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More in-depth. Most fascinating is that ActivityPub and the ...

2026-10-26T17:36:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…cj8u
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More in-depth. Most fascinating is that ActivityPub and the fediverse are "Made by people, for people" from the ground up.

You might say "But what does that have to do with the technical side?", a fair question. As I see it, it is a huge opportunity to "do tech differently", take a social-first approach where people's needs are central and ultimately accounted for in supportive humane and harmonious technology.

While that seems obvious, it is actually a huge challenge, and we have tons to learn. Our whole hypercapitalist society is tech-first, "tech means progress", and it has pushed us to the brink. Even fediverse did not escape that, being based on FOSS movement and culture, it is dev-led and app-centric.

Add that the AP protocol is incomplete, has huge holes. It is more a protocol framework. Who takes care of healthy evolution and natural growth? Answer is: We all should.

With https://coding.social I focus on this challenge. The blog has more info.

The potential to "reimagine social" 😜

2026-10-25T19:42:12Z

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The potential to "reimagine social" 😜

> What would you suggest??? You start by framing the questions ...

2026-10-20T07:01:01Z

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> What would you suggest???

You start by framing the questions as app features. Why not start more vague and fuzzy, relating to the reasons one would be participating on the social network at all..

* The things that interest me the most
* The people I'd like to meet
* The things that motivate me
* That what brings me joy
* The experience other people have on this
* That what relates to how I want to live

That kind of thing, and then drill down from there :)

Has "Mastodon" become a category name, rather than a ...

2026-10-14T12:39:57Z

Has "Mastodon" become a category name, rather than a product / brand name? In a similar way "Jeep" became a category word for "all-terrain vehicle".

So often I see people use #Mastodon, where they refer more broadly to #fediverse. And I think "How about all the other fine #microblogging apps other than Mastodon?"

Look how many others there are: https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-experience/#microblogging

What do you think: Has "Mastodon" become a category name?

#poll #SocialWeb #ActivityPub

I too think internationalized handles are a good idea. Sarcasm ...

2026-10-07T13:12:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…0lr3
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I too think internationalized handles are a good idea. Sarcasm aside, it is not about fairness. That is not the point I raised. People will just never type a handle they are unable to type. Thus the fediverse while becoming more inclusive in one regard, on the other it will fragment. The issue comes up more often in other technology areas. See the response by Jim DeLaHunt (npub1sst…4hjt)

PS. On the proliferation of SWICG task forces, just musing out ...

2026-10-07T07:49:12Z

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PS. On the proliferation of SWICG task forces, just musing out loud..

The #ActivityPub Webfinger TF implies a flavor of the #Webfinger open standard. Webfinger is only a small 'moving part' within the AP protocol intrinsics.

A task force focusing more broadly on the cross-cutting concern of "Internationalization and Localization" of the entire protocol suite, might've been a better way to slice related activities.

Nice work! There's an interesting inclusion and diversity ...

2026-10-07T07:26:28Z

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Nice work! There's an interesting inclusion and diversity angle to this. On one hand it allows anyone to create handles in their own native language, and on the other hand it disallows most people from mentioning these handles. I'd not be able to reproduce a Japanese or Arabic handle easily, without keeping a cheat sheet somewhere, from where I copy/paste those handles. Who will do that in practice? I don't know the extent to which Latin is a common denominator between these languages and regions. Mass adoption might make the fediverse more inclusive, while driving fedizens apart in their own language bubbles. Perhaps there should be an ability to have an inclusive handle, and a Latin fallback for those not able to type the inclusive handle.

Update: Created an issue.. https://github.com/swicg/activitypub-webfinger/issues/33

#ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink: Think small to achieve large ...

2026-10-05T06:22:46Z

#ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

Think small to achieve large things.

#SmallIsHuge

Don't worry. I am not telling you, I am musing on the ...

2026-10-01T22:25:33Z

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Don't worry. I am not *telling* you, I am *musing* on the phrasing of the poll.

