Post APLo79tyhmvPPfELGC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
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(DIR) Post #APLnFrB3aloTzYnoX2 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T05:25:58.013542Z
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This one is for all the new people on #Mastodon: did you know that the #fediverse has more than just a microblogging replacement? And that they can all interoperate with your Mastodon account?Check them out!Facebook replacement: FriendicaInstagram replacement: PixelfedYouTube replacement: PeerTubeSpotify replacement: FunkwhaleMeetUp replacement: MobilizonReddit replacement: LemmyPodcasting replacement: CastopodGoodReads replacement: BookWyrm
(DIR) Post #APLnVO1njhbiDisWIq by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T05:28:49.485060Z
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It’s also worth mentioning that you can integrate your #Wordpress or #Drupal blogs into the fediverse, too! So, you can natively integrate your articles, and replies on the fediverse can show up as comments on them!WordPress: https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-activitypubDrupal: https://git.drupalcode.org/project/activitypub
(DIR) Post #APLo79JosE09bWJSts by loke@functional.cafe
2022-11-07T05:33:06Z
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@sean it may be worth mentioning writefreely as well?
(DIR) Post #APLo79tyhmvPPfELGC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T05:35:37.436847Z
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Good catch! I initially left those off the list, because they’re not quite replacements per se…but, WriteFreely and Plume are 100% worth mentioning also!
(DIR) Post #APLoFoPjxuoVNODHBQ by adam@social.librem.one
2022-11-07T05:37:20Z
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@sean I've been trying to get that Wordpress plug in to work for some years now! If they ever iron out the bugs on that and put a management interface into the dashboard, that would be great!
(DIR) Post #APLqvESsDNFtx4YaxM by ErynMcConnell@mastodon.me.uk
2022-11-07T05:56:20Z
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@sean well this is useful. Thanks!
(DIR) Post #APLs0UoKy2AK3CfcLw by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T06:19:17.419759Z
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Oh, I almost forgot! There’s also a #SoundCloud replacement called Reel2Bits by @dashie ! As far as I can tell, it’s not being actively developed right now, but it works great, and could provide a basis for another music app?
(DIR) Post #APLsA7zIg6f6A5OIpE by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T06:20:59.145996Z
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Admittedly, it probably needs some love. If there are any PHP devs willing to pitch it, that project would really benefit.
(DIR) Post #APLsNB88J1Q9fkkHPU by dashie@pleroma.otter.sh
2022-11-07T06:20:32.185804Z
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@sean @dashie never managed to get any help, fossbros don't care apparently.
(DIR) Post #APLsNBf6KRnBK0AbnU by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T06:23:09.766731Z
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I care, I just suck at programming. :sad_lemon:
(DIR) Post #APLxfhGY42SgK5KbJY by Simonverwer@akademienl.social
2022-11-07T06:48:37Z
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@sean Thanks! Was looking for this one
(DIR) Post #APLxnSMXMI3OPwpfvc by JoeyPajamas@fandom.ink
2022-11-07T07:15:54Z
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@sean So can/ does Funkwhale act like the old Google Play Music; upload your stuff and then stream/ download it to your device (offline play is a big one for me)? I reaaaaaaally miss that service.
(DIR) Post #APLxnSkdufKtci6vVA by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T07:24:01.319525Z
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Short answer: yes. Funkwhale has a dedicated mobile app for Android that works brilliantly, and also offers a Subsonic API for other apps.
(DIR) Post #APLzZWLlw48wdgxQ92 by takomine@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T06:16:24Z
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@sean #Fediverse ecosystem. I like it
(DIR) Post #APLzZYdZQrZJjTIfAG by reshirii@meow.social
2022-11-07T06:16:12Z
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@sean These seem very interesting! I’ll look into a couple, I haven’t touched federated websites much yet so the recommendations help a lot! :dragnowo:
(DIR) Post #APLzs45ZEcUUUSDiXw by si2mev@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T07:41:54Z
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@JoeyPajamas @sean didn't get it to work easily. Website of funkywhale is not very helpful.Also you may change Spotify alternative to music streaming alternative. Cause Spotify is not the only big one.
(DIR) Post #APLzs4jcpgX8Ugxhz6 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T07:47:22.936375Z
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Unfortunately, I can’t edit my status yet, but fair point.The docs for FunkWhale are pretty good, it’s just a little weird to set up due to being a Django/Python app. I used to run a server, and didn’t have many problems.https://docs.funkwhale.audio/admin/index.html#setup-guidesLet me know where you’re getting stuck, and I’ll try to help.
(DIR) Post #APLzzpSDWvPVPzW688 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T07:48:43.318337Z
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Kind of. They don’t all interconnect on a 1:1 basis, but any status-based platform (Friendica, Hubzilla, Mastodon, Pleroma) can follow accounts there.
(DIR) Post #APM1JJJMqU8pTWEMjI by HumanityExists@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T08:02:40Z
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@sean For this non-techie, all these new doors opening up with amazing new worlds that I had no clue existed, due to the kind and courteous tour guides is more than appreciated. The feeling is like Charlie entering the chocolate factory and seeing these amazing creations, courtesy of Willy Wonka.🤣
(DIR) Post #APM1XmbSjgb6NOayy8 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:06:08.579535Z
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Thank you! 😁 There’s an enormous amount of potential behind the network. The naysayers often conflate Mastodon with the rest of the network, but have no idea what it’s capable of.It’s not just a Twitter killer. It has the potential to destroy all corporate silos, and bring a new kind of communication structure to the entire Internet. There’s a lot of hard problems yet to solve, but a lot of awesome things happening.
(DIR) Post #APM35siCd8817dZUeW by HumanityExists@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T08:14:53Z
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@sean Thank you, Sean. I will slowly swim through this unending sea that I never knew existed. Cleansing myself of all the “corporate silos” will be some slow funerals, but I will bury them all at some point. Much appreciated🙏🏻
(DIR) Post #APM3RgIlS57B0G4Ghs by crown@mastodon.grin.hu
2022-11-07T08:06:02Z
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@sean is friendica have usable gui what is not confusing?
(DIR) Post #APM3Rh28jNPXGzIVQu by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:27:24.949067Z
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It has a pretty decent UI. It’s not perfect, but it’s a lot better than previous releases. I plan on doing some theme development for it, eventually.
(DIR) Post #APM3xgkhJQJhfQOah6 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:33:08.738961Z
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You know, aside from being a place to build a resume, I have never understood the appeal of LinkedIn.I feel like Friendica might be an okay replacement for the social parts?
(DIR) Post #APM4DOFrquOCvrSirg by donncha@mastodon.ie
2022-11-07T08:36:07Z
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@adam @sean I got it working after some head scratching. For WordPress You need the WebFinger plugin too. It doesn't say that anywhere in the docs but it only worked when installed that. I wrote a blog post about it too which you can find at @donncha@odd.blog (of course) or on the web at https://odd.blog/2022/11/06/how-to-add-your-blog-to-mastodon/I don't know why, but the images in the post weren't all shared, but my photoblog posts are shared properly. They only have one image.
(DIR) Post #APM4r1tAQcjR9FkIjo by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:43:13.684627Z
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Yeah, you’ve got me! They all have their differences to their supposed analogues, but I would wager that many fall under the “Good enough” category for most people.
(DIR) Post #APM57hnEOgMtkGvA2a by grrlscientist@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T08:40:28Z
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@sean do these sites also "communicate" with mastodon? (looking at bookwyrm now, and not really understanding what these sites are about)
(DIR) Post #APM57iPA7ei3dufSAC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:46:14.780509Z
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I don’t think BookWyrm does, but it still federates using the ActivityPub protocol. That being said, the majority of what I’ve recommended, you can follow accounts on those from Mastodon.You can literally follow a PeerTube account, watch their video from Mastodon, reply with a status, and the comment shows up on PeerTube.I have an instance at spectra.video if you’d like to try it out with any random video on there! Just copy a video URL to your Mastodon search bar, and it will show up as a status with embedded video.
(DIR) Post #APM58gj5qgIsj6SDYm by RaphJ@mamot.fr
2022-11-07T08:43:58Z
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@seanAnd contrary to the private GAFAMs trying to hold you captive : they communicate!You can follow, like and comment a Peertube channel, a Pixelfed account or a Lemmy community from your Mastodon account !!All this is free without ads, developped and run by volonteers.Awesomeness.
(DIR) Post #APM5JINCjVlaNlH1nM by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:48:16.862424Z
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This is the real power behind the fediverse! It continues to grow and evolve. It may eventually be a challenger to all social media.
(DIR) Post #APM5SCg5HIrDKALtrM by grrlscientist@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T08:47:41Z
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@sean well, that's pretty danged cool. i'll have to try that (but first, i must write a thing)
(DIR) Post #APM5SD6JhlqCdWcqkS by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:49:58.022015Z
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A good way to think about it: a long while back, to Twitter and Instagram got into a disagreement. Twitter decided to refuse to show Insta links as rich previews, making it more inconvenient to share pictures with Twitter.There is no such barrier in the fediverse. You can follow people on Pixelfed and interact as if it were native to you.
