Posts by encyclia@fietkau.social
(DIR) Post #AwqvDG8G1QfgA61DJQ by encyclia@fietkau.social
2025-03-13T18:24:28Z
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Thanks for your feedback on the kinds of ORCID records you'd like to follow! It may influence how Encyclia will try to help you find them.For the next question, let us flip it around: how do you feel about your own ORCID record being potentially available to follow on the fediverse in the future?We put some work into the question of what privacy protections may be needed and whether an opt-out model is justified: https://encyclia.pub/optin-optout-analysis#poll #scicomm #scholcomm #wisskomm #academicchatter
(DIR) Post #AwqvDHptgfAnRjRZyK by encyclia@fietkau.social
2025-03-28T20:34:14Z
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Belated follow-up for this poll: the answer distribution is along the lines of expectations. Happily, most people look forward to being findable, but a few of you are apprehensive.You can already use the “Sign in with ORCID” function at https://encyclia.pub to set up your privacy preferences, choose ActivityPub servers that will be blocked or allowed, or to opt your ORCID record out entirely. Preferences set now will be honored when the bridge goes public.
(DIR) Post #AwqvDIx1XeT4u7mmie by encyclia@fietkau.social
2025-03-28T20:35:50Z
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For the question whether Encyclia's ORCID bridge should be opt-in or opt-out (that is, whether we should bridge ORCID records without their owners' knowledge), I – @julian – will speak personally for a moment.It is the central design question of Encyclia and one that has been on my mind since I started prototyping the platform. I have put as much thought into it as I am capable of, and I have sought feedback from multiple privacy and safety experts.#ActivityPub #fediverse
(DIR) Post #AwqvDJliVB19RLVGjY by encyclia@fietkau.social
2025-03-28T20:36:21Z
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We concluded that for Encyclia's specific circumstances, opt-out is the correct decision, based in large part on ORCID's purpose and architecture. This conclusion will not automatically match most other use cases for bridges.It is possible that there are arguments that I have missed in my analysis (which is documented here: https://encyclia.pub/optin-optout-analysis). If you can think of any, please contact me so I can take them into account.Assuming no changes, Encyclia will launch as an opt-out bridge.
(DIR) Post #AwqvMlhO1lkEfbz5LE by encyclia@fietkau.social
2025-03-04T20:08:22Z
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Hello world! 👋This is Encyclia, a new project to bridge ORCID records into the Fediverse. Our software platform is a work in progress and we'd love to hear your feedback!Project website: https://encyclia.pub
(DIR) Post #AzLNgA6jAZQaa1BOIC by encyclia@fietkau.social
2025-10-18T17:39:09Z
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The day has come: Encyclia.pub is launching its alpha test! https://encyclia.pub/alpha 😲A few courageous volunteers have made their ORCID records available on the Fediverse. Click the link for the full list and consider following some of them!The intent of the alpha test is to verify interoperability and functionality, and to monitor performance and server resource use.Reminder: Encyclia bridges ORCID records into the Fediverse. See https://encyclia.pub for details. 🙂
(DIR) Post #AzLNgIf3Mpdf6nIuuG by encyclia@fietkau.social
2025-10-18T19:13:09Z
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Initial status: so far the server is not copying very well with public traffic. 😓 Please be patient and perhaps check back in another day.Tech talk: From what I can tell, any erroneous behavior you might be seeing (unable to search or follow accounts, error messages on the website about timeouts or proxies) all result from the software struggling to keep up with requests. It's a matter of fixing inefficiencies in the code, not of adding more CPU cores to the VPS. Will probably take a while. 💪