Glowing spindrifts on a ridge in Banff National Park, replete with sunflare, shot in ~830nm infrared

#MountainMonday #mountains #photography #landscape #art #nature #classicmono #mono #monochrome #bw #bnw #blackandwhite #ir #infrared #mastodon

A question about the things, as you are already open sourcing it (which is great):

Have you considered, moving the #pixelfed project into a foundation like #mastodon @Gargron is doing it?
As you always say it's not for sale anyway, it's maybe a nice idea. Also the other handy services like @fedidb ,loop and so on..
That would give the people even more trust into the Fediverse 🥰
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/01/the-people-should-own-the-town-square/

I pitched this idea to an ISP I was consulting for last year. A free “linktree” style homepage, available with select domain packages.
This is my Fediverse version where the user can collect all their platforms together, in one place, as well as create one RSS feed for all their latest activity.
#Loops #Pixelfed #PeerTube #Flipboard #WordPress #Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb

Pixelfed (and Mastodon) are increasingly targeted by spammers.

Our current AutoSpam detection using Naive Bayes isn't enough*, so we are building a better detection and mitigation system.

Not only will it leverage (optional) established 3rd party services like SpamHaus, but also threat intel from other trusted "reporter" instances like Pixelfed.social.

It's called https://FediThreat.net, and will be available soon!

* - https://pixelfed.blog/p/2023/feature/autospam-and-naive-bayes-the-grandfather-of-spam-filters-still-making-waves

#pixelfed #mastodon #spam #fediThreat

noob question. Does @pixelfed and Mastodon play nice when moving. ie: can I move an account from Mastodon to Pixelfed and bring our followers with us ?

#activitypub #noob #pixelfed #mastodon

Today I have the distinct honor of representing @Mastodon as we are acknowledged by the Digital Public Goods Alliance during the United Nations Office for Digital and Emerging Technologies's Open Source Week.

This news comes at a time when it has never been more imperative for public institutions to communicate directly with their constituents. Rarely in history have we trusted the truth and trusted each other less than we do today. Mastodon provides the infrastructure for organizations to maintain sovereignty over their digital presence, and empowers them to reach out to citizens without algorithmic barriers or paid promotion.

Recognition of Mastodon as a digital public good validates our commitment to building transparent, ethical technology that serves people over profit. Because truly, our values drive everything we do. We believe that true digital freedom comes from the ability of communities to connect, learn, and play together, while preserving each community's right to self-determination.

This recognition belongs to our entire community: every instance admin, developer, and fedizen who believes in building a more human-centered internet. Together, we're showing the world that social media can be transparent, ethical, and community-driven. We're proud to be part of a movement that puts people first and proves that genuine connections flourish when communities have the freedom to govern themselves.

Thank you 💞

#Mastodon #Fediverse #SocialWeb #UnitedNations #DigitalPublicGood #OpenSource

‘#OpenSource And #Ethical’ #TikTok, #WhatsApp And #Instagram Alternatives Could Transform #SocialMedia

from #Forbes
ByEsat Dedezade, Contributor.
Esat Dedezade is U.K.-based journalist who covers Big Tech for Forbes
Jan 25, 2025, 12:23pm EST

[a very well-written article with a favorable yet realistic angle on the #Fediverse]

"At the heart of these alternative apps lies the Fediverse platform — a portmanteau of "federated" and "universe" that represents a radical reimagining of how social media can work. Unlike traditional platforms where users are locked into isolated ecosystems, the Fediverse operates as an interconnected network of independent servers that communicate with each other through a standard protocol called #ActivityPub."

https://www.forbes.com/sites/esatdedezade/2025/01/25/open-source-and-ethical-tiktok-whatsapp-and-instagram-alternatives-could-transform-social-media/?ref=blog.elenarossini.com

#Pixelfed #PeerTube #Mastodon #Loops #Sup #FreeSoftware #SocialWeb #technology #news #press

!Friendica Support
I have 2 Friendica accounts and 1 on Mastodon. Both Friendica accounts are following the Mastodon one. If i like or share a posting of the #Mastodon account out of my Friendica timelines, these are acknowledged and counted on the Mastodon account. But only one of the #Friendica accounts triggers a notification on Mastodon, the other doesn't.
How can this be?
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"Optimismus ist nur ein Mangel an Information." (Heiner Müller)

I’m proud to be joining @Mastodon’s Board of Directors to guide and support this important platform.

