of this edge will increase, attractive force between points will be higher.
Original explanation on the page of Kaggle dataset:
“active users” graphs: For each instance, we consider the set of the 10K most recently active users. Then, for each user of an instance X, we consider the list of the users they follow, and add 1 to the edge from X to Y where Y is the instance the followed users. The weight of the edge from X to Y thus encodes how much the content seen on instance X is generated in instance Y. Note that this graph thus contains self loops.
I’ve tried to layout this dataset in Gephi, but it was a classic hairy ball - everyone is connected to everyone, amount of edges is too high comparing to number of nodes. Then, I’ve filtered out all EN instances and suddenly got a meaningful picture:
graph:https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/70c032cc-1c21-48e5-8bd6-73f8f9ae6f3b.png
What can we see? If English-speaking instances are ignored, German, French and Japanese languages are most common across Mastodon. Japan and Korea don’t hang around much with other folks, while French, German and Spanish instances are quite interconnected between each other.
Size of nodes depends on centrality, post about centrality of Peertube instances is here.
https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/6c20305a-593b-44ba-bc0d-42f5b129d173.jpeg Gephi table:https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/3c0331e0-be95-40a9-bc1b-235cdd72ec82.png
Same, but Fruchterman-Reingold algorithm instead of ForceAtlas 2:
FR:https://mander.xyz/pictrs/image/1566c8e4-e15a-4ce6-96d9-86042df55efd.jpeg
Mastodon active users dataset can be downloaded here: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/marcdamie/fediverse-graph-dataset-reduced
False, this is the blue donut of eve online.
that works! thanks pal
I have a friend who’s thinking about checking out the fediverse, and is looking for more aerospace (& maybe mechanical?) engineering-focused spaces. Do you guys have a suggested Lemmy, Piefed, or Mastodon instance/community that focuses on those topics? Maybe even a STEM community could be good enough. I know most of us are tech nerds on here, but we’re more computer focused tech nerds 😅
My only requirement is that the instance can be viewed without sign-in, as I don’t want to force them to make an account to check it out.
!aviation@lemmy.zip !aviation@lemmy.world #aviation tag on mastodon
Good list. What I love about these specialized spaces is they’re built around shared interests rather than algorithmic engagement.
I think that’s why projects like Zeitgeist resonate with fediverse folks - we’re trying to measure genuine opinion, not engagement bait. If you can see people who care about aerospace, or science, or privacy talking directly without an algorithm reshuffling the conversation, that’s the internet as it was meant to be.
With previous Rexit’s like the API debarcle etc. many users were left looking for an alternative, but with decision fatigue and bad UX etc. most did not find the Fediverse a viable option.
What needs to still improve, how can we be ready this time?
Your comment seems if not outright wrong then at least imprecise.
The PieFed.social instance is very much against tankies, but the software can be tuned however the admin installing it wishes. Like how reddthat famously turned off downvoting, you can turn on or off any PieFed feature that you wish. So e.g. if someone disliked downvoting, there’s still a Lemmy server for them! The instances are very much different than the software.
One feature vaguely similar to what you describe is the user indicator icons. New user accounts (of <2 weeks iirc) have a label placed next to the usernames, so that people realize that they are talking with a newb. That does not block making posts or comments, just an icon next to the username (which any instance admin can disable if they want).
Likewise, people who receive 10x more downvotes than upvotes will have an icon placed next to their username. It won’t block submissions, just display that icon, so that someone is aware that they are about to reply to a known troll. It is not underhanded, not a secret, it is instead very open and thus overhanded. But indeed, if you don’t like it, then don’t use it. I’m sure there is a way to turn it off for someone’s user account (it might not be as simple as merely pressing a button in the settings).
Beyond that… I don’t know what you could mean. There is a feature, turned on by default, to automatically collapse or even automatically hide comments if their score falls below a certain threshold. I don’t personally use either of these options, so I disabled them by setting the threshold to a ridiculous value of -10000. However, they are there if someone wants them, and I don’t begrudge someone else doing whatever they feel is right.
Oh, maybe you mean the image filtering stuff? That has largely been debunked - yes there is some code that will do filtering, but what people failed to realize is that when wrapped inside an if() statement, it becomes optional - it only happens if the instance admin specifically selects that option to happen? And thus again, it’s a per-instance decision, not so much something mandated by the software.
But yeah, if you don’t enjoy PieFed, then by all means do not use it. I begrudge nobody their choice there. I just wanted to make sure that people have accurate information upon which to base their decision.
