Mastodon 4.4.4 has been released.
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases
#Mastodon #Fediverse #ActivityPub
Bonus/Advanced
If you can, run your own minimal #ActivityPub instance on a raspberry pi at home (via Tor, i2p) and share its .onion/.i2p address with friends and family.
Put a copy in your Go Bag should you ever become a refugee so that you can tell you're alive, where you are, what happened to you, whenever you can go online
#BlueSky c'est BlueSky, #ActivityPub c'est le #Fédivers.
Un pont comme Bridgy entre deux grands réseaux incompatibles est un point central de défaillances potentielles. C'est une fausse bonne idée.
@mikehindleuk hey here is how this works: from you #Mastodon app, you can follow any type of account that is based on #activitypub protocol. That includes other mastodon accounts, but also #pixelfed accounts, #peertube channels, etc.
You app is rather an Activitypub app than a Mastodon dedicated app if you want.
The good thing is that you can follow all types of accounts from a single feed.
🥸 A #fake #nerdgirl account using stolen photos has targeted #Fediverse users, highlighting vulnerabilities to #spam and #abuse in #decentralisednetworks.
🚨 This incident underscores the need for #communitydefences and #ethicalinnovations to combat #AIdriven #fakeprofiles and maintain trust in online interactions.
👉 https://www.webpronews.com/fake-nerd-girl-account-revives-spam-tactics-on-fediverse-with-ai-risks/?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News
There are examples of the #ActivityPub extensions #Bookwyrm makes, which are on the (commonly taken) path of protocol decay and whack-a-mole programming by their #LinkedData non-conformance, unfortunately.
Yet that means there's opportunity for #FEP's if there are more #interoperability parties. 😃
Here's an example of Quotation, which has no LD context:
https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/main/bookwyrm/tests/data/ap_quotation.json
And here of Edition which is incorrectly placed in #ActivityStreams context:
https://github.com/bookwyrm-social/bookwyrm/blob/main/bookwyrm/tests/data/bw_edition.json
📦 New release for mastodon/mastodon!
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Name: v4.4.4
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Check it out and contribute! 🚀
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.4
#activitypub#opensource #mastodon#fediverse
@timbl Although, I think instead of countries regulating social media, you should make a social media site that implements your vision. It could even support #ActivityPub.
I realize the frustration regarding the Loops delays.
But I'm a man of my word, and have finally shipped the full source code for the backend, while I continue to work on the ActivityPub federation and other features.
Building a TikTok clone that scales, federates and is easy to install/manage is a huge challenge.
And yet, here we are 🚀
@reiver
Very relevant comment.
That would undoubtedly be really useful to have a reliable and universal trick inside the #activitypub, automatically installed in any software, allowing the user to quote any part of a post (with an automatic link to this original post) and automatically laid out as a quotation.
4/
Apparently, Bookwyrm stores quotations with:
type="Quotation"
And if one Bookwyrm server talks to another Bookwyrm server, then — the ActivityPub / ActivityStreams representation of the quotation will have:
type="Quotation"
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BUT — if a non-Bookwyrm server talks to a Bookwyrm server, then — the ActivityPub / ActivityStreams representation of the quotation will have:
type="Note"
#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #ObjectTypeNote #ObjectTypeQuotation
3/
Apparently the Bookwyrm developer had the exact same idea!
(Which isn't too surprising.)
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#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #FediDev #Fediverse #ObjectTypeNote #ObjectTypeQuotation