The Fediverse
from WebWizard@links.hackliberty.org to fediverse@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 16:49
https://links.hackliberty.org/post/1949167

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BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de on 26 Jun 16:54 next collapse

🥲

iso@lemy.lol on 26 Jun 17:02 next collapse

Wait, Nextcloud has AP integration?

Rentlar@lemmy.ca on 26 Jun 17:20 collapse

Yes, internally and also with a beta-stage Nextcloud Social app, but the builds appear to be out of date and not working that well with the latest Nextcloud installations.

nextcloud.com/…/nextcloud-introduces-social-featu…

github.com/nextcloud/social

cron@feddit.org on 26 Jun 17:48 collapse

The last release is more than three years old… at this point, I’d consider it dead.

Rentlar@lemmy.ca on 26 Jun 19:05 collapse

There are still commits being pushed to it in 2024, but a lot of the open issues are talking about errors that apparently were fixed but not provided in a release.

khorovodoved@lemm.ee on 26 Jun 17:06 next collapse

If xmpp and matrix are included, why not include email?

bobbytables@discuss.tchncs.de on 26 Jun 17:15 next collapse

And bluesky?

Unpopular opinion maybe but it is / will be a federated platform (whether we like it or not) and there even is a bridge to Mastodon, I think.

cron@feddit.org on 26 Jun 17:38 next collapse

I think the graphic is too old to include bluesky (2022)

bobbytables@discuss.tchncs.de on 27 Jun 04:07 collapse

Yeah, you’re right. I didn’t see the date.

Fitik@fedia.io on 26 Jun 19:46 collapse

@bobbytables

there even is a bridge to Mastodon

To the whole Fediverse, just to it's microblogging side, and you can't follow users on Lemmy, so you can't opt in, but I have this account bridged and it's running on mbin

@WebWizard @khorovodoved

bobbytables@discuss.tchncs.de on 27 Jun 04:06 collapse

Thank you! I didn’t know the details. A recent article I read (about the hate the dev of the bridge received) only mentioned Mastodon.

massacre@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 19:29 collapse

Truly, email is (thankfully) mostly unspoiled as a protocol since it’s beginning. Other than minor improvements and additions like HTML and spam filters and the like, anyone can host an email service and interface with anyone else on the Internet with the same protocol.

barsoap@lemm.ee on 27 Jun 06:53 collapse

anyone can host an email service

Eh, no. You could in the 2000s, nowadays spam protection is so tight, and necessarily that tight, that you need at least a full-time position actively managing the server or you’re getting blacklisted for some reason or the other. Other servers will simply not accept emails sent by you if you don’t look legit and professional.

Definitely possible for a company with IT department, as a small company you want to outsource it (emails being on your domain doesn’t mean you’re managing the server), as a hobbyist, well you might be really into it but generally also no. Send protonmail or posteo or whoever a buck or something a month.

Illecors@lemmy.cafe on 27 Jun 20:24 collapse

I’ve been running mine for just over 5 years now - initial setup was ass, but it’s very much hands off now - email simply doesn’t change anymore.

If you have a domain to test - I can host it for you. If you then decide that it works well enough for you - I’ll show you how to set it up on your own server.

cron@feddit.org on 26 Jun 17:25 next collapse

This graphic is almost two years old, is it still up to date?

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 26 Jun 17:33 collapse

not really. kbin is kinda dead. long live mbin

massive_bereavement@fedia.io on 26 Jun 18:20 next collapse

mbin is everything I wanted kbin (and lemmy) to be.

BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de on 26 Jun 19:21 next collapse

❤️

massive_bereavement@fedia.io on 27 Jun 19:00 collapse

Thank you!

jaybone@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 00:00 collapse

What does mbin have that Lemmy does not? Should I switch to mbin?

massive_bereavement@fedia.io on 27 Jun 00:22 next collapse

If you're happy with Lemmy then don't.
This is mostly a mix of personal preferences and neat little differences I enjoy, plus I like the local community.

Then again, if you're curious, check it.

Fitik@fedia.io on 27 Jun 17:40 collapse

@jaybone

What does mbin have that Lemmy does not?

IMHO much better integration with the rest of the Fediverse, it supports note type activity (posts without a title, thus supporting most of the Fediverse), it supports adding tags (#hashtags) to threads, it also supports boosting posts and a few more things like that

There will also be PeerTube support soon

@WebWizard @cron @originalucifer @massive_bereavement

Usernameblankface@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 18:32 next collapse

Seems like it’s time to make an updated depiction

Fitik@fedia.io on 26 Jun 19:44 collapse

@Usernameblankface Yep, I wonder who's the author of it, maybe they can update it

@WebWizard @cron @originalucifer

Cethin@lemmy.zip on 26 Jun 20:42 next collapse

I had never heard of mbin. I see it’s a fork of kbin. What does it do differently?

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 26 Jun 20:53 collapse

its in active development, for starters.

the point of mbin wasnt originally differentiation of any kind, it was that the lone kbin dev did not share duties, or actually develop on a normal timeframe. this behavior kept kbin from flourishing and implementing all kinds of suggested, developed PRs.

it was forked to mbin as a community project where anyone who wants to contribute basically can by committee instead lone stewardship.
you would need to check the repo for all the changes per version... but the best part is, its an active dev group.

