Bluesky, Reddit, Facebook, and Twitter might be full of garbage content, but at least when someone is clearly running a scam — especially if you have solid proof — those platforms usually do something about it.
But on the Fediverse, things work differently. If you try to expose a scammer, people might say you’re being cruel or hurting someone who might actually need help. So even obvious scams get protected, just in case.
That’s a huge loophole — and scammers know exactly how to use it.
#Scam #Fraud #Fediverse #Mastodon #Misskey #PixelFed #PeerYube #Loops #ActivityPub #BlueSky #Reddit #Facebook #Twitter
The Fediverse has a scammer problem.
Even if you have proof — photos, videos, whatever — that someone is a scammer, your post can still disappear just for calling them out.
Right now, I could easily rejoin the Fediverse, post a heartfelt message claiming I need help, and no one could challenge me on my bullshit — while I rake in kickbacks as easy money.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Scam #Mastodon #Misskey
All https://fedihost.co #Mastodon instances have been updated to v4.4.7
Thank you!
Learn more about this release here:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/releases/tag/v4.4.7
#hosting #SelfHosting #GetFederated #Fediverse #ActivityPub
It “only” took me a few years to find out that I don’t need to have a PeerTube or Lemmy account to interact with them; I just need to copy/paste the link in Mastodon search and then follow or reply.
Why no one is saying this little detail FIRST to all the n00bs coming from the Horror socials? After this you can explain the fediverse; Now Activity Pub makes so much sense to an atechnical person.
#fediverse #activitypub #twitter #x #bluesky #reddit #lemmy
Interview with John O'Nolan about Ghost 6 https://socialwebfoundation.org/2025/10/10/interview-with-john-onolan-about-ghost-6/ #ActivityPub, #Ghost, #Ghost.org, #Ghost6, #Implementer, #Johnonolan, #Longformtext, #Release
Oh man, manche Menschen sind echt dumm wie Stroh. Da hat jemand nicht verstanden, wie die Föderation auf Mastodon bzw. Dem ActivityPub Protokoll funktioniert. Das hat nichts mit Sperren zu tun sondern die Art und Weise wie das ActivityPub daten austauscht. 🤦🏼♂️ Aber lieber Müll erzählen als nachdenken. 🤣
#mastodon #activitypub #threematussi

@nutomic@lemmy.ml reported a federation issue with a NodeBB instance and we debugged it. It turns out Lemmy is unable to handle actors who have image or icon set to null.
Lemmy is taking steps to handle this (source, source), and NodeBB will update its actor logic to omit properties without an avatar or cover photo set.
We are delighted to announce that we have received a grant from @NGIZero @nlnet to federate Mirlo! We're also honoured to be included alongside so many other amazing projects that we look up to and are inspired by. 💪🐦⬛
More here: https://nlnet.nl/project/Mirlo/
#Funding #Federation #Federated #OpenSource #Music #Musicians #Fedi #Fediverse #Connectivity #ActivityPub
#OpenScience and the #fediverse .. let's get that ball rolling 💪
@jfietkau @jonny and @bonfire opened a brainstorm and evaluation on how we can provide better support for the academic world and #science in general to the #ActivityPub-based fediverse.
Various different iniitiatives are underway, and there's great opportunity to bundle forces and align these efforts where possible. Set standards.
Interested? Join the discussion:
https://discuss.coding.social/t/my-current-goals-for-activitypub-and-academic-data/750
#LinkedData #SemanticWeb #JSONLD #RDF
es nervt tierisch, dass #activitypub #wordpress #plugin das #errorlog vollmüllt
I first joined the Fediverse on May 30, 2023, and in all that time, I have yet to see a single instance of Pleroma — or its fork, Akkoma — that wasn’t mostly, if not entirely, populated by troll accounts. Typically, there’s a lot of hate speech coming from both.
I'm sure there’s a Pleroma or Akkoma instance out there with reasonable people, but I haven’t come across it yet.
#Fediverse #ActivityPub #Pleroma #Akkoma
@melman01
So wie ich das verstehe kannst du deine Accounts aber nicht "verheiraten".
Du kannst halt Loops-Konten von Mastodon, Pixelfeld, Lemmy ect, aus folgen. Und die Inhalte (Videos) dann dort kommentieren und teilen.
Und je nach netzwerk tauchen die dann in deinem Stream auf.
Tröts veröffentlichst du aber weiterhin über Mastodon und Videos über Loops, Bilder bevorzugt über Pixelfed usw.
Das heißt mehrere Accounts (die sich natürlich gegenseitig folgen und boosten können)
Wenn ich da falsch liege bitte verbessern! #Fediverse #fedipower #activitypub