Fediverse

Love Reddit but tired of what's happening to it? We check out Lemmy and Kbin, two open-source fediverse alternatives that are growing fast.

Akkoma is an active fork of Pleroma, which implements ActivityPub protocol underneath and serves an interface similar to microblogging platforms such as Twitter or Tumblr. It implements a complete Mastodon client API, so all Mastodon clients work with it without trouble, even the Mastodon web UI can be installed and used with Akkoma.

Why Akkoma over Mastodon? It's written in Elixir, so it's faster and uses less resources than Mastodon. You can also define a character limit to your posts, use markdown formatting, quote posts and add emoji reactions. Perfect for small personal instances, you can run it super cheap.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2693464

Hi, I'm focusing on generating content for a few communities that I feel can be successful and have less content than I expected:

• !cassettefuturism@lemm.ee: a genre of retrofuturism based on the 70's and 80's (more info)
• !awwnverts@lemmy.world: cute invertebrates
• !weirdwheels@lemmy.world: weird vehicles (with wheels)
• !comicstrips@lemmy.world: self-explanatory

I would encourage anyone to participate if you like those topics.

Do you know any other niche-but-not-too-niche communities in which we could focus efforts?
Please, don't post very long lists, I'm already subscribed to almost 300 communities and the idea is to focus on a few ones.

Thanks!

EDIT: Added descriptions for each community.

Btw, this is me testing the limits of kbin's microblog feature, so the following post will be long. I will post a TLDR at the end.

It has been nearly a month since I've first joined #fediverse. Even before the #reddit exodus, I was already growing tired of the site for the fact that despite how large the communities were, they were very cold and impersonal. There was also the fact that for the #queer community at least, we had been siloed off from the rest of reddit, because nearly every topic involving #LGBTQ issues were very often met with hostility by a good amount of users, often followed by a locked topic. It was even getting to the point where I didn't even feel safe in the some of the more socially liberal spaces.

The fact that mods were being stripped of some of the few tools they had to keep their communities hospitable, I knew the writing was on the wall. I tried many reddit alternatives during the blackout, including #raddle and #tildes. But once I figured out how #kbin, #mastodon, and #lemmy worked, I found myself feeling right at home on the fediverse.

I think the main reason why is because many of the people here are misfits from other platforms. Many of the users on mastodon are former twitter users who were driven off by the corporate culture of twitter, and later by Elon Musk and the poisoning of the platform. Others are former redditors like me who found platforms like lemmy, and are in the midst of trying to rebuild the community they once had on thier former platform.

Fediverse definitely doesn't feel "mainstream" like the sites that many of us come from , but perhaps that is part of the appeal, and why I have taken to it far quicker than any other social platform I have tried in the past. I'm just hoping as the fediverse continues to grow and attract new users, that it doesn't lose it's quirky and experimental spirit.

TLDR: I like fediverse. It's weird, quirky, and I feel more open here than I was ever able to be on reddit. Don't ever change.

Most critical of the bugs allowed attackers to root federated instances.

Meta’s adoption of ActivityPub could expose a lot more people to the power, and perils, of decentralized social networks..

Does anyone happen to know how #copyright claims or #DMCA processes are handled with #PeerTube? I'd imagine that each instance must have their own policies, based on the locale they're hosted in, but curious to know if there's any standard in place for this.

#fediverse

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Is decentralization the future of social media? Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter created an opportunity for a new kind of social platform.
https://www.engadget.com/is-decentralization-the-future-of-social-media-194554192.html

#fediverse #socialmedia #twitter #threads #bluesky #mastodon #tech #technology

Hi there

#fediverse

I am thrilled to discover #kbin!

I am considering starting my own #kbin instance. I have concerns about escalating costs, moderation and legal liability.

What has been your experience?

Is a #kbin instance disconnected from the greater #fediverse a poor experience?

I would use the #kbin site for this purpose:

https://kbin.social/m/AmbiguityUncertaintyDoubt

In the typical web marketing infrastructure, a company signs up for an email account for private messages, Twitter/X account for microblogging, YouTube account for video sharing, and Reddit for forum discussion.

With the Fediverse/ActivityPub model, currently a typical user might register a PeerTube account for video sharing, Mastodon for microblogging, and Lemmy for forum discussion. But the data under all those is the same infrastructure, right?

Facebook as a mature software platform has areas of its app for private messaging, microblogging, and video-specific content, all using one user account.

Is it likely that Fediverse apps will evolve toward a similar structure, where a person or company would only need one account and could push out content of all types there, and interact with others' content with one account?

How comprehensive are #federated searches?

I am primarily interested in #kbin text search. I spent a couple of hours researching and experimenting with kbin. I was a little disappointed.

I would like to create a #kbin Magazine. I wonder how broad the reach would be. I want the search to be effective beyond my local site.

#fediverse

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As the social media landscape ebbs and flows, the team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the distributed collection of social networks known as the Fediverse, a collection of social media applications all linked together by common protocols...

The BBC has launched its own “experimental” Mastodon server, marking one of the first major news outlets to establish an instance on the Twitter alternative. You can access the server at social.bbc, which encompasses posts from a handful of BBC accounts, including BBC Radio 4, BBC Taster, BBC Research & Development, and a few more

In my humble opinion, the Fediverse beats out all other social media types based on one simple truth - it's a fuckton more fun.

#fediverse

cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/232185

Hey all,

I’ve got an exciting thing to announce today, Canvas — Lemmy’s r/Place!

We need to get our own traditions over here in the Threadiverse, why not start off with our own r/Place

This weekend, we will open up a canvas to all Lemmy users, each user will be able to place 1 pixel every minute. This event will last 72 hours, starting midnight EST on the 4th and ending at 11:59pm EST on the 6th

Some instances that are joining in:

• toast.ooo
• lemmy.zip

Join the Lemmy Community [!canvas@toast.ooo](/c/canvas@toast.ooo)

Join the Matrix Space #lemmy-canvas:matrix.org

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Extinction looms for FTAV’s Mastodon presence

We Distribute is bringing in a new feature - The Mixtape! We create playlists of songs that broadcast through Radio Free Fedi, and share it with the wider fediverse. It’s an opportunity for people to discover music by Fedizens, and help support artists on the network.

Our first playlist is themed around hot summer vibes.