Yes, perhaps might've been better to make the distinction, ...

2026-10-01T22:14:03Z

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Yes, perhaps might've been better to make the distinction, and ask for multi-person servers specifically.

The term "server" itself is imho an unfortunate case of a lower-level abstraction (that of the installed base) creeping into a high-level one (that of the unified social network stratum). It is a passed station, but a multi-account server/instance might simply be called a Hub.

"How do you join the fediverse, Self-hosted or via a Hub?"

"My actors are all on Hubs."

(Actor is also kind of a technical name, but Person doesn't match, and Identity is awkward. Account is possible, still technical. Fedizen might be used, but rings a bit weird.)

Mid October will be the general release of the Naza documentary. ...

2026-09-30T09:13:57Z

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Mid October will be the general release of the Naza documentary. More info on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAZA_(film)

Google Maps has updated the images on Gaza, showing the complete destruction of the city of Rafah. It was discussed on Hacker News yesterday:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49879645

Fabio Manganiello (npub1xw9…75ln)

#ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink: In #IT we excel at inventing ...

2026-09-26T06:33:31Z

#ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

In #IT we excel at inventing names of trends and hypes that don't cover the load..

#ResponsibleAI, #EthicalAI and a bunch of other flavors. Responsible for what? In which ethical way?

Terms similar to #DigitalTransformation. Well-meant perhaps, but in practice just another fad. Why? Transformation to what? For whom exactly? Well, in reality it boils down to cost-savings and profit maximisation. Business as usual.

Same with #AI. And add to that "world domination" where it comes to its techbro-fascist owners and their #EpsteinClass.

Technological innovation just ain't the same as societal progress, never was. Yet we treat it as if they are equivalent. Why not put things in simpler terms:

🌈 #BeneficialAI

The kind that supports people's daily needs, and is respective of the intrinsic values of #Humanity and #Freedom that we hold dear.

Simply put: AI that serves #Humankind.

⁉️ #AskFedi I want to look up specific people I followed with ...

2026-09-22T11:26:31Z

⁉️ #AskFedi

I want to look up specific people I followed with this #Mastodon account over the years. Since my following list has over 1,200 entries, it is undoable to open the fedi profile of each person one by one.

Is there a tool that allows me to load all these profiles into a single file or webpage, so I can quickscroll or do a search on keywords in the profile Bio texts?

#Poll ✏️ I sent a #ThoughtProvoker contrasting Opt-in vs. ...

2026-09-20T08:03:36Z

#Poll ✏️

I sent a #ThoughtProvoker contrasting Opt-in vs. Opt-out for services that developers launch on our #fediverse.

Thought was that on a #Prosocial web people are fully in control of the services they want to use by opting in, thus providing #consent.

Opt-out is where in many cases de-facto a developer becomes the decider how your content and data is used. To fedizens its often unclear what services interact with their online presence, and in what way. Plus they have to discover the opt-out mechanisms themselves.

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/117285470634849684

My post got an angry reaction from a #fedi developer, who misinterpreted what I said. The devs I know act with the best intentions! Yet some are exasperated with "We can't have nice things with only opt-in".

Recently a discovery service was launched with opt-out based on Indexable flag and Bio tags.

❓ What should be the default for fediverse apps and services ❓

And while you're at it, vote on my other related poll:

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/117291127690930513

#ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink: Opt-out happens where random ...

2026-09-17T08:37:36Z

#ThoughtProvoker :blobhyperthink:

Opt-out happens where random fedi app developers are your landlords who decide what services you get, and who were still benevolent enough to give you a choice (if you happen to find out about these services).

Opt-in fits a public online space where you have your own home and self-sovereignty to decide the services you want to consume in your social household. It is where you have control of your own life.

https://coding.social/blog/prosocial-web

#SX #ProsocialWeb #ActivityPub #fediverse #consent #sovereignty #DigitAlautonomy

#CounterTheDoomscroll 🌈 What is the fediverse? Is it a medium ...