I believe that #Mastodon and the #Fediverse represent some of the most important advancements in social networking design and technology. They have the potential to reverse the harms wrought by the monolithic social media platforms of yesterday.

But even more than that, Mastodon and the Fediverse can be so much more than what we are against. We have so much potential. I believe in all of our power to build and change the world. We start by building and convening in healthier online communities because our strength together is far more than the sum of our differences. I believe in building technologies that help bring out the best in humanity; I believe in the amazing things we can do and be when we work together.

I love Mastodon. I love what we are and what we will be. Now let’s build a better world together 💞

https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/05/evolving-the-team/

I've currently been doing a tonne of work on Doorkeeper, a Mastodon dependency for OAuth, and currently that work is mostly uncompensated.

I'm also doing a reasonable amount of work on the standards side (W3C & IETF), which is also uncompensated.

I'm not making ends meet at the moment, so if you can spare €5-10 a month, please do consider supporting my work on Mastodon, Doorkeeper, standards, and the wider Fediverse.

I'm currently running a deficit of about €1000-1600 per month, which is completely unsustainable.

(there's also one-time, but ongoing support is what enables me to do this important work)

https://support.thisismissem.social

#mastodon #fediverse

Did the Mastodon web-UI stop showing you if someone is following you?

#DeSo #Fediverse #FediUX #FediverseUX #Mastodon

I was able to secure the last Gold tier Mastodon pledge! 🎉

About time, I owe so much to Mastodon and their iconic journey of decentralizing Twitter.

I don't think Bluesky, Pixelfed or Lemmy would exist without Mastodon. Their project gave us a blueprint for what's possible.

Kudos @Mastodon & @Gargron, you inspired a whole generation of dreamers like me. Standing on the shoulders of giants ❤️

Help support Mastodon ➡️ https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

#fediverse #mastodon

Kudos to @Gargron and the entire Mastodon team, they've done some foundational work that is often replicated in other projects!

Pixelfed is inspired by their amazing work, and we are adding filters based on their powerful implementation.

❤️

#pixelfed #filters #mastodon

#Pixelfed and other #Fediverse platforms like #Mastodon were just mentioned on German television (ZDF) 🎉:

Trump and his new big tech autocracy: Trump, Musk & Co are trying to dismantle the state at high speed. A culture war has broken out. Is democracy in danger?

How dangerous is this and what can Europe do to counter it? Will the EU's democratic rules stand up to the superiority of US big tech?

https://www.zdf.de/video/reportagen/aspekte-106/trump-demokratie-usa-musk-100

#Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #BigTech #UnplugTrump #BuyFromEU #BuyCanadian

GreatApe is a conversations platform for the Fediverse and decentralized social-media (DeSo).

When logging into GreatApe, you don't have to create an account on GreatApe.

Instead you can use your Mastodon, Pixelfed, Misskey, or PeerTube account.

That is what @muhammadzaidali is working on right now.

#DeSo #Fediverse #GreatApe #Mastodon #Misskey #PeerTube #Pixelfed

Microblogging peaked when Tumblr peaked. I'm surprised no one has made an app that adjusted the #Mastodon feed to look more like #Tumblr (content ABOVE the caption, + text only posts, reblog comments BELOW original content, etc).

I saw @dansup was heading that direction in OG #pixelfed days years back, but more #Instagram style later.

But yo, #Fediverse - what do you think? Do you miss peak Tumblr? Am I crazy?

Is it normal to see many blank spaces in most #Pixelfed posts on #Mastodon ? 🤔

Is the portfolio feature available on the #Pixelfed (or #Mastodon) apps? I'm struggling to find it

In the year 2019, a scholarly paper misspelled the names of the Fediverse software —

Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Pleroma

As —

Mastadon, Pixelfred, Plemora

This is the paper:

"Peer-to-Peer based Social Networks: A Comprehensive Survey"
https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.02611

@dansup

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/103467590881549361

#DeSo #Fediverse #Mastadon #Mastodon #Pixelfed #Pixelfred #Pleroma #Plemora

[strong]Friendica: Welchen Sinn macht die Option Öffentlichen Beiträge für anonymen Besucher zu sperren?[/strong]

Es gibt bei den Einstellungen folgende Option die es ermöglicht anonymen Besuchern der Webseite den Zugriff auf die öffentlich eingestellten Beiträge zu verweigern.