The instance itself. The admins, half of whom are openly tankies and actively participate in Hexbear troll campaigns, are all tech bros who love their my butt and will actively silence users who are critical of it.
Authentication friction is exactly the kind of invisible barrier that kills adoption. New users click a link and suddenly they are at a different server without warning. That is not just confusing, it is a fundamental UX failure.
really ? as a longer term Masto user id rather they stayed there.. Anyone still using X for example has already taken an indefensible stance.
I’ll be totally honest and say that I don’t trust Evan (for reasons I’m not getting into), and I’m not sure why we need “hashtags with extra steps,” but I’d like to get opinions from people who are smarter than I am about this stuff.
Hashtags-as-a-service isnt new thinking, but tags.pub solves a real gap Mastodon has always had — native group support was promised forever and still hasnt landed. The problem is hashtags fragment across instances. Tags.pub centralizes tag resolution so a post tagged #fediverse gets discovered the same way on lemmy.world or a small microblog. Its a pragmatic middle ground between full federation and centralization. Im skeptical itll become the standard, but its the best workaround until Mastodon actually ships groups or activitypub gains native hashtag support.
I don’t know. Last I saw was a PR languishing for years.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44770041
Rare SC W.
Corporate interests 🤝 Pirate interests
Interesting SCOTUS ruling. Unanimous decision for Cox Communications, which is unusual.
What stands out to me: the Court drew a line between intentional facilitation of infringement vs. just providing infrastructure. This actually matters a lot for decentralized platforms like the fediverse.
If your instance actively indexes, promotes, or makes it easy to find infringing content, you might be on shaky ground. But if you’re just a pipe that federates activity pub streams from other servers? That’s different.
I think this is actually protective of indie instances running Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube, etc. You don’t know what every user uploaded. The “intent” requirement is a real shield.
That said, I’d be curious to see how this plays out. Will instances start being sued for “providing the service”? That’s where the line gets blurry.
No, you are sharing the section of the post where they point out the actions of a big brother state
Algorithms are the real story here, not platforms. A fediverse server can run the same recommendation engines that optimize for engagement over substance. What I care about is building systems where disagreement actually gets preserved, not hidden behind engagement-optimization. That is why I am mapping public opinion through email responses—people can take time to think before they write. No feeds. No virality incentives. Just substance.
Takeaways:
Monthly Active Users^[1]^:
| Software | Current | Yesterday[1D] | Last Week[7D] | Last Month[30D] | 3 Months Ago[90D] | 6 Months Ago[180D] | 1 Year Ago[365D] | All-Time Maximum |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 5285 | 5284 | 5796 | 5931 | 1937 | 1791 | 352 | 6179 |
| Lemmy | 36803 | 36817 | 37098 | 39104 | 34989 | 37490 | 54994 | 72618 |
| Mbin | 740 | 740 | 756 | 823 | 704 | 819 | 879 | 3967 |
| Threadiverse | 42828 | 42841 | 43650 | 45858 | 37630 | 40100 | 56225 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Mastodon | 761307 | 723429 | 757827 | 791555 | 684378 | 697388 | 875239 | 2737163 |
| Pixelfed | 106671 | 106552 | 106764 | 114921 | 69962 | 114027 | 139474 | 338813 |
| Peertube | 45477 | 45513 | 43799 | 41296 | 27589 | 24608 | 35279 | 45513 |
| Loops | 4769 | 4854 | 5701 | 8658 | 2206 | 26575 | 0 | 29821 |
| Bookwyrm | 1706 | 1695 | 1733 | 1619 | 2908 | 2919 | 8747 | 9429 |
| Friendica | 2502 | 2509 | 2469 | 2660 | 1296 | 1691 | 3454 | 4734 |