(DIR) Post #APM5akdwsY48z1Qg76 by crown@mastodon.grin.hu
2022-11-07T08:48:49Z
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@sean i only saw fika.grin.hu GUI, but it reminds me the websites around 2000. it's the myspace version of facebook? :)
(DIR) Post #APM5al9qxvaQZyM9qK by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T08:51:29.226701Z
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LibraNet.de might be more to your liking, I believe they use a newer theme?
(DIR) Post #APM5qhuSoHvH8dlKfA by alembe@social.linux.pizza
2022-11-07T08:50:17Z
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@sean @RaphJ it’s the way it should be.
(DIR) Post #APM8FyMQywrTJC1L2O by xorman@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T09:13:42Z
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@sean Gitea is also integrating ActivityPub
(DIR) Post #APM8ILQmBAgBREBNiK by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T09:21:50.432919Z
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I’m super excited about that! Federated code forges could end up being a really big deal in the space.
(DIR) Post #APMAiQqir7IngGszVw by mikebabin@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T09:20:34Z
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@seanI've clearly been out of the loop a while and didn't realize all of these things were around. Thanks!
(DIR) Post #APMBZMVbiyWFZCFTG4 by brianhenry@mastodon.world
2022-11-07T09:57:23Z
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@sean Thanks for sharing Sean. I had no idea.
(DIR) Post #APMBvEhXQvm3isG97A by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T10:02:24.772170Z
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The network is a sprawling project, with nearly a decade of development behind it. It very well could end up being the future of the Internet.
(DIR) Post #APMDc0NcefeXiEtxwW by brianhenry@mastodon.world
2022-11-07T10:08:47Z
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@sean If that turns out to be true then it's appropriately geeky.
(DIR) Post #APMEjnfzs2NWaFmEoy by meneer@mastodon.myfed.space
2022-11-07T08:59:10Z
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@sean and the beauty: the all speak the same protocol, so can all communicate.
(DIR) Post #APMHB7SacgH3fXf0TI by vvanchesa@ruhr.social
2022-11-07T10:57:46Z
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@sean #Diaspora is still worth mentioning as a Facebook alternative.
(DIR) Post #APMHB7oZIxr4lhwYjI by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T11:01:12.758055Z
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Sadly, it’s really not. It doesn’t federate with most of the network. Every platform that federates with it had to reverse-engineer it pretty much on their own.It’s not a bad app, but the current devs refuse to even try out ActivityPub.
(DIR) Post #APMHNMNsxeUnQkIT0y by opal@ap.maladaptive.art
2022-11-07T11:03:36.802586Z
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@sean @vvanchesa sounds fine if diaspora is its own separate network, i personally dont get the mentality that everything has to be interoperable. it's definitely a facebook alternative still
(DIR) Post #APMHf2dj6qOJPG8arw by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T11:06:40.228511Z
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Yeah, they can definitely do their own thing. I just think they’d reap a lot of benefits if we could all federate.As a former community manager that tried to get Diaspora to work with other projects or explore new protocols, I can’t help but feel a bit bitter about the outcome.
(DIR) Post #APMHlkhgC6jVnzBcmm by opal@ap.maladaptive.art
2022-11-07T11:08:01.377188Z
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@sean @vvanchesa do their discussions / threading map well to here, cus friendica kinda fucked up on that front and painted themselves as the black sheep of activitypub adopters
(DIR) Post #APMI3IAJ2OVYVXwKoq by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T11:11:03.333935Z
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It’s not impossible, but migrating a whole network would definitely be a huge undertaking.With regards to Friendica, I feel like they mostly worked the kinks out. It took a lot of time and effort, and things like “reshares with additional comments on top” still look kind of janky, but it’s way better than it used to be.I still have hope.
(DIR) Post #APMKJ2WX9yHkXQyQKW by mrojo@social.politicaconciencia.org
2022-11-07T11:16:04Z
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@sean"Replacement" is a strong word for some of those services. Facebook and YouTube have no replacement yet.Pixelfed and Lemmy are great tho.
(DIR) Post #APMKJ372yDUaMg3aF6 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T11:36:20.101240Z
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I’ll concede that there are limitations (network effects, monetization) but as a platform, PeerTube is really solid. It just needs more creators on it.
(DIR) Post #APMKMqHobGjrk7u09Y by xerz@fedi.xerz.one
2022-11-07T11:37:09.562870Z
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@sean @mrojo sadly monetization is why there aren't creators
(DIR) Post #APMTFsKDWMJLctmK36 by perigee@toot.party
2022-11-07T10:55:44Z
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@sean @adam I feel like the ActivityPub plug-in for WordPress is bugging off my WordPress instance. Some version or plug-in clash I guess. I will try to debug it more later. Frustrating. And I don't know how to debug it so I guess figuring that out is first.
(DIR) Post #APMTFsrBXmgNH9CeR6 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:16:24.167584Z
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It might be good to open an issue, they might be able to help: https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-activitypub
(DIR) Post #APMTJyzSgKE1SN1qbI by hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com
2022-11-07T12:30:43Z
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We’re, huh, working on it, but not having frontend people regularly contributing is definitely our Achilles’ heel
(DIR) Post #APMTYbvwgjKuI7MLXk by Paarsec@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T09:37:23Z
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@sean any full-length blogging platforms? 👀
(DIR) Post #APMTYcZeJ75yHFw3Qe by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:19:59.714033Z
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Closest I could find was WriteFreely and Plume, but they’re kind of sparse at the moment.A plugin exists for WordPress, but I haven’t had much experience with setting it up these days. It worked for me in the past, though.
(DIR) Post #APMTZKj49SlvDCgCDQ by RedStar@todon.nl
2022-11-07T10:46:58Z
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@sean From a #Fediverse n00b this is a great thread - many thanks for opening our eyes!
(DIR) Post #APMTa2jcWlMLhfHGBk by ottona@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T10:52:24Z
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@sean #funkwhale, awesome! how come i've never heard of it.thanks for the hint and hello @funkwhale !
(DIR) Post #APMTaDCLcoHS9enLM0 by funkwhale@fosstodon.org
2022-11-07T10:54:40Z
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@ottona We refuse to waste millions for marketing Scams or Blockchain, which means you can only hear from us from others directly.Glad you made it, welcome to the community! 🐳
(DIR) Post #APMTxovzUN4zqsOx72 by magnus919@fosstodon.org
2022-11-07T12:50:50Z
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@mrojo @sean until they have mobile apps in the mainstream app stores, we can’t have the “replacement” conversation.
(DIR) Post #APMTxpr44AjWht6X4a by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:24:34.614474Z
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Yeah, this is definitely something that could be better. That being said:@pixelfed has an iOS app in beta, and may be doing the same for Android very very soon.@funkwhale has an amazing client app on Android@peertube has a few apps on Android, but they really need more developers, and are kind of unfinished@LemmyDev actually has a brilliant mobile app called Lemmur, and it kind of already rivals the Reddit experienceThe rest probably could benefit from good mobile clients, but they offer Open APIs to work with, and generally have good web interfaces for the interim.
(DIR) Post #APMUUQvtkMRUy7uQgy by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:30:19.022594Z
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I was able to pull up a profile by converting a user’s address to a handle (user@domain.tld) and was able to at least pull in the profile.That said, I couldn’t quite pull in any reviews, maybe it’s a different post type, or maybe I was trying to put in the wrong URL.
(DIR) Post #APMUYhddZuIHwEP5WK by robertpi@functional.cafe
2022-11-07T12:21:58Z
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@sean interesting, but Friendica, Pixelfed and BookWyrm all seem to want to create new accounts (not looked at the others yet). You can then link back to your Mastodon account? Would be nice if you could sign in with the same account, but guess that's technically difficult.
(DIR) Post #APMUYiIP8Ku5yfTe40 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:31:16.755000Z
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What I meant was that you can federate seamlessly with accounts on there. You don’t really authorize your Mastodon account onto a PixelFed server. Instead, you follow users on PixelFed from Mastodon, and see their photos in your timeline.
(DIR) Post #APMUhxrecSZCrvNO3k by nickbouwhuis@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T12:23:58Z
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@sean Friendica looks like a nice replacement. But what keeps me from using it is the absence of a 'general' server. I don't want to associate with a community I don't know anything about.
(DIR) Post #APMUhyOycZDoXGy000 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:32:55.203548Z
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Generally, this is a challenge for federated communities. I have the benefit of having been in this space for nearly 15 years. My advice is to jump in with a pseudonym to try one out, and see what you find.That being said, I do generally like Libranet.de.
(DIR) Post #APMUoGe1hwzWqt0WbQ by dbaman@fosstodon.org
2022-11-07T12:30:04Z
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@sean Hello Sean.A question please..In your post what exact markup/steps did you use for the hyperlinks so the link is just the nice human text?i.e. "Foo" as a the hyperlinkvs. "https://foo.com" vs. <a href=www.foo.com>Foo</a>I'm pretty familiar with html, but can't seem to work this out when I write a post and have a nice inline link.I am using Tusky. Are you? Or maybe you use the mastadon app?Any help appreciated...@dbaman
(DIR) Post #APMUoHKZ9n1EyouUuO by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:34:03.749231Z
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So, I’m using a platform called Pleroma which is similar to Mastodon, but architecturally a little bit different. Pleroma allows me to customize my frontend, and also has support for Markdown formatting when I type posts.
