pepper0 (@pepper0@aus.social)
**Decentralized Dominance: The Unbribed Power of Webmentions**
I've been a vocal advocate for Webmentions for a while - and I'm here to tell you that this game-changing technology is not just a nicety, but a necessity.
The fundamentals are crystal clear: take control of your online presence, ditch the middlemen, and shatter the shackles of Big Tech's stranglehold. It's time to rewrite the rules and reclaim your digital sovereignty.
Let's cut to the chase with an example that'll leave you breathless: imagine Asuka stumbling upon a scorching article on Shinji's site at https://Shinji.com/article. She fires off a comment that'd make a thousand lesser bloggers green with envy - but instead of relying on some soulless commenting system, she takes it to the next level by sending a Webmention directly to Shinji's site.
The implications are staggering: when both parties support Webmentions, they're essentially saying, "You can have my comment, right now." The source URL (https://Asuka.com/comment) and target URL (https://Shinji.com/article) are etched in stone - no more third-party intermediaries, no more social media login hoops to jump through. Just the raw power of the Web.
Now, I know what you're thinking: "But isn't this just a fancy alternative to ActivityPub?" Ah, friend, you'd be wrong. Dead wrong. #ActivityPub is a Byzantine nightmare that'll leave your head spinning with concepts like actors, relays, followers, and more. Webmentions, on the other hand, are a elegant, peer-to-peer solution that doesn't require any of that mumbo-jumbo.
And let's not forget the sheer flexibility of Microformats - you can use Webmentions to share anything from likes to RSVPs, media, locations, and even events. The possibilities are endless.
Don't be held hostage by the status quo. Join the Indieweb and take control of your online destiny once and for all.
#webmention #webmentions #indieweb
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admin (@admin@mastodon.raddemo.host)
How to Install #Pleroma on #Ubuntu #VPS (5 Minute Quick-Start Guide)
This article provides a guide demonstrating how to install Pleroma on Ubuntu VPS.
What is Pleroma?
Pleroma is a free, open-source, self-hostable microblogging server that speaks the #ActivityPub federation protocol—so your users can interact with people on other #Fediverse platforms (e.g., Mastodon) while you keep full control over your server ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/how-to-install-pleroma-on-ubuntu-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.raddemo.host #selfhosting #selfhosted #letsencrypt
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mariusor (@mariusor@metalhead.club)
I'm thinking in adding #ONI proxyUrl support in the frontend. 
Currently if a request to a remote #ActivityPub object fails - either due to CORS, or because of authorized fetch - I just display a fallback link to it.
I'm wondering if I can do a two step approach, if the request to the resource fails with 401-403 (for secure fetch) or 400 (for CORS failures) I try to redirect the request through the proxyUrl mechanism.
Only if that fails too, I fallback to something else.
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paul (@paul@oldfriends.live)
I can say the #Fediverse is a different place than any other social media platform I have been on. I've been here since 2022. When my self-hosted instance went down for a couple days, I didn't yearn for social media like a drug. I wondered how certain people's cats were, one person had a mother in the hospital, someone was getting a new job, one had the blues, etc, etc. I missed people more than viralness of a platform. #Mastodon #ActivityPub Thank you for being my Old Friends.
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notes (@notes@social.pascal-leinert.de)
Ist #Misskey irgendwie tot? Das letzte Update ist vom 22. Dezember 2025 und ich habe gerade gelesen, dass man #ActivityPub den Rücken kehren will. Was mache ich denn jetzt? Kann ich irgendwie ohne Datenverlust meine Instanz auf einen Fork updaten oder auf Mastodon umstellen?
#Fediverse
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surf (@surf@flipboard.social)
🚌 🚌 Surf builds are like buses — you don't see one for ages, then two come along at once. This week's second release, version 1.0.358, has an eye-catching new wave icon in the sidebar so you can discover other surfers' feeds more easily, plus bug fixes and performance improvements.
#SurfSocial #SurfFeeds #SurfApp #Flipboard #ActivityPub
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klu9 (@klu9@ohai.social)
#Roomy currently based on AT Proto but looking to add #ActivityPub soon
https://itsfoss.com/roomy-discord-alternative/
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aj (@aj@gts.sadauskas.id.au)
Recently, there was a question by @taylorlorenz about how you explain the Fediverse to someone who doesn't use it.
And usually, what we tend to do is we talk about servers and decentralisation and federation and ActivityPub and all these highly technical concepts.
I've been thinking about it, and all that technical stuff is really impressive work by people far more clever than I'll ever be.
But for me, that technology is a facilitating thing. It's like trying to describe how a bicycle works, rather than why you ride it.
Instead, what the Fediverse is, is that it's a place to have conversations online without algorithms, AI, and ads getting in the way.
Which is increasingly a rare thing online.
Almost the entirety of the internet, from SEO on the web to YouTube to TikTok to Spotify to Instagram and X and Facebook, has been turned into a race to game an algorithm designed to sell ads.
What makes the Fedi unique is that it's not that.
And I suspect if you're trying to persuade someone to try Mastodon (or Lemmy, or Pixelfed, or GtS, etc), you'll get a lot further explaining it as algorithm-free conversations, rather than trying to describe a decentralised protocol.
#Fediverse #Mastodon #ActivityPub
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wjmaggos (@wjmaggos@liberal.city)
This issue brought up so much to consider about the different approaches by #bluesky and probably most on #ActivityPub.
Obviously the company went with what works for them and not what the proper decentralized approach would be: tell the administration to roll out their own infrastructure and everybody can decide to connect to them or not.
And while fedi people would say do that, most would also then not use a server that connected to their server. That's wrong too.
https://werd.io/on-ice-verification-and-presence-as-harm/
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enieber (@enieber@organica.social)
Olha só o que acabei de descobrir
#json-LD #activitypub #bolhaverso
https://json-ld.org/spec/latest/json-ld-api-best-practices/
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apps (@apps@toot.fedilab.app)
With #HolosDiscover we checked multiple criteria before indexing: "indexable" enabled, account not locked, no #nobot or #noindex in bio, not in opted-out list, only public posts. Every deletion, edit or block was processed instantly via #ActivityPub.
Google uses that same "indexable" flag but ignores everything else, keeps deleted content cached for weeks.
We shut it down after pushback. Was that the right call? Don't hesitate to share, this concerns the whole Fediverse.
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malte (@malte@radikal.social)
These days I have seed and flavorful vegetables on my mind. I'm grateful to be part of an international community with that passion. One of the places on the internet I learn the most these days is a #Discourse #forum dedicated to that topic and I wish it could federate with Mastodon and similar networks, so the conversations could take place here too. Atm you need a 500$ business plan to integrate #ActivityPub plugin.
https://goingtoseed.discourse.group
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