| Forgejo | 131 | 133 | 115 | 122 | 539 | 390 | 489 | 1168 |
| Funkwhale | 290 | 290 | 302 | 270 | 191 | 238 | 429 | 1114 |
| Flohmarkt | 26 | 23 | 20 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| | | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 965707 | 927839 | 962380 | 1006983 | 826717 | 907936 | 1119336 | |
Difference^[1]^:
| Software | -1 Day[1D] | -1 Week[7D] | -1 Month[30D] | -3 Months[90D] | -6 Months[180D] | -1 Year[365D] | -All-Time Maximum |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 1 | -511 | -646 | 3348 | 3494 | 4933 | -894 |
| Lemmy | -14 | -295 | -2301 | 1814 | -687 | -18191 | -35815 |
| Mbin | 0 | -16 | -83 | 36 | -79 | -139 | -3227 |
| Threadiverse | -13 | -822 | -3030 | 5198 | 2728 | -13397 | |
| | | | | | | | |
| Mastodon | 37878 | 3480 | -30248 | 76929 | 63919 | -113932 | -1975856 |
| Pixelfed | 119 | -93 | -8250 | 36709 | -7356 | -32803 | -232142 |
| Peertube | -36 | 1678 | 4181 | 17888 | 20869 | 10198 | -36 |
| Loops | -85 | -932 | -3889 | 2563 | -21806 | 0 | -25052 |
| Bookwyrm | 11 | -27 | 87 | -1202 | -1213 | -7041 | -7723 |
| Friendica | -7 | 33 | -158 | 1206 | 811 | -952 | -2232 |
| Forgejo | -2 | 16 | 9 | -408 | -259 | -358 | -1037 |
| Funkwhale | 0 | -12 | 20 | 99 | 52 | -139 | -824 |
| Flohmarkt | 3 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | -14 |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 37868 | 3327 | -41276 | 138990 | 57771 | -153629 | |
Change (%)^[1]^:
| Software | -1 Day[1D] | -1 Week[7D] | -1 Month[30D] | -3 Months[90D] | -6 Months[180D] | -1 Year[365D] | -All-Time Maximum |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 0.0% | -8.8% | -10.9% | 172.8% | 195.1% | 1401.4% | -14.5% |
| Lemmy | -0.0% | -0.8% | -5.9% | 5.2% | -1.8% | -33.1% | -49.3% |
| Mbin | 0.0% | -2.1% | -10.1% | 5.1% | -9.6% | -15.8% | -81.3% |
| Threadiverse | -0.0% | -1.9% | -6.6% | 13.8% | 6.8% | -23.8% | |
| | | | | | | | |
| Mastodon | 5.2% | 0.5% | -3.8% | 11.2% | 9.2% | -13.0% | -72.2% |
| Pixelfed | 0.1% | -0.1% | -7.2% | 52.5% | -6.5% | -23.5% | -68.5% |
| Peertube | -0.1% | 3.8% | 10.1% | 64.8% | 84.8% | 28.9% | -0.1% |
| Loops | -1.8% | -16.3% | -44.9% | 116.2% | -82.1% | 0.0% | -84.0% |
| Bookwyrm | 0.6% | -1.6% | 5.4% | -41.3% | -41.6% | -80.5% | -81.9% |
| Friendica | -0.3% | 1.3% | -5.9% | 93.1% | 48.0% | -27.6% | -47.1% |
| Forgejo | -1.5% | 13.9% | 7.4% | -75.7% | -66.4% | -73.2% | -88.8% |
| Funkwhale | 0.0% | -4.0% | 7.4% | 51.8% | 21.8% | -32.4% | -74.0% |
| Flohmarkt | 13.0% | 30.0% | 8.3% | 44.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -35.0% |
| | | | | | | | |
| Fediverse | 4.1% | 0.3% | -4.1% | 16.8% | 6.4% | -13.7% | |
Tracker Comparison^[1,2]^:
| Software | Fediverse-Observer^[1]^ | FediDB ^[2]^ |
| :——– | ——-: | ——-: |
| Piefed | 5285 | 5591 |
| Lemmy | 36803 | 47763 |
| Mbin | 740 | 1349 |
| Threadiverse | 42828 | 54703 |
| | | |
| Mastodon | 761307 | 1002327 |
| Pixelfed | 106671 | 111005 |
| Peertube | 45477 | 41263 |
| Loops | 4769 | 4844 |
| Bookwyrm | 1706 | 3922 |
| Friendica | 2502 | 3244 |
| Forgejo | 131 | 1414 |
| Funkwhale | 290 | 757 |
| | | |
| Fediverse | 965707 | 1223479 |
Notes:
I’ve heard in the past that Lemmy, Piefed, and Mbin devs talk to each other about how to implement features.
So, I’m hopefully it’s interoperable, but have no real information to go on that it will/would be.
Did a quick search through Piefed’s code repository. I don’t see community migration, but they are working on instance migration (Lemmy instance could become a Piefed instance).
Interesting.
instance migration (Lemmy instance could become a Piefed instance)
So 2 possibilities: a Lemmy community could migrate to a Piefed server, or a Lemmy server could become a Piefed server.
Makes sense that both should be possible. As I understand it, both fit the forum paradigm (or whatever the term is) of ActivityPub.
What’s important to me (and I’d argue for the fediverse too) is that we limit the amount of fragmentation and splintering and forking and egos in all this.