(DIR) Post #APMUyQlwuLfD9tYkPw by icefyre@twit.social
2022-11-07T12:50:59Z
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@sean I thought the Goodreads replacement was Openlibrary?
(DIR) Post #APMUyRBTNS52R3V8CW by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:35:46.875695Z
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OpenLibrary is pretty good, but admittedly does not federate.Bookwyrm, by contrast, does federate. Apparently, Inventaire also federates now (users have to opt-in, though).
(DIR) Post #APMUyRHqzjBUkqUE9A by GivMeCoffee@mastodon.coffee
2022-11-07T13:35:34Z
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@sean while it's not federated (I don't think) The Storygraph is an excellent replacement for Goodreads too. Not Amazon owned and has very good features.
(DIR) Post #APMUzoUCE6Ywzjumga by YurkshireLad@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T13:00:30Z
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@sean The Friendica website isn't working for me.
(DIR) Post #APMUzp7Bt7kqwg9vSy by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:36:11.641758Z
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Seems to be up now: https://friendi.ca/
(DIR) Post #APMV7MvKaQLTpQD3xI by magnus919@fosstodon.org
2022-11-07T12:50:15Z
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@robertpi @sean this is probably a really bad idea. One hobby server gets compromised and then all of your accounts are compromised? This is slightly more convenient for hackers than just using the same memorable password everywhere.
(DIR) Post #APMV7NPol4jRLyTPTU by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:37:30.287854Z
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Yeah, as I said earlier, you don’t authorize your account to another platform. Instead, accounts on one platform can federate with another - you can watch PeerTube videos or see Pixelfed photos from Mastodon, and interact with those posts as if they were native.
(DIR) Post #APMVM9XcclFIfRAZoO by perigee@toot.party
2022-11-07T13:39:25Z
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@sean @adam I want to first figure out if it's one of my other plugins that's interfering. I doubt it since I've tested most of them (by inactivating them one at a time and testing with webfinger) but I haven't had time to be comprehensive. After that, yes, I can create an issue and also start looking at code on my side. Thanks!
(DIR) Post #APMVNGJUvlwjxc5lsO by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T13:40:23.939805Z
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Totally fair!
(DIR) Post #APMVZ9NuWAO9wipCZk by adam@social.librem.one
2022-11-07T13:42:39Z
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@perigee @sean Same here. I need to find time to troubleshoot to try to narrow down the issue for a more-informative Github post. Maybe it's because I'm using an IIS server.
(DIR) Post #APMfKCNc6AieQwC9iq by gambi@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T15:24:33Z
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@seanWould be awesome if all could use the same mastodon identity.
(DIR) Post #APMfKCtsAEWW2zHv0K by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T15:31:51.989005Z
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Yeah, this has been a long-talked-about thing. It’s theoretically possible with ActivityPub Client-to-Server API, in the sense that you just run a bunch of frontends that just connect to the same account. It’s an area I’d like to explore more, as I continue to tinker with custom frontends for Pleroma. Sadly, ActivityPub C2S adoption is kind of limited - Mastodon instead favors its own API for clients, partially because it’s more straightforward for implementors.https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/#client-to-server-interactions
(DIR) Post #APMfk2lmS3vm9np4nw by theotherbrook@sunny.garden
2022-11-07T15:34:36Z
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@sean I’d love to see an Amazon replacement on that list.
(DIR) Post #APMfk39X1kvhLSw2pE by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T15:36:29.431225Z
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I honestly have no idea what a full-blown Amazon replacement would even look like.Do you just mean the book store part? 😛
(DIR) Post #APMg2BuXCgO9ijZS8e by xeno@shitposter.club
2022-11-07T15:39:55.109383Z
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@theotherbrook @sean we should replace the burned down part of amazon first methinks
(DIR) Post #APMgGY5HYnoAXnRbSC by sj_zero@social.fbxl.net
2022-11-07T15:42:32.952473Z
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tbh I think there's something iffy about amazon's business model.Let's say you see my new design for magnetic meter leads and you want them, and I want to sell lots so I sell them for $2.There's simply no way I could break even selling those $2 meter leads while spending 10 bucks to mail them to you and giving you free shipping.I know "amazon prime", but there's no way that breaks even.
(DIR) Post #APMgdOhsak2q7YOQCm by mirekdlugosz@fosstodon.org
2022-11-07T15:43:55Z
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@sean I wonder: how does the plain old blog with boring text-heavy articles fit in? Should we publish our content to #fediverse in addition to #RSS feed? Does ActivityPub-aware website enable us to do something cool or novel? What is theoretically possible?Or are we stuck with posting links to websites, the same way we do since forever?I would welcome any reading recommendations on the topic.
(DIR) Post #APMgdPMIAUN48tIhCC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T15:46:29.774568Z
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There’s nothing wrong with using both. The main draw for ActivityPub integration with blogs is that you can receive replies (comments) directly from the fediverse itself, and people can read your blog posts directly from their social platforms.People can also follow your blogs with their fediverse accounts and receive updates in their timelines.
(DIR) Post #APMgf4Nx7JtrfrryaG by theotherbrook@sunny.garden
2022-11-07T15:46:21Z
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@sean I have no idea either but now I’m thinking about when my wife turned down an interview with Amazon in 1995 because neither of us could quite picture an online bookstore. Really I meant it as a prompt for people to think about how the principles of the #fediverse might apply to restructuring commerce. More self-determination, less selfishness and filthy lucre.
(DIR) Post #APMhOAIzx9Gt4B3V2m by rebel@mstdn.social
2022-11-07T15:51:18Z
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@sean is there a Pinterest replacement?
(DIR) Post #APMhOAuvg7c2xonnAO by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T15:54:57.594981Z
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I haven’t heard of one yet! But, with that being said…I recall that the beginner’s course One Month Rails literally taught people how to code a very basic Pinterest site. Obviously, getting the federation part to work would require much more effort, but…it’s probably doable / might exist?
(DIR) Post #APMhR8HbvdUVf9ozQW by theotherbrook@sunny.garden
2022-11-07T15:52:00Z
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@sj_zero @sean Honest retailers have long sold things at a loss to get people into the store where they will buy things that make up the difference and turn a profit. Monopolists sell things at a loss so no one else can afford to compete with them on cost.
(DIR) Post #APMkICeCdGUwSGp2lk by caffeneko@indieweb.social
2022-11-07T16:24:04Z
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@sean Friendica is often described as a Facebook replacement but the UI honestly more closely resembles Livejournal
(DIR) Post #APMkIDGqJbPGO6ttzs by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T16:27:25.006469Z
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@caffeneko I'll admit, I have not used LiveJournal since 2004, and have no idea what it looks like now! 😂
(DIR) Post #APMkUsCjwxYeoi1D5U by worldsendless@qoto.org
2022-11-07T16:29:57Z
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@sean how can I use the same account? I have a goodreads account which I FOLLOW from my other accounts, but it's not the same account
(DIR) Post #APMlCeBrPpSw5uTpVw by pkraus@berlin.social
2022-11-07T16:34:32Z
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@sean Stupid question: How does this interoperation work in practice? Do I need an account on every service I want to use? Is there a howto? #fediverse
(DIR) Post #APMlCez8ScsgYjXBJo by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T16:37:42.757949Z
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@pkraus the short of it: you can follow accounts on different platforms from your own, and their stuff will appear natively in your timeline.Slightly longer: the platforms I mentioned all use the ActivityPub protocol and have a degree of compatibility. A Mastodon user could, for example, follow a PeerTube channel, watch a video, reply to it from Mastodon, and their comment would appear natively on that video in PeerTube.
(DIR) Post #APMlJHfVY8OEGsVoHo by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T16:38:57.717164Z
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@pkraus but no, you do not need an account on every service to follow accounts on those services.
(DIR) Post #APMlNQZ0Q4tT18RkKe by thinking_images@masto.ai
2022-11-07T16:35:22Z
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@sean @grrlscientist Thanks! I didn't know about Pixelfed. I have to look into it.
(DIR) Post #APMlNSpO09BW2W7r8q by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T16:39:43.159760Z
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@thinking_images @grrlscientist Pixelfed is amazing, @dansup has put a lot of work into it!
(DIR) Post #APMlPJq4OR3wjwKWfo by caffeneko@indieweb.social
2022-11-07T16:36:43Z
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@rebel @sean Oh would love if there was a Pinterest replacement. I miss their early days when I could just see what my friends pinned. Now it's like seeing multiple ads for dishwashers after you just bought one. "I see you favorited a pic of a coffee bar, where are 42 other pics of coffee bars."
(DIR) Post #APMoY3DvpwiPg5LYWG by calligraffiti@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T17:11:42Z
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@sean Thanks for putting this list together.If you don't mind the suggestion, PeerTube is just an app, not unlike [FreeTube](https://freetubeapp.io/), which works on the desktop. Have you looked into [Invidious](https://invidious.io/)?Also, there's another Spotify alternative out there I very much like called [Resonate](https://resonate.coop/).
