leonardolin (@leonardolin@mastodon.social)
#fediverse #fediart #pixelfed #blackandwhite
#blackandwhite #bwphotography #bwphotos #blackandwhitephotography
#bnwphoto #monochrome #photographie #streetphotography #photography #fotografie #photographie #architecturelovers #architecture #architecturephotography #abstractphotography
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item (@item@hub.netzgemeinde.eu)
@Ben Pate đ¤đť
What if moving a server looked like this:
1. sign up for new account
2. authenticate old account (OAuth, whatever)
3. click "migrate"
4. click "yes really"
5. celebrate
If this were possible, then a whole lot of people could become "server admins" without being IT nerds.
Reality on Hubzilla for longer than Mastodon, as well as on (streams) and Forte:
- Register a new account.
- Optionally: Wait for it to be manually activated by the admin.
- Be asked to create a channel (= the actual identity with posts and contacts and files and stuff; your account is not your identity).
- Choose the option to move an existing channel.
- Enter the URL of the existing channel.
- Enter the password of the account on which the existing channel is located.
- Confirm
- A clone of the channel is created on the new server.
- The data of the existing channel is mirrored to the clone.
- The clone is promoted to main instance of the channel; the already existing instance of the channel is demoted to clone.
- The ID of your channel is changed accordingly.
- All nomadic contacts (= on Hubzilla, (streams) or Forte) are automatically changed to the new ID.
- (streams) and Forte only: All non-nomadic contacts receive a new connection request.
- The former-main-instance-and-now-clone is deleted because you chose to move rather than clone.
- If there are no other channels on the account on the old server, the whole account is deleted because accounts cannot exist with no channels on them.
The only two differences between cloning and moving are that cloning leaves your main instance intact instead of deleting it, and it leaves it as your main instance by default rather than making the new clone your main instance.
It works for Discord, why not the Fediverse?
It's a common misconception, probably even by FLOSS devs, that "server" on Discord that a handful of clicks on the Web interface inserts a new 19" rack iron into a rack inside some data centre with a LAMP stack and an installation of the Discord server backend on it and makes you the tech admin. Or something like that.
This is far from the truth. Discord has integrated the word "server" into its newspeak. On Discord, "server" means "chat room". A chat room on the same centralised, corporate-owned, commercially-operated server farm as all the other "servers".
At the same time, Generation Z and newer think that this is what "server" always means because they've never come into contact with TeamSpeak and never experienced LAN parties.
Administrating a Fediverse server, on the other hand, does equal administrating a LAMP stack on the command line, full stop.
I sincerely hope that the day won't come when someone does with e.g. Mastodon what the Outworldz DreamGrid did with OpenSimulator: turn a full server stack into an "easy-peasy", fully-preconfigured, Windows-only point-and-click application that anyone can install on their Windows machines with absolutely zero prior knowledge about servers or networks, that even automatically connects to a dynamic DNS service that was created specifically for this application so you don't even need to know anything about domains, and that can only be handled through the built-in Windows GUI. (Mind you, there are people who are actually asking for exactly this, only not for Windows, but for their iPhones. Food for thought.)
CC: @silverpill @ContraquestĂŁo
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #MovingInstances #NomadicIdentity #Discord #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #DreamGrid
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lobstermane (@lobstermane@mastodon.social)
@beastfellow Iâve just joined #mastodon and am still trying to figure it out but it seems like discovery isnât that great and itâs easy to get stuck in one silo if you donât actively seek out different content. Not sure if there are any #fediverse tools out there that implement custom discovery and recommendation algorithms but might be an idea for a side project.
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seharinsights (@seharinsights@mastodon.social)
#WritersCoffeeClub 8/18. Have you ever hidden the fact that you're a writer? Why?
Yes from my office colleagues.
Just because they are not well wisher. They say they proud on me when i show them something but deep down they make fun of my articles.
I blocked them from all my social accounts so they don't even know that i write. I think its just a trauma of mine.
#writing #mastoart #fediverse #books #werder
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HailsandAles (@HailsandAles@metalhead.club)
One of the things I heard when we did the #Blog for #Fediverse Albums of the year 1985 was that there were good albums either side of that year. So, with that in mind the call is out for your one favourite album from the year 1984. There are so many great options, this is going to be a tough one! What is your choice?
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item (@item@hub.netzgemeinde.eu)
@Ben Pate đ¤đť As a matter of fact, the technology behind FEP-ef61 has already been rolled out a bit over a year ago. (streams) uses it for its additional, optional-but-on-by-default ActivityPub support, Forte uses it, too, only that it's based on ActivityPub.
Both can connect to Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse. So this is not compatibility-breaking. At most, there may be occasional hiccups because something cannot handle the new DIDs (or, like Hubzilla, has a tendency to insert an emoji into the DID because part of the DID URL is also an emoji shortcode). And Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse still see a cloned (streams) or Forte channel as a number of fully separate, fully identical identities which, for some wicked reason, also happens to have the same backlog of posts and send the same posts simultaneously. Basically, a Mastodon user will perceive a cloned Forte channel like one manually operated Mastodon account and one Mastodon bot account that mirrors the first one. Only that they can't tell which one is the bot.