2026-09-14T06:59:17Z

#CounterTheDoomscroll 🌈

What is the fediverse? Is it a medium to make people lose hope and feel depressed?

Full of passionate people who want to improve the world, I am nonetheless presented every morning with 1,000's of huge problems-getting-worse in every area imaginable that these people project to each other. Problem-awareness is one thing. It is needed. But there's precious little uplifting stuff being shared, and ways on how to be part of the solution.

Timelines that are only doom & gloom serve to wear people out, feel extra deflated as the weight of the world is pushed on their shoulders, and they feel powerless to make a real difference.

This while every minute 2 cents contributed to a solution counts! Share more uplifting things, and how other people can participate. It is important, we already know the world burns.

Fediverse might be a place of cocreation and cross-pollination, where our dreams are slowly realized.

https://coding.social/blog/fediverse-of-dreams

Developers who are frustrated or even angry about people telling ...

2026-09-07T10:34:10Z

Developers who are frustrated or even angry about people telling them to turn their opt-out mechanism to opt-in: your frustration is unwarranted.

First consider how your app is impacting and perhaps invading people's existing social space, that the fediverse spans up for us fedizens. This is our home you are impacting. Your "fun features" perhaps aren't fun for all of us. And for some devs the advice is to self-reflect on how an "I can and will program it anyway" is incredibly selfish and rude, and enshittifying for fedi as a whole.

The ActivityPoll #FEP has a very unfortunate name, clashing and ...

2026-09-05T17:01:45Z

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The ActivityPoll #FEP has a very unfortunate name, clashing and overloading with the existing concept of a #Poll on the fediverse. The mechanism it documents is generally called #Polling.

https://fediverse.codeberg.page/fep/fep/b06c/

#ActivityPub

An article was submitted to HN how #Authorization terminology is ...

2026-09-05T07:12:20Z

An article was submitted to HN how #Authorization terminology is a mess and proposed a way to fix it.

Top-level comment started a discussion on the difference between SHOULD and OUGHT TO. The latter expresses a moral imperative.

SHOULD is defined in #RFC2119 which is referenced in all #ActivityPub specs and #FEPs.

Now, there is an April Fool's RFC6919 which defines OUGHT TO. While this RFC is created just for fun, to express all kinds of wriggle room to a spec, which is often the reality in a codebase, the OUGHT TO indicator is not all that bad for actual use in #fediverse specs.

The fediverse is more than cold, hard technology space. It is a place where particular values and principles are held dear, moral imperatives to build better alternatives to social media.

An ought combines with a should like this:

"Privacy OUGHT TO be protected first and foremost, therefore an opt-in mechanism SHOULD be provided"

https://idpro.org/authorization-terminology-is-a-mess-lets-fix-it/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49522367

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6919.html#page-4

#Fediverse today consists of apps and app platforms. It is ...

2026-09-03T08:28:36Z

#Fediverse today consists of apps and app platforms. It is entirely app-centric.

Since fediverse (luckily) didn't attract much corporate attention yet, it is dominated by #FOSS culture, where people on the #SocialWeb are all "users" that are dependent on FOSS developers to serve their needs. Every dev focuses on their app features first and #interoperability second, leading to a patchwork of poorly integrated apps, and a janky overall experience. The app delivery model is not much different than Web 2.0.

A paradigm shift is possible, to a #SocialNetwork of apps and services, a service-oriented #fedi. The efforts around the #ActivityPub API can be the enabler of this shift.

In this new paradigm devs introduce solutions to a unified #SocialNetworking space, delivering new services to participants on the network. On top of a robust Protocol Layer they model social use cases in the Data Layer, integrating with services and building blocks already available.

https://coding.social/blog/prosocial-web

The way I always understood this CLA is that it protects you from ...

2026-09-02T14:24:25Z

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The way I always understood this CLA is that it protects you from a patent infringement claim from some random company holding a software patent, and bringing you in big legal trouble.

Dunno if I misunderstood.Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 (npub1764…nuj0)?

