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#SurfSocial #OpenSocial #FediForum #SocialWeb #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Fall #FediForum has wrapped, but if you want to catch up on everything that happened, follow
@tchambers's feed, created with Surf, here:
https://surf.social/feed/surf%2Fcustom%2F01jvprse7ptd6b9gccy3m9g547
#SurfFeeds #FediForum #ActivityPub #Fediverse #Federation #OpenSocial
And thanks also to the #ActivityPub plugin for enabling the flood of messages in the Fediverse ;)
With @info, I had the problem that no notifications were sent to #Telegram for weeks. At the time, I had switched from PHP 8.0 to 8.3, and the PHP APCu module was missing (which I overlooked). So, interestingly, WP-Cron was not being processed. As soon as it was activated, the web sent out all the missing notifications - curiously, also via #ActivityPub to the Fediverse, which probably wasn't processed either. Sorry for the spam to the followers there :) #wordpress
Und danke auch an das #ActivityPub Plugin für die Möglichkeit der Nachrichtenflut im Fediverse ;)
Bei @info hatte ich das Problem, dass wochenlang keine Benachrichtungen an #Telegram rausgingen. Ich hatte zu dem Zeitpunkt von PHP 8.0 auf 8.3 gewechselt und dort fehlte das PHP-APCu-Modul (was ich übersah). Also wurde interessanterweise die WP-Cron nicht abgearbeitet. Kaum aktiviert schickte das Web alle fehlenden Benachrichtigungen raus - kurioserweise auch über #ActivityPub ins Fediverse, was wohl auch nicht abgerarbeitet wurde. Sorry für den Spam eben an die Follower dort :) #wordpress
In case you missed it, the fediverse is under attack by a Pro-Russian Propaganda Network. You can learn more about it in the blog post from @iftas below.
Here are two things everyone can do to help combat this:
1. If you see an account posting or spamming Telegram links, report it. Many of the accounts are impersonating news outlets — check verification status, the account's follower count, or the outlet's website to confirm if the account is real or fake.
2. Donate to your local mods if you can, or at least give them a big virtual hug and say thanks. They've been working tirelessly around the clock to combat this and deserve our gratitude and support.
Stay safe out there, friends.
#ActivityPub #Fediverse #Telegram
Cous cous + @varia + @fediforum =
= FediCousCous ❤️
Mmmmh 😋
(#ActivityPub-flavoured food is tastyyy! @decentral1se and @yawnbox can confirm)

Why do I say #ActivityPub is overly complex and difficult to implement?
I'd need to get into some very geeky weeds to explain exactly why and I'm not going to do that on a thread. But, suffice to say, there's only a small number of full-featured Fedi implementations out there for a reason. And every single one of them is using a protocol implementation directly tied to their overall implementation.
This has been pointed out before:
> Playing with ActivityPub. https://macwright.com/2022/12/09/activitypub
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Today we have #ActivityPub, which provides real and actual #Federation, but is overly complex and difficult to implement, and we have ATProto, which promises Federation, but delivers central control and is even more complex and difficult to implement.
See this discussion (you'll need to scroll down a bit to find my contribution):
> https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard/115335451897410462
The point I was making there? Dave Winer would love it…
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#Fedi #protocols #programming #WTF
I'm curious what you think about them. If you're interested in talking, reach out!
But, if you just want to know if I'm more excited about #ATProto or #ActivityPub... you've missed my point. 😅
No protocol can save us, because the challenge is not existing technology, it's unexamined assumptions. I want to dare to believe in something different.
I'm thrilled about the launch of @altstore's support for ActivityPub. Welcome to the fediverse!
This integration will enable you to follow updates from your favorite apps and their developers right here on your fediverse timeline.
You can see their server's local timeline here, to get an idea of what that looks like: https://explore.alt.store/public/local
To me, this represents an innovative and exciting new way to spread the social web to new and different kinds of apps and services. What should we make social next??
And a heartfelt thank you from the @Mastodon team to AltStore for their generous donation 💞
#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub