NetscapeNavigator (@NetscapeNavigator@social.vivaldi.net)
Let’s be clear:
Yes, people are busy, and maintaining software isn’t always enjoyable. No one is saying you need to run the absolute latest, bleeding-edge updates every single day.
However, if you let your server fall behind for six (6) months or more, even because of a busy schedule, you’re effectively putting your users and your instance at risk. At that point, it’s more responsible to participate as a user rather than as a system administrator.
System administration isn’t just about enthusiasm — it requires consistent upkeep, attention to security, and a willingness to stay reasonably current with updates. If your lifestyle doesn’t allow for that, it’s completely okay. It’s better to recognize your limits than to run a server that could become a liability to the wider Fediverse.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux #BSD #FreeBSD
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NetscapeNavigator (@NetscapeNavigator@social.vivaldi.net)
5 Fediverse sites have been hacked due to running outdated software.
Please take a moment to ensure that your instance of Mastodon, Misskey, PeerTube, PixelFed, or any other Fediverse platform is fully up-to-date.
It may also be wise to log into your server and update your operating system.
Debian / Ubuntu servers:
sudo apt update
sudo apt dist-upgrade
sudo reboot
Fedora / CentOS / Red Hat / Alma Linux:
sudo dnf update --refresh
sudo dnf upgrade
sudo reboot
If you update your OS, your server will be briefly offline during the reboot. If you have not configured your web services — including your Fediverse service — to start automatically on boot, you may need to start them manually afterward.
Always make a backup before performing upgrades.
If any of this is confusing or feels overwhelming, you should reconsider whether you want to be a server administrator. This is not meant as an insult. It’s great that you wanted to contribute to the Fediverse, but you may be better off participating as a user rather than an admin. People depend on you to keep services running smoothly, and that requires knowing how to maintain your system safely and correctly.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerTube #Sharkey #Loops #Akkoma #Pleroma #Mbin #Lemmy #InfoSec #Security #Hack #Foss #OpenSource #Linux
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grobi (@grobi@defcon.social)
@retech @support @admin@pixelfed.social @admin@home.social
@admin@mast.lat
@staff@mastodon.social
@staff@mstdn.party
@the_etrain
lol even those shitty bots are affected:
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grobi (@grobi@defcon.social)
So we are probably not the only ones affected:
#activitypub
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grobi (@grobi@defcon.social)
Hello I noticed that under my defcon account I can sometimes see no posts at all from other users of other servers and fewer from some other users, even if they are not blocked or muted. But from a Mastodon account I can see their posts. I can imagine that many users of other servers don't see my posts either, which would explain why the reactions (likes and boosts) to my posts are quite sparse. Is this a known problem and can it be fixed?
Example:
https://defcon.social/@IndigoPRNG@cathode.church
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blog (@blog@ehlabs.net)
I've got little left with #ehLabs after implementing replies and quote posts. Meta #Threads needs to catch up in their #ActivityPub implementation. My hope with ehLabs is to provide a decent quality feed algorithm and content addressability through IPFS. Images provided for testing purposes.
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hello-fediverse (@hello-fediverse@www.melbournebranding.com)
Hello Fediverse
If everything works out according to plan, when I hit publish on this post it will show up in the #Fediverse. After a year of on-and-off attempts, to implement #ActivityPub on this website, with no success, I have hopefully cracked it! Well, when I say “I have hopefully cracked it,” what I mean is @pfefferle@mastodon.social and the #WordPress “open office hours” program, have cracked it. It turns out; if you have a problem with the WordPress ActivityPub plugin, the best thing to do is disable other plugins and, though a process of elimination, see if one of them is the issue. So big thanks to Mathias and WordPress for your help on this.
Now this is working and I am broadcasting out into the Fediverse, I feel like I should modify my content a little to appeal to all of you woke, leftists, godless, communists 🙂 out there. For a while I was far too smitten with the every little #Sustainability initiative, every little carbon reduction program, and every other bit of #GreenWashing that was put out there by brands. Full confession I actually believed that ElonMusk wanted to save the planet! Yeh I know, I was naive…
While I do continue to applaud any actions that a corporation takes, that materially helps either people or planet, it’s clear that problems are systemic. We need corporations to shift from Shareholder Primacy to Stakeholder Capitalism, valuing environmental and social impact alongside profit. Or try someting completely different. Right now, if there is a more sustainable or ethical brand choice to be had, we should always take it, but we must understand, that we are not “saving the planet” with those choices, just minimising our impact. Nebula TV channel, Our Changing Climate, has this excellent video on the subject of Ethical Consumerism.
It turns out, that whoever first pointed out “Corporations are Psychopaths” was mostly correct – How a corporation is designed to function, putting shareholders before people and planet, is psychopathic behaviour. (Psychopathic behaviour includes a lack of empathy and remorse, superficial charm, manipulation, and a disregard for social norms and the rights of others.) The only solution is to rewrite corporate charters and incorporation acts and include specific legal provisions that mandate environmental and social responsibility, shifting the core purpose of business beyond mere profit maximisation. Ultimately Corporations and their leaders are never going to fully act in the best interests of people and planet, because that’s not what they were created to do.
So the plan, for 2026, is to be posting more content here that challenges both brands and the whole system. To shine a light on the negative impacts to people and planet that brands are having. And to share more content about organisations and companies working on regeneration and decarbonisation.
Please follow and share your thoughts and ideas below.
#activitypub #branding #corporations #fediverse #sustaiability #sustainability #wordpress
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objects (@objects@fe.disroot.org)
Does choice of server affect the reach of your posts? (Assuming you use the same hashtags.)
Obviously you don’t want to be posting from a server that’s blocked by vast swathes of the network.
But is there any other way the choice of instance affects post reach?
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2025 (@2025@josemurilo.com)
Museums in the Fediverse: Experiments with Tainacan, ActivityPub, and WebSocial
The crucial decision is between the policy that defends the common interest and deliberately favors the emergence of new digital institutionalities on the network, and the blind policy that, through inaction, allows the evolution of the digital environment to occur randomly, at the whim of the interests of large foreign technology companies.
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display (@display@friendica.xyz)
In diesem anderen Thread von Lioh Müller habe ich da schon etwas ausführlicher geantwortet. Nein, es stirbt nicht, ganz im Gegenteil. Insbesondere wenn jetzt auch Ghost und Wordpress (das ja schon etwas länger) mitspielen wird es vermutlich bald ziemlich wachsen. Auch gibt es immer mehr und mehr interessante Anwendungen, die das #ActivityPub Protokoll nutzen, über diese beiden freue ich mich z.B. sehr:
- Wanderer - So eine Art Komoot in dezentral (noch sehr früh in seiner Entwicklung
- und für ernsthafte #Fotografen Vernissage
Genau genommen finde ich die Frage von Lioh Müller sogar ziemlich Absurd. Klar, das Fediverse ist nicht Instagram oder Facebook und wird vermutlich nie die Nutzerzahlen dieser Silos erreichen, aber sterben wird es nicht, sondern immer relevanter werden.
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objects (@objects@mitra.social)
Week in Fediverse 2025-12-05
Servers
- stegodon v1.3.0
- Ktistec v3.2.2
- ActivityPub for WordPress v7.7.0
- snac v2.85
- tootik v0.20.3
- shops v0.1.6
- PieFed v1.3.6
- Forgejo monthly report - November 2025
- Lemmy Development Update November 2025
Clients
- Pachli v3.2.0
- Mastodon for iOS v2025.08
- Tusker v2025.3
- Voyager v2.41.0
Tools and Plugins
- Poduptime v5.6.1
- FIRES Server v0.8.0
Articles
- Mastodon creator shares what went wrong with Threads and ponders the future of the fediverse
- Why the #OMN works with #ActivityPub – And why we need a bridge to #p2p
- The Fediverse and Content Creation: Monetization
- Alt Text Health Check image accessibility report #3
- Is Pixelfed sawing off the branch that the Fediverse is sitting on?
- #OurFedi2025 - Fediverse Year in Review
- A review of Exit coolness I overlooked from the world of ActivityPub
- Fediverse Report – #145
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#WeekInFediverse #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Previous edition: https://mitra.social/objects/019acbca-9a56-6825-a6da-5469fd8a40fd
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blog (@blog@ehlabs.net)
I want to build an #ehLabs bot that can reply to #ActivityPub posts with an LLM response similar to how #grok works
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