FediCon/FOSSY 2026 Live Thread
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Some hard truths about the ActivityPub API -- managing state is hard when you are using a linear timeline as provided by the C2S inbox and outbox.
An impromptu lightning talk by @roost@hachyderm.io about Trust & Safety
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An impromptu lightning talk by @roost@hachyderm.io about Trust & Safety
People are reinventing the exact same tools to solve the exact same problems. The tools themselves are not magical and special, so there's no need to reinvent them.
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People are reinventing the exact same tools to solve the exact same problems. The tools themselves are not magical and special, so there's no need to reinvent them.
"The reason why Roost exists? Trust and Safety is kind of broken (on fedi?)"
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Now we have @skavish@welley.social about Private Communities!
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Now we have @skavish@welley.social about Private Communities!
Ah yes, additional nomenclatural differences <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62c.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
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When 1b12 fails (according to @skavish@welley.social)
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When 1b12 fails (according to @skavish@welley.social)
@skavish@welley.social argues private communities should not be federating content outward, just granting access.
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@skavish@welley.social argues private communities should not be federating content outward, just granting access.
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@skavish@welley.social argues private communities should not be federating content outward, just granting access.
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@skavish@welley.social argues private communities should not be federating content outward, just granting access.
Day 3 of FOSSY aka Day 2 of FediCon starts with a panel featuring @evan@cosocial.ca @reiver@mastodon.social @django@social.coop and @ozoned@btfree.social!
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First up, the panellists are asked to describe the fediverse in 6 words or less <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62c.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
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@django@social.coop says "when big social blows up, confettiverse" (apologies if I quoted it wrong!)
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First up, the panellists are asked to describe the fediverse in 6 words or less <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f62c.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
" /> glad I'm not up there!@django@social.coop says "when big social blows up, confettiverse" (apologies if I quoted it wrong!)
Q: "is BlueSky on the Fediverse?"
@reiver@mastodon.social "Evan why don't you take this one"
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Q: "is BlueSky on the Fediverse?"
@reiver@mastodon.social "Evan why don't you take this one"
Q: "is Truth Social on the Fediverse?"
Now @ozoned@btfree.social explaining (very carefully) that Truth Social is built on the Mastodon codebase but functions like an island. It does not federate.
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I did not know that @django@social.coop was based in Edmonton!
The contingent of Canadian AP developers continues to grow... No wonder all of the Fediverse conferences in the Americas are in Canada <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f60f.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
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Q: "is Truth Social on the Fediverse?"
Now @ozoned@btfree.social explaining (very carefully) that Truth Social is built on the Mastodon codebase but functions like an island. It does not federate.
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How do we grow the fediverse? Says @evan@cosocial.ca...
- E2EE messages; private messages are not encrypted widely on the fediverse; a bit of a shoutout to @benpate@mastodon.social's upcoming talk tomorrow <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f609.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
" /> - Addressing; complicated and hard for people to understand; promote use of lists (like "Close Friends", "Family", etc.)
- Hashtag feeds; they federate widely through the network, but saturation is not complete; "hashtags do not spread through the fediverse evenly"; a shoutout to his project tags.pub
- Aggregation and remixing; combining search terms, people, and hashtags into a topical feed (sounds a lot like activitypub.space
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- E2EE messages; private messages are not encrypted widely on the fediverse; a bit of a shoutout to @benpate@mastodon.social's upcoming talk tomorrow <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f609.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
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I did not know that @django@social.coop was based in Edmonton!
The contingent of Canadian AP developers continues to grow... No wonder all of the Fediverse conferences in the Americas are in Canada <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f60f.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
" />The panelists now asked which default server they'd recommend. These questions are hard!
Even @ozoned@btfree.social wasn't sure prior to the panel.
@evan@cosocial.ca suggesting that maybe you already have one and don't know; suggests checking your orgs and associations; possibly self-hosting or checking joinmastodon.org
@django@social.coop warns about checking Instance rules to align on values.
@ozoned@btfree.social suggesting Mastodon for twitter fans, Pixelfed for Instagram fans, forums for topical based discussions (plus a shoutout for ActivityPub.Space, thanks!)
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The panelists now asked which default server they'd recommend. These questions are hard!
Even @ozoned@btfree.social wasn't sure prior to the panel.
@evan@cosocial.ca suggesting that maybe you already have one and don't know; suggests checking your orgs and associations; possibly self-hosting or checking joinmastodon.org
@django@social.coop warns about checking Instance rules to align on values.
@ozoned@btfree.social suggesting Mastodon for twitter fans, Pixelfed for Instagram fans, forums for topical based discussions (plus a shoutout for ActivityPub.Space, thanks!)
In response to the question "what should the Fediverse not be?"
@ozoned@btfree.social warning against turning it back into walled gardens.
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@liaizon@social.wake.st I'll ask for you!
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In response to the question "what should the Fediverse not be?"
@ozoned@btfree.social warning against turning it back into walled gardens.
@evan@cosocial.ca explaining that "the fediverse is quiet" is a bug, not a feature.
Good thing we have a solution for it <img class="not-responsive emoji" src="https://activitypub.space/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f63c.png?v=513019a8bfd" title="
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