Echo5@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 21:26 collapse

does mbin have an app for ios/android yet?

bobburger@fedia.io on 26 Jun 21:41 collapse

Check out Interstellar

Feathercrown@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 19:46 next collapse

Wow, that’s more than I thought!

Genghis@monero.town on 26 Jun 20:50 next collapse

Nostr must be a bigger tree

fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jun 03:35 collapse

Old graphic is all Is Nostr bigger than the fediverse?

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 26 Jun 23:06 next collapse

I want a MySpace clone. Does that exist as an open source project in the fediverse?

laxe@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 00:05 next collapse

Call it OurSpace

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 00:30 collapse

Love it! Now we just need a guy named Tom, and a super potato quality camera for Toms profile pic.

Jank@literature.cafe on 27 Jun 01:08 collapse

We’re all Tom on OurSpace.

Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 04:33 collapse

TomSpace.

Emerald@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 03:51 collapse

Not fediverse, but a personal website on Neocities is customizable

Flax_vert@feddit.uk on 27 Jun 00:16 next collapse

If we’re including xmpp and matrix, then we should include Email 🤭

Baahb@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 20:11 collapse

Decentralized email? I feel like I could get behind that

Flax_vert@feddit.uk on 27 Jun 21:53 collapse

Email in itself is decentralised. You can set up your own email server and send and receive from it. However, your emails will be often flagged as spam unless you perform some form of black magic and allegedly, you are more vulnerable to spam (although I have been running my own email for months now that’s on the open web and hasn’t been spammed). Some hosts like Hetzner and various ISPs don’t allow you to open the ports needed for email, at least without giving them a ring and explaining why you need it.

Baahb@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 23:21 collapse

I understand what you mean, having had to deal with SPF nonsense for a job back in the day. The SPF nonsense is what prevents selfhosting email, as you effectively point out yourself. If there were somehow a way to use federation to tackle that, it seems like it could be kinda cool.

antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Jun 01:10 next collapse

BookWyrm was my first dip into the Fediverse, back when I was looking for an alternative to Goodreads.

Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee on 27 Jun 04:44 collapse

Really surprised it’s the only book related fork of the fediverse here

Do people not read any more?

blackn1ght@feddit.uk on 27 Jun 09:34 next collapse

I don’t think you can correlate the number of readers to the number of book instances or whatever they’re called. Most people (myself included) probably just use Goodreads, and BookWyrm is probably a good enough alternative that there’s no need to spin up another.

Edit: according to this there’s a lot of instances: joinbookwyrm.com/instances/

PumaStoleMyBluff@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 14:17 next collapse

Most people I know who read a lot use StoryGraph, and mostly for personal tracking, not as a social app.

antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 27 Jun 16:48 collapse

I don’t think this is the exact cause for the situation, but having more book related forks would probably just do harm by splitting up the audience. The book reading trackers are absolutely dominated by Goodreads, and any alternative desperately needs as much user concentration as possible.

EleventhHour@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 03:05 next collapse

I wish there was one for jobs :(

matcha_addict@lemy.lol on 27 Jun 03:47 collapse

Wouldn’t get used by corps probably?

TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee on 27 Jun 03:37 next collapse

I know Threads sucks, but where would it fall on this? Another Networking one?

matcha_addict@lemy.lol on 27 Jun 03:47 next collapse

Yes as it is almost the same category as mastodon

Emerald@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 03:49 next collapse

It would be an enemy aircraft hovering above the trees with a flamethrower, threatening to burn them down

tektite@slrpnk.net on 27 Jun 08:52 collapse

Ohh so THAT’S what all those “I identify as an attack helicopter” people were talking about!

dantheclamman@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 15:06 collapse

It is the aggressive megacolony of fungus embedding its mycelia in the base of the tree

fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jun 03:41 next collapse

Keeping an eye out for the matrix commune-os project to get to ActivityPub support. Them and Forgejo and Gitlab work to add AP support!

jelloeater85@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 17:16 collapse

Lot of love for GitLab, it’s a solid enterprise product.

thebestaquaman@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 03:52 next collapse

I’ve been missing an alternative to Facebook that I can use for non-anonymous planning of events and communication in hobby groups etc. and I had never heard of any of the “Facebook-type” federated stuff before!

Now I just need to convince a bunch of people that this is viable to use without being the annoying guy…

WanderingVentra@lemm.ee on 27 Jun 05:27 collapse

Which of these are the Facebook ones?

tetrahedron@programming.dev on 27 Jun 05:52 collapse

Friendica, but it s still …uh…far from ideal. It is a start, though.

RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 06:17 next collapse

Still no tumblr alt huh?

yumpsuit@lemmy.world on 27 Jun 23:06 next collapse

Priviblur as a Tumblr front end isn’t exactly what you’re looking for, but it’s worth knowing about

yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Jun 00:51 collapse

Wafrn is in early stages but looks promising

pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 27 Jun 13:44 next collapse

have this saved on my phone.

VanHalbgott@lemmus.org on 27 Jun 14:19 collapse

Home sweet home.

Still wondering how you can join Peertube.

Current Fediverse apps:

  1. Mastodon
  2. Lemmy
  3. WordPress

I mainly use WordPress for my art blog.

I think these apps rock.