r (@r@fed.brid.gy)
Good to know your options while you’re still in control. Being able to take your data & identity across platforms really matters now. But @bellack.com@bsky.brid.gy’s piece also hits the real question - who’s watching the watcher?
#Decentralization #DigitalRights #OpenSocialWeb #ActivityPub #ATProto #SocialMedia
Exit and Interoperability Exis...
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dansup (@dansup@mastodon.social)
ActivityPub doesn't need task forces to build onboarding resources.
It just takes one person and a bit of courage.
For both developers and the public.
https://fediverse.info - for the public
activitypub.social - for devs (coming soon)
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dansup (@dansup@mastodon.social)
Hot take: Your ActivityPub project is invisible.
I got TechCrunch coverage for Loops with literally just a signup form because I wouldn't shut up about it.
Ship in public. Make noise. Be annoying if you have to.
Stop being humble. Start being loud. Your project deserves attention but you have to demand it.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/25/the-fediverse-is-getting-its-own-tiktok-competitor-called-loops/
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2025 (@2025@darnellclayton.com)
More Mastodon Plushies‽
So after previously purchasing a Mastodon Plushie many moons ago, I received an email that two more plushies are available—& of course I ordered both of them! 😂
Mastodon Plushies in Blue & OrangeWe don’t mess about when it comes to plushies. Designed with love and care, our new plushie comes with the soft surface and pleasantly squishy stuffing you’ve come to expect, but is more portable than ever before, measuring only 20cm in height. Furthermore, we’ve got 2 new colors for you. Whether you want them to brighten up your desk, or provide comfort on an airplane, the #Plushtodon was architected to be your friend. (Mastodon Shop)
I am glad these are smaller than the original plushie, as they will be easier to travel with & stash around the house. Here is a screenshot recording via my iPad with a person’s hand grabbing blue Mastodon plushie (for size comparison).
Screenshot of Mastodon plushieAlthough I usually do not buy company promo merch, I enjoy supporting Mastodon as they have helped popularize the Fediverse (sites based on ActivityPub) as the future of decentralized social networking.
Note: Mastodon was founded by Eugen Rochko (his Mastodon account is @Gargron)
For folks on the Fediverse (regardless of the platform), feel free to follow me from Mastodon or your preferred ActivityPub handle here:
#activitypub #fediverse #mastodon #plushie #plushtodon #random #socialNetworks
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dansup (@dansup@mastodon.social)
They want you to think building platforms like TikTok requires billions in VC funding.
Reality: Laravel, Vue, federation, and a vision beyond profit.
@loops is my middle finger to tech gatekeepers who said only monopolies can build this.
High school dropout + open source + refusing to compromise = your federated TikTok.
The tools were always free. They just didn't want you to know.
https://joinloops.org/our-mission
#loops #tikTok #activityPub #openSource #joinLoops
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Edent (@Edent@mastodon.social)
🆕 blog! “Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!”
How can you measure the popularity of a social network site? Perhaps by counting the number of active accounts, or the quality of the discourse, or even how many people reply to your witty memes.
Me? I prefer to look at how many people visit my blog…
👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/now-witness-the-power-of-this-fully-operational-fediverse/
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#ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics
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blog (@blog@shkspr.mobi)
Now witness the power of this fully operational Fediverse!
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/11/now-witness-the-power-of-this-fully-operational-fediverse/
How can you measure the popularity of a social network site? Perhaps by counting the number of active accounts, or the quality of the discourse, or even how many people reply to your witty memes.
Me? I prefer to look at how many people visit my blog from each site. It is an imperfect measure - and a vain one - but lets me know where I should be spending my time. No point posting on a network which is just bots talking to each other, right?
Earlier this year I built a stats-counter for my blog. Every time someone clicks from a website which links to my blog, it records that visit in a database. I get to see which blog posts are doing numbers, and where those numbers came from.
Until fairly recently, the Mastodon social network didn't send referer details. I thought that reduced the visibility of the network and lobbied for it to change. As various Mastodon servers upgrade, and admins opt-in, it is becoming more apparent just how much traffic originates from the Fediverse.
Over the last few weeks, here's how many people have clicked from BlueSky and Mastodon to one of my blog posts.
TotalSource1,607bsky.app752mastodon.socialAt first glance, it doesn't look good for our elephantine friends, does it? The butterfly sends over twice the traffic. Game over!
But, of course, while Mastodon.social is the biggest instance - it is far from the only one. What happens if we slide down the long tail? Here's all the Mastodon-ish instances which sent me over 10 clicks.