Für mich persönlich ist das durchaus sinnvoll, da ich meine Beiträge ja fürs Fediverse und nicht für Google und Co. schreibe. Nun stellt sich aber dennoch die Sinnfrage, wenn ca. 80 Prozent der eigenen Kontakte eine Plattform (Mastodon) nutzen die die Beiträge nicht korrekt darstellen und den ursprünglichen Beitrag auch nicht inline laden kann. Deren Nutzer also darauf angewiesen sind anonym über den Server auf der der Beitrag erstellt wurde darauf zuzugreifen.

[strong]Wie geht Ihr damit um? Welche Lösungen habt Ihr dafür gefunden?[/strong]

#Friendica #Beiträge #ÖffentlicheBeiträge #AnonymeZugriffe #Mastodon #Frage #2024-03-24 !Friendica Support

Nick Gerakines ( @ngerakines.me ):

ActivityPub and Mastodon are effectively the same thing to most people.

( @reiver note: this seems similar to the phrase "the Mastodon in the room".)

#ATmosphereConf #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Mastodon #TheMastodonInTheRoom

Paraphrasing Blaine Cook ( @blaine ) ( https://bsky.app/profile/blaine.bsky.social ):

You could fix how Mastodon and the Fediverse uses WebFinger if WebFinger could point to multiple profiles.

It doesn't now. But it could.

#ATmosphereConf #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #MastoDev #Mastodon

Ich habe gerade den "Leitfaden für den Instanz-Betrieb im dezentralen Netzwerk - Datenschutz bei Mastodon" von gefunden.
Dieser gibt neben grundsätzlichen Informationen auf was Instanzbetreiber achten müssen, vor allem auch eine sehr praktische Sammlung an Musterdokumenten unter CC BY-ND 4.0-Lizenz. Ihr könnt es also für euere Instanzen anpassen und nutzen.

Auch relevant für @Friendica Admins / @Friendica Support

Auf einem abstrakten Niveau sind die Anforderungen, die wir beschreiben, auch auf andere Plattformen des Fediverse übertragbar. Dennoch gibt es einige Aspekte, die von der konkreten Plattform und Software-Implementierung abhängen. So sind zum Beispiel die Möglichkeiten, rechtliche Texte einzubinden und anzuzeigen, unterschiedlich.

Danke@DS_Stiftung@social.bund.de

https://stiftungdatenschutz.org/praxisthemen/datenschutz-bei-mastodon

#impressum #dsgvo #fediverse #friendica #mastodon #tos #deutschland #datenschutz

@Friendica Support wäre das nicht auch für Friendica noch sinnvoll?
Ich hab so viele Konversationen, wo mir Teile des Threads fehlen, weil ich mit den Kommentatoren nicht in einem Follow-Verhältnis stehe...

#Frage an das #Fediverse und #Followerpower: Wie schaffe ich es, dass in meinem #Mastodon Profil das verlinkte #Pixelfed Profil ebenfalls grün (verifiziert) dargestellt wird? Ich meine, ich hatte das vorhin mal so am laufen, beim Aktualisieren meines Profils ist das aber irgendwie rausgeflogen.

In the last few months, many people have called on the EU to start supporting open alternatives to US-owned social media sites. The thing is: The EU has been doing that for some time already. It has financed, among others, ActivityPub, Mastodon and PeerTube. For @netzpolitik_feed, we spoke to Michiel Leenaars, who professionally gives out buckets of EU cash to open source projects.

#eu #europeanunion #opensource #activitypub #mastodon

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/open-source-funding-on-the-brink-delivering-whats-needed-to-make-europe-sovereign/

Seems like Mastodon is interested in collaborating with Pixelfed on Starter Kits ✨

You love to see it!

