Kalvin Carefour Johnny2d ago

How on earth can anyone call lemmy.world, wizard.casa, and gotosocial.social anything but absolute rubbish? They’re a total disgrace, a complete waste of time and effort. It’s astonishing how these so-called platforms can still be allowed to exist when they’re nothing but worthless, ruined excuses for social spaces! Absolutely infuriating!

#Fediverse #Lemmy #GoToSocial #SocialMedia #TechFrustration #InstanceDown #SoftwareCritique #WebDevelopment #UserExperience #OnlineCommunities #Decentralised #TechThoughts #Rant #SocialPlatforms #FOSS

Kalvin Carefour Johnny2d ago

I've witnessed that Fediverse servers have shut down... Some have returned online...

#Fediverse #Mastodon #ServerDown #Decentralised #FOSS #SelfHosted #TechCommunity #DigitalResilience #Hosting #OpenSource #Federation #Instance #SysAdmin #NetworkOutage #OnlineCommunities #WebHosting

Kalvin Carefour Johnny2d ago

How many friends have you made on the Fediverse?

#Fediverse #Mastodon #Decentralised #SocialMedia #FOSS #OpenSource #Networking #Community #Connections #Federated #TechLife #IndieWeb #DigitalCommunity #OnlineFriends #JoinFediverse #selfhosted

Anurag Gupta3d ago

Why do we need Bitchat? | Secure Bluetooth Messaging Without Internet

https://makertube.net/w/aHALKDPL36AH2hSbNzZr41

Why do we need Bitchat? | Secure Bluetooth Messaging Without Internet

PeerTube
h3artbl33d  Apr 29

Morning lovely Fedi! ☕

The Network Digitale Samenleving (Network Digital Society) of the Dutch Greens (GroenLinks-PvdA / Progessief Nederland) embraced PeerTube. They've posted the talks of their Digital Summit at Exquisite.tube  

This is fantastic news!

#Fediverse #PeerTube #Decentralised #GroenLinks #PvdA #ProgressiefNederland

Digital Summit

Digital Summit Meer informatie: https://netwerkdigitalesamenleving.groenlinks.nl/digital-summit Dit is een evenement van het GroenLinks-PvdA Netwerk Digitale Samenleving.

Exquisite.tube
Show threadLuis SuarezApr 25

Another noteworthy quote from that article worth while remembering:

"The difference from corporate social media comes down to incentive structures. Platforms designed around narcissism and parasocial relationships produce content optimized for engagement. A federated network with no central owner produces something closer to actual knowledge-sharing, because nobody profits from making it addictive" 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

#MediaTools #Fediverse #Decentralised #SocialMedia #Mastodon

Luis SuarezApr 25

“Not because the technology was superior, but because the people on it had no reason to perform.

Without engagement metrics or brand-building incentives, Fediverse users shared expertise instead of content”

Aaah, I still remember rather fondly when, 4 or 5 years ago, people on #MediaTools stated rather adamantly the #Fediverse was doomed because you couldn't rely on #Decentralised social networking tools.

And yet, here we are ...

More info 👉🏻 https://boingboing.net/2026/03/06/why-mastodon-matters-now-more-than-its-creators-imagined.html

#SocialMedia #Mastodon

Why Mastodon matters now more than its creators imagined

Mat Duggan expected Mastodon to be Twitter without ads. Instead, it became his only reliable source of information.

Boing Boing
Fedizen ⁂ Fediverse NewsApr 22
#Platform #operators of the #decentralised #socialweb, like #Mastodon and #Bluesky, can limit #copyrightliability by following the #DMCA #safeharbour provisions. This includes designating a contact for infringement notices, responding promptly to notices and counter-notices, having a repeat infringer policy, not ignoring known infringement, and avoiding encouraging infringement. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/04/copyright-and-dmca-best-practices-fediverse-operators?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News
Copyright and DMCA Best Practices for Fediverse Operators

People building the future of the social web—interoperable and decentralized—need to protect themselves against copyright liability. This post gives an overview of the steps to take. It’s meant for operators of Mastodon and other ActivityPub servers, Bluesky hosts, RSS mirrors, and other decentralized social media protocols, and developers of apps for those protocols—but it will apply to other hosts as well.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
1TE.CH ᳇ Tech NewsApr 20

#Manipulation 🚫 #BigTech shapes opinions through targeted ads and polarizing content: #opensource #socialmedia empowers #communities.

#MentalHealth 🧠 #Research shows that #algorithm driven #feeds fuel #anxiety and #addiction: #ActivityPub platforms, like #Mastodon, avoid manipulative engagement tactics.

#Privacy 🔒 Unlike Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, YouTube, XTwitter, #decentralised #networks don’t harvest your data for profit.

👉 https://Fedizen.EU
👉 @fedizen #news

Fedizens in the Fediverse ⁂ on ActivityPub - Fedizen.EU

Fedizen.EU is your open source for all truly relevant Fediverse news: Join the Fedizens in the Fediverse on ActivityPub!

eicker.BEratung
Newsmast FoundationApr 9

Brilliant to see such a thoughtful report, backed by @EUCommission reference the power of decentralised social networks as we move towards digital sovereignty in the EU!

If you're looking for some interesting reading, check it out 👇

https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC144603

#SocialWeb #Fediverse #EU #Decentralised #DigitalSovereignty #Research #Decentralized

Fractured reality

The report examines the evolving impact of digital technologies on European democracy. In an era of a global struggle to control the information space, this report offers critical insights into the fracturing of perceived realities, the rise of the ”fantasy-industrial complex,” and the systemic risks posed by the attention economy. It exposes how platforms algorithmically prioritise engagement over accuracy, reinforcing ideological echo chambers and amplifying mis- and disinformation that erode democratic resilience. The report highlights how structural incentives and foreign control of the most important players in the information space undermine information integrity, collective knowledge and civic discourse. In response, the report presents a number of recommendations from fostering alternative public spaces and crowd-sourced knowledge systems to reforming business models, restoring user agency, and advancing EU digital sovereignty through decentralised infrastructure.

JRC Publications Repository