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weekinfediverse , to Random
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erlend , to Random
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https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/t/fep-7952-roadmap-for-actor-and-object-portability/4332?u=erlend_sh

I think this is the most important (WIP) Fediverse Enhancement Proposal of this year for the protocol:

FEP-7952: Roadmap for Actor and Object Portability — by @by_caballero and @dmitri

It ties a lot of elementary building blocks for neatly together, most succinctly summed up by one particularly magic feature:

Bring-your-own Actor ID! 🪪💫

Actor profiles can now be hosted separately from the instance (including as a static JSON object (…)

pfefferle , to Random
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it's often so complex to add to an already existing platform (for example ) and it gets even more complex if it is not built for social media 😱

For example

  1. Deleting Users from the Fediverse, that still exist on the blog.
  2. Delete the whole blog from the fediverse, but take temporary plugin deactivations/deletions into account.
  3. Caching by third party plugins.
  4. Shared hosting.
  5. Posts and Comments in different DB tables
  6. Publish only a subset of posts

A Rising Enforcement of Censorship (blog.thenewoil.org)

In recent weeks, I’ve noticed a rise in censorship regarding SMS communication that’s not being discussed. At all. I’m concerned that it may become a slippery slope that eventually effects us all. I don’t have any dramatic, prose-ridden introduction this week. Just some news, facts, and observations I wanted to share. So...

makeasnek , (edited ) to Privacy in A Rising Enforcement of Censorship
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In a time of rising political instability and distrust of institutions, institutions will turn more and more to censorship and surveillance. We need decentralized, censorship resistant networks to fight back. is one such network, so is , , , etc. And yes, and too.

mike , to Random
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I made a slide to communicate the power and benefit of decentralizing walled gardens via open standards. Feel free to use this if helpful.

video/mp4

dajb , to Random
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New time:

👋 Hey, I've been here on the Fedi (via different instances) for the last 7 years.

Founding member of @weareopencoop working at the intersection of , & .

Was PM of , a decentralised digital commons built on from 2018-2020 which has morphed into @bonfire, a federated app toolkit.

Wrote doctoral thesis on . Was on Mozilla's team. Now pursuing MSc in

I like 🏔️🥃⚽

MrBerard , to Random
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Hey Mastodon,

I'm looking for a well put together written case for institutions (academic, professional) to set up their own Mastodon instance.

Something that not only highlights the obvious benefits, but also that the technical costs are within the capacity of most places that have a decent IT department.

Please do not make the case here, I'm looking for links. 😜

Boost for visibility, plz?

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mbajur , to Random
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Any ideas for a fun tiny website i could implement to demonstrate the rails activitypub library I’m working on? :)

weekinfediverse , to Random
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mbajur , to Random Polish
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🚨 INTRODUCING: a new in-progress engine that aims to make it able to add AP features to any Rails app.

It's still a work in progress but i would really love to hear your feedback and ideas on that! Feel free to message me here or open a discussion on github repo.

See README for more details:

https://github.com/mbajur/activity_pub_app

PS: A new kind of AP service/app will be based on this, more info soon :)

feditest , to Activitypub Testsuite
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ANN: FediTest 0.2 is out. This is our first release, even if early as you can tell from the version number.

feditest is now in the python repos, so you can say "pip install feditest", and the documentation is current on https://feditest.org

You can currently use it to run your own WebFinger server tests similar to https://feditest.org/assets/2024-06-05/webfinger-server-all-wellknown-saas-imp.testmatrix.html Obviously much more to come.

Feedback appreciated!

/cc @activitypubtestsuite

hongminhee , to Random
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Version 0.10.0 of , an server framework, has been released! Starting with this release, Fedify, previously distributed under AGPL 3.0, is now distributed under the MIT License to encourage wider adoption. Here are the major changes:

• In addition to RSA-PKCS#1-v1.5, Fedify now supports Ed25519 for signing and verifying the activities.
• FEP-521a: Multiple key pairs can now be registered for an actor.
• FEP-8b32: Implemented Object Integrity Proofs.
• Added Arrive and Question classes.

https://github.com/dahlia/fedify/releases/tag/0.10.0

hongminhee , to Random
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I'm very excited that the team has chosen to implement . I've been working closely with the Ghost team, and it's been a lot of fun, and I can't wait to see the ActivityPub implementation at Ghost.

https://activitypub.ghost.org/day-4/

youronlyone , to Random
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re: fediverse:creator “OpenGraph” tag.