TotalSource193phanpy.social120 android-app://org.joinmastodon.android/106infosec.exchange62mas.to59mstdn.social55social.vivaldi.net49wandering.shop48fosstodon.org33mathstodon.xyz27mastodon.online26mastodon.scot24app.wafrn.net19indieweb.social18social.lol17tech.lgbt17toot.wales16en.osm.town16feditrends.com14mstdn.ca14piefed.social12wetdry.world11c.im11mastodon.nl51 Sites sending < 10 clicksAh! Add them all up and you get a grand total of 1,773 visitors from Mastodon-powered sites. That's more than BlueSky.
Now, there are some obvious caveats to the data:
- I have a smaller follower count on BlueSky than I do on Mastodon.
- My posts may appeal more to one demographic than another.
- People may have strict privacy controls which suppress the true volume of visitors.
- There's no way to measure how long someone spends reading my posts.
- RSS and newsletter visitors aren't counted.
- Clicks from apps may not always show a referer.
- Some people may be on multiple services.
- Fediverse users can follow the post directly, so don't need to visit the site to read it.
And yet… no matter how you slice it, Fediverse servers are sending as much traffic as BlueSky!
I think this is brilliant. Web services should be able to scale from small to big - and each ActivityPub-powered site helps power the open Internet.
Just for completeness, this is how Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Lemmy do over the same period:
TotalSource1,158reddit.com585 android-app://com.reddit.frontpage/76facebook.com76https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/56https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/52youtube.com41t.co38https://old.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1nsw7f4/til_in_mongolia_instead_of_a_street_address_a/31linkedin.com27 android-app://io.syncapps.lemmy_sync/27https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1nsw7f4/til_in_mongolia_instead_of_a_street_address_a/22https://old.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1n96ftn/40_years_later_are_bentleys_programming_pearls/22lemmy.ca17 android-app://com.linkedin.android/16lemmy.dbzer0.com14feddit.org11https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1n96ftn/40_years_later_are_bentleys_programming_pearls/10discuss.tchncs.de10l.instagram.com8lemmy.blahaj.zone6https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1m2l84b/considering_making_the_switch_does_google_pay/6reddthat.comIf you add up all the Lemmy instances, they send about as much traffic as Facebook and LinkedIn combined. That's not a huge surprise - those platforms hate anyone clicking away to the wider web.
Twitter is basically the Dead Internet. I'm no longer on there, but I do occasionally search it to see who is sharing my posts. The popular posts I write get shared a lot - sometimes by accounts with huge followers - yet there are no comments or retweets and barely and clicks.
I don't do Instagram or Threads, and that might be reflected in their low numbers. But I'm not active on YouTube either - yet people there occasionally link back to me.
Final Thoughts
Firstly, my stats only represent my site. Your site might be very different.
Secondly, I've ignored search engine traffic, big blogs, newsletters, and other sources.
Thirdly, and most importantly, this isn't a competition! The desire for a "winner-takes-all" service is dangerous and disturbing. An ecosystem is at its most vibrant when there are multiple participants each thriving in their own niche.
I want a thousand sites, running a hundred different software stacks, some of which only serve a dozen people, or even a lone participant.
Diversity is strength.
#activitypub #bluesky #fediverse #mastodon #statistics
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dansup (@dansup@mastodon.social)
The FediDB CommunityDB project is a curated list of apps and projects for the fediverse that powers https://fedidb.com
We just merged a PR for a new promising #NeoDB app called NeoComment!
https://github.com/fedidb/communityDB/pull/42
https://fedidb.com/apps?projects=neodb
#fediDB #communityDB #activityPub #fediverse
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jrollans (@jrollans@mastodon.social)
And don’t get me wrong, #Meta is an evil empire and that wants to drain humanity of anything they can in order to turn a profit. I just want to be able to follow my friends and for them to be able to follow me. I scared too many people away from #Mastodon because I introduced them to it too soon (it was around 2017).
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daniel (@daniel@gultsch.social)
If we look at what #Mastodon did to #ActivityPub, we start to realize that #XMPP not having a client and server from a single vendor that is available on all platforms is indeed a strength, not a weakness.
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ishii00141 (@ishii00141@mastodon.social)
remove_accents() 関数を通さなければ、スラッグとして %C3%9CberMut になるかもしれない。#Mastodon のハッシュタグのURLは次のようになる。
#ÜberMut - Mastodon
https://mastodon.social/tags/%C3%9CberMut
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radwebhosting (@radwebhosting@mastodon.social)
How to Install #Pixelfed on #Ubuntu VPS (8 Step Quick-Start Guide)
This article provides a guide for how to install Pixelfed on Ubuntu VPS.
What is Pixelfed?
PixelFed is a decentralized, open-source photo-sharing platform similar to Instagram but built on the #Fediverse (federated social networks using the #ActivityPub protocol). It allows users to host their own instances and interact with users across ...
Continued 👉 https://blog.radwebhosting.com/how-to-install-pixelfed-on-ubuntu-vps/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon.social #selfhosted #installguide #selfhosting #vpsguide
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