the author was me -- and i have lots of experience with software design and i know that we can both have what we want. i think any intelligent well-meaning person can figure that out for themselves, and i hate arguing, so have a nice day. ;-)
Shot form blog/vlog apps do not exist because people demanded them, they exist because of the ability to make them addictive. When Twitter first came out most people in fact didn't get the point, and it was commonly said that "you have to try it to get it". More than anything they have proved addictability more than preference.
The fact that every single one of those microcontent platforms is, or has been, augmented by add-on tools like "thread unrollers" and cross posting with other platforms like YouTube are an indication that there is at least a desire to have a *choice* between bleeding out a quick post and saying something more thought out.
The Fedi exists because of Mastodon's blogging implementation but *persists* despite it, because the ActivityPub protocol underlying it is not restricted to the platform's limitations and provides a lower friction way to interact with different platforms like Pixelfed, Peertube, Lemmy and its derivatives, WordPress blogs and so on.
I guess I am old but I have a hard time believing that format works without somebody else deciding what you see next. which I get that people are currently fine with but which I'd hope we eventually see the danger of.
I've had an inspiring first week with Fedibook. Your feedback has been truly inspiring. It started as a provocation and an experiment — but I have decided to turn this into a proper open source project. My first ever!
If you tested on dev1.fedibook.dk — come to https://fedibook.net. The new showcase instance where we will run the latest released code. Or even better, run your own instance and friend request me @sindum@fedibook.net.
I'm heading off on holiday, but I wanted to share what I'm hoping we can build together:
Your Friendly Neighborhood Social Network... One that is there for you when you want to take a moment to connect and follow up. That shows your feed from friends, follows and groups. Nothing more. With a UI that focuses on that rather than keeping your attention.
Jump over to my blog for this post with a little more detail.
https://sindum.dk/come-join-fedibook-net/
#fedibook #fediverse #activitypub @shellsharks #YourFriendlyNeighborhoodSocialNetwork
I’m disappointed, this doesn’t seem to be about books.
@Territorial sorry for that misunderstanding. It's a fediverse addressbook.
@julian it is. I'v seen it and accpted.
@julian you are using mastodon account right? In that setting the fedibook of friends equals a follow and a follow back. Can you try to cancel you follow and try again?
@julian it might be a bug. Thank for trying and telling
RE: https://mastodon.social/@HolosSocial/116302845964923188
With #Holos, you can have your identity on your own domain. No server? A simple CNAME record is enough. Already have a server? Point a subdomain to handle #ActivityPub traffic and serve a static JSON file on your root domain.
This is a step toward the same sovereignty #Nostr offers with cryptographic identities, but staying in the #ActivityPub ecosystem you already know.
@apps cc: @manton@manton.com
Domains cost money though?
I feel like this is such an obvious objection that there must be an easy answer for it. Let’s hear it.
Servers
- Vernissage Server v1.32.0
- snac v2.91
- Lemmy v0.19.17
- Mitra v5.0.0
- Gush! v0.0.33
- Mastodon v4.5.8
- Hubzilla v11.2.0
- Mobilizon v5.2.3
- NodeBB v4.10.1
- appy v0.5.0
- Madblog v1.3.0
- A Redesign for Profiles (Mastodon)
- TinyAP: Tiny ActivityPub Micro-blogging
- oeee-cafe: The federated and networked oekaki board
- ActivityPub bots: ActivityPub / Mastodon compatible instance to quickly create and deploy multiple bots
- ProFed: Federated professional network
Clients
- Holos v1.1.0
- Fedilab v3.37.2
- Pachli v3.5.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2026.02
- Summit v1.80.0
- Blorp v1.11.0
- Aria v1.4.8
- Announcing Nicolium v0.1.0
- Hackers' Pub Android
Tools and Plugins
- Poduptime v6.3.1
- Enable Mastodon Apps v1.5.0 (WordPress plugin)
For developers
- Fedify v2.1.0
- APx v0.22.0
- Federails v0.8.0
Articles
- Dipping a Toe into the Fediverse (Again)
- Can we have a more “social” media?
- Mastodon (Bluesky/X/Instagram) is not the right platform for posting long-form content (a blog is)
- FediMod FIRES on building better and decentralised social media applications
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019d0d0a-2958-a430-8db0-95350f8495e5
I stumbled upon this "ARE YOU JUST
A .md FILE?" thingy this morning: https://deathbyclawd.com/
...and I couldn't resist to check for #ActivityPub
We are all save!
I like the "N/A — You cannot assassinate a standard. Ask RSS how that worked out." part 😂
/cc @davew
@pfefferle @davew « Dearly beloved, we are NOT gathered here today, because Mastodon isn't dead — it's open source, decentralized, and fueled by the inexhaustible resource of people rage-quitting other platforms. You cannot kill what has no central server. You cannot bankrupt what has no revenue model. Mastodon will outlive us all, running on a Raspberry Pi in someone's closet in Dresden. » 😂😂😂💖
Wait did someone say masto is dead? I hope not.
@julian Hi, you can contact developers on peertube@framasoft.org. We can create an account for you on https://peertube2.cpy.re/ :)
@rick have you started to figure out how to get quote posts working?
@liaizon @rick Probably very unlikely as long as the vocabulary isn't in Fedify: https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/issues/452 But now that the interaction policy vocab is in, it might not take too much longer.
There are a couple of #ActivityPub projects that focus on providing the good tools that abstract away the complexities of wire-level network comms
You're talking to a developer of such project.
There is no "wire chaos", where did you get this idea from?