What is the prefix='' namespace for fediverse:?

I checked the official website of (see: https://ogp.me) and I don't see the fediverse: namespace anywhere. Which means this fediverse: namespace is not an OpenGraph tag and will more likely not work without a proper prefix namespace, correct?

So, what am I missing here? People are already adding it. O_O

Update: Relevant thread/discussion about this fediverse: namespace.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30398

(Hat tip to @cadusilva )

weekinfediverse , to Random
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hongminhee , to Random
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As a first step towards adding Object Integrity Proofs (FEP-8b32) to , I've made it support keys. I've also enabled multiple keys to be associated with an actor. For example, if you look at the actor from the Fedify Example Blog (https://fedify-blog.deno.dev/users/fedify-example), you'll see that it has two public keys, one for RSA and one for Ed25519.

You can try it out in version 0.10.0-dev.190+4dffb89a.

https://jsr.io/@fedify/fedify@0.10.0-dev.190+4dffb89a

hongminhee OP ,
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FEP-521a has been implemented in .

Actors now have the property, and the class has been added. For example, if you look at the the actor from the Fedify Example Blog (https://fedify-blog.deno.dev/users/fedify-example), you can see that it has the assertionMethods property in addition to the publicKey property.

You can try it out in version 0.10.0-dev.196+55cc34d1.

https://jsr.io/@fedify/fedify@0.10.0-dev.196+55cc34d1

hongminhee OP ,
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Thanks to @silverpill, is finally FEP-8b32 compliant! Though it's not ready for general release yet, it's passing tests in the latest main branch. I'll test it with Mitra and other FEP-8b32-compliant implementations, and if it works well, it'll be included in 0.10.0.

You can try it out in version 0.10.0-dev.205+0cbca257.

https://jsr.io/@fedify/fedify@0.10.0-dev.205+0cbca257

maegul , to Fediverse
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People are actually on BlueSky

There's now a decent measurement of user numbers (https://bskycharts.edavis.dev/edavis.dev/bskycharts.edavis.dev/bsky_users_total.html) ...

They've got about 1.6M MAUs ...
& 0.8M Weekly unique users & 0.340M Daily.

That's not nothing!

Roughly double mastodon and 60% more than the whole fediverse (by MAUs, see fedidb.org).

Bluesky is quite "international" with large Japanese and Brazilian popltns, and there's real attrition happening IMO.

Still, let the protocol wars begin I suppose?

@fediverse

mkarliner ,
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@maegul @Loukas @fediverse

So none of you thinks the Threads / Activity Pub thing will have an impact?

My personal opinion is that its a strategic move to avoid regulation by being able to claim they are open.

Deadman , (edited ) to Technology
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How do I use this account on lemmy and vice-versa?
Is the upvote of lemmy the same as favorite of mastodon? (they do not sync) if not then what metric are these two uniquely gauged?
@technology




Deadman , to Technology
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  • FinchHaven ,
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    @Deadman

    Couple thoughts, because I read some common misunderstandings

    1. The Fediverse is a broad, generic concept like "democracy"

    No one is running "Fediverse" anywhere or is homed on a "Fediverse" instance

    1. is a protocol, a specification if you will

    It must be implemented in a specific software distribution (to varying degrees of accuracy) to exist

    Again, no one is running "ActivityPub" anywhere or is homed on an "ActivityPub" instance

    1. "Viewing content from other , one needs to follow a profile from that instance"

    and

    "Explicitly viewing instance content, user needs to sign up on their instance"

    No

    I can go to your instance in a web browser, to /public/local/ and read the public posts on your specific instance

    Here: https://mstdn.social/public/local

    But no, I cannot see anyone's Home feed unless I follow that person, or follow hashtags which we use and Follow in common

    Which is the only reason I saw your post in the first place, the hashtag

    cc @technology

    notizie , to Che succede nel Fediverso? Italian
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    Threads, il nuovo social network text-based rivale di Twitter si dovrebbe distinguere per la federazione e la privacy

    Oltre alle caratteristiche innovative, come la "federazione" e l'utilizzo del protocollo , solleva importanti questioni riguardo alla privacy e ai rischi associati all'iscrizione. Esaminiamo a fondo gli aspetti che definiscono Threads e il suo impatto sulle esperienze digitali degli utenti.

    @fediverso

    altalex.com/documents/news/202…

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