#pixelfed #mastodon #starterKits

Saw the #CBS #60Minutes segment about him on this past Sunday's show.

Think they said he has a staff of around 80 people!!!!

So, it should be easy for them to create, monitor & manage a #Mastodon account. 🤷‍♂️

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight mentions #Mastodon and #PixelFed as alternatives that are "not as desperate to fall in line with trump".

I’m curious. This place has a very vocal anti-capitalist community, anytime moneys come up people shout about donations. When it comes to consent and Trust & Safety I’ve seen many people attack devs. Yet, when #Mastodon was asking for donations to fund a position it was largely crickets. #IFTAS has done great work and set out to be a great benefit to the #fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb yet they’re struggling to keep the lights on. How can that be? So many of you are always talking about donations so why are projects underfunded and servers shutting down due to lack of funding? Where are you passionate and vocal lot? https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/iftas-funding-crisis/ https://about.iftas.org/

I’m curious. This place has a very vocal anti-capitalist community, anytime moneys come up people shout about donations. When it comes to consent and Trust & Safety I’ve seen many people attack devs. Yet, when #Mastodon was asking for donations to fund a position it was largely crickets. #IFTAS has done great work and set out to be a great benefit to the #fediverse and #OpenSocialWeb yet they’re struggling to keep the lights on. How can that be? So many of you are always talking about donations so why are projects underfunded and servers shutting down due to lack of funding? Where are you passionate and vocal lot? https://wedistribute.org/2025/02/iftas-funding-crisis/ https://about.iftas.org/

J'adore toujours cette représentation de l' #ordre et du #chaos. Ça s'applique aussi bien à la #nature et à sa magnifique #biodiversité qu'au #fediverse et #Mastodon #pixelfed dont I'approche est assez similaire.

#décentralisé #decentralise #decentralised #decentralisedWeb #TwitterDécentralisé #decentralisetheinternet #decentralization #decentralisation #decentralization #decentralized #decentralizedsocial #decentralizedweb #decentralisation

Kickstarter Kampagne für #Pixelfed und #Loops läuft immer noch.

Womöglich für die #neuhier einen Blick wert oder selbst auf anderen #Fediverse Plattformen wie #Mastodon.

Pixelfed & Loops: Authentic Sharing, Reimagined
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pixelfed/pixelfed-foundation-2024-real-ethical-social-networks

Open APIs are so magical, and @Mastodon really pioneered this with their implementation.

Thanks to them, you have a vibrant ecosystem of 3rd party apps that have the same access and rate limits as the official app.

I do the same with Pixelfed and Loops, and soon Sup.

We all thrive without ad-driven limitations 🚀

#fediverse #mastodon

A new version of Roundcube Photos has been released. New in 1.5.6 is the feature to share images with Mastodon, including multiple images. The manual generation of tokens has been removed, as the plugin now logs on to a Mastodon or Pixelfed instance as an autonomous app. The Timeline view and various internal improvements and bug fixes are also new. You can find the new version, as usual, on https://codeberg.org/Offerel/Roundcube_Pictures
#travelphotography #photography #roundcube #photos #mastodon #pixelfed
@Mastodon

From 20 votes, I give 15 to #diaspora, 5 on #friendica 0 to #mastodon
@dansup

Mastodon has an active fundraising campaign for a new Trust and Safety team member!

Consider contributing to help make the fediverse and its largest platform more safer.

https://givebutter.com/givingmastodon

#mastodon #fediverse #trustAndSafety

#watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #acuarela #aquarell #acquerello #aquarela #MastoArt #mastodon #art #artist #painting #drawing #illustration #paint #draw #fox #zorro #renard #animal #animals #winter

#watercolour #watercolor #aquarelle #acuarela #aquarell #acquerello #aquarela #MastoArt #mastodon #art #artist #painting #drawing #illustration #paint #draw #sun #street #bougainvillea #bougainvillierrouge #flower #Greece #sunny #narrowstreet

I really appreciate what #pixelfed is doing for growing the #fediverse but the lead dev starting some petty beef with #mastodon and publicly proclaiming himself to be a “genius” for obfuscating server selection in signup is straight up toxic crap we do not need.

We Linux nerds really need social skills and media training.