(DIR) Post #APMoY3j7xxfXEpwT8y by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T17:15:13.372475Z
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@calligraffiti the purpose of my list is that these are all federated apps that can allow Mastodon users to follow creators on their respective platforms. They aren't just apps, they are part of this ecosystem.I'm afraid that none of the alternatives you've listed qualify on that specific criteria, though they are quite cool.
(DIR) Post #APMqiElZyZdOHU4OQq by JoeyPajamas@fandom.ink
2022-11-07T17:34:02Z
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@sean @si2mev Honestly, it all looks a bit above my head. I'm a bit stoopid when it comes to this kind of thing. I just need to be able to upload/ download/ play with minimum of fuss.
(DIR) Post #APMqiFFMBrSBlq0AqW by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T17:39:26.577106Z
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@si2mev It's okay. My recommendation is to hang out, have fun, and explore the network. Over time, you'll get a hang of it.
(DIR) Post #APMrCkLn6zCQvOYVua by tiago@mastodon.espinha.net
2022-11-07T17:39:51Z
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@sean This is really cool :) thanks for sharing! As a Twitter migrant, I had no idea that the Fediverse was so developed.
(DIR) Post #APMrCl5WMxmNDDx2Bs by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-07T17:45:00.426950Z
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@tiago There's still a fair amount of work to be done to make things smoother and more polished, but we've come a long way!
(DIR) Post #APMtVGTmazmxgwFf72 by killyourfm@layer8.space
2022-11-07T18:10:51Z
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@sean Oh, this one is bookmarked. Thank you!
(DIR) Post #APN6ebSDHS3KknIhP6 by adam@social.librem.one
2022-11-07T20:38:13Z
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@donncha Awesome! Thanks for sharing! I need to read that and troubleshoot mine some more. @adamz shows up, but following doesn't get accepted it seems.
(DIR) Post #APN7MaTaHGU8Sjundw by donncha@mastodon.ie
2022-11-07T20:46:05Z
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@adam good luck. Might be some odd bug you're experiencing.
(DIR) Post #APN9lH21uNDFIwvT72 by perigee@toot.party
2022-11-07T21:12:59Z
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@adam @sean I figured out the problem for me. It was the .htaccess file that Let's Encrypt set up for me in .well-known. The fix was to fix the .htaccess file. I'll write it up on a blog entry to test and see if the fix entirely worked. Though I was able to follow my blog through the mastodon web client.
(DIR) Post #APNEEsxYN8hX9NCvlA by perigee@toot.party
2022-11-07T22:03:10Z
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@adam @sean I figured out my issue was due to .htaccess settings set up by Let's Encrypt or my host setting up by Let's Encrypt. Then I figured out how to fix it. Writing it up on the blog now. Will link here when done.
(DIR) Post #APNEvgFhUeaEBv6NsG by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T22:07:49.322219Z
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@sean Meanwhile fediverse oldies:Twitter replacement: GnuSocialGnuSocial replacement: Pleroma, Mastodon
(DIR) Post #APNF2X0Xee55ImbmvQ by hj@shigusegubu.club
2022-11-07T22:12:09.593785Z
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@lanodan @sean mastodon replacement: pleroma
(DIR) Post #APNHJVkpleGWFJUAUq by thatbrickster@shitposter.club
2022-11-07T22:12:40.000501Z
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@hj pleroma replacement: misskey@lanodan @sean
(DIR) Post #APNHRI4gVqXY8STpM8 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T22:38:34.388123Z
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@thatbrickster @hj @sean Nah, misskey is probably a replacement to some obscure Japanese social thing.
(DIR) Post #APNHSYHTk97Wgj497w by hj@shigusegubu.club
2022-11-07T22:39:15.205722Z
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@thatbrickster @lanodan @sean misskey replacement: akkoma
(DIR) Post #APNHk04neZsrojSIaG by ignaloidas@not.acu.lt
2022-11-07T22:42:26.226Z
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me @thatbrickster@shitposter.club @hj@shigusegubu.club @sean@social.deadsuperhero.com Misskey is an attempt at a replacement for everything, at once, considering how many features it has.I don't think I have even come close to opening half of the pages my misskey instance can show.
(DIR) Post #APNKkIF6Pavu1N6cBU by thatbrickster@shitposter.club
2022-11-07T22:46:09.284601Z
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@lanodan It has isCat so it's intended to replace everything eventually.@hj @sean
(DIR) Post #APNKrcdwxcZFJuDrwe by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T23:16:56.234191Z
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@thatbrickster @hj @sean Yeah, animal ears are the best!
(DIR) Post #APNLQBSM27cp8WHMtU by hj@shigusegubu.club
2022-11-07T23:23:38.989992Z
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@lanodan @thatbrickster @sean when are they in pleroma backend then? :trollface:
(DIR) Post #APNLZKQW3E3XZ0mPFQ by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T23:24:15.298325Z
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@hj @thatbrickster @sean Did you just forget about :pleroma_tan: ?
(DIR) Post #APNLdRgyynkDFvReoi by hj@shigusegubu.club
2022-11-07T23:26:03.237731Z
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@lanodan @thatbrickster @sean i meant the isCat and stuff
(DIR) Post #APNLqY8MLE7SzyUzDs by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T23:26:58.240777Z
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@hj @thatbrickster @sean Never I guess, just add the cat ears on your avatar, or use some kind of frontend/client thing using emoji in display name or account field.
(DIR) Post #APNM8y9EMPNAtNgo88 by hj@shigusegubu.club
2022-11-07T23:31:44.843694Z
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@lanodan @thatbrickster @sean :sadge:
(DIR) Post #APNMJveDzocCK8PeD2 by hj@shigusegubu.club
2022-11-07T23:33:45.039658Z
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@lanodan @thatbrickster @sean can we have the machine-readable profile fields at least?
(DIR) Post #APNMvWVduNn1MXKCxM by ignaloidas@not.acu.lt
2022-11-07T23:40:32.124Z
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me @hj@shigusegubu.club @thatbrickster@shitposter.club @sean@social.deadsuperhero.com C2S AP + AP server that just stores whatever JSON-LD things are passed to it
(DIR) Post #APNN6vDKOiE7ATC448 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T23:42:09.315933Z
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@ignaloidas @hj @sean @thatbrickster Which isn't was Pleroma does because we're not a spam server. :)
(DIR) Post #APNNGDpWYL1rVjUhZQ by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T23:43:07.222092Z
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@hj @thatbrickster @sean Yeah, or at least fields that aren't part of the bio.
(DIR) Post #APNNvdGCuMdiFqil3A by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-07T23:51:16.961874Z
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@lightning @ignaloidas @hj @thatbrickster @sean Meaning you'll basically have a weird Usenet server. :D
(DIR) Post #APNOFW7f9jQpuPCqPo by 444.koyu@koyu.space
2022-11-07T18:12:04Z
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@sean and you can turn your WordPress blog into an ActivityPub server by installing a plugin as well
(DIR) Post #APNOP9NEafcAFa5D4S by jdp23@indieweb.social
2022-11-07T21:19:55Z
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@sean i remember meeting you on Diaspora back in the day ... which means we've both been in the Fediverse since before there officially *was* a fediverse :)
(DIR) Post #APNOPyozJF7NoQSauW by thesionjones@writing.exchange
2022-11-07T21:35:11Z
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@sean You are my hero. I have already started setting up accounts on several of these and will update my links page when done.You are doing divine work here.
(DIR) Post #APNORBWTZTsFUjNMy8 by interventions_numeriques@mastodon.zaclys.com
2022-11-07T22:05:36Z
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@sean You have also Funkwhale (GrooveShark) : https://funkwhale.audio/Owncast (Twitch) : https://owncast.online/
(DIR) Post #APNOVjfQZ6asY9jV4a by spencer@motley.club
2022-11-07T23:04:38Z
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As someone who's been living in the chocolate factory for years, it's exciting to see new people coming in.The internet is so much bigger and more full of possibility than the big corporate walled gardens, and I'm thrilled to be able to share that discovery!
(DIR) Post #APNOXJqTXbf32nehto by christoph@plaza.medium.place
2022-11-07T22:51:20Z
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@sean Twitch replacement: Owncast (https://owncast.online/)
(DIR) Post #APNOZXimvBVcev7W4m by perigee@toot.party
2022-11-07T23:03:20Z
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@adam @sean Here's the post! https://geekblog.malcolmgin.com/2022/11/07/debugging-and-fixing-the-conflict-i-had-between-lets-encrypt-certificates-and-the-activitypub-plugin-for-wordpress-for-joining-the-fediverse/
(DIR) Post #APNOd0r33qrjsndeIi by RonanBeckman@writing.exchange
2022-11-07T21:43:13Z
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@sean Thanks for this! Very helpful. 🤩😇
(DIR) Post #APNOiToGpl4V8LwiXI by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:00:30.894631Z
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@jdp23 Actually, funny enough, the fediverse started with StatusNet. Identi.ca was the most popular instance for a very, very long time.