> Their primary mission becomes to keep track of what's ...

2026-09-02T08:40:55Z

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> Their primary mission becomes to keep track of what's happening in the community.

I agree on that, partially. It goes both ways, to the benefit of everyone. The folks at the SWICG are also just volunteering their time as participants in the same developer ecosystem. A bit of giving and a bit of taking is needed.

That said, we have a bottom-up standardization process, not a top-down hyper-formal one that is more appropriate for creating corporate industry standards. And the SWICG tends to the latter, which is imho a flaw and mistake similar to how Solid project operates, and fails to reach their community.

Fediverse evolution is community-driven first and foremost.

Oh, it is great that that is turned into a #FEP. Thank you! Other ...

2026-09-02T08:21:20Z

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Oh, it is great that that is turned into a #FEP. Thank you!

Other than that - even though I have thoughts on the current standardization process and the role of the SWICG (see quote) - I don't think your critique of SWICG is fair in this case. The SeekItem is still just an unofficial draft by Evan, as 'random' as anything that happens in the developer ecosystem, and the SWICG is explicitly seeking feedback from the AP developer community to improve these specs so they gain broader buy-in and adoption. In that regard it is no different than proposing a FEP, I guess?

But I understand your point about energy and all that. Am running on low-bat myself in that regard :(

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/117185510811483948

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Having looked in more detail at the #SWICG document. That's not the 3-stage process I advocated for at the time, and I agree with you: It will not work. Such top-down formal ceremony just does not fit a grassroots ecosystem.

Generally speaking I don't think #W3C as a standardization body is up to the task of being a good host for the ActivityPub specification. It is a) not organized for our environment, and b) only takes care of the technical aspects. Our social media landscape has a huge social component, and this is wholly underrepresented in our app-centric fediverse, where people are merely "users" and #FOSS culture is the only driving force.

Today I think SWICG should focus on the 'Protocol implementer' stakeholder: How can they offer compliant #ActivityPub protocol implementations.

Then #FEP can focus on the 'Solution developer', relieved from the plumbing: What interoperable designs do they use to serve the needs of participants on the social network.

@npub1xze…wwdj I just read your docs on handling C2S ...

2026-09-02T07:26:08Z

marius (npub1xze…wwdj)

I just read your docs on handling C2S collections, and just thought to drop you the link to the SeekItem draft that Evan Prodromou 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇬🇷🇵🇸 (npub1764…nuj0) has created. Dunno if its relevant to you, so just FYI:

https://swicg.github.io/activitypub-api/seekitem

https://git.sr.ht/~mariusor/fedbox/tree/master/doc/c2s.md

@npub19yg…wysk I am writing a blog post around the ...

2026-09-01T08:22:17Z

silverpill (npub19yg…wysk)

I am writing a blog post around the opportunities that C2S and the ActivityPub API offer to the fediverse, and I was wondering which FEP's you consider to be essential to adopt for any implementer moving in this direction. And perhaps which ones are good should-haves and nice-to-haves.

I gather that FEP-fc48: Generic ActivityPub server is likely part of this list. [@Steve_Bate](https://mastodon.social/@Steve_Bate ) in his article on C2S also lists a number of related FEP's.

Is it an idea to have an overarching profile, that keeps track of these requirements, or is there already something along these lines?

Unfortunately I spent my time. Can't afford to spend more, ...

2026-08-30T21:42:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…ajal
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Unfortunately I spent my time. Can't afford to spend more, sadly.

Having looked in more detail at the #SWICG document. That's ...

2026-08-30T16:56:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…8an9
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Having looked in more detail at the #SWICG document. That's not the 3-stage process I advocated for at the time, and I agree with you: It will not work. Such top-down formal ceremony just does not fit a grassroots ecosystem.

Generally speaking I don't think #W3C as a standardization body is up to the task of being a good host for the ActivityPub specification. It is a) not organized for our environment, and b) only takes care of the technical aspects. Our social media landscape has a huge social component, and this is wholly underrepresented in our app-centric fediverse, where people are merely "users" and #FOSS culture is the only driving force.