@Flipboard and Surf.Social are excited to host the first-ever Fediverse House, March 9 & 10, 2025.

Join us while the SXSW conference is going on to learn about the world of decentralized social and why it promises a better way for consumers, creators, brands, and even democracy itself.

Our programming lineup is stacked (and still evolving), but it’s looking like the place to be for anyone interested in the future of the internet.

Details and RSVP:

https://about.flipboard.com/fediverse/fediverse-house-2025/

#fediverse #fediversehouse25 #sxsw #austin #mastodon #bluesky #flipboard #threads

Wait, this is nice. Just learned that if you follow a hashtag in #Mastodon you will also get posts from #Pixelfed in your Home feed.
Love feeling in control of my feed curation.

#question

Is it redundant to have both a #Mastodon and a #Friendica account? How about a third #Pixelfed account?

#mastodonadvice #fediverse

#fediTips

Hi there @utopiarte,
I'm observing this #poll question on the #friendica @helpers #group from over here on a #mastodon instance and can't like, only fav, yet actually I'd like to be against this proposal as it is very dangerous!

I wouldn't put my name on the line in this internet for poll's by name vote, #democracy or even post an opinion.

That's way to dangerous in the actually #zeitGeist of #neoLiberalFascist's having the thumb on LLM's to hunt us down.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxNZduzm6B8

"the Mastodon in the room"

— @matt

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2025 #SocialWebFOSDEM #Fediverse #Mastodon #WriteFreely

Stickers

#FOSDEM #FOSDEM2025 #SocialWebFOSDEM #Fediverse #Friendica #Hubzilla #Mastodon

📣 Happy #GlobalSwitchDay to all the brave frontrunners out there!

For whom February 1st came a little too soon, don't worry! Just try again on March 1st and celebrate Zero Discrimination Day in the beautiful #fediverse. Alternatively, you can switch on April 1st, as only fools stay behind ;) or join your friends on May 1st and put your ideals to work.

Help spread the word.

#WhatsApp #Signal #Reddit #Lemmy #X #Mastodon #Instagram #Pixelfed #Facebook #friendica #Youtube #Peertube #Tiktok #loops
globalswitchday. In total we see 16 platform logo's in their respected brand color and underneath each logo the name of the platform. All switch combinations have an arrow in the middle pointing to the right (from to). In the left column: X to Mastodon, Facebook to friendica. In the middle column WhatsApp to Signal, Instagram to Pixelfed and YouTube to PeerTube. In the right column: Reddit to Lemmy, Facebook Messenger to Signal and TikTok to loops.video." title="A colorful image showing 8 global switch suggestions presented in three columns. Upper left is the fediverse logo with text Join the fediverse #globalswitchday. In total we see 16 platform logo's in their respected brand color and underneath each logo the name of the platform. All switch combinations have an arrow in the middle pointing to the right (from to). In the left column: X to Mastodon, Facebook to friendica. In the middle column WhatsApp to Signal, Instagram to Pixelfed and YouTube to PeerTube. In the right column: Reddit to Lemmy, Facebook Messenger to Signal and TikTok to loops.video.">

Wir sind noch #neuHier auf #Mastodon. Unsere Accounts auf X, Facebook und Instagram haben wir gelöscht.

Wir sind unseres Wissens der erste #AnwaltVerein im #Fediverse, aber bestimmt nicht der letzte.

Wir würden uns freuen, wenn noch mehr #Rechtsanwälte den Weg hierher fänden. Sprecht Euren Lieblings-, Haus-, Familien- und Unternehmensanwalt einfach auf's #Fediversum an. Es gibt ja für jede große kommerzielle Plattform eine freie Alternative, siehe die grafische Übersicht oben.

i really dont want to spoil the fun here. I appreciate the effort.

But although #signal is much more popular than #matrix their relationship is like #mastodon to #bluesky. Both bluesky and signal have a #proprietary backend. although their frontent is #OpenSource they technically have a single point of failure. server/cluster down == service down

Mastodon and matrix are actual fediverse services which are undestroyable since they are many federated, independent servers.

Global Switch Day. February 1st 2025.

Spread the word.

#mastodon #pixelfed #signal #friendica #peertube #loops