(DIR) Post #APNOnk21wrmWtQtJFA by hj@shigusegubu.club
2022-11-08T00:01:32.404904Z
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@xarvos @lanodan @thatbrickster @sean it's a mod
(DIR) Post #APNOo8B4AvGnmPIrey by redegelde@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T20:56:43Z
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@sean tiktoc replacement?
(DIR) Post #APNOo8oPockHkRiHzc by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:01:33.326461Z
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@redegelde Pixelfed has something called Moments, which is apparently capable of doing videos? It might be possible once the mobile app comes out.
(DIR) Post #APNOvp5v0dZquZYzMO by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2022-11-08T00:02:27.889074Z
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@lightning @ignaloidas @hj @thatbrickster @sean Because to me email with decent management of massive lists is Usenet.(I hate mailing-lists so much on a technical perspective…)
(DIR) Post #APNP1khAHKR50MoPrs by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:03:53.632477Z
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@estellesmith NGI0 has supported several fediverse projects in the past: https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/
(DIR) Post #APNPHPX8j0Ms0SacYC by Longplay_Games@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T20:15:54Z
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@sean I see these a lot (and I love the concept) but can someone ELIF what the concept of instagram / pixelfed is?I tried it out, and it seemed to be basically mastodon but with different formatting (and forced image uploads vs clipboard pasting)
(DIR) Post #APNPHQ8MUc8rru0LZI by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:06:48.455255Z
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@Longplay_Games Instagram used to be a place where people uploaded cool photos. People can still do that there, but there's tons of ads and spam now, and the app tries to do a million things after Facebook bought it. They pretty much made it a mini-Facebook.Pixelfed is an alternative that's open source and uses the same stuff that Mastodon uses to let servers talk to each other, and because of this, Mastodon users can also follow Pixelfed users and vice versa.
(DIR) Post #APNPJ0WWgLhX1E41q4 by cpconstable@mastodon.nz
2022-11-07T19:41:22Z
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@sean This is awesome! It's like a whole new secret world... 😃
(DIR) Post #APNPRD0CAfHK2Lqtc0 by abel@h4.io
2022-11-07T19:49:10Z
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@sean Invidious is also a pretty good replacement for YouTube ☺️
(DIR) Post #APNPRDUKMdNhXnwxZw by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:08:35.138106Z
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@abel it's a great frontend for YouTube, but it still relies on YouTube. PeerTube is actually a federated platform for video that has no such dependency.
(DIR) Post #APNPRsssSGNdvoke2K by chriscarpenter@masto.ai
2022-11-07T19:30:46Z
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@sean just got on peertube last night. As with mastodon just working through the kinks. But really like the whole concept of the fediverse.
(DIR) Post #APNPVWMm7KzFFhTCNM by sciencebase@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T19:14:42Z
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@sean Whatever happened to Diaspora? That was meant to be *the* Facebook replacement, I seem to recall...
(DIR) Post #APNPlhgdnPqIzlTj5k by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:12:17.420080Z
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@sciencebase I used to be the Community Manager. The project still exists, and is actively developed, but they are doing their own thing, and do not want to adopt ActivityPub.It's completely community-run now, and no longer a startup. I wrote about my experience some here: https://deadsuperhero.com/planting-a-seed-diasporas-story-part-1/I have yet to write a Part 2.
(DIR) Post #APNQ4JNkNuPr7LVvrE by BroCrow@sunny.garden
2022-11-07T19:13:04Z
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@sean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czhd1eHv6acOOOOOH there a Youtube replacement! I don't really see how a spotify replacement can work due to copyright problems but I'll check it out later. =D
(DIR) Post #APNQ4JmYteGWMJ7kXI by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:15:37.868874Z
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@BroCrow I probably should have used more general language. It's more like an open source GrooveShark, where you can store your files privately on a server, and stream it to your mobile client.That said, people do publicly share the music they made themselves on there! I put up a few tracks on Open Audio, a Creative Commons instance. https://open.audio/channels/butterflydoom/
(DIR) Post #APNQATP22aQBvx3LtY by stringer@mastodon.ie
2022-11-07T19:12:21Z
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@sean FunkWhale themselves say they aren’t a Spotify replacement. That comparison only works if everyone shares copyrighted content.
(DIR) Post #APNQATx403dxdUyWwK by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:16:46.660185Z
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@stringer Yeah, it's more for private streaming of your own files. That being said, people do share their own creations publicly on it...https://open.audio/channels/butterflydoom/
(DIR) Post #APNQHKV5XOnGLo9gq8 by Michael_J_Parry@mastodon.nz
2022-11-07T18:52:46Z
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@sean can you use the same account and have those feeds in the one place?
(DIR) Post #APNQHKxRpxTjllQL2m by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:17:58.902211Z
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@Michael_J_Parry Well, you can use your Mastodon account to follow accounts in all of those places, and you'll see their stuff on your Mastodon timeline.
(DIR) Post #APNQNzjZ94ltyJ6aFE by rebel@mstdn.social
2022-11-07T18:33:54Z
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@sean is there a link for that course? building an open source Pinterest would be interesting.
(DIR) Post #APNQO09RarTJGZDFa4 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:19:12.258996Z
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@rebel Here you go!https://onemonth.com/courses/rails
(DIR) Post #APNQOgqopz7hhFpU1I by felicitymartin@mastodon.scot
2022-11-07T18:30:06Z
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@sean @theotherbrook Although not part of the Fediverse I recommend https://uk.bookshop.org as an Amazon alternative.
(DIR) Post #APNQPFSEBPFV17aq36 by calligraffiti@mastodon.social
2022-11-07T18:25:07Z
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@sean Yes, I totally get that. I was surprised that I hadn't heard of all those services! I appreciate your curation. ツ
(DIR) Post #APNQPhCwznfL5qf27k by arinbasu@qoto.org
2022-11-07T18:20:03Z
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@seanAlso, blog or Medium replacementWrite Freely: https://writefreely.org/
(DIR) Post #APNQTEp8T9KuDhD7Y0 by CounselingTechie@solarpunk.moe
2022-11-07T18:15:37Z
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@sean Diaspora as well can work for Facebook or is that not on the Fediverse?
(DIR) Post #APNQTGgLYnUhz1787s by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:20:07.050169Z
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@CounselingTechie Diaspora federates, but not with most fediverse platforms. They are doing their own thing with their own protocol.
(DIR) Post #APNQdFDLs76GKLJDN2 by johnmark@freeradical.zone
2022-11-07T18:12:45Z
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@sean is plume dead?
(DIR) Post #APNQdJHOl0iIw3EVEW by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:21:52.342310Z
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@johnmark it's been in maintenance mode for a long time...I think people are still working on it, but things are slow going?
(DIR) Post #APNQmI2Qk4hTgvVujY by SmartyPants@tooting.ch
2022-11-07T18:01:09Z
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@sean English, please?
(DIR) Post #APNQmIe0UMl3ZT5vIu by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:23:34.720210Z
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@SmartyPants What people think of as "The Mastodon Network" is actually a lot bigger and a lot more diverse. There are a lot of servers running different programs than Mastodon, and offer different kinds of experiences. But they can still talk together as one network.
(DIR) Post #APNSECmvxFs7TI8l5E by jakuburbanowicz@freiburg.social
2022-11-08T00:35:37Z
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@sean Cheers, That's useful.Are there any algorithms in mastodon? Like when I respond to your toot, will I see your toots more often?
(DIR) Post #APNSEDEaIRzQr34qBM by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:39:50.099835Z
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@jakuburbanowicz I think Mastodon just tries its best to keep things chronological.
(DIR) Post #APNSMkiJhj5z0S3YTA by jdp23@indieweb.social
2022-11-08T00:38:04Z
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@sean but was it called the fediverse then? i was on identi.ca for a while but don't remember hearing the term either there or Diaspora
(DIR) Post #APNSMlAg0HmSQPKCfo by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:41:22.542487Z
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@jdp23 You know, I don't think I really heard the term much until StatusNet became GNU Social. But, I believe the term was coined by Evan Prodromou at some point.
(DIR) Post #APNTMYBWO1lm6QBTMm by RMiddleton@mastodon.art
2022-11-08T00:45:22Z
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@sean I know that there are more options too. Just followed a link from here to Invidious, a video platform that looks terrific. (And some parts of the Fediverse do not yet look terrific, but I won't name names and I have confidence in the missions.) What do you think of the ones you've listed? Recommendations?
(DIR) Post #APNTMZQnkhaPy6LBp2 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T00:52:30.445434Z
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@RMiddleton Invidious is just a frontend client for YouTube. PeerTube is a fully-realized platform that actually federates.
(DIR) Post #APNTRReO6nthHh1IvY by BroCrow@sunny.garden
2022-11-08T00:50:51Z
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@sean I see, I'm not very knowledgeable about anything music. But it sounds like a good place for indie and open to use tracks which is something that absolutely needs their own place around.
(DIR) Post #APNTXgxw50TyWO8scq by RMiddleton@mastodon.art
2022-11-08T00:54:23Z
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@sean Thanks! Yes I do understand that now. As someone who has spent my recent years on only the big, typical platforms I have a lot to learn — a lot of good stuff to learn!
