Posts by reiver@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AzLdL1eJ1MulX2pe0u by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-10-18T22:33:30Z
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Next year (in the year 2026) I will have been using Linux for 30 years!I first started using Linux in the year 1996.⁂I was both an IRIX and Solaris user before I was a Linux user.Which is part of what attracted me to Linux — Linux was a Unix (like thing) I could run at home!⁂Another thing that attracted me to Linux was — I liked that I could see the Linux source-code.Around that time I was learning how operating-systems worked from a computer-programming point-of-view#Linux
(DIR) Post #AzRNz1X8RC74RFHvZQ by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-10-21T17:25:11Z
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One of the powerful things about the Fediverse and Social Web is that people can follow you from anywhere!People from the same server you are on.But also people from other servers can follow you.Should the ability for people on other servers to follow you be OFF by default?And, only people on the same server you are on can follow you by default?#Federation #Fediverse #SocialWeb
(DIR) Post #B0aPKAyaaYDzruhYwa by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-11-24T11:59:36Z
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Something Fediverse related that I am working on —ToddlerverseBasically, what I have been thinking about is —What would take to make areas of the Fediverse geared towards toddlers.(The document I am writing is still a work in progress.)(I am a parent of young children, so I have first-hand experience with kids usage of online media, including social-media.)#FediUX #Fediverse #FediverseUX #SpreadFediverse #Toddler #Toddlers #Toddlerverse
(DIR) Post #B0aPKCPvEPgOKyUuBc by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-11-24T12:11:59Z
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@David I think the kid-friendly tools for the Fediverse still need to be created.But, I think a good first-step is defining what "kid-friendly tools for the Fediverse" would look like.For example, putting it in writing, describing them.That way it creates a roadmap for developers to implement.
(DIR) Post #B1FBN9KFkVlbjziPjc by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T14:50:42Z
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This is an area I think we could improve on the Fediverse —Nested CommentsThis (in the attached screen-shot) is from someone on Twitter who is also on Mastodon and Bluesky.He seems to be a fan of the nested comments UI on Bluesky.We have some great applications on the Fediverse. They could be made even greater with this improvement.#FediUX #Fediverse #FediDev #FediDevs #FediverseUX
(DIR) Post #B1FR8uRjs6gyo2RsCu by reiver@mastodon.social
2024-01-04T12:32:08Z
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A story of Fediverse UX problemsby @luna https://pony.social/@luna/111677040345727901#FediDev #FediDevs #FediUX #Fediverse #FediverseUX
(DIR) Post #B1FTemf0YTUBpiyvaa by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:08:00Z
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1/[Fediverse BackUp]Could an ActivityPub / ActivityStreams file be a "good" format for backing up a post?(I.e., what I call an "Activity File". I.e., the file that has a media-type of "application/activity+json".)...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTenyXfKhnub82fw by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:14:11Z
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2/[Fediverse BackUp]I think one challenge, in practice, with using an Activity File as a BackUp Format is that — a lot of Fediverse software does NOT embed (non-text) media (such images, audio, video, etc) in the Activity File.But, instead references them using URLs.(And, by "URL" I mean "URI", "IRI", etc.)Usually this is probably a good thing, but — ...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTeoWZcnvZc93Dii by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:16:45Z
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3/[Fediverse BackUp]If you wanted to BackUp a post on the Fediverse, and all you download was the Activity File (with URLs pointing to the non-text media), then — you lost all the (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) that were part of the post.Which would be bad....#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTephFGc3fFX3Fzc by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:22:05Z
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4/[Fediverse BackUp]Now, having said that, I don't think there is anything about ActivityPub / ActivityStreams that "prevents" Fediverse software from not embedding (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) into an Activity File —For example, an "Image" Object can contain a ("mediaType" and a) "content" field (rather than an "href" field).But —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTerFJVQu63TzyjY by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:33:19Z
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5/[Fediverse BackUp]But — for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, there would need to be a way to get the Fediverse software to embed the (non-text) media (such as images, audio, video, etc) into an Activity File.Also —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTesS71KjfnSziK0 by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:35:49Z
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6/[Fediverse BackUp]Also — we would need to consider Threads / Storms —Where people reply to their own post to make a larger post made up of smaller posts.(I.e., what I have been doing here 🙂 )for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would need to contain all the posts in the Thread / Storm.Also —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTestlMWqzBDvnQ8 by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:39:17Z
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7/[Fediverse BackUp]Also — we would need to consider Threads / Storms —Where people reply to their own post to make a larger post made up of smaller posts.(I.e., what I have been doing here 🙂 )For an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would need to contain all the posts in the Thread / Storm.Also —...#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTeulKQrIMxe05YG by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:40:56Z
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8/[Fediverse BackUp]Also — what about comments / replies —Someone people (including me) would want at least some of the comments / replies to be included in a BackUp for a post.So, for an Activity File to be a "good" format for a BackUp, a single Activity File would also need to contain (all or selected) the comments / replies to the post....#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1FTevW7csj3IltSUK by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:44:19Z
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9/[Fediverse BackUp]So, I think an (ActivityPub / ActivityStreams) Activity File COULD be a "good" format for backing-up a single post on the Fediverse, but —Most (maybe all) extant Fediverse software would need to change a bit. Fediverse software would need to support embedding "everything" in a single Activity File (rather than referring to "everything" else by URLs)..#ActivityPub #ActivityStreams #BackUp #BackUps #FediBackUp #FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse
(DIR) Post #B1Fi8o4zF5Z8HQLLUG by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T21:59:06Z
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How many Fediverse software use Markdown as its default text format — rather than HTML?I think both PeerTube and Lemmy are Markdown native — rather than HTML.Anything else?#FediDev #FediDevs #Fediverse #Markdown
(DIR) Post #B2D7lgP8cPDuTJ6rom by reiver@mastodon.social
2026-01-12T13:55:14Z
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@wjmaggos Back in the 1990s and 2000s, Mailing-Lists and Usenet were also popular ways of getting the word out about an interesting web-site.
(DIR) Post #B2DAyF6Lk2AvQ60CEC by reiver@mastodon.social
2026-01-12T14:31:04Z
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@wjmaggos I suppose "forwarding" a message can be thought of as being similar to retweeting / boosting.(There was often a button in the applications of the day to "forward".)
(DIR) Post #B2LA6XxMycZhWcsRJA by reiver@mastodon.social
2026-01-16T10:59:14Z
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@futurebird I created the job myself.
(DIR) Post #B2cVkqMl4c7EfJg5PU by reiver@mastodon.social
2025-06-06T13:04:56Z
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An interesting quote from @geerlingguy .The TL;DR is that — for him to use PeerTube or any other Fediverse alternative to YouTube — he would need to be able to make a living from it.He is not the only one who has expressed this sentiment.This is something I have been thinking about and talking a lot about for a while now.(I know I am not the only one.)RE: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/self-hosting-your-own-media-considered-harmful#Fediverse #DeSo #FeSo #LoSo #FediUX #FediverseUX #SpreadFediverse