Today I think SWICG should focus on the 'Protocol implementer' stakeholder: How can they offer compliant #ActivityPub protocol implementations.

Then #FEP can focus on the 'Solution developer', relieved from the plumbing: What interoperable designs do they use to serve the needs of participants on the social network.

As for authority. I think at this point there truly are no ...

2026-08-25T15:27:02Z

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As for authority. I think at this point there truly are no authoritative bodies driving the fediverse.

In the 3-stage bottom-up standardization process I discussed at the time at SocialHub, the level of authority was highest at the W3C, lowest at individual FOSS projects, with the FEP process inbetween as a place where good practices and protocol mechanisms bubble up from the ecosystem as good candidates for further standardization.

This process in reality doesn't exist. The connections aren't there. The SWICG operates alone, the FEP does too, and so do all the various independent developers when they invent new things.

In that setup I'd say the SWICG has the same level of authority as the FEP Process does, or any other focal point for collab between fedi devs (e.g. code forges, podcasts). Just another party at the grassroots level figuring out best practices.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/3-stage-standards-process-guaranteeing-an-open-and-decentralized-ecosystem/3602/40?u=aschrijver

I agree that ap-next is not a fork, and might have stayed on that ...

2026-08-25T15:16:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…leg6
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I agree that ap-next is not a fork, and might have stayed on that website. That said I don't think there's deeper politics to this removal, just that the links on the site are rather arbitrary and in need of good curation. E.g. fedify is nice to mention, but also just but one such project where there are multiple.

The entire online presence of SWICG/SocialCG including the AP.rocks website are a mess that almost seems designed to discourage ecosystem participants.

It saddens me as 3 years ago, when AP.rocks was still considered to be part of SocialHub, I had a whole initiative prepared to once and for all create a great developer portal at this domain name.

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/activitypub-rocks-portal-from-standards-movement-to-grassroots-fedi/3577

In particular that top-level aggregator site would need to serve as an entry point to drill down into the entire grassroots ecosystem, help people find their way around..

https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/ideating-organization-structure-for-the-grassroots-fediverse-wiki/3037

The SWICG took over that initiative without consultation, and then let it languish.

> If you add the "indexable" flag in your ActivityPub ...

2026-08-14T17:16:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…4ggh
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> If you add the "indexable" flag in your ActivityPub actor profile, which content search engines can index your content and show it in search results?

So, I opt in for DuckDuckGo only.

For instance. Just as an example, because I don't think it works that way.

those are good questions. Relating to more things that are ...

2026-08-14T14:19:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…84jq
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those are good questions. Relating to more things that are unclear both in the poll as well as in how the feature works.

I always read this feature as "do you mind that we do stuff with your public content, or do you rather have we don't".

think 1. all want 3. opt-in

2026-08-14T13:33:53Z

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think 1. all
want 3. opt-in

in my case how I think it works is not how I want it to work, so ...

2026-08-14T13:21:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…lss5
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in my case how I think it works is not how I want it to work, so I can't fill in this poll.

that depends entirely on how they want it to work differs from ...

2026-08-14T13:19:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…9x38
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that depends entirely on how they want it to work differs from how they think it works 😜

Are you asking in your poll how people want it to work, or how ...

2026-08-14T12:46:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…5t3t
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Are you asking in your poll how people *want* it to work, or how they *think* it works?

If I look through the docs, and given how little is documented about indexable flag, I think / my interpretation is you basically give consent to "all" if the flag is true.

Another interesting observation is that other fedi devs use(d) their own interpretation of what indexable means to model consent for features they were creating in their apps.

House of cards feature stacking.

I think in practice things will go towards hybrid ...

2026-08-03T09:42:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…xqry
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I think in practice things will go towards hybrid decentralization. A healthy mix of p2p and federated apps and services. Whatever is most appropriate for a certain use case, group of people, or region in the world.

