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As you may have read, BotsIn.Space is closing down, I have lots of automated bot accounts living on the Fediverse - and I want them to continue posting. Installing and maintaining an entire Mastodon instance sounds like hard work. Paying people to host my stuff feels like putting my fate in someone else's hands. Say… […]

If you were to design an open social networking protocol, what would that look like? Which metaphors and comparisons would you use to get a general idea of how the network functions? And what would you answer if people ask if your network is decentralised and federated?

Fediverse, which is a portmanteau of Federation and Universe, is the name for a new protocol for the social internet: a bunch of different social networks and platforms that are connected to each other. Users on any of these services can follow users on any other one and respond to, like, and share posts. Here's how it works and how it could change social media.

wingolog: article: fedi is for losers

I. La red precursora de internet nace en Estados Unidos a finales de la década de 1960 con el objetivo de facilitar la comunicación y el uso compartido de recursos informáticos escasos entre centros de investigación. Hoy en día, a pesar de ese origen en la colaboración científica, persiste el

Expertos y usuarios debaten sobre los cambios en X y las alternativas descentralizadas como Mastodon o Bluesky

Is BlueSky similar to the Fediverse? No. The Fediverse is owned by the people and communities that use it. A basic server costs $5 a month all inclusive, anyone can make one. It's ad-free, made by volunteers, funded by donations, servers are independent. BlueSky is a for-profit corporation funded by VC money. Its technical structure makes servers dependent on expensive corporate-run relays. BlueSky's business setup is eerily reminiscent of Ello: https://waxy.org/2024/01/the-quiet-death-of-ellos-big-dreams/ #Fediverse #BlueSky

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Publizistik - Mastodon is a decentralized social network that has recently gained in popularity due to the platform changes of Twitter (now X). When it comes to collecting and analyzing...

La antigua Twitter acumula críticas por su transformación en la máquina de expansión de la ultraderecha internacional.

Research report on Fediverse microblogging server governance: risks and mitigations, moderation, server leadership, federated diplomacy, and governance tooling.

Imagen por Eukombos, Wikimedia Commons. Fe de errores: En la primera versión de este texto había un error en la descripción técnica de Bluesky. Muchas gracias a Xan López y David Alonso por el avis…

2 tables including works about the paper: Analysis of the research about the Fediverse: Mastodon, Lemmy, Pleroma and other fediverse platforms (https://doi.org/10.3145/infonomy.24.017)

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse

It’s easier and more powerful than you might think. One of the biggest complaints I hear about Mastodon is that its local search is unus...

The ongoing Twitter exodus sparked life into a new way of doing social media. Instead of a handful of platforms trying to control your life online, people are reclaiming control by building more open and empowering approaches to social media. Some of these you may have heard of: Mastodon, Bluesky,...

Today, Flipboard is federating the profiles of nine U.S. media sites, bringing their content to millions of people in the fediverse, a rapidly growing open-social network.

Singing the praises of the open social web and attempting to convince friends to migrate here

Table Name (all links point to Wikipedia articles),Description,Followers on X (approximate),Last tweet (green=account deleted),Active on,inactive on Nonprofits, Government and Faith-Based Oganizations a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Internet_Researchers"Association of Int...

Analyzing Effective Governance and Infrastructure Gaps in Medium-to-Large Sized Servers for Enhanced Social Networking

Studies, research papers, and informal polls that explore the fediverse.

A social network founded by a former OpenAI employee was caught importing public posts from Mastodon...and ran AI analysis to add tags to them.

Quiero que le des una oportunidad a Mastodon

Analyzing the ways fediverse apps handle image descriptions.

A manager for Mastodon Lists which lets you add people you follow to lists through an intuitive grid-based interface.

A federated social network for individuals and communities to design, operate and control their own digital lives.

Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and why he hopes Bluesky abandons its protocol

Samedi dernier, dans le cadre de mon asso, j'animais une conférence "grand public" pour présenter le réseau social Mastodon.Une conf très participative

It can be a maze knowing where to start. This guide covers basics like exploring platforms, choosing an instance, creating a profile and more.