(DIR) Post #APNX5Fz1CqxGXqLSls by Cydonian@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T01:31:24Z
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@sean Just may try out Castopod sometime this week!
(DIR) Post #APNaBQPXeHGGUCNsBs by bastardsheep@aus.social
2022-11-08T01:47:42Z
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@sean Are there any links on the interoperation between services? When I went to pixelfed it looked like it wan'ted to set up a new account. I couldn't find a way to use my mastodon account or link the two? Didn't really seem that much like interoperability to me. Unless I'm missing something?
(DIR) Post #APNaBQtJrZ53yYJebY by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T02:08:58.415040Z
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@bastardsheep You don't use your Mastodon account to log in to these services. The interoperability is through federation, meaning that your Mastodon account can follow people on Pixelfed, PeerTube, etc, and be able to interact with their stuff from Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #APNc3Hz1IaeZwJE8Ey by FrankFlobster@toot.community
2022-11-08T02:24:32Z
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@sean Thanks. But of course, I have questions.If I was to join one of those, would it mean that my Mastodon address changed?
(DIR) Post #APNc3IRNb9L3MGUmRc by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T02:29:51.938305Z
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@FrankFlobster No. If you joined one of these services, you'd just have another account.These platforms use the same communication protocol to talk to each other. You can follow any user that's on one of these platforms directly from Mastodon, and interact with them from your home timeline. This includes seeing their posts.
(DIR) Post #APNc45tPjhsWjOzMRc by AlexanderLester@fosstodon.org
2022-11-08T02:25:54Z
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@sean No, but now I do, and I am hyped!
(DIR) Post #APNdFuHOq62m8vP88e by FrankFlobster@toot.community
2022-11-08T02:33:28Z
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@sean Cool, but to actually use one of them (eg Book Wyrm reading logs), I'd have to log-in with a different account?
(DIR) Post #APNdFukT61IPb50LRo by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T02:43:22.285222Z
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@FrankFlobster Yes. There's some ongoing research in being able to do this kind of stuff with one account using the ActivityPub Client to Server API, but few platforms currently support that.
(DIR) Post #APNdZxsx8veT7LXAkC by ryan@social.binarydad.com
2022-11-08T02:45:54Z
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@sean @bastardsheep try this, next time you see a #peertube or #pixelfed (or any other federated URL), copy and paste it into your mastodon search bar. It'll find the account and let you follow it. So, you don't log in to THEIR server, but rather you remain on yours and follow them (from yours). It's fucking beautiful.
(DIR) Post #APNerXa5mQGGheemMC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T03:01:21.097741Z
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Try this one on for size: https://vidcommons.org/w/xeQeWbFDhLvJSmdZoGe9sW
(DIR) Post #APNgSm3v0DWwHfvSxU by shonin@mastodon.world
2022-11-08T03:12:10Z
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@sean Zoom replacement? 😘
(DIR) Post #APNgSnCokcF7pZ65T6 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T03:19:16.724094Z
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You’ve got a few options.Element is capable of video calls, and is a federated system using the @matrix protocol.Jitsi is a bit more Zoom-like, and is pretty easy to use! Not federated, but totally open source.Nextcloud Talk is a video conferencing platform that integrates directly into the Nextcloud platform. Open source, capable of federation with other Nextcloud servers, tons of benefits from the rest of the Nextcloud platform.
(DIR) Post #APNhsOcSsulP3prkxM by Longplay_Games@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T03:30:57Z
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@sean Thanks! Activitypub I get, but what I'm missing is the inherent difference between posting pics to a mastodon type instance and a pixelfed type instance.Like, it seems (from the outside) like just the same kind of feed but with a different image crop.People keep calling it instagram like, but as you say, instagram is basically just facebook.
(DIR) Post #APNhsPDgeWXOvHHTyS by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T03:35:09.613210Z
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Yes, they use the same activity types. A lot of photographers prefer to use something like Pixelfed for their work. The benefit is that you can follow those accounts from Mastodon, and see / interact with their photos from your own timeline, rather than needing to log into Pixelfed.
(DIR) Post #APNhsQ9pAN2fpaTuam by Longplay_Games@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T03:33:00Z
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@sean I would understand better if pixelfed were more like, say, Imgur (where the image is the content, and then discussion focuses below), but the feed seems instead identical to Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #APNkNFRnEhyPV1iIm8 by ecksearoh@mstdn.social
2022-11-08T03:51:51Z
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@sean Thanks for the heads up on Funkwhale.
(DIR) Post #APNkzREBsu7J2ZYsKm by ghostwriter@sunny.garden
2022-11-08T04:08:13Z
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@sean i was going to mention storygraph as a goodreads alternative but i think it isn't open source, and bookwyrm is, so i'll give it a try! thank you
(DIR) Post #APNm5zURVmOOzhqriK by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T04:22:23.285488Z
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Yeah, OwnCast is amazing! I think its streaming is also compatible with PeerTube, which can also do streaming?OBS works brilliantly with both projects.
(DIR) Post #APNm97fTYwUPE6VPqS by didek@101010.pl
2022-11-08T04:22:02Z
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@sammi @matrix @sean @shonin Yes, they are using Jitsi right now. And working on their own Element Call which is going to be their native Matrix client and be embeded into Element apps.
(DIR) Post #APNmDkrRmlazwLJWqm by realcaseyrollins@social.teci.world
2022-11-08T04:23:58.230214Z
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@sean @RaijinRising_GSG #OBS is so good it's ubiquitous among streamers, most use either that or #SLOBS (a fork). A true triumph for #FOSS
(DIR) Post #APNwn3z1gFhOvKKlsm by juergen_hubert@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T06:20:16Z
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@sean Missing: A Dating App replacement.I am only half kidding.
(DIR) Post #APNwn4aFRrTOmlkUts by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T06:22:11.627938Z
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@juergen_hubert actually, there are two projects for fediverse dating apps already.https://github.com/lafnlab/Amorehttps://github.com/Alovoa/alovoa
(DIR) Post #APNxK3jrbvGfimyYIy by juergen_hubert@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T06:25:40Z
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@sean These are going to be either awesome or a total disaster.Or both.
(DIR) Post #APOfRZ9taR2NB8Xdtw by RaijinRising_GSG@activism.openworlds.info
2022-11-08T13:57:06Z
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@realcaseyrollins I love #OBS. That plus my ElGato StreamDeck = WIN
(DIR) Post #APOi3S0ioKVbvERXaS by dr4k@social.anoxinon.de
2022-11-08T12:15:52Z
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@sean thank you for this very informative listing for alternative / open source services !
(DIR) Post #APOiDnCEthaoWZlI24 by stephenoble@glasgow.social
2022-11-08T07:20:22Z
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@sean thanks for this will enjoy having a look at these.
(DIR) Post #APOiTbZVswVb6YBiMq by ben@mastodon.bensmith.uk
2022-11-08T13:38:33Z
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@sean Thank you for this. How do you manage all the different identities you get with these services? Should my Mastodon ID boost my Pixelfed images (for example) or can I use one identity across all of them?
(DIR) Post #APOiTc9fiVQquh6ajA by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T15:16:27.288354Z
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There isn’t a great solution yet. One workaround, as you put it, is to boost your stuff that you posted elsewhere. It’s a bit tedious, though.A unified solution is something that I’d love to see, but requires platforms / clients to adopt the ActivityPub Client-to-Server API to make that happen. Unfortunately, it’s not as practical as the Mastodon API that most projects use instead.A few projects support C2S, so I’m currently exploring the possibility of building unique clients that show different types of posts, with all the data living in one place, under one account.
(DIR) Post #APOihY87TjZ2U51YGG by mj@social.sp-codes.de
2022-11-08T11:02:31Z
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@sean You can also replace Facebook with #Hubzilla.https://hubzilla.org//page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project
(DIR) Post #APOihaD9jymUwHObOC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T15:18:16.059757Z
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Hubzilla is absolutely incredible, but is also probably one of the most complex / advanced projects in the entire fediverse. It really needs some UX love. If you’re a power user and have the time to configure it, though, you can build some really wild stuff with it.
(DIR) Post #APOikQMSoonpG76WKe by xerz@fedi.xerz.one
2022-11-08T15:19:46.007438Z
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@sean (ngl Client-to-Server sounds exactly like SMTP…)
(DIR) Post #APOj2JpXq60sDSEu80 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T15:22:51.050496Z
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Yeah, I’ve heard it compared to either SMTP or IMAP before. It’s actually not bad to work with at all, but requires a different way of thinking about how to put things together.It would actually be an interesting experience to write an email-like frontend that exclusively uses C2S.
(DIR) Post #APOkzYqrjYXVqLfbJA by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T15:31:34Z
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@sean You might want to consider adding https://writefreely.org/to your list
(DIR) Post #APOkzZVHJIrjrgZsIa by baslow@mastodon.social
2022-11-08T15:42:46Z
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@sean ...and I see you did. I blame the current lag time on mastodon.social for having missed it before posting.