Update: cross-post with silverpill, same gist :)

Great talk. "We must believe that Humanity is generally ...

2026-07-26T05:15:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…9vpk
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Great talk. "We must believe that Humanity is generally good".

This is the premise of Social experience design (SX), in a quite holistic approach.

Scrolling my timeline this morning, like most mornings, I found the black pill, the doom and gloom we project to each other to tell about the state of apocalypse.

Our real bad actors are a tiny minority, but they win and keep winning, because we let them. The majority of us are common everyday people, sharing very similar basic needs. Have aspirations to lead a meaningful life. We want to be involved with positive, uplifting things, follow passions, unleash our creativity.

Software should serve that. Coding is social. We have to learn how to cocreate and create works that leave positive societal imprint. Joyful creation!

Fediverse is full of activists. Awareness-raising. But that's just the tip of the spear. We need pathways to solutions. The shaft gives impetus. We need only follow dreams.

https://coding.social/blog/fediverse-of-dreams

It depends on context. A generic category word, similar to web ...

2026-07-24T14:25:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…sfyg
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It depends on context. A generic category word, similar to web and internet, when referring to the technology side. An online social networking environment for people when referring to the socio-cultural side.

Delighted to mention that #SiliconBeest has been added to ...

2026-07-24T08:16:39Z

In reply to nevent1q…demy
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Delighted to mention that #SiliconBeest has been added to delightful fediverse experience curated list..

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/116973510439074056

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Major updates were made to the delightful fediverse curated lists..

💎 delightful fediverse experience

- 52 new projects added
- 50 projects marked unmaintained
- 15 projects updated

New list categories:

- Professional networks
- Instant messaging
- Search engines
- Security and privacy

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-experience

💎 delightful fediverse development

- 18 new projects added
- 20 projects marked unmaintained
- 5 projects updated
- 7 projects removed
- Improved table of contents
- Listed SWICG / SocialCG task forces
- More improvements pending

New list categories:

- SWICG Task forces
- Data portability
- Developer hubs
- Data formats

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-development

💎 delightful fediverse clients

- 16 new projects added
- 33 projects marked unmaintained
- 5 projects updated
- 3 projects removed
- Separate section for unmaintained

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-clients

#ActivityPub #SocialWeb #fediverse

Major updates were made to the delightful fediverse curated ...

2026-07-24T06:22:01Z

Major updates were made to the delightful fediverse curated lists..

💎 delightful fediverse experience

- 52 new projects added
- 50 projects marked unmaintained
- 15 projects updated

New list categories:

- Professional networks
- Instant messaging
- Search engines
- Security and privacy

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-experience

💎 delightful fediverse development

- 18 new projects added
- 20 projects marked unmaintained
- 5 projects updated
- 7 projects removed
- Improved table of contents
- Listed SWICG / SocialCG task forces
- More improvements pending

New list categories:

- SWICG Task forces
- Data portability
- Developer hubs
- Data formats

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-development

💎 delightful fediverse clients

- 16 new projects added
- 33 projects marked unmaintained
- 5 projects updated
- 3 projects removed
- Separate section for unmaintained

https://delightful.coding.social/delightful-fediverse-clients

#ActivityPub #SocialWeb #fediverse

oh, it is not that you can't get valuable human communication ...

2024-05-26T19:47:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…fx63
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oh, it is not that you can't get valuable human communication out of interacting this way. But you also pick up a lot of side-effects along the way (like dealing with said toxic persons).

There are cases where this type of comms is useful. I advocated fedi AS/AP for years (and now still do that, albeit with a different approach). So a larger audience helps there.

My account is less useful for different, more intimate kinds of interactions. Microblogging isn't that universal hammer :)

I agree. My own account has a number of followers that is also ...

2024-05-26T19:40:27Z

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I agree. My own account has a number of followers that is also quite large. Though most are 'lurkers' that may filter out some interesting bits I say now and then 😅

When it comes to practical social networking as we are used to offline, for instance, so many followers is weird. Every msg I send is indeed like shouting it on a public square. And then have back and forth with random strangers shouting back.