(Speaking in Mastodon or generally non-nomadic terms and from a Mastodon or generally non-nomadic point of view, if a channel is cloned, all instances but one are bots. From a nomadic point of view, they're all one identity with a bunch of live backups.)
But it isn't like Mastodon users can't follow Forte channels, or Forte users can't connect to Mastodon accounts. (Unless the Forte server admin user-agent-filters Mastodon, that is.) It isn't like FEP-ef61 creates a rift through the Fediverse that's impossible to bridge, and that requires the whole Fediverse to go fully nomadic.
#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Hubzilla #Streams #(streams) #Forte #NomadicIdentity #FEP_ef61
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debby (@debby@hear-me.social)
âĄď¸Linkwarden: The Self-Hosted Bookmark Manager That Solved a Problem I Didnât Know I Had
Thank you, Linux Unplugged and Jupiter Broadcasting @ironicbadger, for introducing me to Linkwardenâa FOSS gem that will change how I save, share, and preserve the web.
Like many of you, Iâve been using browser bookmarks for years. Iâd save articles, tutorials, and interesting links, only to find them gone when I finally got around to reading them. Link rot is real, and itâs frustrating. But until I heard about Linkwarden https://linkwarden.app/ on Linux Unplugged https://jupiterbroadcasting.com/, I didnât realize how much I needed a better solution.
I used to think, âBrowser bookmarks are fine,â and honestly, backing them up manually from time to time isnât a real troubleâjust a slight inconvenience. My problem is that I experience massive link rot when looking into two-year-old links, often with interesting subjects on small sitesâthey are often just gone when I want to recall them. The problem is that saving the link isnât saving any of the information.
But Linkwarden @linkwarden isnât just another bookmark managerâitâs a preservation powerhouse, a collaborative hub, and a self-hosted dream. And thanks to the folks at Jupiter Broadcasting, I now understand why itâs a game-changer.
I havenât started hosting it yet, but I definitely will, and I hope some of you out there will find it useful too.
Thanks to @daniel31x13 for making a awesome tool 
âĄď¸.
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⢠Linkwarden github.com/linkwarden/linkwarden â Self-hosted collaborative bookmark manager to collect, read, annotate, and fully preserve what matters, all in one place.
⢠Announcing Linkwarden 2.11 blog.linkwarden.app/releases/2.11
⢠Linkwarden Browser Extension github.com/linkwarden/browser-extension
@selfhosted@a.gup.pe @selfhosting @selfhosted@lemmy.world @selfhost#OpenSourceSoftware #TechForGood #Linkwarden #SelfHosted #FOSS #OpenSource #WebPreservation #Fediverse #LinuxUnplugged #SaveTheWeb #NoMore404 #TechCommunity #DigitalArchiving #LinkRot #PrivacyFirst #BookmarkManager #Bookmark
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WiteWulf (@WiteWulf@cyberplace.social)
A Monday boost for @logistics
We're all at sea now, on the way from the port of Rotterdam to Shenzhen.
There are a couple of stops along the way, but the next four weeks of the journey will mostly be at sea. Expect day, night, sun, rain, a few ships, the Suez canal and a guest appearance from the crew at one point.
I hope we pick up more followers along the way than we lose, and this pleases the #fediverse gods. This bot is officially #johnMastodon approved đ
https://social.eurybia.osx.ninja/@logistics/statuses/01K2Y1BK321ER89D4HKJBFCR20
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item (@item@libera.site)
#Mastodon #Statistics 2025-08-18 10:00 CEST
Number of active instances: 10 805
Number of users: 9 976 154
Number of statuses: 1 074 477 703
Number of users last 4h: 681
Number of statuses last 4h: 847 446
Help me keep stats and server running! đťđ Even a small monthly contribution makes a big difference. Support here: #^https://www.patreon.com/FediverseStatistics đ
#Fediverse
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botwikirandomfediverse (@botwikirandomfediverse@stefanbohacek.online)
Timelapses showcasing how Earthâs appearance has changed.
https://botwiki.org/bot/earth-across-time/
#bots #CreativeBots #CreativeCoding #fediverse
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_elena (@_elena@mastodon.social)
Dear Fedi friends,
#NewProfilePic alert! This is still me, Elena â your loyal Fedi filmmaker / blogger.
My Mastodon account - since its creation on October 28, 2022 - always sported the same profile pic (as my dead bird site avatar) and I thought it was about time I updated it.
Yesterday I snapped a self-portrait wearing a t-shirt that celebrates the #Fediverse.
Design by @mullana, merch made by @Lioh
đ : https://spacefun.tpopsite.com/product/united-federation-of-the-fediverse
Related: I'm now inspired to start watching #StarTrek đ¤
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darestiet (@darestiet@krefeld.life)
@nielso
Wenn du eine WohlfĂźhlinsel behalten willst: Das geht auch, wenn das #Fediverse Mainstream ist. Blockieren, Stummschalten und Ignorieren sind legitime Hilfsmittel fĂźr Einzelpersonen und Instanzen.
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