(DIR) Post #APOkza41E8efbQpcRs by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T15:44:26.578047Z
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It’s quite alright! It’s kind of a lengthy thread at this point, and not everybody can see every part of it right away. Because of this, I’m more than happy to explain things as many times as I’m asked something. 🙂
(DIR) Post #APOpjRraRqiRJ58xdo by ben@mastodon.bensmith.uk
2022-11-08T16:11:30Z
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@sean Thanks. This is new to me so learning!
(DIR) Post #APPSeWJWN0hjsGqnFw by Marguerite@mastodon.nl
2022-11-08T23:25:21Z
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@sean thanks for the list - I made a link to your toot in my blog about the fediverse. I hope that's ok??
(DIR) Post #APPSeWqqN7MLXcRPCC by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-08T23:53:50.703411Z
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@Marguerite Yep, totally fine!
(DIR) Post #APPfVxTbJGkCuooSbA by jfriday@mstdn.social
2022-11-09T01:22:10Z
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@sean Thank you so much for this post. I am so here for the interoperation!
(DIR) Post #APQYZDalLOYvFDjKG8 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-09T12:35:03Z
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Great to see you active in the 'verse again and thanks for sharing this list with newbies, but...@sean> Facebook replacement: Friendica... it's really not fair to Friendica to keep making this comparison. Neither the feature set nor the UI of Friendica are anything like modern FB, so calling it a FB replacement just sets people up for disappointment and poor first impressions. IMHO We don't yet have a complete, federated replaced for FB and it's better to just be honest about that.
(DIR) Post #APQaPWMGuswUSYSK5w by zleap@qoto.org
2022-11-09T12:55:45Z
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@strypey @sean I agree here, we need to be careful with wording.Rather than saying Friendica is a facebook replacement, we should perhaps think about the services within facebook it does or can replace and promote that.Of course a lot of people would leave facebook, only they are unable to as they are in touch with people on there who also won't leave due to specific groups or friends.
(DIR) Post #APQftBJaDegHeYA27s by fu@libranet.de
2022-11-09T13:33:45Z
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I can only speak for myself, but I never "got" Twitter, similarly when I previoulsly had singe dup for GNU Social, I never "got" that either. But I was a Facebook user from back when you had to have a .edu address to sign up, and I absolutely love Friendica. Friendica Forums, are a great replacement for Facebook groups.
(DIR) Post #APQl6yliA8OWZAiSZs by waggers5@mas.to
2022-11-09T14:44:56Z
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@sean I joined Diaspora* a few years ago and I'm a little surprised to not see it on the list. Is that seen as a rival to these Fediverse apps?
(DIR) Post #APQl6z96l96rjjf92u by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-09T14:55:25.511529Z
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My main motivation was to provide a list of platforms that can all federate together through ActivityPub. Sadly, Diaspora is not interested in adopting that protocol, and can only talk to a few other platforms on the network (Friendica, Hubzilla, and Socialhome come to mind)
(DIR) Post #APQmEIJdz5jvAkdjXc by Bdmurphyuk@mastodon.green
2022-11-09T14:17:41Z
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@sean it's like breaking out of the walled gardens to find a gang doing all the same stuff but on survival mode...without giving THE MAN anything. Genuinely wonder if the purchase of the Birdsite might one day be looked on like buying a huge canal network just as the railway came in... there's another way!
(DIR) Post #APQmG9RlvhZYFGKLg0 by ssrauy@mastodon.social
2022-11-09T14:06:45Z
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@sean thank you for your list of #fediverse replacement for commercial sites!
(DIR) Post #APQmIkKDmwCDCT25lA by eck@mas.to
2022-11-09T14:01:40Z
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@sean you win #tootoftheday
(DIR) Post #APQmoSDSeWx2IozSAi by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-09T15:14:36.110212Z
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I guess that’s fair. I just tend to see Friendica’s current resign as very reminiscent of what was good about Facebook’s UI prior to the Big Bad Redesign where it now looks like a PlaySkool interface.I still think Friendica is a totally viable replacement, if you cut out the chat, games, zillions of client apps, marketplace, moments, and their video offerings.Yeah, I guess they are pretty different nowadays.
(DIR) Post #APQndqkbC4WXACzu9Q by waggers5@mas.to
2022-11-09T15:16:34Z
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@sean Thanks. Openness and interoperability are crucial if we're going to coax more people over from the commercial apps. Will look to set up a Friendica account soon!
(DIR) Post #APRPWDMP2mXzECSy92 by tournelhenry@poa.st
2022-11-09T22:28:27.150015Z
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@sean weird how the only servers always listed in the homepage of any federated protocol are Leftie ones 😹.Only found poa.st and freespeechextremist via searches on obsure sites.
(DIR) Post #APRUwXVbFrnV178kSm by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-09T23:29:11Z
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@fu> I never "got" Twitter, similarly ... GNU SocialAe, same here. I initially just used GNU Social and its crosspost-to-Titter as a way of spamming out links to my blog posts. But of course nobody could see my posts unless they could find me and follow my account. It took a while to click that they were unlikely to do that if I didn't follow and interact with other people on the platform. Which turned out to be way more fun than being a well-meaning spammer ;)@sean @zleap
(DIR) Post #APRXIGUbOuREWPA1mS by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-09T23:55:31Z
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@fu Don't get me wrong, I'm not bagging Friendica here. I'm glad it serves you so well.> I was a Facebook user from back when you had to have a .edu address... I think this is the key point. You can compare Friendica to what FB was *then*. If folks compare it to what FB is*now*, they'll be left wondering why there's no equivalent to the events system, Messenger, public Pages, Marketplace, Livestreaming, etc etc. I just don't think the comparison serves Friendica adoption.@sean @zleap
(DIR) Post #APRbUy7nP2Yr8Uo3MG by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-10T00:42:38Z
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@sean> if you cut out the chat, games, zillions of client apps, marketplace, moments, and their video offeringsIn other words, ignore the vast majority of the features people use FB for, then the comparison holds. This is kind of my point ;)Friendica definitely offers things that Mastodon and other micro-posting platforms don't and it's well worth promoting. I just think if we're promoting fedi tools as replacements for datafarms, there must be a more accurate comparison for Friendica.
(DIR) Post #APSnvyK8HgtbhVeGB6 by russhjelm@mstdn.ai
2022-11-09T23:19:27Z
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@sean I, for one, appreciate you posting this list. This whole #fediverse world is something I had no idea existed. Then again, I pretty much lost track of things beyond Commodore Vic20 and 64 and that great piece of tech, the WebTV.
(DIR) Post #APSqL9zkECm92vFaca by estrenuo@data-folks.masto.host
2022-11-10T11:52:24Z
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@sean how would that interoperability work? I’m new to Mastodon.
(DIR) Post #APSqLAaxzoY8uMfJdg by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-10T15:03:20.655559Z
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I’m writing up a guide to better articulate this, but I’ll give you the short version.Accounts on the fediverse can talk to each other through federation. If you’re familiar with RSS and feed readers, take that concept and extend it in such a way that the user receiving stuff can directly respond to whatever is in their feed. Instead of just blog posts, it’s also interactions.Now: every one of the services I listed has user accounts on them. From your side on Mastodon, you can directly follow PeerTube creators making videos, FunkWhale users uploading music, and Pixelfed users sharing photos. In fact, most of these things can directly receive your replies, and turn them into comments on the other side for the creator to see.Try this: take these links, copy and paste them into your search bar on Mastodon, and watch how they get pulled in as results that you can view and interact with:Peertube Video: https://spectra.video/w/kMjshXEGwBiukJNREbVFRtPixelfed Image: https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/490713952376564993Funkwhale track: https://open.audio/library/tracks/112511/You don’t need an account in these other places to view or interact with these things. You can do it all from the comfort of your Mastodon feed.
(DIR) Post #APSqkAKE8Y8tJIkpk0 by JuttaEckstein@mastodon.online
2022-11-08T18:33:06Z
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@sean Is there also a recommended slack replacement?
(DIR) Post #APSqkAkSZ17scf1md6 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-10T15:08:02.809082Z
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It’s not perfect on the moderation side, but @matrix offers a really great client for web, desktop, and mobile called Element
(DIR) Post #APSqlecqxxhrZiB0Xw by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-10T15:08:13.602377Z
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It’s not perfect on the moderation side, but @matrix offers a really great client for web, desktop, and mobile called Element
(DIR) Post #APSsdoitjvqOU2OWrA by estrenuo@data-folks.masto.host
2022-11-10T15:15:00Z
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@sean thanks Sean, this already makes sense to me
(DIR) Post #APTBQnQBAR4voI8y4u by don@liberdon.com
2022-11-10T18:59:59Z
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@sean I think Mobilizon is not interoperable with others (including Mastodon)
(DIR) Post #APTOXCNaaKNwMHJcVk by netopia@eupolicy.social
2022-11-10T21:26:26Z
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@sean fantastic post. THis is the innocation missing when monopolies use your content, creations and data to build billion dollar entities, then stymie new entrants!
(DIR) Post #APTZSABmOtxzc2aqHI by teledyn@mastodon.social
2022-11-10T23:23:26Z
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@seanDoes #pixelfed do hashtag feeds like mastodon?As a performing artist, currently most interaction we get is Ig, we're busy, but the audience uses hashtags that we then can boost (share) or pin (story) often from our phones during a break.Assuming tavern-going folk take to a federated pixelfed and have the app at the ready, would this work the same?We've been known to have the sousaphone player #livestream from his phone, too. Would that work with P2P streams?