Creating analogies to offline situations I find helpful to see useful patterns.

Take Github as example. Some people get mad about stars and ...

2024-05-26T19:30:49Z

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Take Github as example. Some people get mad about stars and following and say "remove the social networking cruft".

But even if you do, unless you develop software completely alone without taking input from others, Github is a social networking platform. Someone files an issue in your tracker --> social networking exchange. PR? Ditto.

Just one example. Social networking is EVERYWHERE.

So agree very much with your meme. Huge potential, we can do much more than we *currently* imagine.

yes, for me certainly as well. I find it very weird how tech ...

2024-05-26T19:20:24Z

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yes, for me certainly as well. I find it very weird how tech focus and an imho kind of dogmatic bias limits this perspective of social networking to sending tweets, toots, bongs, or bangs to each other. 😄

It is kinda interesting. Consider.. what is social networking?

2024-05-26T19:14:42Z

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It is kinda interesting. Consider.. what is social networking?

💯 spot on.

2024-05-26T18:29:53Z

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💯 spot on.

There is nothing "official" when it comes to what is part ...

2024-05-22T05:55:07Z

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There is nothing "official" when it comes to what is part of the Fediverse and what is not. There are only opinions here. Sometimes quite strongly expressed.

I guess the Fediverse itself is an abstract concept. There's not really a well-defined notion of being "connected to the Fediverse".

When saying that there's often an implied "is it microblogging compliant" or "does it federate with Mastodon". There are AP apps wholly uncompliant to that, though.

Delightful 💕 to see that #EuropeanCommission now has an ...

2024-05-17T09:32:56Z

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Delightful 💕 to see that #EuropeanCommission now has an official #Mastodon instance. #EC loves Mastodon, as the image clearly shows.

I hope this love will expand further to not just extend to one #FreeSoftware microblogging application, but to become a full embrace of the #OpenStandards based decentralized #SocialNetworking environment and #SocialWeb technology ecosystems that have formed around its open protocols, such as #ActivityPub.

Many thanks to EDPS (npub1qy7…d4qd) for its efforts!

Hmm, on your end. First toot was a single 'loose' ...

2024-05-10T04:41:03Z

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Hmm, on your end.

First toot was a single 'loose' top-level toot, second one above to the #emoji thread, but no emoji showing in #Mastodon at all in both of these. And opening the link to your toot, leads to a login page on NodeBB.

How did it look on your end?

Hey, which #ActivityPub app allows an #emoji to be used as a ...

2024-05-10T04:19:33Z

Hey, which #ActivityPub app allows an #emoji to be used as a #hashtag?

https://social.coop/@smallcircles/112414539433136490

#❓

yes, I can see that, and also you are giving the presentation in ...

2024-05-09T12:39:18Z

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yes, I can see that, and also you are giving the presentation in an autonomous zone I saw/think.

For regular folks and also techies the connotation is different, I think.

But that is an opportunity for some wordplay around that 😃

I like the title. Though I consider "autonomous" be a ...

2024-05-09T12:15:30Z

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I like the title. Though I consider "autonomous" be a tease and small barb towards traditional corporate non-social Social Media.

"Autonomous" is like automated, robotic in the visual image I get when hearing the title. But that's the fun there. Fedi is about autonomous people doing the things they love, and on their own free volition. No algorithmic steering and influencing there. So the exact opposite of that mental picture.

You could make that a theme in the presentation visuals.

there used to be a full-blown (non-federated) remake of ...

2024-05-09T03:48:05Z

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there used to be a full-blown (non-federated) remake of Stackoverflow in a GH project. Firing it up would give nearly the same UI and a whole bunch of the gamification features.

I was only mildly interested at the time, and did not star or anything. Later on, seeing "federated SO" thread for the N-th time I tried to find it again on multiple occasions. No luck, unfortunately.

Such project would be a great basis to add #ActivityPub to.

As for the idea: https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fediverse-ideas 😃