(DIR) Post #APTZSAlaFmbfP5LR5M by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-10T23:29:00.461031Z
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Yes, Pixelfed uses hashtags and has a pretty neat discovery system built in!
(DIR) Post #APULLPrUWjAfzex5JA by JoanneMalotaux@mastodon.green
2022-11-11T08:25:23Z
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@sean I feel like I stumbled through a hidden portal and ended up in this parallel universe where everything just seems to be so much prettier than on the other side.
(DIR) Post #APVaANRkrJ3Nmw4HfE by Adampeel@mastodon.green
2022-11-11T21:07:09Z
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@sean Thank you.There is going to have be some serious scaling up of servers across the Fediverse.Exciting times though!
(DIR) Post #APVaOJsutm9cnNQAxE by cedled@mastodon.social
2022-11-11T14:40:35Z
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@sean Thanks so much for this. Will check out BookWyrm.
(DIR) Post #APVahC2cHj6fyGxRVg by LowlyAdjunct@mastodon.social
2022-11-11T11:59:00Z
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@sean dumb newbie question: Do I follow myself on those other accounts? Tag myself in posts?Or just pop in an out of them as if they were separate social media platforms?
(DIR) Post #APVahCdq3KsfpiNAWm by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-11T22:52:21.920138Z
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@LowlyAdjunct You can follow yourself, I do that to boost content I made in other places into my personal timeline here. But, you don't need a new account to follow people on other platforms - if I follow a Pixelfed photographer from this account, I'll see their photos and comments, and be able to interact with both! They will also be able to see any photos I posted from my end.
(DIR) Post #APVarLF6vdqFPAdnoO by ivan@mastodon.scot
2022-11-11T12:33:05Z
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@sean A very quick challenge here with no intent to offend. Funkwhale is not a Spotify replacement. If anyone claims it was, how do they license the music content being posted? I have read their T&Cs and they are basically transferring responsibility to the end user which is beyond grey. Aren't both signed and independent artists rewarded for the usage of their work? I couldn't find a framework or agreement between artists and producers and Funkwhale either. This would constitute theft.
(DIR) Post #APVarM21zkyPqtWs40 by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-11T22:54:12.998644Z
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@ivan No, you're right. I got called on it further up the thread. It's more comparable to GrooveShark, in that you can upload music to a server and listen to it from your device. Still, I consider personal streaming of one's own media a type of replacement.
(DIR) Post #APVb2Nkzv9lkO8ovTc by naught101@mastodon.social
2022-11-11T12:35:54Z
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@sean what is it about Friendica makes it like Facebook?
(DIR) Post #APVb2OBwIzJtjhQRTE by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-11T22:56:12.893445Z
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@naught101 long-form posting, lots of utilities based around contact management, groups. In truth, it's closer to the Facebook of maybe 2015, but yeah, it's harder to draw a comparison to the newer designs.
(DIR) Post #APVbDPZzU9NxE4vnHc by shoq@mastodon.social
2022-11-11T19:50:02Z
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@sean And what about Chat? I am currently using element.io, an awesome matrix client, but I am hesitant to to expose newbies to that product until it's UX is friendlier.
(DIR) Post #APVbDPzrvw5MWL2ScS by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-11T22:58:12.456242Z
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@shoq Yeah, I'm at a loss on this one. I think Element is viable, but there are still plenty of rough edges.
(DIR) Post #APVeCtS9EMD7Rxhueu by shoq@mastodon.social
2022-11-11T23:20:37Z
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@sean We have a client up and running and ready to fork, but my coding partner doesn't speak the language and doesn't have time to learn right now. I am dying to add a few simple tweaks that would fix much
(DIR) Post #APVeoHlnmdFNaAjL72 by lindsaykwardell@mastodon.social
2022-11-11T23:27:56Z
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@sean What does "interoperate with your Mastodon account" mean in this context? How do they relate to each other besides using the ActivityPub protocol?
(DIR) Post #APVeoINNWvIxSiJLgO by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-11T23:38:27.240643Z
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@lindsaykwardell A pretty good explanation can be found here: https://social.deadsuperhero.com/notice/APSqJ9uzn2Pk29QPXU
(DIR) Post #APVv9zAhD9w5XOkA2i by fu@libranet.de
2022-11-10T16:21:24Z
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True! I think that has been one shortfall of the Free Software movement for 50 years now is looking to create replacements for non-free software, starting of course with GNU to replace UNIX (which le'ts face it actually has been pretty successful) but to get more home users we need to be creating new and better projects that are mind-blowing development on their own without playing catchup. The last one I remember doing that was #Firefox back in the 2000s, but even then it was just a web browser, just better than IE and a phenominal upgrade from Netscape.
(DIR) Post #APVv9zhfEaJ7BeAUQi by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2022-11-12T02:41:45Z
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@fu> we need to be creating new and better projects that are mind-blowing development on their ownIMHO all the fediverse projects do something new and better. Federation is new and better than giant "cloud" server farms, and allows forms new forms of load balancing, moderation, and revenue models that aren't possible in centralized platforms. It's just an easy starting point for evangelizing to newbies if you can compare them with a platform they're already familiar with.@sean
(DIR) Post #APX4u9U8I8hNagsq24 by skylerwrites@mastodon.social
2022-11-12T15:30:53Z
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@perigee @adam @sean when I worked on building, fixing, or updating CMS almost all the problems came from improperly unsetup htaccess files
(DIR) Post #APel18JEcM809WW6ng by KyrabeStories@mindly.social
2022-11-16T05:34:14Z
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@sean Thank you for the info!
(DIR) Post #APhVWj3r0dD1JzFG4G by flockofnazguls@mas.to
2022-11-17T15:35:58Z
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@sean Thanks for this. Great resource!
(DIR) Post #APjO5pQkuQp5tU6WrQ by pipercarter@mastodon.social
2022-11-18T14:35:27Z
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@sean thank you
(DIR) Post #APjxlGTGm5bQ1km2mO by pipercarter@mastodon.social
2022-11-18T21:15:07Z
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@sean I have so many Wordpress questions.
(DIR) Post #APjxlRKoNsNBihtwci by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-18T21:16:48.377650Z
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@pipercarter No problem, what's up? 🙂
(DIR) Post #APkaNyj8Tdl4Xy5Aae by mlncn@social.coop
2022-11-19T04:05:46Z
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@sean how would i go about using BookWyrm from my Mastodon account here, for an example?
(DIR) Post #APkaUdMkIOFIK7mcWu by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-19T04:30:44.306649Z
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@mlncn That's a good one! The short answer is that generally, you don't. Bookwyrm requires you to have an account on there to make reviews.That said, you can follow that subsequent Bookwyrm account from Mastodon!
(DIR) Post #APkgGQkqzDHQsifbNY by DaytonTUphold@mastodon.lol
2022-11-19T05:31:49Z
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@sean Does FunkWhale have all the big artists and bands too?
(DIR) Post #APkgGRHp0deSWy5vlY by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-19T05:35:21.976714Z
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@DaytonTUphold no, it's more akin to GrooveShark, where you stream your own music library from the cloud to a mobile client.That being said, some musicians upload and share their work in public libraries that you can federate with and listen to.
(DIR) Post #APlaeTfPPBx8ISANWq by pipercarter@mastodon.social
2022-11-19T12:37:14Z
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@sean well, my first question is what role does Mastodon play in the digital landscape? How do you see it’s relationship to websites? I only know it as a social tool to post onto. I’m wondering if there are other functionalities that may be useful? Or is the function to have a social space that points folks to our websites?
(DIR) Post #APnf1s4xb0lCnpRqpU by LadyOzma@ohai.social
2022-11-20T15:56:51Z
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@sean I am very interested in how to use these together. Someone was just telling me about pixelfed and said I would need an account there. I’m new but totally down with with what I’m seeing, but not sure how to make literally all of this even functional. It’s already a lot to keep up with the non decentralized stuff. Any help?
(DIR) Post #APoNSo5SwR6KDxL4Qy by ahynes1@mastodon.cloud
2022-11-21T00:17:08Z
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@sean @mlncn I'm on #BookWyrm as @ahynes1@books.theunseen.city I follow that account with my Mastodon account. When I post a review on BookWyrm I then boost it in Mastodon. It is a little cumbersome, but it works and I don't review a lot of books.
(DIR) Post #APpDbxqz9w35f25DDE by srijit@mas.to
2022-11-21T10:06:12Z
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@sean [Misskey](https://misskey-hub.net/en) can be considered as an interesting Facebook replacement.
(DIR) Post #APpDf9KYwblI7oR7AG by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-21T10:08:35.362490Z
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@srijit MissKey is awesome! The design work on that project is amazing.
(DIR) Post #APq17YW5nCBA6H0JUW by sean@social.deadsuperhero.com
2022-11-21T19:22:31.717793Z
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@cackalackdev The platform I use for federation ( Pleroma ) is different from Mastodon, and allows me to use Markdown.